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Coup's Impact on Honduran Women » Ms. Magazine's inaugural cover featured President Obama in Superman pose, ripping open his suit coat and dress shirt to reveal a T-shirt that proclaims: "This is what a feminist looks like." Photoshop tricks aside, Honduran women need this to be true. They need the Obama administration to fully grasp the plight of Honduran women and their families and act decisively on their behalf.Since the June 28, 2009 coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya from office, the de facto regime has tried to st...

Manila Drivers Protest Fuel Hike » Transport came to a standstill on the streets of Manila yesterday. Hundreds of drivers staged a protest against the rising of oil prices.

Iran replacing envoys who backed "rioters": report » Iran is replacing 40 of its ambassadors, including some who voiced support for "rioters" during the unrest that erupted after June's disputed presidential election, a semi-official news agency reported.Citing informed sources, Fars News Agency said late on Tuesday that the envoys were given notification that their diplomatic postings had been terminated.It did not give details on which ambassadors were affected and government officials were not immediately available for comment on the report, wh...

Israeli Army attacks Non-violent protest in Palestine » Beit Ummar: At a protest against Israel's destruction of Palestinian land. A crowd of young Palestinians clap and sing songs toward the Israeli Occupation Forces while the older Palestinian protestors are attacked by the Israeli soldiers. Video shot while working with the ISM (international solidarity movement) this summer, 2006

Serbian activist teaches lessons in revolution » (Reuters) - Eleven years ago, Srdja Popovic was at the heart of the uprising to oust Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Now, he travels the globe helping other protest groups to plot the overthrow of autocrats. As executive director for the Belgrade-based Centre for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), he and his colleagues have worked to train activists in 46 countries in the face of repression and sometimes brutality. His organisation began working with some Egyptian...

Letter to the President: Honduras Human Rights Violations and Elections » Dear Colleague:In accordance with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ underlying mission to promote rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, our organization has been delighted to help Miguel Tinker Salas and his associates to distribute the following letter to the President that has already been signed by 240 academics and Latin America experts. This document details the ongoing human rights violations in Honduras and urges President Obama and his administration to tak...

Iran's Ahmadinejad urges prosecution of opposition leaders » Reporting from Beirut - Iran's hard-line president Friday demanded the prosecution of top opposition leaders, raising the political temperature anew just a day and a half after supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sought to cool tensions in a conciliatory speech.Meanwhile, the United Nations' atomic monitoring agency delivered a quarterly assessment of Iran's controversial nuclear program, reporting that the Islamic Republic had granted inspectors access to sensitive research sites but has cont...

American Responsible For Suu Kyi Sentencing Back In U.S. » John Yettaw, the American man convicted in Myanmar for his unauthorized visit to the house of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, returned to the United States on Wednesday, three days after his release from a Burmese prison.Yettaw arrived in Chicago from Bangkok, where he had undergone treatment after being deported from Burma on Sunday. The doctors who attended to Yettaw in Bangkok described his health as fragile, and he was seen wearing a surgical mask to guard against infection wh...

Bhopal victims protest against Dow » NEW DELHI — Indian survivors of the Bhopal gas disaster on Thursday protested outside the offices of the US company blamed for the toxic leak ahead of the 25th anniversary of the notorious accident.Around 200 protesters gathered in front of the Dow Chemical building in a suburb of New Delhi, shouting slogans and waving placards demanding the firm pay for years of contamination and health problems.Thousands were killed instantly when gas leaked at a plant in Bhopal overnight on December 2-3, 1984...

Venezuelen student's arrest mired in politics » President Hugo Chavez's government says Julio Cesar Rivas is a violent militant intent on fomenting civil war. Rivas' supporters say the 22-year-old university student is just one of many Venezuelans jailed for challenging a populist government that they contend is increasingly intolerant of dissent.As the Chavez government approaches 11 years in power, many of its most prominent opponents are in exile in foreign countries or under criminal investigation here.But human rights and legal policy gr...