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• Indonesia: Petition to Save the Forest of Aceh
• This week at the Court
• Israel: Strengthen White Phosphorus Phase-Out
• FYRP: This Will Be on the Test
• Solicitor General files invitation briefs for June 6 Conference
• Jimmy Carter on drug policy
• Did the Keystone XL Environmental Contractor and the State Department Act Inappropriately or Illegally? [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Leaders of biggest Jewish organisation ‘presiding over its rapid disintegration’
• Burma: New Doubts About Pace of Reforms
• ‘West must unite against China’s bullying’
• Exile Tibetan administration, scholars express concern over Lhasa’s ‘destruction’
• China: Revise Disability Regulations for Education
• Petition of the day
• Thailand: Deliver Justice for 2010 Political Violence
• Antisemitists and zionists share the goal of getting Jews out of Europe
• MEC Review: Saudi human rights and all that
• Ask the author: Floyd Abrams & his fighting faith
• As the World Celebrates IDAHO, Homophobia in Russia is on the Rise
• POMED Notes: “Building a Brighter Future in Syria”
• Inspections at Minot
• Home of Top Shia Cleric Raided in Bahrain
• Survey results
• Event announcement
• Obama Rebuffs Intervention in Syria in Erdoğan Visit
• Organization of American States launches groundbreaking report exploring alternatives to the war on drugs
• Argentina: On the Death of Jorge Rafael Videla
• Most Popular on Twitter – Top Tweets of the Week
• Investing in fossil fuel free portfolios [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Site Spotlight #3: Anomaly Tracker
• New Zealand Budget Report 2013: Facts and Figures of Military Spending
• Friday round-up
• HAPPENING NOW: White House Vigil to Mark 100 Days of Hunger Strike
• Exit Strategy
• Democracy Now! 2013-05-17 Friday
• The 10 most UN-likely critics of the war on drugs
• Anti-zionist activists join with Haredi in protest against conscription
• US only country where majority have positive view of Israel
• Syria: Visit Reveals Torture Chambers
• World-class political nincompoopism
• CTA observes International Tibet Solidarity Day, Marks Panchen Lama’s 18 years of disappearance
• Assam stands in support of Tibet
• China secretly sentences Tibetan writer to five years
• LGBT Rights: The 2013 ‘Hall of Shame’
• Cameroon: Drop Charges Against 2 Transgender Youth
• Robert L. DuPont vies for stupid OpEd award, but loses.
• Petitions to watch | Conference of May 23, 2013
• AU: African Groups Call for Justice at Summit
• Kyrgyzstan: Protect Uzbek Defendant
• China’s Kunming Residents Stage Another Chemical Plant Protest
• HASC preparing to go wild
• Petition of the day
• Azerbaijan: Reject Legislative Amendments
• Colorado community demanded health impact review of 200 proposed natural gas wells [The Pump Handle]
• Conservative Groups Granted Exemption Vastly Outspent Liberal Ones
• Spring in California: Saturday is Fascination of Plants Day [Tomorrow's Table]
• Look at this tweet by Obama [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Look at this tweet by Obama [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Turning Away From Celebrating Death
• Kerry, Lavrov Optimistic About Syria Talks; UN Passes Resolution
• Upcoming Event: Iran’s Presidential Election and U.S. Policy
• The Real IRS Scandal
• HRW Renews Call to Scrap Proposed Kuwait Media Law
• Traffic Wardens and Kim Posters
• Book review: Confronting Power
• How To Use Social Media In Human Rights Campaigning
• Global Warming Consensus: We can haz it! [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Global Warming Consensus: We can haz it! [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Opinion analysis: Unanimous Justices recognize “massive” limit on transportation preemption
• Escalating Attacks on Religious Minorities in Indonesia
• Thursday round-up
• Dark Snow Project on The Weather Channel [Greg Laden's Blog]
• U.S. agencies annoyed they can’t run the drug war their own way.
• POMED Notes: “The Rise of Islamism: Its Impact on Religious Minorities”
• Representative Cohen
• Syria: the West makes the usual mistake [Stoat]
• Democracy Now! 2013-05-16 Thursday
• The right to throw stones – and the need to say so: Amira Hass
• Meshaal: ‘our values are democracy, justice, human rights, respect’ – and we will not beg
• After serving five-year terms, three Tibetan political prisoners released
• Mind the gender justice gap
• Approaching the spampocalypse [Stoat]
• Turning people who report corporate crime into criminals
• Hungary: Rule of Law Under Threat
• India: Protect Bangladesh War Crimes Trial Witness
• Can Obama’s Organizing For Action (OFA) help save the planet? The jury is out. [Greg Laden's Blog]
• Petition of the day
• Russia: Investigate Homophobic Motivation for Killing
• A bit of skepticism on Bahlul
• OpenSecrets.org’s Resources on Politically Active Tax-Exempt Groups
• North Korea: Stop Crackdown on Economic ‘Crimes’
• Deny Climate Deniers Some Business!
• POMED Notes – “U.S. Policy Toward Iran”
• RSVP NOW for Climate Justice Bold School #5 Train The Trainers May 18 & 19th
• 2013 Tax Day and the Global Day of Action on Military Spending
• Waiting for Obama Administration to deliver on new worker safety regulations, probably shouldn’t hold my breath [The Pump Handle]
• Discussing Bill, Brotherhood Upends Morsi’s Judicial Compromise
• Eyes on El Salvador: will officials act to #SaveBeatriz?