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... anniversary of the revolution that brought Iran's Islamic regime to power. The Iranian regime is marking the anniversary of the Shah of Iran's overthrow with a series of events that began this week and ...
... election, witnesses said. The security forces fired shots into the air as they clashed with supporters of opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi at a state rally marking the killing of three students under ...
Iranians are marking University Student Day, traditionally an anti-US event that commemorates the killing of three students in 1953. Opposition supporters are expected to try to hijack official protests ...
India is marking the 25th anniversary of the leak at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in the city of Bhopal. The victims have generally been left in a legal haze since the ill-fated night (Dec. 2, 1984) ...
US President Barack Obama on Monday made a surprise video address to celebrations in Germany marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. "There could be no clearer rebuke of tyranny. There ...
BERLIN — Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow. "It was like a prison," said ...
... of politicians," Camara said at celebrations marking Guinea's independence from France 51 years ago. Tensions remained high as opposition leaders snubbed Camara's offer to form a national unity government, ...
... appointing three women, remarking: "Why shouldn't women be in the Cabinet. . . . Who says women aren't better?" Their selection undercut yet another important segment of the opposition, casting his political ...
... marking the start of the new year in the Tibetan calendar. But all over Tibet a popular movement has grown where people have chosen not to celebrate the event as they normally would, and are instead marking ...
10. Show trials and apologetics
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... yet succeeded in silencing the other factions of the regime, never mind stopping the street protests. So, instead of marking the end of the current crisis, the show trials have given the protestors fresh ...
... to participate Wednesday. In a statement marking the anniversary of the uprising, Lee said democracy should not be abused by "those who are after selfish interests." "Images of people breaking the law ...
Thousands of landless farmers and tribal people in India are setting out on a massive protest march to the capital, Delhi. The march begins on a national holiday marking the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, ...
... marchers had walked through predominantly Jewish neighborhoods, marking homes belonging to dispossessed Palestinian refugees. On Monday, students at mostly Arab East Jerusalem's Al Quds University staged ...
NEWSFLASH
G20 Protests on Pittsburgh Streets Sept 2009 » PITTSBURGH Police fired canisters of pepper spray and smoke at marchers protesting the Group of 20 summit Thursday after anarchists responded to calls to disperse by rolling trash bins and throwing rocks.The march turned chaotic at just about the time that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama arrived for a meeting with leaders of the world's major economies.The clashes began after hundreds of protesters, many advocating against capitalism, tried to march from an outlying neighbor...
Honduran resistance goes it alone » 60 days of anti-coup protests show persistence in civil disobedience and little faith in int'l community.As protests against the coup government in Honduras enter their 60th day, the international community has largely turned their attention away from the streets of Tegucigalpa.
Iranians Flex the Power of Nonviolence » What we’re witnessing in Iran over the last several days is the power of nonviolence. Unarmed Iranians by the hundreds of thousands, and across all ages and classes, have flocked to the streets of Tehran, defying bans and brutal paramilitary squads, to demand one simple thing: that their votes be counted fairly. The democratic longing, and the democratic thronging, shows no signs of letting up. “Every day, the number of people attending the protests is increasing,” says Camelia Entekhabifar...
Nonviolent protests in Ni’ilin » For the past two weeks, a nearly daily mobilization has been taking place in the village of Ni'ilin, where construction of the wall has begun. The video depicts today's demonstration, in which villagers and supporters tried blocking the bulldozers and were met by harsh military violence, which included concussion grenades, teargas and rubber bullets, as well as kicks and punches. Twelve were injured during the demonstration and two, one Palestinian and one Israeli, were arr...
Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed by Dalai Lama » The Dalai Lama accused China on Sunday of waging “cultural genocide” against his followers in Tibet and called for an international inquiry into the suppression of protests there, his strongest defense to date of Tibetan Buddhists who have staged an uprising against Chinese rule. Speaking at the headquarters of the Tibetan government in exile, the Dalai Lama endorsed the right of his people to press grievances peacefully against the Chinese authorities, and said he would not ask Tibetans to su...
Lawyers Appeal Over Dissident » NEW YORK—Lawyers and Chinese civil rights activists are planning to lodge formal complaints with the United Nations and the Hong Kong government over the detention of former 1989 student democracy activist Zhou Yongjun on charges of “economic fraud” after he tried to visit his ailing father in 2008.A number of lawyers and civil rights activists said they were planning to lodge formal complaints over Zhou’s detention, especially as it took place in Hong Kong, where freedom of speech and the rule ...
Azerbaijan: Baku confronts mass media paradox » Azerbaijan’s government earlier in 2009 took action to restrain the reach of foreign broadcasters, in particular radio outlets like the British Broadcasting Corp. and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Now, a key member of President Ilham Aliyev’s administration is calling on state-run outlets to improve the quality of their broadcasts. However, as they contemplate ways to attract eyeballs back to state broadcasts, Azerbaijani officials are facing a paradox: authoritarian political environments te...
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...
Iran protester killed after anti-government rally » 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 a compound used by a religious militia linked to the country's powerful Revolutionary Guard. The violence comes after a largely peaceful rally in the city, attended by hundreds of thousands of opposition supporters demanding the country's presidential election be overturned.
Iran police clash with protesters over daily's closure » Iranian police used batons to disperse dozens of opposition supporters chanting "death to the dictator" in central Tehran Monday to protest against the closure of a reformist newspaper, a witness said.The latest street unrest after Iran's disputed June 12 presidential vote took place near the offices of the Etemad-e Melli, the daily of leading pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi.Karoubi angered many hardliners last week by saying some post-election protesters had been raped in jail. His party said M...