It was not in the headlines, but our neighbourhood has had its own ‘Arab Spring’. The Melanesian people of Indonesian-controlled West Papua, have shown the same determination to pursue non-violent struggle as their counterparts in Egypt and Syria. A…
Stikkord: civil rights
Wives Say Jailed Belarusian Opposition Activists Lives Endangered
Two members of Occupy Chattanooga movement willing for arrests as act of civil disobedience
100,000 Pakistanis hold demo against U.S. drone strikes
Hunger strike underway in Insein prison
Syria’s prankster army make case for non-violence
Gandhi Meets Monty Python: The Comedic Turn in Nonviolent Tactics
Imam who led alternative Friday prayers detained with fake banknotes
In Zuccotti Park
Belarus parliament voted to stop foreign aid to NGOs
On October 3 the lower house of the Belarus parliament adopted in the two readings the bill ‘On Making Addenda and Amendments to Some Laws of the Republic of Belarus’. This bill, among other things, makes foreign financial support and…