Eight Catholics from central Vietnam were arrested after protesting for land rights and circulating a petition to free prominent legal rights activist Cu Huy Ha Vu, their lawyer and families said Tuesday. Those arrested had ’taken part in…
Women’s rights groups in Nepal say they are being left out of negotiations at a critical time, weeks before the country’s Constituent Assembly (CA) is meant to agree on a new constitution. “We need a constitution in time…
Listening to Khaled Said’s mother speak at Tahrir Square, Friday 1 April (photo: Lisa Goldman) When the Arab awakening started, no one would have predicted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak would be behind bars and asked to give…
Ongoing since mid-July, Israeli street protests are unprecedented in size, scope, and (so far) determination to stay the course for social justice. Two previous articles discussed them, accessed through the following links: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/08/israel-rogue-state-land-of-inequality.html http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/08/israeli-street-protests-suppressed-by.html What began as a…
Placard citing the Tahrir slogan of «Go!» and reading «Egypt is Here» at the J14 rally. Photo: Oren Ziv, Activestills.org One of the most impressive aspects of the J14 movement is how quickly it is snowballing, drawing more…
Demonstrators in Habima Square, Tel Aviv, July 23 2011. Protests to be held in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and the north; Protest in Tel Aviv expected to be largest yet with police closing off major arteries. Protest leaders are…
New Israeli legislation banning the support of boycott movements goes even further in limiting Palestinian rights. «You should definitely postpone your book launch in Jerusalem,» warned a close friend who felt that the planned event for launching my…
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…
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.…
Photo courtesy of Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Authorities refuse to grant permission for march on Santiago’s main thoroughfare Alameda. Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter said during a news conference on Wednesday that Chile’s government will not grant permission…
