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Born and raised in Britain, Ben Freeth has become one of a handful of farmers in Zimbabwe to resist, often against violent intimidation, the seizure of his land. Now his fight is the subject of a film.How far would you go to keep your home? Most of us would consider legal action. But would you be willing to take on a dictator in court and risk the lives of your family? Ben Freeth has made that decision. The Briton along with his Zimbabwean family has for the past few years been in a tug of war for land with President Robert Mugabe, the country's strong and ruthless leader.

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".

Tags: Year: 2009 Location: North America Category: Protest and Persuassion Category: NonCooperation Category: NonViolent Intervention Protest and Persuassion: Declarations by organizations and institutions Protest and Persuassion: Declarations of indictment and intention Protest and Persuassion: Banners, posters, displayed communications Protest and Persuassion: Newspapers and journals Protest and Persuassion: Records, radio, and television Protest and Persuassion: Protest meetings Methods of NonCooperation: Refusal to let or sell property Methods of NonCooperation: Protest strike Methods of NonCooperation: Refusal of public support Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of legislative bodies Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of government employment and positions Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of gov. depts., agencies, and other bodies NonViolent Intervention: Nonviolent interjection

Police ring-fence summit area

Canadian police and troops have ring-fenced an area of Quebec city to try to prevent disruption like that caused by anti-globalisation protesters at the Seattle summit About 6,700 police officers and 1,200 troops were deployed in advance of the summit, at which 34 hemispheric leaders are expected. The area where the conference will take place has been encircled by a three-meter (10-foot) high, 3.8-kilometer (2.4-mile) wire fence that protesters have compared to the Berlin Wall. "They can protest but they don't have to be in the lobby with you," Canada's Prime Minister Jean Chretien said of the demonstrators. Non-violent protests Three separate demonstrations took place on Thursday night, a day before the three-day summit was due to open. None attracted more than about 1,000 people, and all three were peaceful.

Canadian police said they were "happy" that protests had not been violent so far. "We hope that it will be as quiet today," Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Michael Blackburn told the Associated Press. Activists fear that the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) - a huge free trade zone stretching from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego - will lead to job losses and weaken local democracy. International anti-globalisation protests Anti-globalisation groups such as Stop the FTAA and A20 plan simultanous protests across the United States and Canada during the summit. French activist Jose Bove, who first became famous for attacking a McDonald's restaurant, has been given special permission to enter Canada for demonstrations. He urged activists to fight the spread of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and said that activists sometimes had to resort to illegal means "so that the rights of people are respected". Quebec authorities have already arrested some demonstrators who they say were planning on violent protests. Ambitious scheme The proposal to extend the already existing Nafta free trade area - which links the US, Canada and Mexico - is one of the biggest and boldest ideas ever in the annals of commerce. The FTAA would encompass nearly all the countries of the Americas, with a combined population of 800 million who produce goods and services totalling $11.4 trillion - bigger than the European Union. The plan would eliminate or lower tariffs on goods moving between countries. It would also streamline customs regulations, eliminate quotas and subsidies and remove other impediments to trade. And while the FTAA is just one part in the talks to take place this weekend, it is the most important issue for trade officials and protestors who have travelled to Quebec to voice their concerns. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/1287203.stm

Tags: Year: 2001 Location: North America Category: Protest and Persuassion Category: NonCooperation Category: NonViolent Intervention Protest and Persuassion: Declarations by organizations and institutions Protest and Persuassion: Declarations of indictment and intention Protest and Persuassion: Banners, posters, displayed communications Protest and Persuassion: Newspapers and journals Protest and Persuassion: Records, radio, and television Protest and Persuassion: Protest meetings Methods of NonCooperation: Refusal to let or sell property Methods of NonCooperation: Protest strike Methods of NonCooperation: Refusal of public support Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of legislative bodies Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of government employment and positions Methods of NonCooperation: Boycott of gov. depts., agencies, and other bodies NonViolent Intervention: Nonviolent interjection

1,500 protesters flex muscles during lawyers rally

LAHORE: About 1,500 lawyers, civil society activists and political workers took to The Mall to rally for the reinstatement of the sacked judges on Thursday.The National Coordination Council gave the protest call. Followed by the general house meetings, the Lahore Bar Association (LBA) and Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) took out their rallies from Aiwan-e-Adl and the Lahore High Court respectively. The two rallies joined at GPO Chowk and marched towards the Punjab Assembly Hall. Solidarity: Workers of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), the Tehreek-e-Khaksar (TK), the Labour Party Pakistan, the Tehreek-e-Insaf (TI), the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Pakhtoonkhwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP) and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan (JUP) also took to The Mall to show solidarity with the protesting lawyers. They joined the rally at GPO Chowk holding flags in support of their party leaders.On their way to Charing Cross the protesters shouted slogans against the government and the chief justice of Pakistan for “using illegal means to get his daughter more numbers in FSc”. Lawyers who were contesting upcoming elections of the LHCBA and LBA were showing more aggression against the government apparently to win over other lawyers. Pledge: The protesters demanded that the government reinstate the sacked judges as soon as possible. At the Chairing Cross, senior lawyers spoke to the protesters and pledged to continue their movement until the reinstatement of sacked chief justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and other sacked judges. Advocate Hamid Khan said that lawyers, civil society and political parties were united on the reinstatement of the sacked judges. He said allegations against Justice Dogar had put a new spirit in the lawyers’ movement. He said they wanted Justice Dogar to be tried. He said appointing a chief justice as an acting governor was in violation of the Supreme Court’s judgement.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%5C12%5C19%5Cstory_19-12-2008_pg7_46

Velvet revolution, Czechoslavakia

Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 – December 29, 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government.[1] It is seen as one of the most important of the Revolutions of 1989.On November 17, 1989 (Friday), riot police suppressed a peaceful student demonstration in Prague. That event sparked a series of popular demonstrations from November 19 to late December. By November 20 the number of peaceful protesters assembled in Prague had swelled from 200,000 the previous day to an estimated half-million. A two-hour general strike, involving all citizens of Czechoslovakia, was held on November 27.With the collapse of other Communist governments, and increasing street protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced on November 28 that it would relinquish power and dismantle the single-party state. Barbed wire and other obstructions were removed from the border with West Germany and Austria in early December. On December 10, President Gustáv Husák appointed the first largely non-Communist government in Czechoslovakia since 1948, and resigned. Alexander Dubček was elected speaker of the federal parliament on December 28 and Václav Havel the President of Czechoslovakia on December 29, 1989.In June 1990 Czechoslovakia held its first democratic elections since 1946.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet_Revolution

Carnation Revolution (Portugal 1974)

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