West Bank settlers’ shooting practice – Sept 2011 Amid the enthusiastic applause in New York and the celebrations in Ramallah, it was easy to believe — if only a for minute — that, after decades of obstruction by Israel…
Opposition group ‘Anonymous’, replaces homepages with interactive maps of Syria showing data on people killed in the government’s crackdown since mid-March. Some Syrian government websites were hacked on Monday by the opposition group ‘Anonymous’, who replaced the homepages…
On September 23, Armenian National Congress (ANC) opposition bloc rally kicked off at Yerevan’s Liberty Square 20 minutes later than scheduled. Armenian Police estimated the number of rally participants at 5 thousand people. Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper editor-in-chief Nikol Pashinyan…
Sr. Mary Dennis Lentsch’s voice is soft, with a little bit of a nasal tone. To hear her, you have to learn forward in your chair, and turn your ear in her direction. Yet, Lentsch, a member of…
Young Americans sick of Wall Street greed are in the fourth day of protesting in New York City. Demonstrators held signs that read, «Stop the cuts – defend workers rights,» «America: 99% poor, 1% rich,» and «Do you feel…
As leaders from two of the world’s largest financial institutions, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, met for annual meetings here Tuesday, a delegation of activists from India called on the World Bank to follow through with…
In December 2010 Australia’s Prime Minister appointed an expert panel to lead the country in a «conversation» about the constitutional recognition of the country’s Indigenous peoples. Such a move is welcome, particularly in light of the historic and contemporary disadvantage…
Minsk – Belarus’ authoritarian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko, on Monday thanked China for a billion-dollar loan his government badly needed to stay afloat. ‘We will modernize Belarus’s economy and bring advanced technologies and innovations with Chinese investments,’ Lukashenko said…
Over the last week, Global Voices reports that there has been a surge in arrests of pro-democracy activists in Morocco, including of blogger and anti-corruption campaigner Mohamed Douas, rapper Moad Belghouat— whose alias is Haked (Arabic for The Vindictive or…
The Independent Union of Egyptian Teachers complained Sunday of harassment by security forces on the second day of a nationwide teachers strike. Egyptian teachers kicked off their strike on Saturday, demanding better pay and the removal of Education Minister…