A family of six was killed on the morning hours of February 17th, 2015 in Conceicacao de Araguaia, in the northern Brazilian state of Para. Two adults, Washington Silva and Lidiane Souza as well their three children and nephew ages…
Arrest of a nonviolent leader in the Maldives challenges the international community ‘Terrorism’ charges might give the government leverage against a bid made by Nasheed to participate in any official political action at any point in the future. What…
Angered at the violent repression unleashed by police against teachers, unions in Mexico have put their members on maximum alert. A teachers’ union in Mexico announced Thursday that it will escalate its tactics, declaring itself on maximum alert and preparing…
Lehavim Junction in the northern Negev in Israel has been the backdrop to protests against home demolitions in Bedouin localities for the past four and half years. Every Sunday, inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Al Araqib and their supporters…
Muslim youth inspire more than 1,000 Norwegians to stand in solidarity at an Oslo synagogue. But not everybody’s feeling the love. group of Muslim youth successfully organized a globally publicized event in solidarity with Norway’s Jewish community on Saturday. In…
Furious campaign groups across the UK have rejected the government’s proposed ‘pay to protest’ measures, warning they will not hire private companies to facilitate anti-government rallies. Their announcement on Thursday came shortly after Scotland Yard told protest groups it will…
Abdullah Abu Rahmah has a sentencing hearing in military court after being convicted of standing in front of an IDF bulldozer. The nonviolent protest organizer from Bil’in who already served more than a year in prison has been declared a…
A Darwin woman opposed to a program to eradicate banana freckle in the Northern Territory has declared she is willing to go to jail to save her plants. Diana Rickard told 105.7 ABC Darwin she was mounting a «Ghandian civil…
Older organizers and young activists gather to discuss ways to sustain the #BlackLivesMatter movement in New York. As the cold January wind blew through Manhattan last Friday, some of New York’s activist heavyweights assembled at Riverside Church on…
The intent of Rafael Correa’s government to evict the principal indigenous organization from its building shows the contradictions of the “citizen’s revolution.” What’s in play is the country’s plan, a neo-developmentalism anchored in mining, oil and major hydroelectric projects…