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Save the Chagos Islanders from a second exileThese people have been taken away from their home by the British government, home that has been handed to the U.S. military. As well as a forced exile they now have to pay for their right to remain in the country and pay high immigration fees and/or pay for a visa for their relatives to come over, we want to hold the British Government accountable to its past actions, make these people you forced out of their home British citizens for free, as a compensation for the pain and suffering you caused them.18 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Gilles Fabbri
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Justice for JordanJordans death is called unnatural by the medics who wrote his medical report. The Coroner states Jordan died due to a cardiac arrest as a result of being chased and restrained. The fact that a case involving a caused death has been dropped by Greater Manchester police is not justice. The fact that two men responsible for the death are not held accountable in any way is not justice.129 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Rachel Kelsall
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Restart the BBC Hungarian ServiceRestriction of media freedom in Hungary has had serious, and still deteriorating, consequences for democratic order in Central Europe. Hungarian Government pressure has forced nearly all significant independent media outlets into closure or pro-government ownership. Journalists in public media organisations report overt direction of editorial policy, and even of article content, by the Orbán government. Interpretation is frequently presented as fact and outright fabrication is far from unknown. At the same time the influence of Russian propaganda in the country is growing especially (though not only) in coverage of international affairs. The Hungarian media now follows Moscow's line in describing as 'terrorists' the regular Ukranian armed forces fighting Russian-backed insurgents in Donetsk. The extensive anti-Soros campaign has made use of articles from Putin-allied Russian media.These are reproduced exactly in Hungarian translation without acknowledgement of source. The OSCE monitoring group report declared that the credibility of the April 2018 election was undermined because 'intimidating and xenophobic rhetoric, [and] media bias…constricted the space for genuine political debate'. In the years that immediately followed the fall of communism Hungary was widely perceived as the regional leader in 'westernisation'. Now it ranks bottom of Freedom House’s Democracy Index for Central Europe. That's bad enough but in 2017 F.H's press freedom audit delcared Hungary's media 'only partly free'. Its score was several points behind Mongolia's. Last year the European Parliament censured Hungary for a "serious deterioration" in the rule of law. The situation has only continued to worsen over subsequent months. The BBC Hungarian Service (est. 1940) was an information lifeline supplying factually reliable news to Hungary throughout the Cold War era. The service was disbanded in December 2005 on the basis that the post 1989 mandate to support fragile/ fledgling democracy in Central Europe had expired. That judgement now appears excessively optimistic. A radio service broadcasting objective information to the country from London would make a valuable contribution to regional stability. The BBC maintains limited services to Hungary’s neighbours Serbia and Ukraine. The Serbian Service was restarted only last year. Hungary’s need is no less pressing. BBC, will you help? References OSCE Monitoring Report on 2018 election https://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/hungary/377410?download=true Freedom House statistics https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/nations-transit-2018 https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2017/hungary This petition has a Hungarian sister website: https://www.peticiok.com/tamogassuk_a_bbc_magyar_adasanak_ujrainditasat2,579 of 3,000 SignaturesCreated by Alexander Faludy
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PayPal should lift the ban on CBD Products!CBD is a legal product to sell and is an amazing health supplement! Despite this, PayPal have taken an anti-business stance that won't allow CBD product sales from certain businesses. PayPal states it "breaks the terms of its policies", however fails to show or explain where this is stated. Additionally you can use PayPal to buy CBD oil via a website owned by PayPal's parent company? A small farmer or oil producer can really benefit from the use of PayPal for their business, so you can't help but feel maybe they are being targeted and this is not right. I believe it's important for us all to do our part in stopping this from happening, please help by signing this petition and sharing with your friends. Thank you all!171 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Lauren O'Malley
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Stop persecuting our homeless in SOTWhere else can they go?? They are not allowed in shops, hostels kick them out during the day. We have worked closely with the Homeless for 2 1/2 years and have met some lovely people during this time who are homeless. Stop persecuting and help these guys and girls to gain peace from the Council and Police205 of 300 SignaturesCreated by Jeannette Jackson
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Police Officers or PCSOs for Sussex Police?I retired as a Sussex Police Officer in 2009 after more than 31 years of service. At the time of my retirement, I held the rank of Detective Chief Superintendent, Head of the Sussex CID. Prior to this I was the Divisional Commander for Brighton and Hove. Having retired as a police officer I joined the S.E. Regional Organised Crime Unit, still working in an operational policing function, fully retiring in January of this year. This means that I have a total of almost 40 years policing service. This experience as a police officer and subsequently as a police staff member was wide and varied which I believe enables me to speak with some authority on policing. I am a member of a large group of other retired officers who remain in contact with each other through social media. Although we are retired, without exception, we still care about Sussex Police and the service that it provides to the local communities within the County. We, probably along with large numbers of the public, have become increasingly concerned regarding the ability of Sussex Police to be able to respond to incidents reported by the public. Indeed, this issue has been recently publicised by officers currently serving with the Force. They have a genuine concern that the low numbers of front line police officers available may lead to the safety of the public and the officers themselves being compromised. This concern is not exaggerated and is not scaremongering as some current senior officers would have us all believe but is a genuine fear based on their professional experiences. This fear is hardly surprising. Police officer numbers in Sussex have fallen from 3,200 to a little over 2,500 between 2010 and today. Whilst the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Katy Bourne, has secured a considerable increase in funding for the new financial year of 2018/2019, through a rise in our Council Tax precept, she and the Chief Constable, Giles York, intend to recruit around 140 additional PCSOs in order to boost Neighbourhood Policing Teams. Whilst this may assist in increasing a uniform visibility, PCSOs do not possess the powers of police officers and therefore cannot deal with the types of incidents that officers can respond to. This is not designed to undermine the work of PCSOs, but this issue should be about increasing the numbers of police officers. Whilst Sussex are recruiting large numbers of PCSOs, our neighbours in Kent are looking to take on an additional 200 police officers. Other forces within the country are also looking to increase police officer numbers similarly through reducing numbers of PCSOs including Lincolnshire. We therefore pose the question as to why Sussex are choosing to recruit extra PCSOs when the Force are struggling to attend incidents reported by you, the public. The time taken for officers to attend incidents reported by the public has increased considerably in recent times. This is despite the fact that officers no longer attend certain crime types that they used to such as household burglary or other incidents determined to no longer require the attendance of a police officer. We, as retired officers, believe that this is not right or appropriate and therefore the public are being let down. Therefore, we argue that the time is now right to challenge the decision making of the PCC and the Chief Constable. We would ask that you, the public, join us in attempting to achieve this change in thinking.1,128 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Kevin Moore
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Cambridge AnlayticaThis is incredibly important for the freedom of people and democracy around the world. It is difficult enough for people to make a decision of importance based on information which is provided by a Biased and propagandist media. Psychological manipulation and deliberate large scale misinformation is despicable and very dangerous. Why was a Phd professor having been asked to leave Cambridge university return after 3 years in South America , then allowed to continue at Cambridge under his new name of SPECTRE ? It beggars belief. Why was Steve Bannon involved in both BREXIT and the Trump vote Along of course with many others ......42 of 100 SignaturesCreated by kevin Fitmaurice-Brown
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Anti-bullying classes at SchoolRaising awareness of bullying is an important issue to many parents, carers, and young people who are victims of bullying. It is becoming more and more frequent at this school, to the point where children are having to be relocated at other schools. Bullying has a devastating affect on young people and their families. The rates of suicide and self harm in young people is on the rise due to suspected bullying, whether it be cyber bullying, physical and/or psychological. This matter is important to me as family members of mine have experienced bullying directly and I have witnessed the effects it has on them both physically and mentally. There were over 24,000 Childline counselling sessions with children about bullying in 2016/2017 and more than 16,000 young people are absent from school due to bullying, as stated by the NSPCC. This is happening in schools because young people are not being educated on how bullying others and making a person feel worthless effects the young person whom is being bullied. Children who are being bullied also don't know where to turn to or what to do, this may also apply to the children that are bullying others. I feel that making a point of having set times where children, parents, teachers, can learn about the full effects of bullying may just save some lives, this will allow children to attend their place of education without fear. School's have a duty of care to children, and, currently this duty is not being carried out. Children need to feel safe in their environment in order for them to grow and learn. It's about time the school acted on it's anti-bullying policy and protected the children that are under their care. I have attached the link to an Inquiry into bullying and harrasment in schools, it's worth a read to get a feel of how the young people in schools feel about this subject, and notice the age of the kids that are giving feedback. This needs to be stopped. http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Equal_Opps/General%20Documents/Children_in_Scotland_-_commissioned_by_EHRiC.pdf109 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Jade Brown
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Help Murray and others like him: Make medicinal cannabis available on the NHSMy 5 year old son Murray has Doose Syndrome / Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy (MAE). This is a rare form of epilepsy and means he lives with up to 600 seizures a DAY (4 different seizure types). He has spent months lying in a hospital bed shaking, now uses a wheelchair and has only been able to attend school for 3 weeks this year! It is very hard to control with the medicine currently available and it has been proven in other countries that medical cannabis helps people with illnesses like his. In the USA medical cannabis has helped stop the daily aggressive seizures that children with this syndrome have. The government needs to make Medicinal Cannabis legally available so that the NHS can administer it safely and change the lives of thousands of people with illnesses that could be helped by it. Thanks to the thousands of people who signed this campaign so far, Murray has now been granted a special licence to be prescribed CBD, he's the first person in Scotland to get one. But this campaign is about more than just one patient, it's about doctors being able to give all patients the medicine that could help them.243,310 of 300,000 SignaturesCreated by Karen Gray
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Enforce muzzles on hunting hounds when out with local huntsToo many pets have been killed in their own gardens by hounds who are allegedly trail-hunting or on a ride out with the hunt, as in the case at Norbury Junction on the 13th March 2018. This episode again revealed that the hunt have little or no control over their hounds once an animal is scented and makes a joke of the current fox hunting ban. Enforcing the use of muzzles may help to prevent other animals experiencing such a barbaric and grotesque death, and should also benefit the hunt by ensuring they remain on the right side of the law. Hunts found to have unmuzzled hounds should have these animals confiscated and prosecuted accordingly. Hunts who are found to have hounds which have killed foxes, pets or livestock should also be prosecuted and the dogs treated in the same way as any other dangerous dog.3,170 of 4,000 SignaturesCreated by Steph Lonsdale
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National Trust Board of Trustees to consider their positions.The board no longer represents the views of it's members, or the public on hunting. Trail hunting does not exist and was created to exploit loopholes in the Hunting Act. All of the hunts involved have vowed to continue hunting, and habitually go hunting without trails being laid with a pack of dogs trained to kill Foxes. They could easily convert to drag hunting if they wished to avoid killing animals, instead they go armed with terrier-men whose only purpose is to dig out animals that are hiding in fear of their lives. Despite banning terrier-men on National Trust land, the hunts still regularly go out to kill animals with no evidence of a trail being laid, and the National Trust do nothing to monitor the activity that they licence, instead answering their members concerns with disingenuous copy and paste answers, and all of this after they used their block vote to override the members wishes. Enough is enough, it is time for them to go!1,968 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Paul Taylor
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Save Alistair’s sleepover staffBecause Alistair has profound learning disabilities, epilepsy, schizophrenia and severe autism. He has no awareness of danger and an unstable gait, meaning he is very likely to fall and cause serious injury when not supported. Alistair will also self harm and become aggressive when he feels nervous and doesn’t have someone there to help him and make him feel safe.1,861 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Lyndsey Forrest McColl
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