Sentence examples for global petition from inspiring English sources

The global petition to have Malala nominated, on Change.org, was started in Canada by Tarek Fatah, a writer and broadcaster.

The global petition saw 18 million people sign up and become "climate allies", calling for action on climate change.

They are organising an online global petition against laws which they say "legitimise mob violence, vigilantism, and persecution of minorities".

That is the long-shot bet being made by Wikipedia, which plans to begin a global petition drive Tuesday to earn a spot on one of the world heritage lists of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The campaign, being staged as Amnesty celebrates its 50th year, will ask audiences at Amnesty's fringe and Edinburgh international book festival events to add their names to a global petition using text messages or postcards.

The #WithSyria coalition is releasing a hard-hitting film and has launched a global petition at withsyria.com that calls on world leaders to "turn the lights back on in Syria" by boosting the humanitarian response inside the country and helping the more than 3 million Syrians who have fled to Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.

After more than two years of negotiations involving backroom deals, activists chaining themselves to shops, global petitions and statements by G7 leaders, the Rana Plaza donors trust fund has finally met its target of $30m.

By that afternoon, the first global petitions were circulating across the internet, asking people to "stand with the Philippines," donate to relief efforts on the ground, and call for climate action at the negotiations.

So even though many people are powerless to affect the way their undemocratic governments are run, disenfranchised individuals can affect change through things like global petitions to multilateral organizations, educational awareness activities reports to the media, and by working together in collaborative teams to help highlight the way local problems are connected to global ones.

"Even though many people are powerless to affect the way their undemocratic governments are run, disenfranchised individuals can affect change through things like global petitions to multilateral organizations, educational awareness activities reports to the media, and by working together in collaborative teams to help highlight the way local problems are connected to global ones".

More than 500,000 people have signed a global online petition asking for Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer, to be prosecuted.