TAMPA BAY, JANUARY 12, 2010 - The year 2010 was named by the United Nations as the “International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”.

The United Nations is dedicating a year to young people by proclaiming 2010 the “International Year of Youth”, commencing on 12 August, United Nations International Youth Day. Youth for Human Rights Florida and some Florida schools are a step ahead of the game, as in human rights education and volunteering for advocacy of human rights is already a part of each student’s education throughout the year and ended the 2009 year by supporting United Nations Human Rights Day by joining the “International Walk for Human Rights”.

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The Clearwater Human Rights Experience is a multi-faceted event that transcends the normal boundaries of our society.

 
* From Venezuela, a group of social organizations and human rights, students and academic groups as well as different individuals, launch this call for a campaign to defend the right to protest, which today is being systematically violated by the government of Hugo Chávez. This document was originally published in Spanish in El Libertario newspaper, # 57 (www.nodo50.org/ellibertario).