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  Mike Baillie - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 23, 2023 at 12:51 PM

Final call: Help launch emergency action plan for Earth

How citizens everywhere can fight the climate crisis. Our home is on fire Dear friends, We just experienced the hottest month ever recorded on planet Earth.Global heating is entering a terrifying new …
  John Senior - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 13, 2023 at 4:49 AM

Death by hanging

Mohammad could be executed any day… Mohammad is only 27, and a judge decided he should be hanged for protesting against the regime in Iran. But there might still be hope: global pressure stopped executions in Iran before – now people around th…
  Txai Suruí with Avaaz · [email protected]
August 5, 2023 at 5:40 AM

Amazon collapse

I was just held hostage for speaking out to save the Amazon...but I won't stop! We are on the brink of a tipping point where the Amazon, my ancestral home, could become a dry wasteland. The Amazon's demise will ignite a carbon bomb and threate…
  Abdelrahman Mansour - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 25, 2023 at 4:42 AM

Tortured to death

Torturing sharks to death for profit... Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email u…
  Mike Baillie - Avaaz · [email protected]
July 23, 2023 at 5:15 AM

Heat death

We're approaching an extreme red line, when a few hours outside is deadly. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, c…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 27, 2023 at 9:36 AM

🚨 Amazon Alert! 🚨

At the heart of the great riot of life that is the Ecuadorian Amazon, a black plague spreads, choking the rivers and poisoning the children. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this me…
  Diego Casaes - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 14, 2023 at 4:29 AM

Wiped out

"This could cause a genocide," Indigenous leaders told Avaaz. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to …
  Adela Trofin - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 8, 2023 at 5:41 AM

Bees

Millions of bees are dying – but in weeks, the EU could vote for a bill that could protect their habitat and restore life to our devastated lands and waters. Conservative politicians are siding with the pesticide industry to try and kill the bill – so we need to be louder! Let’s show lawma…
  Célia Xakriabá - Congresswoman, with Avaaz · [email protected]
May 26, 2023 at 7:41 PM

Urgent - a personal request

This is one of the most important emails we've ever sent you - it's as urgent as it gets! Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive emai…
  Ruth Delbaere - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 8, 2023 at 11:47 AM

Putin in jail

Putin is wanted for war crimes in Ukraine -- and now South Africa could put him behind bars when he travels there for a high-level summit. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this mess…
  Nelson Ole Reiyia with Avaaz · [email protected]
May 6, 2023 at 5:35 AM

Our miracle is in danger, John

I'm a Maasai elder in Kenya. The miracle you helped create is in danger. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, cli…
  Nelson Ole Reiyia with Avaaz · [email protected]
April 26, 2023 at 5:04 AM

Guardians of the grassland

My name is Nelson, and I'm a Maasai elder in Kenya. Our land is under threat. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz…
  Laura Rico - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 13, 2023 at 4:37 AM

Billionaires

It’s outrageous: Elon Musk paid a tax rate of about 3% while a rice trader in Uganda paid 40%. Inequality is literally killing us -- and it's time for leaders to take action. President Biden has just announced a plan to tax billionaires -- and G20 leaders could take it global! Add your nam…
  Martyna Dominiak - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 29, 2023 at 4:28 AM

Octopus massacre

Scientists are outraged by plans for the world’s first octopus farm, which would see a million of these highly intelligent creatures crammed into tiny tanks every year, and then killed painfully by being frozen alive. Plans for this giant octopus torture chamber have been submitted to loca…
  Ana Paula Rodrigues - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 21, 2023 at 2:59 PM

Putin's silent victim

Russian troops are destroying Ukraine's environment -- leaving behind more than 50 billion dollars in environmental damages. If you believe that the severe destruction of our precious Mother Earth should be a crime, join our petition demanding laws against ecocide, starting in Europe and c…
  Mike Baillie - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 19, 2023 at 5:07 AM

Three degrees

Dear friends, At just over 1 degree of warming, the climate crisis is already slamming the planet -- fast.In the last 12 months, a third of Pakistan has been submerged by floods, drought is starving millions in Somalia, and a massive heatwave has killed tens of thousands in Europe.But here…
  Bert Wander – Avaaz · [email protected]
March 8, 2023 at 7:10 AM

Avaaz's next chapter

Dear friends, It's now or never. The months and years ahead will decide whether humanity rises to meet the climate crisis, prevent the destruction of nature and advance peace and justice for everyone, everywhere.As a democratic campaigning community, your voice matters -- we need you to he…
  Patricia Martín Díaz - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 1, 2023 at 7:34 AM

The death of water

The Nile, the Ganges, the Amazon, the Rhine… Are choked with chemicals and trash. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from A…
  Nobel Peace Prize Winner Oleksandra Matviichuk with Avaaz · [email protected]
February 22, 2023 at 11:06 AM

Putin is stealing children

I'm writing to you with an urgent message from Ukraine. Investigators just confirmed that Russia has taken thousands of children from Ukraine and put them into Russian re-education camps. And many families have almost no way to get their children back. Sign now to demand the urgent return …
  Wissam Tarif - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 12, 2023 at 5:29 AM

Earthquake: time running out

Dear friends, It's doomsday in Turkey and Syria.Over 24,000 people are dead -- and thousands are trapped under mountains of rubble after two thumping earthquakes. Every hour is critical for rescue efforts -- but while a massive rescue operation is underway in Turkey… in war-torn Syria it's…
  Wissam Tarif - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 7, 2023 at 12:28 PM

Earthquake

Dear friends, "I've never experienced anything as bad as this."Those are the words of an Avaaz staffer caught in the chaos of the devastating earthquakes that have hit Syria and Turkey.At least 5,000 people are dead. Thousands more are still feared trapped under mountains of rubble.And mil…
  Diego Casaes - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 5, 2023 at 6:27 AM

Survival 🌳

Dear friends, The battle for the Amazon’s survival has begun, and this young woman may hold the fate of the forest in her hands.Puyr Tembé is leading Indigenous peoples from across the country to demand the new Congress protect the forest from the storm of logging, mining and cattle-ranchi…
  Diego Casaes - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 27, 2023 at 6:08 AM

She's not giving up

Dear friends, The battle for the Amazon’s survival has begun, and this young woman may hold the fate of the forest in her hands.Puyr Tembé is leading Indigenous peoples from across the country in a march on Brazil’s capital to demand the new Congress protect the forest from the storm of lo…
  Greta Thunberg · [email protected]
January 15, 2023 at 7:48 AM

A personal message

Dear friends, Enough is enough!For decades, big oil and gas CEOs have misled the public about the deadly impact of burning fossil fuels that are cooking our planet. Now we're seeing murderous floods, deadly droughts and rainforests on fire.Next week, top CEOs are meeting at a key business …
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
December 22, 2022 at 3:00 PM

A turning point for life on Earth?

Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email [email protected]. …
  William Shatner · [email protected]
December 13, 2022 at 6:37 PM

A personal message

Star Trek didn't prepare me for this... Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email u…
  Laura Rico - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 24, 2022 at 7:09 AM

Urgent - Iran issues first death sentences!

It’s shocking -- Iranian courts sentenced five people to death over the mass protests that have swept the country. This follows a brutal crackdown that has left hundreds dead, including children, and many more facing torture, and unfair trials. We can’t stay silent in a moment like this! A…
  Bieta Andemariam - Avaaz · [email protected]
November 13, 2022 at 7:00 AM

World Cup

The families of workers who died in Qatar need our help Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubs…
  Prime Minister of Tuvalu Kausea Natano with Avaaz · [email protected]
November 8, 2022 at 8:32 AM

Tuvalu

Dear friends, I'm writing to you with an urgent message as the Prime Minister of Tuvalu: Our country is sinking! My homeland could be one of the first nations to be wiped off the map due to climate change. But we won't give up. We will fight! In a few hours, I'm addressing the climate summ…
  John Senior - Avaaz · [email protected]
October 19, 2022 at 6:37 AM

Death by stoning

Amal is only 20 and a judge decided she deserved death by stoning at the end of a bogus trial. It’s Sudan’s first stoning case in a decade, and she is stuck in jail until the appeals court decides her fate. But massive global outrage could save Amal's life. There’s no time to waste: add yo…
  Kaitlin Hansen - Avaaz · [email protected]
September 25, 2022 at 5:01 AM

Power the Russian resistance

Dear friends, Democracy dies in darkness. In Russia, it’s already night.Since the invasion of Ukraine, Putin has imposed a free speech blackout -- burying independent media and forcing pro-democracy activists into exile. Now he’s handing draft papers to thousands of men to prop up his ever…
  Malala and Vanessa with Avaaz · [email protected]
September 7, 2022 at 5:34 AM

A personal request

Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email [email protected]. …
  Nate Miller - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 24, 2022 at 4:51 AM

Nuclear annihilation

This is insane – a huge nuclear site in Ukraine is under attack from rockets and shells! And here’s the really crazy thing. Bombing a nuclear plant isn’t explicitly banned under international law! UN nuclear negotiators are meeting right now – and in days they could make a crucial decision…
  Nathan Miller - Avaaz · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 7:53 AM

The UN Secretary General wants to know...

Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email [email protected]. …
  Abortion rights defenders around the world, with Avaaz · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 10:51 PM

Roe v. Wade

Dear friends, This is horrifying! The US Supreme Court just stripped millions of the right to a safe and legal abortion!But activists from across the world are fighting back -- and they need our help! Add your name to their open letter and let's make it the biggest call for reproductive ri…
  Antonia Staats - Avaaz · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 4:35 AM

BREAKING: bullets are flying

We are Maasai Elders from Northern Tanzania. Right now, tens of thousands of our community could be evicted from our ancestral lands to make way for tourism and trophy hunting. Last time Avaaz raised the alarm, the President shelved the plan. So we urgently need you to stand with us again!…
  Diego Casaes - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 25, 2022 at 4:27 AM

Stop the Amazon's massacres

Horrific! A 12yo girl was raped and murdered in the heart of the rainforest. More than 20,000 illegal miners have invaded Yanomami lands Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message…
  Luca Nicotra – Avaaz · [email protected]
May 15, 2022 at 4:34 AM

The most impactful thing we’ve ever done?!

Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email [email protected]. …
  Kaitlin Hansen - Avaaz · [email protected]
May 5, 2022 at 4:43 AM

Burnt to the ground

Dear friends, The Maasai’s future is going up in flames.They've been hounded by the Tanzanian government for years -- hundreds of homes have been burnt to the ground.Now the government is even more determined to get rid of them, cutting vital medical services, and threatening to evict thou…
  Laura Rico - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 24, 2022 at 4:34 AM

Tree massacre

Majestic forests around the world are being destroyed to produce ever more beef, palm oil, cocoa, timber, and paper. Now legislators in the US are considering new laws to stop forest-killing products from entering their country -- this could transform global supply chains and help save our…
  Mike Baillie - Avaaz · [email protected]
April 2, 2022 at 5:03 AM

A deafening roar for life on Earth

65 million years ago, an asteroid killed 75% of life on Earth. Today we're facing another mass extinction -- but this time, the asteroid is Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this mess…
  Nobel Peace Prize Laureates with Avaaz · [email protected]
March 27, 2022 at 4:56 AM

Ukraine. NO TO NUCLEAR WAR

Read this message from the Dalai Lama and Peace Prize Laureates... Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here…
  Nick Flynn - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 16, 2022 at 4:34 AM

Putin on trial

Putin is committing the ‘supreme international crime’ — aggression — right before our eyes. We can and must create a new Nuremberg tribunal. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this mes…
  Svitlana from Ukraine, with Avaaz · [email protected]
March 9, 2022 at 1:42 PM

Urgent message from Ukraine

I’m writing to you with an urgent message from Ukraine. Putin’s missiles are destroying our cities and killing civilians, including our children – it’s terrifying. And while the world is mobilising to stop Putin's war, Europe as Russia’s biggest trade partner is still fuelling it with bill…
  Laura Rico - Avaaz · [email protected]
March 3, 2022 at 5:36 AM

One signature away

Twelve-year-old girls are forced to keep rape pregnancies, while hundreds of woare abused each year in Honduras. Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would pref…
  Bert Wander - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 25, 2022 at 12:28 PM

Ukraine

Dear friends, 50,000 casualties. Millions of refugees. Democracy in retreat.That’s what experts fear could be the deadly cost of Putin’s senseless invasion of Ukraine.Efforts to prevent war have failed, but efforts to end it must succeed. Fast.Civilians are being killed right now because P…
  Maasai elders of Ngorongoro District - with Avaaz · [email protected]
February 17, 2022 at 8:42 AM

An urgent message

We are Maasai Elders from Northern Tanzania. Any day now, tens of thousands of our community could be evicted from our ancestral lands to make way for tourism and trophy hunting. Last time Avaaz raised the alarm, the President shelved the plan. So we urgently need you to stand with us agai…
  Spyro Limneos - Avaaz · [email protected]
February 6, 2022 at 6:48 AM

Poisoned

It’s everywhere: even in the human placenta... Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or e…
  Luca Nicotra - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 22, 2022 at 5:51 AM

We're helping to shape history!

Avaaz usually sends about one email per week, offering a chance to take quick action on an urgent global issue. If you received this message in error, or would prefer not to receive email from Avaaz, click here to unsubscribe or email [email protected]. …
  Ruth Delbaere - Avaaz · [email protected]
January 12, 2022 at 7:07 AM

Cheetahs on sale now!

Terrified cheetah cubs, tigers, and even baby orangutans -- they're all being sold on Facebook right now! It's the new marketplace for endangered wildlife, creating a safe haven for poachers to sell endangered animals, ivory, and shark fins. We have to stop them! Facebook is incredibly sen…