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IN the United States we still have our civil rights, our human rights as guaranteed buy our Constitution.....we still have our Bill of Rights, though there are some, greedy for power and control, who are attacking our Constitution every day, using fear, lies, propaganda to erode our freedom in America, we must remain vigilant to protect our rights. Still, we remain better off than most. Here is the latest e mail news letter from AI.....

WIRE alert: human rights news from around the world

Dear supporter, Please let us know what human rights issues we should fight for - have your say on our campaigning for 2011. Please give us your thoughts in this brief survey. Whenever human rights are abused, people are fighting back. Wherever you are, you can support their struggle. Your solidarity can make a difference. Concepcion Empeño and Raymond Manalo are using their voices and stories to fight enforced disappearances in the Philippines. In Nicaragua, girls are speaking out against sexual violence and demanding that their government listen to them and respect their rights. In Paraguay, Indigenous communities fighting for the return of their traditional lands document their lives and their struggle for justice. You can also lend your voice to their struggle. Read their stories and take action. Click here for a PDF of the new WIRE Also in this issue: The conflict in Gaza: two years on, the international community needs to take action to pursue justice of the victims. Behind the scenes of a new documentary depicting the lives of irregular migrants in Mexico. Join Amnesty International's annual letter-writing marathon - everything you need to you know. Download a PDF here Until next time, Adi, Editor Above: Three children look out of window Rafah, Gaza, Palestinian Authority 23 December 2009. Palestinians are still living in the ruins of destroyed homes that are flattened and covered in hundreds of bullet holes as a result of last years three-week offensive that Israel launched in the Gaza Strip. Recently on the Livewire blog Russian demonstrators vow to continue the fight for freedom of assembly After eighteen months of excuses, the Moscow authorities finally gave permission for a '31st Day' demonstration... Read more and comment Roma community in Romania still treated like waste six years on We met with a Romani community living behind a sewage treatment plant in Miercurea Ciuc, central Romania... Read more and comment Join our Online communities on Twitter and Facebook at the Global Activism Center Amnesty International International Secretariat 1 Easton Street London, WC1X 0DW United Kingdom www.amnesty.org