http://www.africafiles.org/ AfricaFiles is a network of volunteers committed to promoting African perspectives and alternative analyses for human rights and economic justice in Africa. en-ca Copyright 2010 AfricaFiles. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:33 EST 20 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24067 Your urgent support of the Bushmen is requested now. Please write to Botswana’s President Ian Khama at op.registry@gov.bw expressing your outrage and forward this message on to as many friends as possible. JS Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24067 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24040 Just before midnight on 10 July, a bulldozer from the Nairobi City Council destroyed approximately 470 market stalls and an estimated 100 homes. Many people were asleep and had only minutes to evacuate their homes before they were destroyed. Many people lost all their belongings. Most of the market traders forcibly evicted from their stalls lost all their wares and had their livelihoods destroyed. Please write immediately to targets using suggestions below. JS Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24040 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24023 More than a dozen activists in Swaziland have been harassed, threatened, ill-treated or detained by the Swaziland police since June 2010 under the 2008 Suppression of Terrorism Act. Amnesty International is not naming the activists for fear of increasing their risk. Amnesty International is concerned that these men, and several others, may be at risk of ill-treatment again if they are arrested and interrogated by the police in the coming weeks. Suggested targets and actions below. JS Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=24023 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23991 No further action is requested from the UA Network. Amnesty International thanks all those who sent appeals. JS Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23991 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23983 Four journalists from a Sudanese newspaper affiliated to the opposition party are currently facing trial. If they are found guilty, they could be sentenced to death. Please address urgent appeals to the authorities listed below on their behalf. JS Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23983 http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23956 Visit RAISE Hope for Congo at www.raisehopeforcongo.org, and send the message to tech companies that you want them to make their products conflict-free. And please share this video with your friends. JS Fri, 02 Jul 2010 00:00 EST http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=23956