Police vehicles set on fire during Guangdong clashes which began after fracas between security officers and vendor Chinese protesters reach a standoff with riot police in Zengcheng, near Guangzhou. The clashes highlight the authorities’ struggle to control social…
Market traders won’t sell anything as a «warning strike» on June 15. June 07, 2011 MINSK — Vendors at a major Minsk market announced on June 7 that they will hold «a warning strike» on June 15 to…
Riot police stand guard in front of the election campaign office of independent candidate Emine Ayna in Diyarbakir in the Kurdish-dominated south-east Turkey. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters Turkish Kurds have threatened a campaign of civil disobedience after Sunday’s national elections if…
Social media sites are a force to reckon with in the Palestinian territories, says former PA communications minister, adding that if a new uprising erupts, that is where it will begin to brew. WASHINGTON – Although his father…
Anna Hazare’s move follows government’s violent crackdown against a similar anti-corruption hunger strike in New Delhi. Police used batons and tear gas to break up a hunger strike on Sunday, leaving dozens of people injured [Reuters] Police used batons and…
07 June 2011, Tuesday / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL The pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), which has launched a civil disobedience campaign in recent months, was able to have the call to prayer, or adhan, recited in Kurdish for…
The heroes of this Arab Spring are not magnificent saints nor they are genius creatures… They are ordinary people; they are me and you, putting efforts and sacrifices on the frontline for change, says Rowaida Mroue. Words about “human values”…
Killing adult protesters not enough, Assad now torturing and murdering children 1 Syrians living in Jordan protest against Syria’s President Bashar Al-Assad outside the U.N. office in Amman. (File Photo) By ABEER TAYEL Al Arabiya with Agencies Secretary of State…
Bahrain lifts martial law – Middle East – Al Jazeera English Troops and tanks withdraw from streets of Manama, but activists seeking to stage fresh protests complain of attacks. Last Modified: 01 Jun 2011 16:29 At least 30 people were…
FB blocks anti-women driving Saudi campaign – Emirates 24/7. FB blocks anti-women driving Saudi campaign Female activists say they have not violated the network’s rules A group of Saudi women who launched a counter-campaign on Facebook this week to press…
