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Amnesty international Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.
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Although we will recommend you to look at the websites mentioned above we can not take any responsibility for external sites. |
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CounterPunch Daily articles on news analysis and commentary. Top-notch journalists and authors provide insight into current news stories. A treasure chest of articles dating back to 1999. Well worth checking out!
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Daily Star (Lebanon) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/home3.asp Full on-line newspaper on Lebanon and the Middle East.
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Lebanon United http://www.lebunited.org/pHome.aspx
Lebanon United brings together a group of like-minded individuals from different nationalities, religions and political affiliations to help Lebanon in its time of need. It is a unifying thread for those with the will and desire to rebuild Lebanon.
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Medical Aid for Palestinians
Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) is a UK charity providing support to the health and medical needs of Palestinians living under occupation in Gaza and the West Bank, to refugees in Lebanon and to other vulnerable communities in the region. MAP has delivered much needed supplies to displaced Lebanese who fled their homes in the South during the conflict with Israel. MAP-Lebanon Emergency Relief Photo Gallery |
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Mine Action Coordination Centre, Southern Lebanon http://www.maccsl.org/index.htm
In July 2000 the Mine Action Coordination Centre (MACC) was established within UNIFIL due to the recognition of the serious humanitarian nature of the problem posed by remaining landmines and unexploded ordnance in southern Lebanon following the Israeli occupation and previous periods of conflict. The website details the work of the MACC and gives special attention to the July 2006 war. Easy to understand facts, figures and photos. |
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Al Mezan Center The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, has launched an international campaign: “Gaza is still Occupied.” This campaign is dedicated to increasing the awareness within the international community that Gaza (and indeed also the West Bank) remain under an Israeli military occupation. In Arabic and in English. |
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Saqi Book Publishers Saqi prints quality academic and general interest books on the Middle East . Saqi publishes a wide range of titles including books on history, politics, arts, architecture, and gender issues. Recommended: Lebanon, Lebanon , a collection of writing and drawings from some of the world's leading authors and artists. All proceeds will go to the children of Lebanon . |
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Promise For the support of the resistance movement, this website offers news articles and editorials in both Arabic and English. |
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School Students Against the War Leading the UK’s student anti-war movement, School Students Against the War is a self-organised group of young people, based all around the country, campaigning against Bush and Blair's so-called "War on Terror", and campaigning for peace. SSAW is an affiliate of the Stop the War Coalition. You can email the London chapter of SSAW directly at london@ssaw.org.uk |
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Arab Media Watch As the only organisation of its kind in the UK, AMW has filled a vital niche in striving for objective British coverage of Arab issues, be they political, economic, cultural or social. Our website is full of constantly updated, practical information. We pride ourselves on our independence and credibility, as we are neither mouthpieces nor apologists for anyone. We stand by universal principles such as human rights and international law, regardless of victim or perpetrator. We believe there is nothing partial about supporting freedom, justice, democracy and equality for all peoples. |
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Council for Arab-British Understanding CAABU promotes an enlightened and positive approach to Arab-British relations in Government, Parliament, the Media, education and amongst the wider public. It is the oldest and largest organisation of its type in Europe, having been set up in 1967. We strive hard to build on the historical, political and cultural links between the Arab world and Britain. |
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Information clearinghouse http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/ An independent media source, Information Clearinghouse presents articles that encourage intellectual self-reliance. The website states that it does not contain the "truth," as the truth is a combination of all information and all facts relating to a topic. The website quotes Lebanon’s own Kahlil Gibran: Say not, "I have found the truth," but rather, "I have found a truth." Truth is indefinable; information is unlimited. Each citizen has a civic responsibility to inform himself and share that information with others.
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Electronic lebanon http://www.electronicintifada.net/lebanon/ The Electronic Intifada (EI) is a not-for-profit, independent publication committed to comprehensive public education on the question of Palestine, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the economic, political, legal, and human dimensions of Israel's 40-year occupation of Palestinian territories. Electronic Lebanon, a project from the Electronic Intifada, offers commentary, analysis, human rights and development information, and voices from on the ground in Lebanon. |
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Conflicts Forum Since 2004, Conflicts Forum’s directors, Alastair Crooke and Mark Perry, have been offering news, events and publications with this aim: to engage and listen to Islamists, while challenging Western misconceptions and misrepresentations of the region’s leading agents of change. Conflict Forum promotes a balanced understanding of political events in the Middle East.
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Mines Advisory Group http://www.mag.org.uk/page.php?s=4&p=687. The Mines Advisory Group (MAG) has been working in Lebanon since 2000 to help clear unexploded ordnance and to educate the local population. Now available on its website is “Lebanon: One Year On—Photo Gallery.” Read this and many more stories from MAG’s work in Lebanon at http://www.mag.org.uk/page.php?s=4&p=687. MAG’s vision: A world where people can build peaceful and prosperous futures free from the impact of the remnants of conflict. |
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Cluster Munition Coalition http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/ Friends of Lebanon is a member of The Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), a network of around 200 civil society organisations, including NGOs, faith-based groups and professional organisations. The CMC is a group of people committed to the protection of civilians in armed conflict and to democratic processes to promote human security. CMC members stand for justice, international law, human security and human rights. The CMC website offers extensive information of the use of cluster munitions in Lebanon. |
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Stop the war coalition Stop the War Coalition is an organisation that aims to stop the war currently declared by the United States and its allies against ‘terrorism’. Any war will simply add to the numbers of innocent dead, cause untold suffering, political and economic instability on a global scale, increase racism and result in attacks on civil liberties. |
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CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARmaMENT CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations. |
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Palestine solidarity campaign http://www.palestinecampaign.org/ The Palestine Solidarity Campaign is the largest campaigning association dedicated to Palestine issues. |
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British muslim initiative Formed by justice, peace and human rights campaigners, the British Muslim Initiative (BMI) is an organisation which seeks to fight racism and Islamaphobia, combat the challenges Muslims face around the world, encourage Muslim participation in British public life, and improve relations between the West and the Muslim world. |
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Countercurrents Countercurrents is an alternative news site, aiming to bring out what the mainstream media fails to tell you, or hides from you. Countercurrents.org states that it “stands for peace and justice. Our sympathies are with all those who are engaged in struggles for economic, political, social, cultural, gender, environmental justice. Our aim is to strengthen all these movements. Our conviction is that the driving force of social change is these small counter movements and struggles.” |
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Redress Information & Analysis Redress Information & Analysis is dedicated to exposing injustice, disinformation and bigotry and to providing thought-provoking interpretations of current affairs. An excellent variety of articles tackling issues in the Middle East and around the globe. |
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End Gaza Siege http://www.end-gaza-siege.ps/IndexEn.htm (international campaign; English and Arabic) http://endgazasiege.net/en/index.php (UK campaign) Prompted by the unfolding humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip due to the 20-month-long siege, which has been tightened since the events of June 2007 to encompass a hermetic closure of the strip, a group of organisations concerned with the welfare of Palestinians initiated a campaign against the siege on Gaza mid-November 2007. It is hoped that other concerned organisations will be joining and/or supporting this campaign the sole aim of which is to prevent a total humanitarian disaster in the densely populated Gaza Strip. |
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Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) is a popular committee established in Gaza Strip on the 25th October 2007, headed by independent Palestinian MP. Eng. Jamal Naji AL-Khodri. The launch of PCAS comes as a step to face the recent siege imposed by Israeli Occupation. PCAS is a pure popular gathering of thinkers, well-educated, expert people as well as NGO's. We serve and help harmed people far from any political or factional affiliation. Website in Arabic, English and French. |
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Eastern Mediterranean for Studies and Information http://www.empressoffice.com/en/ Eastern Mediterranean for Studies and Information is a centre studying Middle East issues, specialising in the latest strategic developments of the struggle in Palestine. The centre provides news and analyses of developments in Occupied Palestine and beyond. The centre offers political symposiums for further study of these issues. Available in both English and Arabic. |
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World Peace Forum http://www.worldpeaceforum.ca/ Global militarism has become an imminent threat to our cities and communities. It is pivotal to raise global awareness of militarism and its consequences, develop effective models to reduce violence and encourage peaceful means to end conflicts, achieve justice and reach sustainability in our world. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the World Peace Forum brings together cities and communities, government and civil society organizations, collaborating toward a common goal: end war and build a peaceful, just and sustainable world. |