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Venezuelan Authorities Arrest Opposition Leader » CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan authorities have arrested an opposition leader for alleged violence during a protest.Venezuela's state-run Bolivarian News Agency says a local court ordered the arrest of Caracas official Richard Blanco.
Guinea junta lifts protest ban » Guinea's ruling military junta, facing rising international pressure and mounting internal dissent after a bloody crackdown on protesters last month, has lifted its ban on public demonstrations. The concession to the opposition comes amid a chorus of international condemnation of the leadership in the West African mining powerhouse after gunmen used live rounds against anti-government protesters in a stadium on September 28.Tensions after the violence, which killed 157 people and wounded more th...
Calling For A Revolution - Serbia » Beograd - The political situation in Serbia has not changed much yet. There has been passed a special law in the Serbian parliament about accepting the results of election - which was the main cause for beginning the protests. Now the opposition and the people are waiting to see if the law will be promptly implemented, in the meantime :
Gandhi urges non-violent protest » Arun Gandhi, grandson of former Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, has urged Palestinians to use peaceful means to resist the Israeli occupation. "Insist on your rights and demand your freedom peacefully," Mr Gandhi told Palestinians at a rally in Ramallah. He is also set to observe a one day fast in support of Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli jails. The liquids-only strike by some 4,000 prisoners is now in its 12th day. After meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Mr ...
Free Palestine: Stop the Wall (Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign) » Israel's West Bank Barrier has become the most visible manifestation of the Israeli military occupation and most pressing issue for Palestinians. Often misleadingly called a "fence", the considerable structure snakes through the West Bank on Palestinian land, leaving Palestinians on the wrong side isolated from their land, extended families, and way of life.One year ago on 9 July 2004, at the request of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice in The Hague iss...
Demonstration on Al Nakba »   Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated Wednesday afternoon at the Huwara Checkpoint in eastern Nablus for the sixtieth memorial of the Palestinian plight.The solidarity march of 200 began in the city center with Palestinian flags waving in the breeze and banners condemning “Israeli crimes,” and what “Israel is doing to the Palestinian people.”Various institutions were represented, as were national and governmental bodies, and all those working in the field of refugee affa...
Pro-democracy demonstrations continue in Honduras » On June 28, the Honduran army overthrew the democratically elected government of left-wing president Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and bundled him onto an airplane into exile in Costa Rica. This action, in spite of being given a constitutional veneer, was not accepted by workers and poor farmers in Honduras, who constitute Zelaya's support base, or by the international community. The Organization of American States, the United Nations General Assembly, the European Union and other international organizati...
Iranians Flex the Power of Nonviolence » What we’re witnessing in Iran over the last several days is the power of nonviolence. Unarmed Iranians by the hundreds of thousands, and across all ages and classes, have flocked to the streets of Tehran, defying bans and brutal paramilitary squads, to demand one simple thing: that their votes be counted fairly. The democratic longing, and the democratic thronging, shows no signs of letting up. “Every day, the number of people attending the protests is increasing,” says Camelia Entekhabifar...
Turkey: partnering with men to end gender violence » Population experts are moving ahead with strategy and projects that go beyond treating men simply as perpetrators or, at best, uncaring and passive onlookers. Recently, more and more men are looked upon to become allies in combating violence against women."The current approach is that without men’s involvement, the problem cannot be solved," Karen Daduryan, a senior officer of the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA), told IPS as the U.N. body presented a study at a meeting in Istanbul Nov. 11-13 on wom...
IRAN: Grim fates for prisoners with ties to foreigners » No mercy for those accused of trying to topple the Islamic Republic.Britain on Thursday protested a four-year jail sentence apparently imposed on one of its senior employees at its embassy in Tehran accused of spying and fomenting violence. Hossein Rassam, 44, who served as chief political analyst at the British Embassy in Tehran was sentenced in a closed courtroom earlier this week, according to The Times of London. British authorities were informed of the sentence Tuesday and have summoned the...