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Our Marathon Winner!
On 17 April, Linda Denne will make history for Jubilee Campaign by becoming our first supporter to take part in the biggest annual fund raising event on the planet – she will be running the London Marathon to raise funds for orphans in Zimbabwe. Thanks to everyone who has already sponsored Linda’s incredible marathon run of 26 miles and 385 yards!
If you can, please sponsor Linda through Just Giving http://www.justgiving.com/Linda-Denne
Read more about Linda here http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/linda-denne
Good News for Human Trafficking Campaign
The UK government has decided to opt-in to the European directive on Human Trafficking – very good news. Read the government’s statement here http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/media-centre/news/eu-wide-action
First video interview with Chen since his release
Watch the first interview with the blind human rights activist Chen Guanghcheng and read Lord Alton’s latest article here http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/chen-video
End Child Sacrifice Campaign Update
A riot erupted in Uganda and a traditional healer’s shrine was burnt after a child’s body was discovered nearby. Read the full story here. http://www.newvision.co.ug/detail.php?mainNewsCategoryId=8&newsCategoryId=13&newsId=750087
Join our campaign. Sign our online petition to the President of Uganda and ask your friends to do the same. http://www.jubileecampaign.co.uk/petition
Photo Feature from the Middle East
Photojournalist Hazel Thompson spent six months in Bahrain and Qatar documenting women’s roles in modern Arab culture. View Hazel photographs and interview with the New York Times here http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/finding-a-place-in-bahraini-society/?emc=eta1
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