Syrians should not take up arms in their uprising against President Bashar Assad or invite foreign military action like the intervention that helped topple the government of Libya, a prominent activist group warned Monday. There have been scattered…
Camila Vallejo’s call for better and cheaper education has seen student protests transform into a two-day nationwide shutdown Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo sits among a peace sign created from empty teargas canisters used by police against protesters. Photograph: Roberto…
Initiative promoted through a Facebook group that coordinates demonstrations alongside the route of Google’s vehicles. A new initiative seeks to take advantage of Google’s Street View service launch in Israel to promote demonstrations against the Israeli occupation. The initiative is…
«Nonviolent Resistance Is Admirable but Ineffective.» Hardly. In the current geopolitical moment, it may seem hard to argue that a nonviolent uprising is a better tool for uprooting a dictator than the violent kind. Armed rebels, backed by…
The Dalai Lama has officially retired from politics, claiming he wants to live as a «simple monk.» It’s a watershed moment for Tibet, amid fears of Chinese meddling and controversy over the new generation of leaders. Meanwhile the…
The Cuban authorities must end their intimidation of a group of women campaigning for the release of political prisoners, Amnesty International said after 19 of the group’s members were re-arrested yesterday. The latest detentions took place yesterday in…
Seven months after Tunisia’s historic uprising which saw the ouster of long-time dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and gave birth to the region’s Arab Spring, many Tunisians are losing confidence in the progress of their revolution. Last year,…
The political drama playing out over India, the largest democracy in the world, is about the corruption that rots the system. Yet, the way it has galvanized millions of people into a grassroots movement against the status quo…
A Tibetan exile in India holds a portrait of Tsewang Norbu, who died after setting himself on fire in Sichuan province, China. Photograph: Ashwini Bhatia/AP A Tibetan Buddhist monk calling for the return of the Dalai Lama has burned himself…
Mass anti-government demonstrations have roiled Yemen’s cities since January [EPA] Across the Middle East and North Africa, youth have used their newfound sense of dignity to create change that previous generations only dreamed about. But as the so-called Arab Spring progresses, the…