Re: Vaquitas, one more thing...

Thanks again for adding your name to save this precious species. Next, forward the email below to friends and family -- let's make our call on the Mexican government impossible to ignore!

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Dear Avaazers,

Vaquitas are cute, timid aquatic mammals that look like mini-dolphins -- and there's only 30 of them left! But if we act fast, we can still stop this beautiful species from vanishing forever.

They're dying because they get trapped in "gillnets" and drown. But Mexico is considering banning these nets right now, and a key government official has agreed to deliver our call right into the highest government offices.

Together, we can tip the decision in favour of the vaquitas. Let's show the Ministers if they propose a permanent ban, they'll have a million of us right behind them. Sign the urgent petition below with one click and share it with everyone: 

Click to save the vaquitas

The vaquita, which means "little cow" in Spanish, is the world's rarest marine mammal and the smallest cetacean in the world. It's a wondrous and unique animal -- but it could be gone within months. 

Fishermen could use other types of nets for fishing species like shrimp and corvina, but gillnets are the easiest option so many are fighting hard against a ban. Plus most fisherman who use deadly gillnets are fishing for totoaba -- an endangered species which is then illegally sold to China for huge profits.

If we act together now, we can save this beautiful species. Tell the Mexican government to pass a permanent ban and protect the vaquitas. Sign now and share with everyone. There is no time left: 

Click to save the vaquitas

>From the African savannas to the dense of forests of Borneo, our community has funded undercover agents in poaching networks and bought land to save orangutans. We have worked for years to protect whales and pushed to secure the largest marine reserve in history, and now we have a unique opportunity to ensure that marine vaquitas survive.

With hope,

Caroline, Rewan, Diego, Ana Sofia, Allison, Bert, Emma and the whole Avaaz team

More information:

Before Vaquitas Vanish, a Desperate Bid to Save Them (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/science/vaquitas-dolphins-mexico-extinction.html?smtyp=cur&_r=0

The vulnerable vaquita: Immediate action needed to save critically endangered porpoise (National Geographic)
http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/19/the-vulnerable-vaquita-immediate-action-needed-to-save-critically-endangered-porpoise/

Fish bladders, dolphin trackers, and human greed: The vaquita's wild path to extinction (Fusion)
http://fusion.net/story/384948/vaquitas-wild-path-to-extinction/

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Wiped out in four weeks

BREAKING: Chechnya's President just said he would wipe out the area's gay population in the next four weeks. Dear friends, Activists fighting this brutal crackdown need more of our help, and fast. The underground rescue network they've thrown together is no match for the roving government thugs who round up "suspected homosexuals" and drag them to black sites to be tortured -- and in some cases killed unless they reveal the names of their friends and lovers. This is how we save lives: funding for safe houses, transportation, and legal representation, plus media coverage and campaigns against horrific laws. Every day, more people face being rounded up -- let's show them the world won't stand by while they are wiped out: YES, I'LL DONATE R$7 YES, I'LL DONATE R$13 YES, I'LL DONATE R$26 YES, I'LL DONATE R$52 YES, I'LL DONATE R$104 YES, I'LL DONATE ANOTHER AMOUNT Over 1 million of us have already called on Russia's leaders to intervene, and we've helped get heads of state and the global media to take our message directly to President Putin. But investigators just found four more secret prisons. For the moment, gay men's only hope is fellow citizens prepared to put their own lives at risk to spirit them to safety. We can help take this incredible work to the next level, fast. Together we could: fund safe houses where gay people can hide from authorities provide cars and lawyers to help people flee the country send investigative journalists to expose anti-gay abuse and violence back local activists wherever these attacks take place to win the basic right to love whoever they choose, and ramp up international pressure on their government. and more… We know what we do works. When this same kind of attack was launched in Uganda, Avaaz successfully established secure housing, security training, support for a rescue network and advocated to water down a brutal gay death penalty law -- saving countless lives Assaults on gay communities are happening everywhere, and so is the resistance. From a network of support and counselling in the Middle East to a protection force for LGBT people in South Africa -- we can make Chechnya the beginning of a global response to gay hate with enough funds from all of us. Let's show Chechnya and gay communities everywhere that the world won't let them be silently wiped out: YES, I'LL DONATE R$7 YES, I'LL DONATE R$13 YES, I'LL DONATE R$26 YES, I'LL DONATE R$52 YES, I'LL DONATE R$104 YES, I'LL DONATE ANOTHER AMOUNT The struggle to make gay rights human rights everywhere is a long one, but it's a struggle that is essential to our shared humanity -- almost 10% of the human population lives and loves in fear! This is our chance to chip away at that fear and replace it with the freedom to love openly. With determination and gratitude for this amazing community, Emma, Danny, Sarah, Spyro, Risalat and the whole Avaaz team P.S. When Uganda first tried to pass a law giving the death penalty for being gay, it seemed hopeless. With a spark from our movement, the resistance inside Uganda survived government attack, beat back the law, took the American religious leader who promoted the law to court and became an international fighting force for LGBT rights. This is the kind of story we can tell again and again together! Join in here. Note: The image featured in this campaign is from elsewhere in Russia, where the Russian LGBT Network is fighting hard for gay rights. More information: Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya: Report (Huffington Post) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chechen-gays-arrested-killed-reports-say_us_58e12a65e4b0b3918c843db6 Gay men in Chechnya are being tortured and killed. More will suffer if we don't act (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/13/gay-men-targeted-chechnya-russia The international community must respond to attacks on gay men in Chechnya (The Globe and Mail) http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/the-international-community-must-respond-to-attacks-on-gay-men-in-chechnya/article34718214/ Chechens tell of prison beatings and electric shocks in anti-gay purge: 'They called us animals' (The Guardian) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/13/they-called-us-animals-chechens-prison-beatings-electric-shocks-anti-gay-purge

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Vaquitas on the brink

There are only 30 vaquitas left in the world! Only a permanent ban on the "gillnets" that kill them can save this beautiful species. The Mexican government is deciding what to do right now, and needs our support to stand up to the opposition. Let's back them to save the vaquitas! Sign the petition below with one click and share with everyone! sign now Dear Avaazers, Vaquitas are cute, timid aquatic mammals that look like mini-dolphins -- and there's only 30 of them left! But if we act fast, we can still stop this beautiful species from vanishing forever. They're dying because they get trapped in "gillnets" and drown. But Mexico is considering banning these nets right now, and a key government official has agreed to deliver our call right into the highest government offices. Together, we can tip the decision in favour of the vaquitas. Let's show the Ministers if they propose a permanent ban, they'll have a million of us right behind them. Sign the urgent petition below with one click and share it with everyone:  Click to save the vaquitas To President of Mexico Peña Nieto, Environment Minister Rafael Pacchiano, and Fisheries Minister José Calzada: As citizens from around the world horrified that vaquitas could vanish from the face of the earth, we urge you to establish and enforce an immediate, permanent ban on deadly gillnet fishing in Mexico. As there are only 30 vaquitas left, we call on you to do all you can to save this beautiful species from extinction before it's too late. Click to save the vaquitas The vaquita, which means "little cow" in Spanish, is the world's rarest marine mammal and the smallest cetacean in the world. It's a wondrous and unique animal -- but it could be gone within months.  Fishermen could use other types of nets for fishing species like shrimp and corvina, but gillnets are the easiest option so many are fighting hard against a ban. Plus most fisherman who use deadly gillnets are fishing for totoaba -- an endangered species which is then illegally sold to China for huge profits. If we act together now, we can save this beautiful species. Tell the Mexican government to pass a permanent ban and protect the vaquitas. Sign now and share with everyone. There is no time left:  Click to save the vaquitas From the African savannas to the dense forests of Borneo, our community has funded undercover agents in poaching networks and bought land to save orangutans. We have worked for years to protect whales and pushed to secure the largest marine reserve in history, and now we have a unique opportunity to ensure that marine vaquitas survive. With hope, Caroline, Rewan, Diego, Ana Sofia, Allison, Bert, Emma and the whole Avaaz team More information: Before Vaquitas Vanish, a Desperate Bid to Save Them (New York Times) https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/science/vaquitas-dolphins-mexico-extinction.html?smtyp=cur&_r=0 The vulnerable vaquita: Immediate action needed to save critically endangered porpoise (National Geographic) http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/02/19/the-vulnerable-vaquita-immediate-action-needed-to-save-critically-endangered-porpoise/ Fish bladders, dolphin trackers, and human greed: The vaquita's wild path to extinction (Fusion) http://fusion.net/story/384948/vaquitas-wild-path-to-extinction/

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Close the gay torture centres -- let's keep it up!

Now the journalist who broke the story is in hiding after getting death threats. Let's keep building a massive call to stop the crackdown! Forward this to everyone -- Chechnya is rounding up gay people and taking them to torture centres, and it's as horrific as it sounds. But a massive global outcry can force them to close. Join the urgent campaign and tell everyone -- let's make this huge!  SIGN HERE Dear friends, Chechnya is rounding up gay people and taking them to torture centres, and it's as horrific as it sounds. Men are being electrocuted, tortured until they reveal names of other gay people, and beaten so badly that some have died. Targeting gay people and dragging them into prisons is like something the Nazis would do. It's both terribly upsetting and infuriating, but there's a plan to stop it. Avaaz will amplify the call of brave local activists in the media and use our massive global outcry to force an end to the crackdown. Sign the petition and tell everyone - let's get to one million: Close the gay torture centres It's almost too horrific to believe, but Chechnya has long been controlled by a brutal human rights abuser, backed by Russia. When asked about the torture prisons, his officials denied the existence of gay people at all. Saying: "If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return." And now the well respected International Crisis Group has confirmed reports from people who've escaped from the prisons, and they're releasing the information to get global attention. So let's use this moment and build a massive outcry that puts Russia, Chechnya and their barbaric practices to shame. Join the call by clicking below, then forward this widely:  Close the gay torture centres So much of what's happening in the world right now feels out of our control. But each day we have a choice -- either sit back and watch the horror unfold, or do something about it. Together, let's choose action, love and unity, and let's channel it towards the terrified families in Chechnya who risk losing a loved one.  With hope and determination, Rewan, Emma, Fatima, Sarah and the entire Avaaz team More information: Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya: Report (Huffington Post)  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chechen-gays-arrested-killed-reports-say_us_58e12a65e4b0b3918c843db6 Gay men go missing in Chechnya, reports say (CNN)  http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/europe/chechnya-gay-men-reported-missing/ Chechnya opens world's first concentration camp for homosexuals (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397118/Chechnya-opens-concentration-camp-homosexuals.html

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Re: gay torture camps, one more thing...

Thanks again for adding your name! Now forward the email below to everyone -- let's make our urgent call for human rights and justice impossible to ignore:

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Dear friends,

Chechnya is rounding up gay people and taking them to torture camps, and it's as horrific as it sounds. Men are being electrocuted, tortured until they reveal names of other gay people, and beaten so badly that some have died.

Targeting gay people and dragging them into camps is like something the Nazis would do. It's both terribly upsetting and infuriating, but there's a plan to stop it.

Avaaz will amplify the call of brave local activists in the media and use our massive global outcry to force an end to the crackdown. Sign the petition and tell everyone - let's get to one million:

Close the gay torture camps

It's almost too horrific to believe, but Chechnya has long been controlled by a brutal human rights abuser, backed by Russia. When asked about the torture camps, his officials denied the existence of gay people at all. Saying: "If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return."

And now the well respected International Crisis Group has confirmed reports from people who've escaped from the camp, and they're releasing the information to get global attention.

So let's use this moment and build a massive outcry that puts Russia, Chechnya and their barbaric practices to shame. Join the call by clicking below, then forward this widely:

Close the gay torture camps

So much of what's happening in the world right now feels out of our control. But each day we have a choice - either sit back and watch the horror unfold, or do something about it. Together, let's choose action, love and unity, and let's channel it towards the terrified families in Chechnya who risk losing a loved one. 

With hope and determination,

Rewan, Emma, Fatima, Sarah and the entire Avaaz team

More information:
Chechen police 'kidnap and torture gay men' - LGBT activists (BBC)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39566136

More than 100 gay men 'sent to prison camps' in Chechnya (Independent)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/chechnya-gay-men-concentration-camps-torture-detain-nazi-ramzan-kadyrov-chechen-russia-region-a7677901.html

Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya: Report (Huffington Post) 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chechen-gays-arrested-killed-reports-say_us_58e12a65e4b0b3918c843db6

Gay men go missing in Chechnya, reports say (CNN) 
http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/europe/chechnya-gay-men-reported-missing/

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Close the gay torture camps

Chechnya is rounding up gay people and taking them to torture camps, and it's as horrific as it sounds. But a massive global outcry can force them to close. Join the urgent campaign with one click and tell everyone -- let's make this huge!  SIGN HERE Dear friends, Chechnya is rounding up gay people and taking them to torture camps, and it's as horrific as it sounds. Men are being electrocuted, tortured until they reveal names of other gay people, and beaten so badly that some have died. Targeting gay people and dragging them into camps is like something the Nazis would do. It's both terribly upsetting and infuriating, but there's a plan to stop it. Avaaz will amplify the call of brave local activists in the media and use our massive global outcry to force an end to the crackdown. Sign the petition below with one click and tell everyone - let's get to one million: Close the gay torture camps To President Putin and all Russian authorities: As concerned citizens from around the world, we strongly urge you to stop the crackdown on gay people in Chechnya, and to uphold the values of justice and tolerance. Close the gay torture camps It's almost too horrific to believe, but Chechnya has long been controlled by a brutal human rights abuser, backed by Russia. When asked about the torture camps, his officials denied the existence of gay people at all. Saying: "If such people existed in Chechnya, law enforcement would not have to worry about them, as their own relatives would have sent them to where they could never return." And now the well respected International Crisis Group has confirmed reports from people who've escaped from the camps, and they're releasing the information to get global attention. So let's use this moment and build a massive outcry that puts Russia, Chechnya and their barbaric practices to shame. Join the call by clicking below, then forward this widely:  Close the gay torture camps So much of what's happening in the world right now feels out of our control. But each day we have a choice -- either sit back and watch the horror unfold, or do something about it. Together, let's choose action, love and unity, and let's channel it towards the terrified families in Chechnya who risk losing a loved one.  With hope and determination, Rewan, Emma, Fatima, Sarah and the entire Avaaz team More information: Gay Men Are Being Rounded Up And Killed In Chechnya: Report (Huffington Post)  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chechen-gays-arrested-killed-reports-say_us_58e12a65e4b0b3918c843db6 Gay men go missing in Chechnya, reports say (CNN)  http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/04/europe/chechnya-gay-men-reported-missing/ Chechnya opens world's first concentration camp for homosexuals (Daily Mail) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4397118/Chechnya-opens-concentration-camp-homosexuals.html

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