According to CANVAS, nonviolent resistance movements have a much higher chance of success than armed struggles. Today marks the one-year anniversary of the uprisings in Egypt that unseated an authoritarian regime and rekindled the spark of nonviolent resistance around the world. The mass demonstrations that began on Jan. 25 in Cairo appeared spontaneous, ignited...
More than 600 women were murdered in the small Central American country last year Around 12,000 Guatemalans have climbed an extinct volcano in a protest against domestic violence. The activists formed what they hope was the world’s longest human chain all the way to...
Two weeks ago EA’s Josh Shahryar spoke with Nabeel Rajab, the head of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights. The interview came just after police had attacked a march in Manama, with Rajab at the front, and had allegedly beaten the human rights activist....
Residents of the village of Wukan in Lufeng county, Guangdong province listen to town representatives speak during a town meeting December 21, 2011. As China gears up for a leadership transition, a small fishing village that stood up to official corruption and rural...
A year ago, on this same day and on this same street, Tunisians came united to shout “Dégage” (Leave), a key word of the Tunisian Revolution. Today, they come to celebrate the first anniversary of their revolution. Tens of thousands of Tunisians gathered just...
Photographed by Mohamed Hossam Eddin As attention turns to the anniversary of the 25 January revolution, questions arise about the nature of the Egyptian revolution and what is required for its success. The questions are: for a revolution to succeed, can it be completely...
It is tough now to believe: Chidi Nwosu was murdered just a little over one year ago. He was hardly the first prominent Nigerian human rights leader to be assassinated, nor was he the last before the Occupy Nigeria movement of 2012 began taking...
Gardening isn’t all about pottering among the petunias: Ruth Jamieson on the rebel gardeners who are using plants to say something politica Type “gardener” into the Google in your head and you’ll probably get something a little like this; gentle, patient, fond of pottering,...
Cuban President Raul Castro described a previous hunger striker as a “common criminal” A jailed Cuban political dissident has died, 50 days after beginning a hunger strike, a human rights group says. Wilmar Villar was protesting against a four-year prison sentence for taking part...
Who populates the Syrian revolution? The Syrian revolution has three core populations: urbanite survivors of the 2001 Damascus Spring, disenfranchised classes rural and urban, and the traditional opposition. Local histories, not dissidents abroad or foreign entities, created this revolution. Yet some international analysts remain...
In demonstrations barely reported in the media, peasants and students in the Northeastern Indian state of Assam are fighting together against a proposed gargantuan network of dams across the upper reaches of its rivers in Arunachal Pradesh, one of the world’s six most seismically...
The demonstrators camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral are discussing whether to resist eviction after a High Court judge ruled today that their “Tent City” protest could be cleared as early as next week. Demonstrators reacted with dismay and some of those in court indicated...
Clare Herceg - This week’s celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day offers us a unique opportunity to reflect on the significance of the Civil Rights Movement, the current situation of race relations in the United States, and some of the parallels that can be...
The government’s decision to ban the export of Omani fish to the UAE was “revoked” after over 400 fishermen held a sit-in at Khasab demanding the reversal of the decision, yesterday. Recently, the government had imposed a ban on exporting Omani fish...
At least 40 Sahrawis have been injured, including ten seriously hurt during a “violent” intervention of Moroccan forces on Friday to disperse protesters who were held a peaceful sit-in in solidarity with the Sahrawi political detainees of Gdeim Izik. via Western Sahara...
Anti-capitalist protesters who have occupied a disused bank in Belfast city centre have vowed to stay until the building is opened up for use. As part of a worldwide protest against corporate greed, Occupy Belfast first set up camp in Writers Square, opposite St...
Before tanks began a 10-day assault during Ramadan, parts of Deir Ezzor city had been all but declared liberated by protesters. A central area had been named “Freedom Square” and tens of thousands of demonstrators would rally there every night, listening to speakers,...
What began as a drastic effort to bring change to a community has also been a life changing experience for the man who took the action. Pastor Cory Brooks of New Beginnings Church perched himself under a tent on the roof of...
As the anniversary of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. approaches, I cannot help but thank God for my parents. Long before it was a legal holiday, my parents took me out of school on his birthday. My mom and dad were...
People gather on December 17, 2011 in Sidi Bouzid’s Mohamed Bouazizi square, named after the fruitseller whose self-immolation sparked the revolution that ousted a dictator and ignited the Arab Spring. Thousands of Tunisians rallied in celebration of the first anniversary of the popular uprising...
Important meeting in Oslo October 22
Important meeting in Oslo October 22 17:00