Pakistan,Honour Peshawar Children‏,

Dear friends,

Yesterday a band of men walked into a school in Pakistan and massacred over 100 kids. These Taliban extremists see education as a threat and the best way to respond to their heinous crime is to meet their attack with a global call to get every child in school:

Yesterday a band of men walked into a school in Pakistan and massacred over 100 kids. 100 CHILDREN! What kind of person does something like this? 

Someone who sees schools as a primary driver to keep young people from recruitment into a life of violence. Education isn't just the best antidote to poverty, it is one of the best anti-terrorism tactics -- it helps kids get out of hopelessness and into opportunity. Let's meet this tragedy with a massive global call to get every child in school. 

Our governments promised they would get all kids across the world in school by the end of 2015. Let's make it happen now for Pakistan and other countries — join the campaign to honour the memory of the children of Peshawar — it will be delivered by Gordon Brown, UN Special Envoy on Education, to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, and leaders who can make it a reality. Add your name now: 

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/honour_peshawar_children_e/?bEESPab&v=50110 

When 15-year old Malala was shot by the Taliban, nearly 1 million of us called on the Pakistani government to fulfill her dream of education for all. Gordon Brown delivered our petition directly to the Pakistani President, who signed it himself and announced a stipend programme for 3 million children. 

But there are still 5.5 million kids out of school in Pakistan today, and over 58 million around the world. Since 2010 the drive to get kids in school has stalled, especially in places of conflict like Peshawar. But if current aid was targeted to primary schools, we'd only need just over $6b to fund education for every child for the first time in history!  

Facing down the Taliban, rebuilding parents’ trust that schools are safe and ensuring the government stands firm will be a battle. But if we do nothing the extremists win, and every child loses. A massive global push now can help ensure kids are behind desks not guns -- click below to sign the petition: 

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/honour_peshawar_children_e/?bEESPab&v=50110 

From Syria to Sudan, our community has come together time and again to demand innocent children are protected and not the victims of violence. Now let’s come together to demand education for all -- the biggest long term solution to violent extremism -- and give the world’s children a better future. 

With hope, 

Alice, Emma, Sam, Pascal, Laila, Ricken, and the whole Avaaz team   

MORE INFORMATION 

Pakistan Taliban: Peshawar school attack leaves 141 dead (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-30491435

5.5 million children out of school in Pakistan: UNESCO report (Tribune)
http://tribune.com.pk/story/666285/5-5-million-children-out-of-school-in-pakistan-unesco-report/

Education budget decreased despite promises (Dawn.com)
http://www.dawn.com/news/1110706 

Govt announces 700bn defence budget (Tribune)
http://tribune.com.pk/story/716913/budget-2014-defence-budget-increasing-at-diminishing-rate/

Pakistan marks 'Malala Day' with school aid (AlJazeera) 
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2012/11/20121110535489628.html 

UN initiative tackles inequality of educational opportunity around the world 
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/un-initiative-tackles-inequality-of-educational-opportunity/ 

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Waarom middeleeuwse fundamentalisten 14-jarige meisjes aanvallen

Eerder deze week werd de 14-jarige Malala Yousafzai op weg naar huis in het hoofd en de nek geschoten. De gruwelijke daad werd direct opgeëist door de Pakistaanse Taliban, die verklaarde dat Malala schuldig was aan “het promoten van de westerse cultuur”. William J. Dobson verklaart op Slate waarom de Taliban zo bang is van deze tiener.
Volgens ooggetuigen stopten gewapende Talibanstrijders haar schoolbus, waarna ze vroegen wie Malala was. Vervolgens schoten ze haar genadeloos neer. Ze werd in allerijl naar een ziekenhuis in Peshawar gevoerd en haar toestand is nu stabiel. De Taliban belooft nu al haar opnieuw te zullen aanvallen indien ze volledig zou herstellen.
Malala begon op 11-jarige leeftijd voor BBC Urdu te bloggen over haar leven onder de Taliban. Vorig jaar kreeg ze van de regering de eerste Nationale Vredesprijs voor Jongeren. Als het levende symbool van vooruitgang, onderwijs en verlichting bedreigt ze dan ook, meer dan eender welke Westerse NGO, de toekomst van de oerconservatieve Taliban.
Haar ideeën over meisjesonderwijs zijn dodelijk voor de Taliban. Onderzoek toont aan dat dit de meest effectieve oplossing is voor landen die lijden onder armoede, instabiliteit en ongelijkheid – factoren waaronder groepen als de Taliban floreren.
De sociale returns op meisjesonderwijs in plaatsen als noordwest-Pakistan bestaan onder andere uit hogere gezinsinkomens, betere voeding, kleinere families, betere lokale dienstverlening en een politieke samenleving die meer open staat voor democratische hervormingen.
Dit verklaart dus waarom middeleeuwse fundamentalisten 14-jarige meisjes als Malala aanvallen, schrijft Dobson: een welbespraakt, vrijdenkend, Pakistaans meisje met een open geest en een vlijmscherpe pen is het begin van het einde voor de Taliban.

Bron : Slate /Express.be

24 hours to save my daughter‏

You joined this list by signing the campaign "RIGHTS, NOT DEATH, IN UGANDA" on 2010-02-17. But our records show that a technical problem prevented you from receiving our emails for a while. Hope you stick with us! Here's our latest campaign:

In 24 hours, my young daughter will appear before a court in Pakistan, under blasphemy laws that carry the death sentence. My innocent girl has struggled her whole life with mental disability -- and shouldn't be punished. I ask you to help save my daughter. Sign this petition to President Zardari to support my call for protection for religious minorities:


Last week an enraged crowd threatened to burn my daughter alive, and in 24 hours a judge will decide whether she goes free or stays in jail. Rimsha is a minor with mental disabilities and often isn't in control of her actions. Yet local police here in Pakistan have charged her with desecrating the Koran, and we are afraid for her life.

Right now she is being held in a maximum-security jail, and in hours, she will face the court under Pakistan's anti-blasphemy laws, which can carry the death sentence. We are a poor Christian family witnessing mob fury over my daughter's case, and many other families have faced similar intimidation forcing them to either flee or live in fear. But the international attention on Rimsha’s case has emboldened Pakistani Muslim leaders to speak out against this injustice and forced President Zardari's attention.

Please help me keep up the global outcry on my daughter's case. I urge you to sign my petition to President Zardari to save Rimsha and demand protection for us and other vulnerable minority families. Avaaz will share this campaign with local and international media, watched carefully by all the politicians here:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/pakistan_save_my_daughter/?bEESPab&v=17521

An angry mob demanded the arrest of my daughter after a local imam started inciting people against her, claiming she had desecrated the Koran. Some then threatened to kill her and burn down the houses of Christians in our community. I pray that at her hearing on Saturday, the case against her is dismissed and she can come back to live with us.

Our family is in grave danger, as even talking about the blasphemy laws in Pakistan can be deadly -- last year the Pakistani Minister for Minority Affairs was killed after asking for the removal of the death penalty for committing blasphemy. It's such a sensitive situation that many of our Christian neighbours from our Islamabad slum have had to flee their homes.

We respect the religious rights of others. We simply hope for the safety of our daughter and our community and wish this had never happened. We are happy that the Ulema Council, an umbrella group of Muslim clerics and scholars here in Pakistan, spoke out, saying: "We don't want to see injustice done with anyone. We will work to end this climate of fear." With your help, we can not only free Rimsha but make this incident the beginning of a greater understanding between communities in Pakistan. I ask you to sign this petition, and share it with your friends.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/pakistan_save_my_daughter/?bEESPab&v=17521

With hope and determination,

Misrek Masih with the Avaaz team

PS: This petition was started on Avaaz's new Community Petitions site, which lets anyone, anywhere, start a petition on issues that are important to them. To start your own, click here: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/start_a_petition/?bv17480


MORE INFORMATION

Pakistan court postpones bail decision for girl accused of burning Quran (CNN)
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/30/world/asia/pakistan-girl-blasphemy

Father of Pakistani Christian 'blasphemer' girl appeals to President (Telegraph)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9503532/Father-of-Pakistani-Christian-blasphemer-girl-appeals-to-President-Asif-Ali-Zardari.html

Pakistan blasphemy case Christian girl 'is 14' (BBC)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-19397884

Pakistani Muslim leaders support Christian girl accused of blasphemy (Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/aug/27/pakistani-muslim-christian-girl-blasphemy

Pakistani Christians, fearing backlash, flee community after girl is accused of blasphemy (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistani-christians-fearing-backlash-flee-community-after-girl-accused-of-blasphemy/2012/08/20/d3b23c9a-eae3-11e1-866f-60a00f604425_story.html

Pakistani president wades into 'Down's Syndrome' blasphemy case (Christian Science Monitor)
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2012/0820/Pakistani-president-wades-into-Down-s-Syndrome-blasphemy-case/



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Doodstraf voor zingen op bruiloft

KOHISTAN -  Vier vrouwen en twee mannen zijn in Pakistan ter dood veroordeeld omdat ze hebben gezongen en gedanst op een bruiloft.

Vrouw in PakistanFoto: EPA

Een video die het zestal had gemaakt met hun mobiele telefoon kwam in handen van lokale geestelijk leiders. Zij vinden het onacceptabel dat mannen en vrouwen samen zijn op bruiloften en hebben de politie het bevel gegeven alle zes uit de video te executeren.

De mannen worden volgens de regels als eerste omgebracht. Maar omdat zij zijn gevlucht, zijn de vrouwen voorlopig veilig.

Sommigen spreken van een lastercampagne en zeggen dat de video niet bestaat. Er zou ruzie zijn tussen twee stammen.

Vorig jaar zijn 943 vrouwen en meisjes vermoord in Pakistan omdat ze de 'familie-eer te schande hebben gemaakt', weet de Human Right Commission.

Bron : Telegraaf . Nederland / Human Right Commission