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	<title type="text">Livewire - Amnesty International blogging for human rights</title>
	<subtitle type="text">Working to Protect Human Rights worldwide</subtitle>

	<updated>2009-11-10T21:22:44Z</updated>
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		<author>
			<name>kevin.darling</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Campaigning on maternal mortality in Latin America]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1647</id>
		<updated>2009-11-10T21:22:44Z</updated>
		<published>2009-11-10T21:22:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Americas" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="abortion" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="brazil" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Inter-American Commission of Human Rights" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="nicaragua" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="peru" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[By Fernanda Doz Costa,
Researcher on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Americas
Last Friday, I participated in a very interesting hearing about maternal mortality, where four experts from the Americas gave testimony before the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights  in Washington DC.
It was great working in partnership with them; each brought different experience and expertise.
Mario [...]]]></summary>
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		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>kevin.darling</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The Bhopal European Bus Tour]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1645</id>
		<updated>2009-10-23T18:16:42Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-23T18:16:42Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="bhopal" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="demand dignity" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="bhopal 25th anniversary" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="european bus tour" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="union carbide" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Amnesty International is launching a bus tour, together with partner organisations the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and the Bhopal Medical Appeal, which will travel throughout Europe for eight weeks starting on 17 October until 2 December – the day of the 25th anniversary.

The tour will stop in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/23/the-bhopal-european-bus-tour/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Sergio</name>
						<uri>http://sergio</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[UN discussions on an Arms Trade Treaty]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1638</id>
		<updated>2009-10-19T14:49:30Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-19T14:47:28Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="DRC" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Gambia" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="arms trade treaty" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="control arms" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="guinea" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="UN" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="United Nations" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[By Colby Goodman, Amnesty International&#8217;s Control Arms Campaign
October 7, 2009 – On a day the New York Times exposed more details about Guinean security forces recent use of weapons against thousands of peaceful protestors, Amnesty International participated in what turned out to be an electrified briefing at the United Nations (UN) about preventing the use [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/19/un-discussions-on-an-arms-trade-treaty/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[The end of the Sierra Leone caravan]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1633</id>
		<updated>2009-10-06T17:32:52Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-06T17:32:52Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Today was the final day of the caravan. We drove from Bo to Waterloo, a town on the outskirts of Freetown. After a quick radio interview for the musicians, we assembled in the field and prepared for the event.
The hot sun was beaming down on the caravan stage and the crowd was scattered on the [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>3</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/06/the-end-of-the-sierra-leone-caravan/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Reaching out to the central mosque in Bo]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1625</id>
		<updated>2009-10-05T11:22:19Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-05T11:22:19Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="mosque" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We split up today and did a number of different things in Bo. This morning, I went to a local radio station with Solomon, the section campaigner and the musicians.
The musicians were interviewed about their involvement in Amnesty International’s campaign on maternal mortality and why they think maternal mortality is an important issue to focus [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/05/reaching-out-to-the-central-mosque-in-bo/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[People share experiences after watching film in Sierra Leone]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1629</id>
		<updated>2009-10-05T18:45:07Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-03T18:18:51Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty internationa" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="hospital" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="kenema" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[This morning, we went to the Kenema government hospital and showed the Amnesty International film in the maternity ward. During the discussion after the film, people shared a number of their experiences.
One of the women, Jenny N.C. Valli, spoke of the poor road networks and challenge to gain access to the hospital. Some of the [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/03/people-share-experiences-after-watching-film-in-sierra-leone/feed/atom/" thr:count="1" />
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/03/people-share-experiences-after-watching-film-in-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Delays that kill in Sierra Leone]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1623</id>
		<updated>2009-10-02T19:18:27Z</updated>
		<published>2009-10-02T19:18:27Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Kambia" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="kenema" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="refugees" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We arrived in Kenema on Tuesday evening after an eight-hour drive from Kambia. Kenema is one of the main diamond trading posts in Sierra Leone and was one of the areas most affected during the war. Many people in the surrounding areas still live in former camps for Liberian refugees who fled during the war.
I [...]]]></summary>
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		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/10/02/delays-that-kill-in-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Rain doesn&#8217;t deter people in mountainous Kabala]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1618</id>
		<updated>2009-09-29T13:39:29Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-29T13:39:29Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="demand dignity" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="kabala" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Kabala is a mountainous town in Koinadugu district – the largest district in Sierra Leone with the roughest terrain and according to the available statistics the highest maternal mortality rates. Most people use motorcycle taxis to manoeuvre around the mountains, but in an emergency it isn’t easy.
When we were discussing the fact that one in [...]]]></summary>
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		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/29/rain-doesnt-deter-people-in-mountainous-kabala/feed/atom/" thr:count="1" />
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/29/rain-doesnt-deter-people-in-mountainous-kabala/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Joining in the dancing in Mapaki in Sierra Leone]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1605</id>
		<updated>2009-09-29T22:52:48Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-28T15:09:31Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="WSF2009" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="makeni" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The drive back from Kambia to Makeni was beautiful. There is green grass for miles, with tropical trees and rushing rivers. We passed many villages on the way with people selling snacks.
A heavily pregnant woman sold me some bananas when we stopped – we were still miles away from Makeni, where the main hospital is. [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/28/joining-in-the-dancing-in-mapaki-in-sierra-leone/#comments" thr:count="2" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/28/joining-in-the-dancing-in-mapaki-in-sierra-leone/feed/atom/" thr:count="2" />
		<thr:total>2</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/28/joining-in-the-dancing-in-mapaki-in-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Play in Kambia highlights problems women in labour face in Sierra Leone]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/PdLff0TezU4/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1613</id>
		<updated>2009-09-29T13:31:53Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-27T13:28:21Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="demand dignity" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="women in labour" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We departed at 6.30am today for the long bumpy ride to Kambia. After a courtesy visit to the paramount chief, I spoke to a group of volunteers about Amnesty&#8217;s maternal mortality campaign and caravan. I also asked them to help collect petition signatures during the launch in the afternoon. So far, we have an estimated [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/27/play-in-kambia-highlights-problems-women-in-labour-face-in-sierra-leone/#comments" thr:count="1" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/27/play-in-kambia-highlights-problems-women-in-labour-face-in-sierra-leone/feed/atom/" thr:count="1" />
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/27/play-in-kambia-highlights-problems-women-in-labour-face-in-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[A group of jubilant women in Makeni, Sierra Leone]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1599</id>
		<updated>2009-10-07T01:21:27Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-25T18:41:23Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="makeni" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="mami queen" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="women" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[On our second day in Makeni, Irene and some of the mission delegates departed for Freetown. In the morning, a few of the delegates set off to Kamambai, a village 30 minutes outside Makeni. The village has a history of women’s empowerment.
In 2002, the &#8220;Mami Queen&#8221; (woman chief) was denied the right to vote in [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/25/a-group-of-jubilant-women-in-makeni-sierra-leone/#comments" thr:count="0" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/25/a-group-of-jubilant-women-in-makeni-sierra-leone/feed/atom/" thr:count="0" />
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/25/a-group-of-jubilant-women-in-makeni-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Irene Khan crowned as caravan moves on to Makeni]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/7EZCYNpifyI/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1591</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T15:00:49Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-24T15:00:07Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="irene khan" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We arrived in Makeni at midday yesterday and started setting up for the launch. Makeni is the third largest city in Sierra Leone and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than Freetown.
The launch ran smoothly and the highlight of the day was when Irene was crowned Paramount Chief of Bombali District! She is the first [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/24/irene-khan-crowned-as-caravan-moves-on-to-makeni/#comments" thr:count="0" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/24/irene-khan-crowned-as-caravan-moves-on-to-makeni/feed/atom/" thr:count="0" />
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/24/irene-khan-crowned-as-caravan-moves-on-to-makeni/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Sierra Leone caravan – an emotional launch and moving forward]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/a5yLBm327y4/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1581</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T19:30:06Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-23T20:29:02Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="caravan" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We are in the car, on the way to Makeni. The campaign launch went well yesterday – despite the looming rain clouds, it managed not to rain during the event.
There was a great vibe, with everyone enjoying the music being blasted from the caravan stage. The event started with an introduction from Violet, the Sierra [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/sierra-leone-caravan-%e2%80%93-an-emotional-launch-and-moving-forward/#comments" thr:count="1" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/sierra-leone-caravan-%e2%80%93-an-emotional-launch-and-moving-forward/feed/atom/" thr:count="1" />
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/sierra-leone-caravan-%e2%80%93-an-emotional-launch-and-moving-forward/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Donnacha Delong</name>
						<uri>http://www.amnesty.org/en</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Thousands unite to end maternal mortality in Sierra Leone]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1586</id>
		<updated>2009-09-24T14:28:00Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-23T19:33:42Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="caravan" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[The rain came down like iron rods for hours.
Not an auspicious start for the launch of Amnesty International&#8217;s campaign to end maternal mortality in Sierra Leone. However, by early afternoon, the sun was beginning to peep through the dark grey clouds and steam rose from Freetown&#8217;s roads, as the puddles dried.
By 4pm, thousands of Sierra [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/thousands-unite-to-end-maternal-mortality-in-sierra-leone/#comments" thr:count="1" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/thousands-unite-to-end-maternal-mortality-in-sierra-leone/feed/atom/" thr:count="1" />
		<thr:total>1</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/thousands-unite-to-end-maternal-mortality-in-sierra-leone/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Donnacha Delong</name>
						<uri>http://www.amnesty.org/en</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Understanding the problems of Sierra Leone&#8217;s healthcare system]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/orcwQeoKrpQ/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1568</id>
		<updated>2009-09-23T20:24:35Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-23T18:00:18Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="healthcare" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="hospital" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="pregnancy" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="women" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Amnesty International Secretary General, Irene Khan, visited Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) in Freetown on Sunday to understand the problems the Sierra Leone healthcare system faces in fighting death during childbirth.

A woman faces a higher risk of dying in child birth in Sierra Leone than almost anywhere in the world. This is not just a [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/understanding-the-problems-of-sierra-leones-healthcare-system/#comments" thr:count="0" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/understanding-the-problems-of-sierra-leones-healthcare-system/feed/atom/" thr:count="0" />
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/23/understanding-the-problems-of-sierra-leones-healthcare-system/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Khairunissa Dhala</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Starting up the Sierra Leone caravan&#8230;]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/OzEM9BrsJkw/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1560</id>
		<updated>2009-09-22T17:41:11Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-22T13:58:48Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sierra Leone" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="caravan" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="demand dignity" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="irene khan" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="maternal mortality" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Khairunissa Dhala is a campaigner in Amnesty International&#8217;s Africa team.
After days, weeks and months of planning, the first day of the caravan and campaign launch on maternal mortality in Sierra Leone has arrived!
The event is being held at Bishop Johnson Memorial School, which is next door to Princess Christian Maternity Hospital (PCMH) and one of [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/22/starting-up-the-sierra-leone-caravan/#comments" thr:count="0" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/22/starting-up-the-sierra-leone-caravan/feed/atom/" thr:count="0" />
		<thr:total>0</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/22/starting-up-the-sierra-leone-caravan/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Cathy McCoy</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Standing in Support of &#8216;Tissa&#8217;]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/XR8dcIeZ8oQ/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1554</id>
		<updated>2009-09-21T20:03:58Z</updated>
		<published>2009-09-03T18:32:11Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Sri Lanka" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Prisoner of Conscience" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Tissa" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[By Tim Molyneux, a volunteer working in Amnesty International&#8217;s Sri Lanka team.
On Wednesday 1 September, the Sri Lanka Team at Amnesty International&#8217;s International Secretariat organised a vigil outside Parliament Square in London. We gathered to protest against the sentencing of Jayaprakash Sittampalam Tissainayagam, known as Tissa to his friends and family, to 20 years ‘vigorous [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/03/standing-in-support-of-tissa/#comments" thr:count="2" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/03/standing-in-support-of-tissa/feed/atom/" thr:count="2" />
		<thr:total>2</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/09/03/standing-in-support-of-tissa/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>kevin.darling</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[A very loud tribute to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in Dublin]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/Cvxa-kinl5I/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1536</id>
		<updated>2009-08-04T18:40:44Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-29T17:25:19Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="myanmar" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Aung San Suu Kyi" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="bono" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="prisoners of conscience" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="u2" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[By Benjamin Zawacki, Amnesty International researcher on Myanmar
I arrived back in Bangkok this afternoon with ears still ringing but most of the jet-lag cancelled out by nearly back-to-back return flights. &#8220;Nearly&#8221;, because in between were some of the most memorable moments of my almost two years as Amnesty’s Myanmar specialist and almost 20 years as [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/29/a-very-loud-tribute-to-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-dublin/#comments" thr:count="4" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/29/a-very-loud-tribute-to-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-dublin/feed/atom/" thr:count="4" />
		<thr:total>4</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/29/a-very-loud-tribute-to-daw-aung-san-suu-kyi-in-dublin/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Roger D. Minoungou</name>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Burkina Faso – Calling for more justice and freedom in Gambia]]></title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AILiveWire/~3/SRBNaJxUXq4/" />
		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1524</id>
		<updated>2009-07-24T15:00:22Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-24T14:30:30Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Gambia" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="burkina faso" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="human rights" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Amnesty International’s section in Burkina Faso organised a press conference for the Gambia Day of Action on 22 July. During this event, we denounced arbitrary arrests, impunity, migrant’s rights abuses, political harassment, and the lack of freedom of the press and urged Gambian authorities to respect human rights.
There were 12 media correspondents present at the [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/burkina-faso-%e2%80%93-calling-for-more-justice-and-freedom-in-gambia/#comments" thr:count="2" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/burkina-faso-%e2%80%93-calling-for-more-justice-and-freedom-in-gambia/feed/atom/" thr:count="2" />
		<thr:total>2</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/burkina-faso-%e2%80%93-calling-for-more-justice-and-freedom-in-gambia/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
		<entry>
		<author>
			<name>Donnacha Delong</name>
						<uri>http://www.amnesty.org/en</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Yaya Dampha – a Gambian journalist in Sweden]]></title>
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		<id>http://livewire.amnesty.org/?p=1521</id>
		<updated>2009-07-24T14:26:03Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-24T14:26:03Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="Gambia" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="amnesty international" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="EU" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="journalist" /><category scheme="http://livewire.amnesty.org" term="sweden" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[We had a meeting with official of the Swedish foreign ministry on the 22 July. About 15 Gambians in Stockholm participated in our journey to the foreign ministry. I and three other Gambians were allowed in to meet Madam Karin Bolin, Department Sectary in charge of West Africa. She is also EU desk officer.
We presented [...]]]></summary>
		<link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/yaya-dampha-%e2%80%93-a-gambian-journalist-in-sweden/#comments" thr:count="5" />
		<link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/yaya-dampha-%e2%80%93-a-gambian-journalist-in-sweden/feed/atom/" thr:count="5" />
		<thr:total>5</thr:total>
	<feedburner:origLink>http://livewire.amnesty.org/2009/07/24/yaya-dampha-%e2%80%93-a-gambian-journalist-in-sweden/</feedburner:origLink></entry>
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