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Madagascar security forces tear gas protesters
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Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters gathering for a rally in the capital of the Indian Ocean island. Backers of ousted President Marc Ravalomanana massed in a park near a central square, but security forces moved in saying the demonstration had not been authorised.Andry Rajoelina, former mayor of the capital Antananarivo, spearheaded weeks of violent street protests before toppling Ravalomanana in a March coup with the help ...
Human Rights and Iran's Contested 2009 Presidential Election
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Human rights violations in Iran caused grave concern far before the government began suppressing the 2009 protests against the rigged presidential voting victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.In Iran, democracy and human rights activists have been imprisoned, tortured, and killed for decades. Torture has included mutilation, rape, whipping and stoning. Execution of political prisoners has been rampant. Capital punishment of juveniles has been reported. The government also stops the publication of oppos...
Iranian Student Sit-in
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What happened in the nine days for the students of Tarbiatmoalem University who took sanctuary in an inviolable place?The refuge of the students of Tarbiatmoallem University goes on to its ninth day. What has happened during this time? More than 125 persons are on hunger strike, an increase from the original 50 who began their hunger strikes. As students begin their ninth day of refuge:
Neda's Call - Free Iran!!!
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On June 20, 2009, at around 6:30 p.m., Neda Agha-Soltan was sitting in her Peugeot 206 in traffic on Kargar Avenue in the city of Tehran. She was accompanied by her music teacher and close friend, Hamid Panahi, and two others, who remain unidentified. The four were on their way to participate in the protests against the outcome of the 2009 Iranian presidential election. The car's air conditioner wasn't working well, so she stopped her car some distance from the main protests and got out on foot ...
Taiwan for Tibet
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Taiwanese rising up and singing for tibetan freedom movement. Pictures are of Miss Tibet's Tour of Taiwan For Tibetan Olympic Torch Relay, March 10 Procession and Candle light Vigil on the aftermath of lhasa incident.
Justice for Latin America's Disappeared?
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Buenos Aires, Argentina - On September 3, 2009, three aging, retired officials from Argentina's army entered a federal courthouse in Rosario, Argentina. The men - Pascual Guerrieri, Jorge Alberto Fariña and Juan Daniel Amelong - have been charged with the kidnapping, forced disappearance and torture of 29 people, and the murder of 17 of them during Argentina's last dictatorship. The case in Rosario is the latest in a tidal wave of cases to reach a courthouse against the dictatorships of the So...
Mideast hanging on every text and tweet from Iran
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Reporting from Cairo -- Footage of burning cars, masked boys and bloodied protesters in Iran is playing across the Middle East, captivating Arab countries where repressive regimes have for years been arresting political bloggers and cyberspace dissidents. Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni nations have tense relations with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Shiite-led theocracy ruling Iran. But they don't want protests in Tehran to inspire similar democratic fervor in their countries -- e...
US 'disappointed' by Honduras mission failure
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WASHINGTON — The US voiced disappointment Thursday at the failure of a seven-nation mission to persuade coup leaders in Honduras to accept a settlement and renewed its support for ousted president Manuel Zelaya."We are disappointed by this inability to move forward," the State Department said in a statement to AFP."The United States supports the peaceful restoration of democratic and constitutional order in Honduras with President Zelaya?s return as president to finish his term," it said.
Iran Rulers More Brutal Than Shah, Opposition Says
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of keeping its campaign alive.Two of Iran's top pro-reform figures said police used excessive force against anti-government protesters who took to the streets last week on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversar...
Electoral Fraud Proved in Honduras
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While most international news organizations took obedient dictation of the Honduras coup regime's claims of more than 62 percent voter participation in the November 29 "elections," authentic journalist Jesse Freeston did what real reporters are supposed to do: He went directly to the source, asked questions, took notes, and videotaped the evidence.Freeston today publishes this bombshell report, above, on The Real News that documents definitively that Honduras electoral officials knowingly lied a...