Home
Search
Search Only:

Search Keyword mainly

Total: 21 results found.

Page 1 of 2
... masses of Tunisian Netizens. It was mainly limited to a hard core of digital activists and bloggers who are pushing for a political and social change by making sure to remain independent from any political ...
... mainly the warders and their families. But this proved to be only the beginning." The Mandelas climbed into a silver Toyota Cressida and were driven to the centre of Cape Town to address a huge crowd outside ...
... website Rah-e Sabz said. The opposition, which mainly relies on websites or mobile phone text messages to reach supporters, held similar protests sparking clashes with police in September and November. ...
... do that." During the most recent street protests, on Nov. 4, demonstrators reflected the harder line when they shouted slogans mainly against Iran's top leaders, instead of their more usual calls in support ...
5. The Movement Awakened
(Articles/General)
... of the oil industry. This was a movement whose leaders had mainly risen from the ranks of professors, students, and graduates of the university. With the expansion of higher education, this movement ...
... TV channels are not free in their selection of topics for programs. They [operate] in fear," Mammedli continued. So far, Mehtiyev’s call for reform has resulted mainly in a rollback of interactivity -- ...
... while black farmers were mainly confined to unfertile areas that further deteriorated when over-farmed. AfriForum is a Pretoria-based affiliate of Solidarity, a South African labor union that has 130,000 ...
... of sanctions, mainly." Amanpour tried to push the point, saying outside observers blamed his policies and not sanctions. "Not everybody says so," Mugabe cut her off. "It's not true." He also rejected criticism ...
9. Democracy in Ethiopia
(Articles/General)
The history of Non Governmental Organisations dates back for not more than four decades in Ethiopia. They were mainly engaged and their primary area of focus was in relief works and service delivery. It ...
... Iowa, Colorado, New Mexico, all in the past week. These were mainly held, notably, in Electoral College “swing states” that were in play last November and will be again in the future. As such, they also ...
... the day, at least 200 Uyghurs, mainly women, protested following news that more than 1,400 people were arrested in connection with the July 5 riots. Reuters quoted a man who had participated in that demonstration ...
... involving mainly civilian massacres. CHRD officers travel frequently to the North and Eastern parts of the Island where most of these mass murders have taken place in order to collect information about ...
... mainly from Europe, that support ODECO’s work. Celeo Alvarez Casildo and his collaborators have some ideas for how Hondurans can replant their struggle and put it back on the path to a new Constitution. ...
... of Narco News, which reports mainly on the US War on Drugs effects on the people of Mexico and Central America. He is also the founder of the School for Authentic Journalism and writes a blog called The ...
... mainly from China but also from Russia and Ukraine. British proposals The conviction and sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi has prompted the British government to declare its next move. The British Foreign ...
... liberties, imposed a nightly nationwide curfew and censored the media. IANSA members in Honduras report restrictions on Internet access and that TV stations are mainly broadcasting cartoons and soap operas, ...
... Thai Party that he backs from exile. He is widely believed to be staying in the United Arab Emirates. The party's power base is mainly drawn from millions of rural and urban poor who loved Thaksin's populist ...
... (NICRA), was held in protest at alleged discrimination against the majority Nationalist (and mainly catholic) population in Londonderry by the mainly Protestant Unionist-controlled local authority. The ...
... style. Others carried anti-American slogans and vowed to protect the Korean beef industry. Still others said they were mainly motivated by high inflation. Seoul reverberated with antigovernment slogans ...
... Burmese anti-government protests were a series of anti-government protests that started in Burma on August 15, 2007. The immediate cause of the protests was mainly the unannounced decision of the ruling ...
<< Start < Prev 1 2 Next > End >>
NEWSFLASH
Salvadorian groups march to support Zelaya » SAN SALVADOR, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Several Salvadorian organizations and some Hondurans on Wednesday marched in San Salvador , capital of El Salvador, demanding the reinstatement of ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. The demonstrators, organized by The Solidarity Network for the Human Rights' Sovereignty and Return of Democracy in Honduras, marched along the main streets of San Salvador, calling for the return of democracy in Honduras.
Tehran's Azad University Rises Against Iran's Coup Government » On the third week of the new academic year in Iran, thousands of students from the main campus of Azad University in Tehran held several peaceful demonstrations protesting the coup government of Mahmoud 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, while also insisting on their support of Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi. Since the ...
Iran arrests rights activist, campaign group says » A leading Iranian human rights activist and journalist was arrested Wednesday, activists said. Kaveh Ghasemi Kermanshahi was taken by seven security agents who searched his home and took personal belongings including his computer, the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran said in a statement.It is not clear where he is being held."Kermanshahi is one of the most important sources of objective human rights information and analysis in Iran, and one of the few still courageously working to...
Guinea 'facing new dictatorship' » Guinea is in danger of slipping into dictatorship, the leader of West Africa's economic group, Ecowas, says. Mohamed Ibn Chambas said the junta, who seized power late last year, was repressing the people with "arbitrary and irresponsible" use of state power. Ecowas ministers are meeting in Nigeria to try to resolve the crisis in Guinea, sparked when soldiers opened fire on an opposition rally two weeks ago. Guineans are holding a two-day strike to remember dozens who were killed. Activists say 1...
Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon » Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib's forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners - and a fierce belief that peaceful protest can bring about a Palestinian state.A few hundred strong, they march to the Israeli barrier that separates the tiny farming community of Bilin from much of its land. They chant and shout. A few teenagers throw stones. Khatib helped launch the weekly ritual five years ago in an attempt to "re-brand" a Palestinian struggle often ...
Authorities surround monastery; issue 48 hour ultimatum for organizers to "surrender" after latest p » Around 100 monks staged a candle-lit vigil and protest outside the government headquarters in Mangra (Chinese: Guinan) county, Tsolho (Chinese: Hainan) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai on Wednesday, the first day of Tibetan New Year (Losar), according to reports and images received by the Tibetan language service of Radio Free Asia. The images, which can be viewed on ICT's website at: URL) depict monks from Lutsang monastery holding candles in memory of Tibetans killed in the ongoing cr...
Ahmadinejad aide proposes Evin Prison diet plan » A close aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggested that Mohammad Ali Abtahi, a reformist critic of the president, appeared so gaunt during his televised confession this month because he himself had decided to take off some weight."It's natural that when someone has become fat, in prison he understands that his fatness harmed his body and spirit," said Ali Akbar Javanfekr (left)."So maybe Mr. Abtahi took advantage of this opportunity to lose weight." The president's advisor on media affairs ...
Naked protest against fur trade » Dec 9th 2006: Several actions against furs took place on the 9th and the 10th December by initiative of Alliance For Animal Rights ( http://aar.org.ru ). Actions were dated for The International Day of Animal Rights and were a part of campaign against fur auction "Soyuzpushnina".On the 9th December in St-Petersburg were hold 2 actions of protest against fur trade. Activists had visited fur stores at the Nevsky prospect. Not all activists could enter the first store, securit...
Democracy in Ethiopia » The history of Non Governmental Organisations dates back for not more than four decades in Ethiopia. They were mainly engaged and their primary area of focus was in relief works and service delivery. It is only in the last 10 years or so that Organisations started to actively work on rights issues. Despite the number of limitations and some witnessed malpractices, NGO’s have been doing a commendable work in Ethiopia over the years. Restricted during the Derg regime, there were only few of them a...
Berlin's moment of freedom that turned world history » "Twenty eight years and 91 days!" said the elated east Berliner I met walking up the Friedrichstrasse soon after the wall was breached. On the day the Berlin Wall went up, 13 August 1961, his parents had wanted to go to the cinema in west Berlin, but he, then aged 11, had been too tired. Next morning, they awoke to the sound of tanks. In all his adult life, he had never been to the western half of his own city. He told me how moved he was by an improvised poster that read "only today is the war ...