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... crackdown, and several of its leaders were attacked. The anniversary is the most important day in Iran's political calendar. Official events were held across Iran, but the main gathering was at Tehran's ...
... repression. The rally had been attacked by the police before, but Saturday was the first time the mothers were arrested. An opposition Web site reported that the protest was broken up by the police and ...
... to fight again, adding to the general tension. In 2001, when Charles Taylor’s army attacked Guinea Forestière, Lansana Conté had recruited, trained and armed around 6000 young men from the Macenta region. ...
... marched in Wenceslas Square, emboldened by the collapse of the Berlin Wall two weeks earlier. They were attacked by riot police and scores were injured, but the assault galvanised the Czech people and ...
5. The Movement Awakened
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... of the University of Tehran, the biggest in Iran, was attacked by the militia supported by the Revolutionary Guard, and some of the protesting students were killed, beaten up, or raped. Despite this extensive ...
... rubles ($671). Journalists who have written articles that go against the Kremlin line have also been attacked, most notably "Novaya gazeta" correspondent Anna Politkovskaya, who was murdered in 2006. In ...
7. Zimbabwe: 'Slow Boat to China'
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Cape Town — When Zimbabweans were being attacked and killed in political violence, a little-known South African musician was inspired to act by the stories she heard from refugees living illegally in South ...
... to violence and the arrest of those who attacked demonstrators. “No to violence, no to injustice and impunity, yes to national unity, yes to peace and social tranquillity” is written on a banner hanging ...
... attacked Karroubi, who challenged Ahmadinejad in June, with clubs and managed to remove his turban during the scuffle. Opposition Internet outlets in Iran called on supporters to attend the media event ...
... Ahmadinejad. In the demonstrations that were attacked by Basiji and plain-clothes agents, students changed anti-government slogans protesting the conditions prevalent in the country and in the universities, ...
... of those injured had suffered gun shot wounds or been attacked with knives, and several women seen by MSF also reported having been raped. Human Rights Watch monitors received similar reports from eyewitnesses. ...
There have been violent clashes on the streets of the Iranian capital Tehran, after a massive opposition rally in the city. One protester was shot dead and several others were injured when the crowd attacked ...
... Institute) was my turf, something that belonged to me, and they attacked us there. That was a direct assault on our condition as women ... What they did there really affected me personally." Despite a ...
14. Iranian protesters 'not agents'
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... senior cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, has attacked the actions of Iran's ruling elite. "The biggest oppression ... is despotic treatment of the people in the name of Islam," said Ayatollah ...
... 250. As forces have attacked unarmed protesters, the government's reaction is widely perceived as excessively harsh. Twenty six year-old Neda Agha-Soltan, a philosophy student, was fatally shot by police ...
... the confrontation between security guards and protestors in the center of Tehran led to the arrest of a number of protestors. Reports indicated that baton-wielding security guards attacked the protestors ...
... seen him spend almost five years behind bars since he was arrested at age 21 after taking part in the July 1999 protests. Those protests began when vigilante groups attacked students demonstrating near ...
... of buildings and attacked members of China's dominant Han ethnic group and Chinese Muslims known as Hui, who have dominated commerce in the city. The government says at least 22 people have died in Lhasa; ...
... of the capital, setting fire to factories and stores belonging to Mr. Ravalomanana. The president’s television station was also attacked, presumably in retaliation for the government’s having closed one ...
... saying the journalists were protesting peacefully when attacked. They had been handing out fliers warning against a provision of an education law that outline sanctions for reports that "produce terror" ...
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