Jirayr Sefilyan An activist has said that talks between the authorities and opposition Armenian National Congress cannot lead to change in Armenia. Veteran field commander Jirayr Sefilyan, a member of the Sardarapat movement, described the authorities as an…
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…
Demonstrators, many in traditional tribal dress, in Jayapura on Tuesday seeking a vote on independence for the Papua region. Thousands of people rallied for independence from Indonesia in the country’s Papua region on Tuesday, after days of political violence…
Part one identified similarities and differences between the Egyptian and Tunisian popular revolutions on the one hand and conditions in Ethiopia on the other. Differences aside, the Ethiopian admiration for and, interest in the Arab Spring is relentless.…
Two women, both members of the national front for the defence of public services and natural resources (FNL) in Guatemala City, have been brutally killed. Lesbia Elías Xurup, a member of Comunidades en Resistencia contra Uníon FENOSA, who…
A sex strike by women demanding a paved road to the small town of Barbacoas has deservedly grabbed the media’s attention Since 22 June, the women of the small town of Barbacoas in the Nariño province of Colombia…
At the Protecting Mother Earth Gathering, First Nations activists announce civil disobedience to halt dirty Tar Sands pipeline in US Article and photo by Brenda Norrell NEW TOWN, North Dakota –The resistance to the dirty Tar Sands announced plans…
As top secret files rest in the recesses of high security government headquarters, a group of faceless activists are roaring forth down the other end of the Ethernet cable, ready to raid the servers and escape with sensitive information.…
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…
Dieu Cay in an undated photo. Reports suggest that an outspoken Vietnamese blogger is in grave condition in prison. An outspoken Vietnamese blogger, currently serving a jail sentence, may have “lost an arm” in prison, a human rights…
