Belarus court sentences opposition activist to 10 days’ detention for Minsk protest that echoed toy demonstrations in Russia Belarusian opposition activist Pavel Vinogradov is accused of using toy rabbits and bears in a protest in Minsk. Photograph: Dave King/Getty Images/Dorling Kindersley A Belarusian court has sentenced a man to 10 days in detention...
While building solidarity between activists in the U.S. and Iran can be a powerful way of supporting social justice movements in Iran, progressives and leftists who want to express solidarity with Iranians are challenged by a complicated geopolitical terrain. The U.S. government shrilly decries Iran’s nuclear power program and expands a long-standing sanctions regime...
FMK skal avholde sitt årsmøte for 2012 lørdag den 3. mars kl 13.00 i lokalene i Bjørn Farmanns gate 14 A, 0271 Oslo Ring Øystein på 928 19 143 om du har problemer med døren. Dagsorden: Møtet åpnes, innkalling godkjennes Valg av møteleder Valg av sekretær Gjennomgang av årrapport Økonomisk rapport legges fram Budsjett...
Protests calling for Khader Adnan’s release have been held across the occupied West Bank and in Gaza City Friday is the 62nd day of the Palestinian prisoner’s protest against his detention by Israel. Sixty-one days. That is how long it’s been since Khader Adnan has eaten. The 33-year-old Palestinian was taken from his home...
Observers for rights groups expelled amid security clampdown to prevent mass pro-democracy protests in capital. Bahrain announced the deportation of four foreign activists for «taking part in illegal demonstrations» in the country, adding to a number of deportations of activists over the past week. The four activists were deported for «lying...
In a special Q&A with Ahram Online, Richard Falk, UN Special Rapporteur on Situation of Human Rights in Palestine, urges international community to take action over Israel detained Khader Adnan, who has been given days to liv. One of the most iconic cases shedding light on the consequences of the Israeli occupation of Palestine...
Higher Council of Peaceful Movement for Liberation of South calls on supporters to ‘take every possible peaceful action’ against election. A faction of Yemen’s separatist Southern Movement on Saturday called for a day of «civil disobedience» to disrupt next week’s presidential election. The Higher Council of the Peaceful Movement for the Liberation of...
Eight Nobel laureates urge the prime minister to support EU moves to classify tar sands oil as highly polluting. Eight Nobel laureates including Archbishop Desmond Tutu have written to the prime minister to argue that oil derived from Canadian tar sands «threatens the health of the planet» and that the UK should support European...
A protest against the arrest of Addu Atoll MP Mohamed ‘Mode’ Rasheed morphed into a face-off between civilians and police forces, who were mocked as the corrupt servants of Maamingili MP and opposition Jumhoree Party (JP) leader Gasim Ibrahim and taunted by several hundred young men between Parliament and Sosun Magu on Sunday night....
Members of the Occupy New Paltz movement rallied on Thursday one week after several of them were arrested for disobeying a park curfew. Max Richmond, an Occupy supporter, criticized Mayor Jason West as “hypocritical.” Back in 2004, West locked horns with then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, favoring the gay marriage issue by solemnizing 20...
Important meeting in Oslo October 22
Important meeting in Oslo October 22 17:00