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'Delivery protests are our right' » Groups representing impoverished Cape Town communities have lashed out at President Jacob Zuma's warning that the government will not tolerate violent service delivery protests, and the accompanying destruction of property.Representatives of the Joe Slovo task team, the Landless People's Movement and Abahlali baseMjondolo defended these protests, saying they were the only way to get the government to pay attention."So-called democratic grievance routes," failed to get answers, they said.Zuma's c...
Melbourne Sri Lankans demonstrate seeking immediate release of civilians » An unruly situation emerged when a group of LTTE activists in Australia tried to obstruct a peace rally organized by a number of Sri Lankan residents in Melbourne on Saturday morning. Sri Lankan residents in Melbourne organized a peaceful demonstration in front of the Melbourne State Parliament displaying banners demanding that the LTTE release civilians in the Wanni. Around 2000 people took part in the demonstration.  The demonstration was staged for several hours before a group of LTTE activis...
Police arrest ZCTU president Matombo » HARARE – Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Lovemore Matombo, was arrested on Sunday night while addressing members of his union in Victoria Falls.According to the ZCTU information officer, Khumbulani Ndlovu, Matombo was arrested together with two union officials, Michael Kandukutu and Percy Mcijo. No charges had been laid against the trio by late Monday.“They were later transferred to Hwange police station,” said Ndlovu. “The ZCTU president was on a tour of the country meeting ...
Iraqis protest Iranian President »   Thousands demonstrated in southern Iraqi cities, near Baghdad and the border towns to Iran, toprotest Ahmadinejads visit to Iraq.They shouted,'You snapfired and killed Irainian prisoners,who are you going to kill in Iraq?','Iraq is for Iraqis, leave Iraq alone you terrorist'...they demanded a change in theMaleki government and denounced its affiliation with the Iranian regime.  
Serbian activist teaches lessons in revolution »  (Reuters) - Eleven years ago, Srdja Popovic was at the heart of the uprising to oust Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic. Now, he travels the globe helping other protest groups to plot the overthrow of autocrats. As executive director for the Belgrade-based Centre for Applied Non-Violent Action and Strategies (CANVAS), he and his colleagues have worked to train activists in 46 countries in the face of repression and sometimes brutality. His organisation began working with some Egyptian...
Ethnic Violence Erupts in Xinjiang » Thousands of ethnic Uyghurs in China's Western province of Xinjiang have protested in the capital city Urumqi over alleged mistreatment of Uyghur workers by Han Chinese. Violence erupted after army and riot police moved in, and state media say 140 people were killed. However Uyghur spokespeople abroad say army troops used machine guns, and the protest would have remained peaceful if the ruling regime had left it alone.Protesters in China's western province of Xinjiang have clashed with the army ...
Honduras and Iran: Essay Requirement for the School of Authentic Journalism » Today we announced the availability of 24 scholarships to attend an intensive ten-day session of this newspaper's School of Authentic Journalism, February 3 to 13 of 2010 on Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula. The application for scholarships is ten pages long and includes an essay requirement.The video above appeared on CNN last summer but was not filmed by the network. A citizen who had been on a bus to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to attend a protest against the military coup d'etat there took out his cell...
Monks tortured in Lhasa prisons, exiled Tibetans say » All Tibetan groups say that more than 100 people have died in recent incidents; thousands more have been hurt and arrested. They denounce torture and continued brutality, making pressing appeals to the international community to push Beijing to stop its repression, calling for an enquiry. The peaceful march from Dharamsala (India) to Tibet is suspended.
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...
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...