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West Bank demonstrates in unison for Right of Return » The National Campaign to Implement the Right of Return organized nonviolent marches throughout the West Bank on Wednesday in memorial of Al Nakba. All began in the morning and headed for the demarcation lines.Beit Sourik, Qalandiya Refugee Camp, Al Eizariya, Shufat Refugee Camp were all points for this morning’s Jerusalem marches which flew Palestinian and United Nations flags.In the northern West Bank’s governorate of Jenin, the march began in the camp of the same name a...
Malawi: Citizens Demand Local Councils » Lilongwe — In Malawi, local government elections are as rare and endangered as the country's black rhinoceros.In fact, it seems as if the local government elections are even more endangered than the wild animal - because at least the black rhinoceroses are slowly being re-introduced into Malawi. But for now, there seems to be little hope in sight for local government elections being re-introduced on a regular basis.This comes after the country's Electoral Commission (EC) says it has not planned ...
Truth is out: China lies - Beijing killed Tibet Protest » A series of kings ruled Tibet from the 7th to the 11th century. At times, Tibetan rule may have extended as far south as Bengal and as far north as Mongolia.[citation needed] Tibet appeared in an ancient Chinese historical text where it is referred to as fa. The first incident from recorded Tibetan history which is confirmed externally occurred when King Namri Lontsen sent an ambassador to the Chinese court in the early 7th century.[16] However general, the history of Tib...
Can Nonviolence Move the Next Century? » I just returned to New York after visiting Belgrade, where I interviewed (among others) Srdja Popovic, a leader of the nonviolent Otpor movement that overthrew Slobodan Milosevic in 2000, and now a lively, witty, imaginative advocate for nonviolent struggle against dictatorships everywhere. There’s a fine narrative of Otpor’s progress, and Srdja’s approach to spunky nonviolence, in Tina Rosenberg’s new book, Join the Club:  How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World. Excerpts from my intervi...
Koreans Rally Against U.S. Beef Imports » Thousands of South Korean cattle farmers held a rally against the import of U.S. beef yesterday. Their agriculture ministry announced that it would relax import regulations. STORY:South Korea's beef industry has denounced the import of U.S. beef. Thousands of stock raisers rally in front of the agricultural ministry in Gwacheon, Seoul. They are afraid for their industry since Washington agreed to improve its safety standards by toughening animal feed regulations. That op...
MDC boycotting Zimbabwe cabinet » Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said his MDC party has "disengaged" from the unity government over the treatment of his senior aide.He said all outstanding issues of a power-sharing deal had to be dealt with before the MDC would work with Zanu-PF. Senior MDC member Roy Bennett was later released on bail after two days in prison, but Mr Tsvangarai's spokesman insisted the boycott would continue. Mr Bennett was detained for alleged arms and terrorism offences.
Necessary Gesture Or Bad Decision? U.S. Cuts Funds To Iran Rights Group » WASHINGTON -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center specializes in collecting data on human rights abuses that it says the government of Iran has been perpetrating against its own people, ranging from unlawful detentions to torture to assassinations. In the past five years, the group has received about $3 million from the State Department's U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Rene Redman, the group's executive director, reportedly was ready to ask for $2 million more for th...
EU ambassadors leave Honduras » Four days after Manuel Zelaya was ousted from the Honduran presidency, all EU ambassadors have left the country, say the Spanish and Swedish foreign ministers."I have just spoken to my European colleagues and I can tell you that at this moment, all the European embassies in [the Honduran capital of] Tegucigalpa have decided to withdraw their ambassadors," Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said late Wednesday .All ambassadors have been withdrawn, although the charges d'affaires rema...
Tibetan People's Uprising Movement multi-organization video » Global Uprising to Include Exiles' March to Tibet New Delhi -- Five leading Tibetan organizations announced today the launch of the "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement", a new coordinated Tibetan resistance effort in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The Games will take place only months before the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan National Uprising against China's invasion of Tibet. The movement's organizers are calling on Tibetans worldwide to join protests dur...
Iran's Karroubi under attack at rally » TEHRAN, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Bodyguards for Iranian opposition figure Mehdi Karroubi fired warning shots into the air following a confrontation with supporters of the conservative regime.Karroubi came under attack by supporters of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at a press fair during the weekend in Tehran, reports Radio Zamaneh, an independent Persian broadcaster in the Netherlands.Demonstrators reportedly attacked Karroubi, who challenged Ahmadinejad in June, with clubs and managed to remove...