Her name does not resonate like that of Rosa Parks, and she did not garner the kind of national attention that a group of black students did when they took seats at a Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C., in…
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…
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…
Syria Continues Attacks on Protesters While Calling for Dialogue CAIRO — Syria’s military forces continued pressing to crush a three-month-old popular uprising on Thursday, shelling a string of southern and central towns even as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton…
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…
SAUDI ARABIA: Security forces clamp down on those allegedly behind campaign to defy ban on women drivers Saudi Arabian authorities have clamped down on women’s rights activists after a bold call by a group of women in the ultra-conservative kingdom…
Spain’s Tahrir Square Spain’s people’s movement has finally awoken. La Puerta del Sol in Madrid is now the country’s Tahrir Square, and the «Arab Spring» has been joined by what is now bracing to become a long «European Summer.» As…
