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Letter to the President: Honduras Human Rights Violations and Elections » Dear Colleague:In accordance with the Council on Hemispheric Affairs’ underlying mission to promote rational and constructive U.S. policies towards Latin America, our organization has been delighted to help Miguel Tinker Salas and his associates to distribute the following letter to the President that has already been signed by 240 academics and Latin America experts. This document details the ongoing human rights violations in Honduras and urges President Obama and his administration to tak...
"Women in Black" protest in Belgrade to raise awareness of Srebrenica war crime » Members of NGO "Women in Black" attend a protest in Belgrade, Serbia, July 10, 2010, on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre in 1995 to raise public awareness of the war crimes. (Xinhua/Beta)On the eve of the 15th anniversary of the massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, "Women in Black" organized a protest in Belgrade on Saturday to raise public awareness of the war crimes that occurred in that Bosnian enclave in 1995.Approximately 30 activists held a banner in Be...
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...
Iran opposition says 72 killed in vote protests » An aide to Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi said in a website report posted Thursday that 72 people died in post-election violence, upping an earlier toll of 69."The number of people killed in street protests has reached 72," Ali Reza Behesti was quoted on reformist website Kaleme.com as saying.He also suggested that the actual death toll could be higher as "several families who lost their loved ones have not revealed their deaths due to the current political situation in the countr...
140 Chinese dead in Xinjiang unrest » China said a riot that shook the capital of the western Xinjiang region on Sunday killed 140 people and the government called the Uighur ethnic unrest a plot against its power, signalling a security crackdown. Locals took to the streets of the capital, Urumqi, some burning and smashing vehicles and confronting ranks of police and anti-riot troops.A frame grab of a television screen created on July 6, 2009 shows a broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV) in which two bloodstained women are se...
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...
Nenasilni borac » Jedan od osnivača „Otpora” i tvorac slogana „Gotov je” i „Vreme je”, Srđa Popović, nedavno je dobio dva priznanja. Zbog konsultantskih usluga koje je pružao sadašnjem predsedniku Maldiva Mohamedu Našidu, Popović je na korišćenje dobio, ni manje ni više, nego – rajsko ostrvo. Osim parčeta maldivske teritorije u jednom od mondenskih turističkih centara, tridesetosmogodišnji Beograđanin, sa svedočanstvom Pete beogradske i diplomom Biološkog fakulteta u Beogradu, našao se u ekipi s Barakom Ob...
Taiwan for Tibet » Taiwanese rising up and singing for tibetan freedom movement. Pictures are of Miss Tibet's Tour of Taiwan For Tibetan Olympic Torch Relay, March 10 Procession and Candle light Vigil on the aftermath of lhasa incident.  
Zelaya: Honduras election 'a fraud' » Manuel Zelaya, the ousted Honduran president, has said elections is his country due to be held on November 29 will be viewed as a fraud by the international community.Speaking to reporters in Washington, where he has been meeting with representatives from the Organisation of American States (OAS), Zelaya said he had been assured the result of the poll would not be recognised.
Global economy 'recovering' » The head of the International Monetary Fund has told a meeting of the World Economic Forum in New York that he believes the world's economy is heading for recovery. Horst Koehler, IMF managing director, said: "I think we have to state that the global economy is still weak but we also now hope - and I call it cautious optimism - that really a recovery is under way".