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More Tibetan students 'take to streets over reforms' » Protests by Tibetan students in China over the right to study in their language have spread, according to a rights group and state media. Thousands marched in Qinghai province on Wednesday, following a peaceful demonstration in Tongren a day earlier.It follows unconfirmed reports of plans to curb the use of the Tibetan language in classrooms in favour of Chinese.Qinghai province is home to many ethnic Tibetans and was the scene of anti-Chinese riots in 2008.Thousands of students, many of them in...
The silent revolution » In October 2008, the Maldives held its first multi-party elections, toppling 30-year incumbent Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and replacing him with Mohamed Nasheed, a former political prisoner and according to Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) opposition members, rabble-rouser extraordinaire. Indeed, this is how members of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and others connected to the party were and still are viewed: as a mob of uneducated activists who took to the streets in undignified protest. But wha...
Eyewitness, Protest on Fifth Avenue » The World Economic Forum has drawn the ire of thousands of protesters representing a wide range of issues including workers rights, the environment and the US war on terrorism. The streets outside of the WEF had been relatively quiet, the only large protests being members of the Falun Gong movement holding silent vigils to call for an end to persecution by the Chinese Government. But on Saturday police helicopters circled the streets of midtown Manhattan as several large-scale marches converge...
Iran Lawyer Seeks Cash To Spare Young On Death Row » TEHRAN (Reuters) -- An Iranian human rights lawyer has launched an appeal for money to help avert the executions of juvenile offenders in the Islamic republic, saying $200,000 could spare the lives of four young people now on death row.Under Iran's Islamic law, Shari'a, the family of a murder victim can pardon the convicted killer in exchange for financial compensation, so-called blood money, although they can also refuse it and demand the death penalty. For most people in Iran it would be diffi...
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...
End Iran exile demo - archbishop » The Archbishop of Canterbury has urged hunger strikers demonstrating against the treatment of 3,000 Iranian refugees in an Iraqi camp to end their protest. Hunger strikers outside the US embassy in London are demanding the US takes responsibility for Camp Ashraf. Residents of the camp say an Iraqi raid there in July left several people dead. Dr Rowan Williams says the situation at the camp is a humanitarian issue "of real magnitude and urgency", but adds there should be no more loss of life.
Otporaš Srđa Popović u vrhu liste 100 globalnih mislilaca »    Bivši Otporaš i sadašnji izvršni direktor Centra za primenjenu nenasilnu akciju (CANVAS) Srđa Popović našao se u vrhu liste 100 globalnih mislilaca čije ideje i javno i profesionalno delovanje, po oceni prestižnog političkog magazina "Forin polisi", utiču na svetsku javnu i društvenu scenu. Reč je o godišnjoj listi najuticajnijih svetskih mislilaca koju od 2008. godine objavljuje "Forin polisi", a ovo je prvi put da se na ovakvoj listi nađe jedna ličnost iz Srbije.
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Ousted Honduran president vows peaceful resistance » TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya vowed on Saturday to return to power through peaceful means and denied he was rallying groups of armed supporters near the border with Nicaragua.Zelaya, in exile in Nicaragua, also lamented the death of one of his supporters who was shot during a protest last week. The man died of his injuries early on Saturday, as efforts to resolve the crisis over the June 28 coup remained stalemated.
Venezuela accuses protesters of attempting 'rebellion' » CARACAS — Venezuela's top prosecutor said Saturday that recent street protests were legally tantamount to "rebellion" against President Hugo Chavez's government and that demonstrators will now be charged.The dramatic move by Attorney General Luisa Ortega capped a week of huge street protests, mostly directed against a new education law that critics say is politically charged.