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Obama Aide Briefs Dalai Lama About U.S. View on Tibet » An adviser to President Barack Obama and another U.S. official met with the Dalai Lama at his headquarters in Dharamshala, India, to brief the spiritual leader about the administration’s approach to Tibet. Presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett and Undersecretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero held talks with the Dalai Lama today and yesterday, according to a statement posted on his office’s Web site. The Dalai Lama detailed to Jarrett the issues he wants Obama to take up ...
Journalists Have Become 'Easy Prey' in Iran » Foreign media were banned from covering this summer's protests in Tehran, while local journalists have been arrested and persecuted.In a SPIEGEL interview, the chairman of Tehran's Association for the Defense of Press Freedom, 51-year-old Mashallah Shamsolvaezin, discusses acts of repression against journalists in Iran in the wake of June protests over the presidential election.
Remembering Serbias Nonviolent Victory » In the United States, the first week of October passed by without much fanfare. However, for about 10 million Serbian citizens, it was a time to celebrate. This past week was the tenth anniversary of the Serbian people’s victory over communist tyrant Slobodan Milosevic and of the moment the country joined the ranks of the world’s newest democracies.Milosevic was brought down not by bombs, bullets, or a military coup, nor was he even brought down the ballot, although the presidential election of ...
Mali protest against women's law » Tens of thousands of people in Mali's capital, Bamako, have been protesting against a new law which gives women equal rights in marriage.The law, passed earlier this month, also strengthens inheritance rights for women and children born out of wedlock. The head of a Muslim women's association says only a minority of Malian women - "the intellectuals" as she put it - supports the law.
Environmentalists Protest Dolphin Hunting » Each year from October through March, in small towns across Japan, thousands of dolphins and small whales are confined and brutally killed. These slaughters take place in fishing towns including Taiji, Iki, Ito, Futo and Izu. During those months, Japanese fishermen herd whole families and pods of dolphins, porpoises and small whales into shallow bays and mercilessly hack them to death. Most of these small cetaceans are sold as meat in restaurants and stores, while some are ...
Peaceful protest at the US Embassy 2008 » A peaceful protest held outside the US Embassy on the 7th Anniversary of the attacks on September 11th in NYC.
Cuban repression has continued under Raúl Castro, says watchdog » The Cuban president, Raúl Castro, has crushed dissent and continued repression in the country since taking over from his brother Fidel, according to a Human Rights Watch report published today.The government has extended use of an "Orwellian" law that allows the state to punish people before they commit a crime on suspicion they may do so, a tactic designed to cow actual and potential opponents, it said.The report, New Castro, Same Cuba, paints a near-dystopian image of an island where those who...
Rights group urges Kenya to stop military recruitment of refugees » A global human rights group is urging Kenya to stop Somali military recruiters from enlisting displaced men and boys in Kenya's sprawling Dadaab refugee camps to fight in their war against Islamic militants."Recruitment of fighters in refugee camps undermines their very purpose, which is to be a place of refuge from conflict," said Letta Tayler, a researcher with Human Rights Watch, who spent a week interviewing refugees for the group's Thursday report about the practice. "The boys and men who a...
Non Violent Demonstration south of Bethlehem » On April 27th, 2007 Holy Land Trust in cooperation with the Popular Committee against the Wall in the South of Bethlehem Villages held their weekly nonviolent demonstration. A mass demonstration was organized against the Annexation Wall around the settlements of Gush Etzion and Efrata. Residents of all areas affected by the wall – starting from Beit-Jala, Al- Walaja and Battir in the North of Bethlehem to Umm Salamoneh, Beit Ummar, Surif and Al-Jab'a in the South of Bethleh...
Protest against Israeli-built wall » Hundreds of people marched against the wall in northern Tulkarem last this week, including the Governor and members of the World Council of Churches.The nonviolent message was strong at the demonstration began at the Municipality Building with the General Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees for Social Action and to the Resist the Wall in the forefront.Several foreign supporters were also accompanying the action that includes a month-long sit-in to the west of the town along the Wall.This was...