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		<title>Before Obama leaves for Indonesia…</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2010/05/16/before-obama-leaves-for-indonesia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 05:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June, when President Obama travels back to Indonesia – where he spent four years of his childhood &#8211; he can help shine a light on the shameful imprisonment of more than 100 prisoners of conscience detained in the country as of last year. Two men are locked up in Indonesia for the simple act [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1586&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cell phones fueled Africa&#8217;s &#8220;World War&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A small window of opportunity just opened this week that could finally break the cycle of weapons freely flowing in to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and conflict minerals irresponsibly being mined out. Right now, the House of Representatives is weighing on a piece of legislation that would make it easier to identify imports [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1577&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional In-District Lobby Weeks, June 29th – July 5th</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2009/06/08/congressional-in-district-lobby-weeks/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2009/06/08/congressional-in-district-lobby-weeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant detention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tens of thousands of individuals will be detained tonight, tomorrow, and the next day at an average cost of $95 per person, per day. Among them are survivors of torture and human trafficking, undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers, lawful permanent residents, and even U.S. citizens. The individuals are caught in a U.S. immigration detention system that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=1198&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Activists Needed</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2009/03/11/legislative-activists-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 04:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Dan Johnson, Group 48 Legislative Coordinator* The past few weeks have resulted in two excellent opportunities for Oregonians to take action on human rights. The causes are compelling, and we know that our elected officials will listen. To those of you who have participated in the past, it would be wonderful to have your assistance [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=898&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative Update &#8211; March 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Dan Johnson, Group 48 Legislative Coordinator This has already been a very exciting year for policy and human rights, and another big step has just been taken. There has been a lot of talk about accountability and transparency into the violations that occurred during the last 8 years. Many good points have been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=880&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Legislative work on Indonesia and West Papua</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2008/12/23/legislative-work-on-indonesia-and-west-papua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Group 48 member and also AIUSA Country Specialist for Indonesia and Timor-Lesté, Max White recently spent one week in Washington DC visiting Congressional offices. Below is a summary of his visit. On December 3rd through 5th, we visited 12 US Representatives, one Senator, and two State Department Desk Officers. &#8220;We&#8221; were: Edmund McWilliams, Coordinator of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=502&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China RAN action &#8211; August 2008</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2008/08/04/china-ran-action-august-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2008/08/04/china-ran-action-august-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 05:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Regional Action Network &#8211; August 2008 Global Online Freedom Act Concerns: Freedom of expression, imprisonment of prisoners of conscience Summary: In many countries, the Internet has given people unprecedented opportunities to communicate with each other and to learn about the outside world. But repressive governments are making Internet and technology companies allies in their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=81&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional letter for Indonesian Prisoners of Conscience</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2008/07/17/congressional-letter-for-indonesian-prisoners-of-conscience/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2008/07/17/congressional-letter-for-indonesian-prisoners-of-conscience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>joanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indonesia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Filep Karma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island has sponsored a Congressional Letter addressed to the President of Indonesia regarding Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage, Amnesty International&#8217;s Prisoners of Conscience. PLEASE call your Representative and ask him or her to sign on to the letter &#8211; your rep can do so by contacting Daniel Murphy in Representative [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=41&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>End Sexual Violence in Democratic Republic of Congo</title>
		<link>http://aipdx.org/2008/07/06/end-sexual-violence-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/</link>
		<comments>http://aipdx.org/2008/07/06/end-sexual-violence-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tarworks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been a “war against women” in which thousands of women and girls have been raped with the intent to destroy their families and communities. All parties to the conflict have committed this violence but an overwhelming number of these crimes have gone unpunished. Last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aipdx.org&amp;blog=3112466&amp;post=32&amp;subd=aipdx&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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