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'Why do people ascribe rights to animals?

Between 22-23 November 2005 Kopin, the Maltese NGO for international development, met many of its European and African partners in current development work at an international conference that took place at the Palais Egmont in Brussels under the patronage of the Belgian Minister for Development Cooperation Armand De Decker.

Alternattiva Demokratika - The Green Party and Moviment Graffitti have today called on Singapore''s leaders not to execute Nguyen Van Tuong for drug trafficking. The 25 year old Australian citizen has been convicted in Cambodia for smuggling heroin into Cambodia.

Moviment Graffitit said that the CHOGM Forum should serve as a tool for social justice which gives priority to respect of diversity, human rights, radical democracy, equality and sustainable development. Moviment Graffitti said "A collective effort should be made within the Commonwealth so that no abuses on human rights will be tolerated. In a number of member states, human rights abuses are carried out on people seeking refuge, opposition activists, indigenous people and on activists within trade unions and other civil society organisations".

Among the deportees, there are a number of refugees, some of them with UNHCR (UN refugee agency) papers. There are also pregnant women and children, many of whom are sick. One man told of how people, injured in the attempt to enter Spanish territory, were left to die in the desert, said Fr Boades SJ, a Spanish Jesuit in telephone contact with the deportees.

Activity Organized by Moviment Graffitti. 5th November 2005. Activities against corporate greed took place in front of the Valletta Mc Donald's outlet. The activity was part of the world anti-Mc Donald's day, which took place a few weeks late in Malta this year round.

The fair trade festival Taste the World will be held on Saturday, 3 December, at St. James Cavalier in Valletta between 9.30am and 10.00pm. The theme of this year's edition is Colour the Difference, a tribute to the beauty and vibrancy of the diverse cultures of the global South represented by fair trade. The special foreign guest is the fair trade expert and activist Richard Adams, a member of the Economic and Social Committee of the EU, who will be talking about alternatives to the unjust world trade system.

The latest amendments in the Refugees Act will give the government the leeway to deport to the country of origin, an applicant for refugee status, pending his or her Appeal to the application.

Date : Saturday 15th October
Time : 10am- 11pm
Place : Freedom Square Valletta

Moviment Graffitti shall be organising the third edition of "RECLAIM THE WORLD" in Freedom Square, Valletta. The project is benefiting from co-funding from the Youth Support Programme,Youth Section , Ministry for Education & Employment.

"Reclaim the World" aims are to promote social justice,peace,social\r\ninclusion,diversity,tolerance,human rights,equality and youth empowerment"