The members of the “house of representatives” adopted amendments to the Law on mass events at two readings on October 3. The news was spread by the press service of the “house of representatives”. The amendments need to be…
A bill that will enshrine into law tight restrictions on the ability of Burmese to hold political demonstrations is to be discussed in parliament after being submitted this week by the home affairs minister. An anonymous MP in the…
Bolivian President Evo Morales has suspended work on a highway being built in the Amazon, amid a national furore over the way opposition to the road has been handled. On Sunday police fired tear gas and rounded up hundreds of…
Social media users who denounce drug cartel activities along the Mexican border received a brutal warning this week: Two mangled bodies hanging like cuts of meat from a pedestrian bridge. A woman was hogtied and disemboweled, her intestines protruding…
Popular entertainer Zay Yar Thaw started Burma’s first hip-hop band. Photo: Mizzima Generation Wave founder and hip-hop singer Zay Yar Thaw can’t sing in a show to raise funds for a home that cares for sick, elderly people…
Ela Bhatt, founder of Self Employed Women’s Association of India. (Tony Rinaldo) LAST MONTH the US Supreme Court ruled that more than 1 million female workers couldn’t proceed with a gender bias suit against Wal-Mart because they were…
For first time, Palestinian president openly urges popular activism in support of his initiative to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state. President Mahmoud Abbas urged Palestinians on Wednesday to step up peaceful protests against Israel, urging «popular…
Online activists urge Syrian public to take to the streets in mass ‘Your Silence Kills Us’ protests; activist statement condemns ‘Arab silence at what is taking place in Syria.’ Syrian activists have called for mass protests on Friday…
Thousands of Sikhs from North India attended Justice Rally and launched “Civil Disobedience Movement” at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to secure the release of Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. A Letter Writing Campaign addressed to President of India…
Over 100 activists from five political parties courted arrest today while staging a ‘civil disobedience’ in Bhubaneswar demanding the withdrawal of police from the proposed POSCO steel plant site. Activists of CPI, CPI(M), Forward Bloc, Rashtriya Janata Dal…
