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Gambia: Jammeh Threatens to Kill Human Rights Defenders » Activists have launched a campaign to have the headquarters of a top African human rights body moved from the Gambia after the country's president reportedly threatened to kill human rights defenders.The online Gambian news service, Freedom Newspaper, reported this week that President Yahya Jammeh had said in a television broadcast that he would kill "anyone who wants to destablise this country."The newspaper said Jammeh's "exact words" in a television broadcast had been: "If you think that you ...
NANGO leaders released on bail » The two leaders from the National Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (NANGO), who were arrested on Sunday on allegations of holding ‘an illegal political meeting,’ were granted bail on Tuesday. NANGO Chief Executive Officer Cephas Zinhumwe, and board chairperson Dadirai Chikwengo, were arrested at the airport when they were trying to leave for Harare after attending a two-day scheduled conference in Victoria Falls.NANGO spokesperson Fambai Ngirande told SW Radio Africa that the two we...
Tear gas disperses Niger protest » Security forces in Niger have used batons and tear gas to disperse a group of women protesting at the president's attempts to hold on to power. About 100 women from the main opposition coalition tried to hold a sit-in outside the constitutional court in the capital, Niamey. President Mamadou Tandja wants to hold a referendum to decide if he should be allowed to seek a third time in office.
Non Violent Demonstration south of Bethlehem » On April 27th, 2007 Holy Land Trust in cooperation with the Popular Committee against the Wall in the South of Bethlehem Villages held their weekly nonviolent demonstration. A mass demonstration was organized against the Annexation Wall around the settlements of Gush Etzion and Efrata. Residents of all areas affected by the wall – starting from Beit-Jala, Al- Walaja and Battir in the North of Bethlehem to Umm Salamoneh, Beit Ummar, Surif and Al-Jab'a in the South of Bethleh...
Symbol of Tibetan resistance addresses Council » Tibet’s longest serving political prisoner and a symbol of resistance to Chinese rule addressed the 8th session of the Human Rights Council Wednesday (June 4). Despite spending 32 years in various prison camps, 82-year old Takna Jigme Sangpo is far from being chastized by this experiences.Interview by Pamela Taylor/Human Rights Tribune – Takna Jigme Sangpo was first arrested in 1964 when, as a primary school teacher, he was accused by Chinese authorities of ‘corrupting the minds of children with...
Venezuelen student's arrest mired in politics » President Hugo Chavez's government says Julio Cesar Rivas is a violent militant intent on fomenting civil war. Rivas' supporters say the 22-year-old university student is just one of many Venezuelans jailed for challenging a populist government that they contend is increasingly intolerant of dissent.As the Chavez government approaches 11 years in power, many of its most prominent opponents are in exile in foreign countries or under criminal investigation here.But human rights and legal policy gr...
Imagining a world without dictators » A month ago, I was sitting in a restaurant with Srdja Popovic, a democratic activist and leader of the revolution that toppled Slobodan Milosevic in 2000. We had met to discuss the revolutions ricocheting around the Middle East. “It’s been a bad year for bad guys,” he said. In late 2010, he mused, no one would have possibly predicted that six months later, “Ben Ali and Mubarak would be out, Gaddafi and Saleh would be on their knees, and Assad would be seriously challenged. If you would have see...
Honduras - Protesting for Democracy » When members of the Honduran civil resistance solicited the counsel of Serbian resistance veteran Ivan Marovich from July 31 to August 2, a repeat question from various participants was:Q. How do we avoid infiltration?Marovich replied:
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.
Asia Protests Demand Immediate Release of Aung San Suu Kyi » Human rights activists and Burmese dissidents are protesting across Asia and demanding the immediate release of pro-democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. The Nobel peace laureate is facing charges of breaking the terms of her house arrest.Over 100 former political prisoners and exiled dissidents from Burma demonstrated outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Wednesday the 27th.They are demanding that the 10-member Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and United...