Protesters carried a wounded man after clashes with government troops in Sana. Men carried a wounded protester from the site of the clashes in Sanaa. The security forces used heavy-caliber machine guns and other weapons against the protesters, who…
‘What makes civil disobedience compelling and a cause for the general public to reflect on is the courage of the individual to follow his or her conscience over the law…’: Bruce Cox, executive director of Greenpeace Canada. Forty…
More than 1,000 Jordanians demonstrated in central Amman on Friday to demand “satisfactory” constitutional reforms as parliament debates amendments proposed last month. Several hundred environmental activists and homeowners packed the sidewalks outside a natural gas industry conference in Philadelphia…
Opponents of the weapons trade are to protest on Tuesday as one of the world’s biggest arms fairs opens in London‘s Docklands. The biennial Defence and Security Equipment International at the ExCel Centre has attracted hundreds of companies, ranging…
Mexican riding bicycles in Mexico City. Photograph: David R Frazier Photolibrary, I/Alamy After an outburst from a journalist, a demonstration took place to raise awareness of the difficulties cyclists face Last month a journalist in Mexico City called…
Nabeel Rajab believes in the power of social media, and he wants his government to know it. Speaking at the CIVICUS World Assembly in Montreal, the Bahraini activist embraced such communication and specifically requested that all live- Tweeters «hashtag» his…
West Papuan activists are calling for international support in their bid for independence from Indonesia. Activists for a free West Papua (from left to right) Amatus Douw, Paula Makabory New Zealander Maire Ledbetter. Photo: Seraphin Kim Paula Makabory, a…
In Botswana, Bushmen are celebrating a victory in their long legal battle with the government. For the first time in nine years, Bushmen are drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. The government…
In central Sulawesi, powerful mining conglomerates have an insatiable appetite for mineral resources. In contrast to the northern and southern ends of the Indonesian island, the exploitation has only begun in the central region. But clearing of forests…
A new U.S. diplomatic cable out of the American embassy in Tel Aviv from February 2010 reveals that Israelis at that time were becoming increasingly frustrated with non-violent demonstrations by Palestinians in the West Bank,specially in Ni’lin and…
