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GUINEA: Youths on hunger strike for "dialogue", "justice" » DAKAR, 28 October 2009 (IRIN) - Youths in the Guinea capital Conakry went on hunger strike on 28 October - one month after the deadly military attack on civilians – to call for political dialogue, an end to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators. “No to violence, no to injustice and impunity, yes to national unity, yes to peace and social tranquillity” is written on a banner hanging outside the Dixinn Port youth centre, where some 30 people gathered for the five-day hunger s...
India tribals begin massive march » Thousands of landless farmers and tribal people in India are setting out on a massive protest march to the capital, Delhi. The march begins on a national holiday marking the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, the man who introduced the idea of non-violent protest to the nation. It is intended to raise awareness about land rights and due to last for nearly four weeks. The organisers hope 25,000 people will take part in the march. Thousands of people began gathering in the city of Gwalior in Madhya Pra...
Budrus Village continues nonviolent resistance » Budrus Village in the West Bank has a long history of nonviolent resistance to the Israeli occupation and to the construction of the Apartheid Wall on its land.This video was made by Israeli activists. It documents a typical nonviolent demonstration and the violent response from Israeli soldiers
Protesters blockade Sizewell » FIVE anti-nuclear power protesters blocked the entrance to Sizewell power station today. Representatives from the People Power not Nuclear Power Coalition wearing arm tubes locked themselves on to concrete just under the barrier at the main entrance around 6.40am. The demonstrators brought big black barrels with them daubed with 'Don't Nuke the Climate'. Other protesters are also there in support.The group said they are demonstrating against the flawed government consultation on nuclear new buil...
Honduran resistance goes it alone » 60 days of anti-coup protests show persistence in civil disobedience and little faith in int'l community.As protests against the coup government in Honduras enter their 60th day, the international community has largely turned their attention away from the streets of Tegucigalpa.
Analysis: Ukraine's youths rise up » The yellow bandanas and five-minutes-to-midnight symbol of the Pora (High Time) youth movement stand out amid the orange banners of the Ukrainian opposition rallies. Pora is the latest manifestation of Ukrainian political discontent, with its most immediate origins in the nationalist and democratic protest groups of the late 1990s. But there are plenty of misconceptions about Pora. Some see it as the youth wing of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's People's Strength (Syla Narodu) coalition. O...
Honduran Resistance Calls for Deepening of Democracy » The history of Bertha Oliva de Nativi is the history of Honduras.  If the storyline of the past one hundred years of this continent has been ‘so few with so much, and so many with so little’, then Bertha has been the fearless protagonist racing to rewrite the chapters that will hence come.   In 1982 Berta’s husband, Professor Tomas Nativi disappeared.  One of hundreds of Hondurans and tens of thousands of Central Americans to lose their lives to state sanctioned violence, Tom...
Rally for Nelson Mandela’s Presidency »   Reggae Dancehall legend Shabba Ranks leads a rally of supporters for Nelson Mandela’s presidential campaign in South Africa in 1993 or 1994.  
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.
Iranian leader blames West for student demonstrations » Thousands of riot police and Revolutionary Guards in Iran have surrounded Tehran University to prevent student demonstrations. Pro-government militia members armed with tear gas and firearms have been turned out to control the anticipated protest which is likely to attract a large amount of demonstrators on university campuses across the country. Police have been conducting ID checks on anyone entering the campus to prevent opposition activists from joining the students. Over the past week, the ...