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URGENT ACTION NEEDED IN GAZA

UN must act now



Thousands of people around the world got fired up to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 2008. From Bangladesh to Burkina Faso, Australia to Austria and Paraguay to the Philippines, thousands of people lit candles, fires or flames as part of a mass demonstration in support of human rights.

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Trapped Palestinian prisoner reaches for help after Israeli missile strike © AP Graphics Bank

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Houses destroyed in the northern Gaza Strip. © Amnesty International

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