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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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meets LinkedIn for students. While many hackathons for good are run by nonprofits, there are some corporate-sponsored events as well. Serbia) in partnership with TechSoup Global and Zasto ne (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Another project at the Saturday Hackathon 4 Good was Qeyno , which is described as Khan Academy.

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Beijing 2008 Olympics Potential Catalyst for Human Rights

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According to the Students for Free Tibet International 's blog, the Chinese government arrested a Chinese activist, Yang Chunlin, who had collected 10,000 signatures for a petition entitled, “We want human rights, not the Olympics.” Amnesty International has created a press kit for reporters covering the Olympics.

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