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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Woman Says She Lost Her Fingers And Toes Because Of Hospital Infection: LAist

Garner said that she was received a bone marrow transplant at the City of Hope National Medical Center in 2004. According to the Garners’ lawyer, Moseley Collins, the hospital staff “chose to ignore their own written procedure and did not give her the required pneumococcal vaccinations following the transplant.”

via Woman Says She Lost Her Fingers And Toes Because Of Hospital Infection: LAist.

Avian Flu Diary: An Avian Flu Assessment From The Chinese Academy of Sciences

Although the Chinese press can often be faulted for selective reporting, since the emergence of the H7N9 virus two years ago we’ve seen some refreshingly straightforward talk coming out of China’s scientific community.

via Avian Flu Diary: An Avian Flu Assessment From The Chinese Academy of Sciences.

A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Muste Notes Fall 2014

When I explain to people that our mission is to sustain nonviolent action for social justice, a common response is: “But what does the Muste Institute actually DO?”

This issue of Muste Notes will give you an idea of the answer. We’re putting your contributions into action, and that means Palestinians and Israelis working together for peace, circus artists facilitating dialogue on race, indigenous people fighting back against nuclear waste, public exhibitions on prisoners’ rights organizing, and small farmers in Africa resisting land theft.

These are just a few of the things the Muste Institute “actually does” with your contributions. By giving generously, now and into the future, you can help us put even more resources into the hands of activists and organizers on the front lines of today’s global nonviolent movements.

via A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Muste Notes Fall 2014.

Photo of Peshmerga Combatant Breastfeeding Her Child Captivates Kurdish Media · Global Voices

Kurdish media outlets are abuzz with a photograph of a Peshmerga woman, sitting beside an automatic weapon, breastfeeding her child. The picture has been widely distributed on social networking sites, highlighting the strength of Kurdish women and the resilience of female combatants in the ongoing fight against ISIS.

via Photo of Peshmerga Combatant Breastfeeding Her Child Captivates Kurdish Media · Global Voices.

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | It Hurts Me

When people have a problem

seeing my picture in social media

because I am a girl

When people have an issue with me laughing

loudly in the street

because I am a girl

When I get a chance for a scholarship

and my family won’t let me accept it

because I am a girl

When I lose my favorite job for not being allowed

to travel across the provinces

because I am a girl

When I go to a meeting and am welcomed by men

handing me phone numbers

because I am a girl

When I reject his proposal

and am blackmailed

because I am a girl

When I wait on the street

and people judge me by how I look

because I am a girl

When I arrive a bit late

and must answer questions

because I am a girl

It hurts me when being a girl

means facing all this

By Sayara

via Afghan Women’s Writing Project | It Hurts Me.

Palestinian minister dies after being struck by Israeli troops | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR

update – About 100 foreign and Palestinian activists with the Committee to Resist Settlements and the Wall, the government-run protest organization that Abu Ein headed, were on their way to plant trees and protest near an Israeli settlement when they were stopped at an improvised checkpoint, witnesses said.

A group of around 15 Israeli soldiers fired tear gas at the protesters and began scuffling with them.

Abu Ein was struck by a hand to the neck during an altercation with two of the soldiers, and was rushed away in an ambulance shortly afterwards, the Reuters photographer said.

via Palestinian minister dies after being struck by Israeli troops | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR.

Palestinian official dies after beating by Israeli forces | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR

Two versions of this being circulated – in the other story, he died after being struck by a tear gas canister.

A senior Palestinian official died Wednesday after being beaten by Israeli forces during a protest march in the occupied West Bank, medical and security sources told AFP.

Ziad Abu Ein, who was in charge of dealing with the issue of Israeli settlements within the Palestinian Authority, “was martyred after being beaten in the chest,” said Ahmed Bitawi, the director of the Ramallah hospital.

A Palestinian security source told AFP that Israeli forces beat Abu Ein with the butts of their rifles and their helmets during a protest march in the village of Turmus Ayya near Ramallah.

via Palestinian official dies after beating by Israeli forces | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR.