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Londoners Sick and tired of the BBC's poor and Biased reporting of the Israeli agresion towards innocent Palestinians took the Protest to the BBC. The BBC reported today that 'hundreds of people' protested outside their London Headquarters.

Form this video you will see clearly that there were indeed thousands. The BBC regularly lies about the numbers reported at Demonstrations and on the 10th January it even reported 12000 in attendence. Considering the official figure on the 10th given by police was 55,000 and the police traditionally underestimate. This video also features speeces from Tony Ben who later announced the appeal details live on BBC. It is known that BBC staff are in disagreement with senior editorial staff on this issue. During the week BBC has not shown the full extent of the horror the Israelis have unleashed on the palestinians as other channels have. The BBC also cut out a speech by the French Priminister half way through who was tearing strips off the Israeli's Brutality in favor of Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio walking up the Red Carpet in Leicester Square. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoL9xyg8IMI

Jews says that Israel is Terrorism country and the land of Israel is Forbidden by torah and that the Israelian people should go to live in England and other countries other than Israel and that who will be killed in Israel while he is there he will go to hell by God and who will try to kill any palestinian person will go to hell by god and the people who lives in Israel are not related to Jews and they are Zionism and that they will go to hell be god if they do not came back to their real Religion which is jewish and not zionism and they should go to live in any other land rather than Israel, so use your mind do not make israelian Zionism decieve you, Zionism is killing Hundred of Christians and Muslims in Palastine and thousands weekly they prevent food and water from christians and Muslims so please you should think before you live in zionism country like israel if you lived there and killed there you will go to hell then you have Lost your life and End which is Heaven use your mind and see what is happening thanks too much if you need any help to leave the Israel country I will help you, not me but all of free world also the video here is not complete there is other parts but not with me now which supports these thanks.

1. Banner hang over the A3 (Guildford) on the eve of the opening2. Iain Thom speaks on his return from Beijing3. Vigil at the Chinese embassy on the eve of the opening4. Protest at the Chinese embassy against the Chinese government committing and supporting human rights abuses in Burma, Tibet, Darfur and Zimbabwe (day of the opening)5. Protest at the Burmese junta's embassy to mark the 20th anniversary of 8/8/886. Tibetan flag is raised opposite the Chinese embassy at the precise moment the genocide Olympics open in Beijing

'' We want the leaders to back UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in securing the release of ALL political prisoners when he visits Burma in December.

We have never had a UN Secretary General visit Burma to discuss political problems before, and we have never had European and Asian government joining forces to pressure the regime to release prisoners. They all say they want it. We must make them work to make it happen.

For too long the UN has fallen for the lies of the regime. They must secure real change. The release of political prisoners should be the minimum benchmark for progress than Ban Ki-moon aims for in December.''

The yellow bandanas and five-minutes-to-midnight symbol of the Pora (High Time) youth movement stand out amid the orange banners of the Ukrainian opposition rallies. Pora is the latest manifestation of Ukrainian political discontent, with its most immediate origins in the nationalist and democratic protest groups of the late 1990s. But there are plenty of misconceptions about Pora. Some see it as the youth wing of opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko's People's Strength (Syla Narodu) coalition. Others think it is a newly-minted movement on the model of the Otpor and Kmara agitators in the Serbian and Georgian revolutions, often accompanying their analysis with baleful allegations of US government funding.  Foreign assistance that Pora is happy to acknowledge is the training given by Serbia's Otpor, now the Centre for Non-Violent Resistance, at seminars in Serbia and follow-up advice by Otpor veterans in Ukraine itself. The association with Otpor and Kmara brought Pora international prominence, and clumsy government attempts to blacken it by association and even frame it for bomb attacks only gave the movement greater media attention. Local roots Opposition leaders, including Mr Yushchenko, failed to maximise the potential of street agitation against the scandal-ridden administration of President Leonid Kuchma in the 2001 "Ukraine Without Kuchma" protests. That failure left relations strained between the radical youth movements and the constitutional opposition. The youth movements saw the set-up in Ukraine as having allowed Soviet-era bureaucrats and the beneficiaries of dubious privatisation schemes to continue to dominate political life. But they came to acknowledge after 2001 that street protests alone could not effect political change. As the constitutional opposition began the slow process of coalescing around Mr Yushchenko - culminating in the founding of People's Strength and a shaky alliance with the Socialist Party - the youth movements began a similar consolidation. Election focus From this Pora emerged in March 2004, with limited goals and a simple organisational structure, driven forward by the recruitment of young volunteer canvassers and the dissemination of information via its internet site.

It set itself the long-term aim of encouraging civil society and the rule of law in Ukraine, and the more immediate goal of ensuring free and fair presidential elections in the autumn of 2004. Fears of large-scale manipulation and falsification of the poll gave the movement focus. Pora eschewed a high-profile leadership and structured membership, in favour of local initiatives and central coordinators, relying on veterans of the earlier protests to recruit like-minded people. Pora emphasised that it was not linked to any political movement and simply sought a fair election. But the polarisation of society during the heated election campaign saw it associated willy-nilly in the public mind with Mr Yushchenko, who campaigned on a "clean government" platform. US influence US funding for non-governmental organisations in Ukraine has proved convenient propaganda for the authorities. Congress and both the Republican and Democrat parties aid exit polls, pro-democracy funds and educational programmes, and it has been easy for government supporters to blur the distinction between these and groups like Pora. The movement itself has always denied receiving US funding, and no evidence of it has been produced. Pora is energetic, well-motivated and at ease with information technology, as one might expect from a movement dominated by young urban professionals. But it certainly cannot be described as slick. Impact Pora has clearly helped to galvanise the constitutional opposition. Its post-election vigils in central Kiev and provincial centres gave the opposition control of urban centres in most areas outside the east, without which it could not have gained political momentum. Pora also gave the frustrations of young people a non-violent discipline and focus, without which they might have petered out in uncoordinated protests and worse. It is however important not to overestimate Pora's impact. Without the tacit agreement of many city councils and police restraint it would not have been able to build and maintain its tent cities. Pora provided an impetus, but hundreds of thousands of people who took to the streets and camped out in freezing conditions to demand fair elections did so at their own initiative and not through a summons. The failure of Zubr, Pora's sister-movement in Belarus, shows what happens when a youth movement tries non-violent resistance in a country with a more ruthless government and a less motivated public. If Ukraine manages to elect a president in a free and fair election, Pora will have achieved its immediate goal. But its longer-term aim of fostering civil society will provide plenty of scope for its activists in future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4122485.stm

Thousands of protesters have held rallies in South Korea's capital Seoul this week as they continue their campaign against the lifting of a ban on US beef imports. Street protests, sometimes involving extreme measures, are an important part of Korean culture. More than 10,000 are held every year - some with devastating consequences.

South Korea's embattled president is facing growing calls for his resignation amid a wave of public anger over a decision to resume US beef imports.

Tuesday night saw the largest protests yet, with tens of thousands taking to the streets of the South Korean capital.

Thousands of South Korean cattle farmers held a rally against the import of U.S. beef yesterday. Their agriculture ministry announced that it would relax import regulations.

STORY:South Korea's beef industry has denounced the import of U.S. beef. Thousands of stock raisers rally in front of the agricultural ministry in Gwacheon, Seoul.

They are afraid for their industry since Washington agreed to improve its safety standards by toughening animal feed regulations.

That opened the way for South Korea's agriculture ministry to relax regulations on importing U.S. beef.

The head of South Korea's beef association, Nam Ho-gyung, condemns South Koreans for willingly accepting U.S. beef.

[Nam Ho-gyung, Hanwoo Beef Association]:"The U.S. Bush administration, along with the Senate and the House, are aggressively looking for ways to sell their beef using free trade agreements, and the country succeeded. We're living in a country which is crazy about buying U.S. beef."

South Korea currently imports only boneless beef from US cattle younger than 30 months as a result of a case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003.

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.

 

Supporters of former president Marc Ravalomanana demonstrate in the streets of Antananarivo.

 

Hundreds of students from UNLV, the College of Southern Nevada and Nevada State College staged a rally yesterday in opposition to proposed cuts to higher education. The "Las Vegas Review-Journal" cites Nevada State College student body president Ryan Crowell as saying Governor Jim Gibbons has failed education and the state. Facing a financial crunch, Gibbons wants to slash 36-percent of the state budget for higher education. UNLV could take as much as a 52-percent hit. During the rally at UNLV, students signed letters calling on legislators not to accept any cuts to education.

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Students, faculty, and other members of the community joined together to show their support for education and their disagreements with Governor Jim Gibbons.

 

Moldova announced a probe to determine if the post-election violence was linked to a possible coup attempt. The Romanian ambassador was expelled from Chinsau after President Voronin accused Bucharest of instigating violence.

Moldavians gathered together on 11 April 2009 in Toronto to protest against communist dictatorship in Moldova and all the violence that is happening in Moldova right now!!!

 

Most of the protesters on the streets of Chisinau were students who say they see no future if Communists keep their hold on the ex-Soviet state of four million people.

A group of about 40 Moldova protesters gathered on Schuman Square, in the heart of the EU district in Brussels, at midday on Wednesday to call for new and fair elections in their country and for more press freedom. Meanwhile in the Moldova capital Chisinau, thousands of people were again challenging the communists' 50% victory in last Sunday's elections.

Moldova's President, Vladimir Voronin, called on the country's Constitutional Court to order a re-count of the Parliamentary election.

30 000 people protested in Chisinau (Moldova) asking all Moldavian citizens to vote with no fear in parliamentary elections on 5th april 2009. This action was organized by Liberal-Democrat Party of Moldova, led by Vlad Filat.

On April 27th, 2007 Holy Land Trust in cooperation with the Popular Committee against the Wall in the South of Bethlehem Villages held their weekly nonviolent demonstration. A mass demonstration was organized against the Annexation Wall around the settlements of Gush Etzion and Efrata. Residents of all areas affected by the wall – starting from Beit-Jala, Al- Walaja and Battir in the North of Bethlehem to Umm Salamoneh, Beit Ummar, Surif and Al-Jab'a in the South of Bethlehem– in addition to International and Israeli activists took part in this nonviolent protest against the expansion of the settlements in that area. The demonstrators held balloons with the four colors of the Palestinian flag as well as holding signs that call for stopping the erection of the illegal Wall. After Friday’s midday prayer, around 300 people gathered in the lands of Umm Salamoneh where the demonstration started towards route 60 in opposition to Efrata settlement. Major General Jibril Rajoub made a speech on lands that belong to Al-Khader villagers where he pointed out to Israel’s no intentions to making peace on this land since it still insists on destroying the Palestinian lands and constructing the Apartheid Wall whereas Mr. Qais Abdulkarim, “Abu Leila” a member of the Legislative Council considered the construction of the Wall a violation to all the international conventions and called upon all the international organizations, especially the United Nations, to interfere and to stop the Wall from being constructed. Mr. Sami Awad, the Executive Director of Holy Land Trust talked about the purpose of this demonstration and its importance in sending out a message to the settlers, that they are unwanted here on our Palestinian lands, he also reiterated that the Wall is being built for Israel’s own benefit in order to seize more Palestinian lands and annex it to the illegal settlements. A huge force of Israeli soldiers later on blocked the demonstrators and prevented them from marching on the road that leads to Efrata Settlement; they also attacked and pushed many participants aggressively. After the demonstration was over Israeli soldiers intended to harass and stop some activists, international volunteers and journalists in a way of pushing them not to join any other demonstrations in the future.

 

Free Burma.Aung San Suu Kyi, born 19 June 1945 in Yangon (Rangoon), is a pro-democracy activist and leader of the National League for Democracy in Myanmar (Burma), and a noted prisoner of conscience and advocate of nonviolent resistance. Aung San Suu Kyi was the third child in her family. Her name "Aung San" derives from her father, "Kyi" from her mother and "Suu" from her grandmother.[6] A Buddhist, Suu Kyi won the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990 and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991. In 1992 she was awarded the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru peace prize by the Government of India for her peaceful and non-violent struggle under a military dictatorship. She is currently under detention, with the Myanmar government repeatedly extending her detention. According to the results of the 1990 general election, Suu Kyi earned the right to be Prime Minister, as leader of the winning National League for Democracy party, but her detention by the military junta prevented her from assuming that role.She is frequently called Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; Daw is not part of her name, but an honorific similar to madam for older, revered women, literally meaning "aunt". Strictly speaking, she has only the one name, though it is acceptable to refer to her as "Ms. Suu Kyi" or Dr. Suu Kyi, since those syllables serve to distinguish her from her father, General Aung San.