Just after the streets of Tunisia and Egypt erupted, China saw a series of “Jasmine” protests—until the government stopped them cold. Its methods were subtler than they had been at Tiananmen Square, and more insidious. Was the regime’s…
Local people fear environmental damage, harm to sacred sites. RFA Authorities have detained Tibetans protesting mines in Dzogang county during the last three months. Chinese authorities have taken into custody two men identified as the “ringleaders” of Tibetan protests against…
Hassan Ali Salman is a stocky, fit-looking young man. But he flailed in vain as the police officers grabbed him, one forcing his T-shirt roughly up over his head as three or four others laid in with their…
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…
Jalila al-Salman has been detained since 29 March and allegedly been tortured Two Bahraini women activists detained for their involvement in pro-reform protests have begun a hunger strike to demand their freedom. Roula al-Saffar, head of the Bahrain Nursing Society,…
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…
Seventy-eight year old Rabbi Arthur Waskow gets arrested during a protest on Capitol Hill yesterday An interfaith coalition of reverends, rabbis and their supporters gathered yesterday at the Capitol Rotunda for a prayer opposing budget cuts that…
Thousands of Sikhs from North India attended Justice Rally and launched “Civil Disobedience Movement” at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to secure the release of Professor Devender Pal Singh Bhullar. A Letter Writing Campaign addressed to President of India…
Police intervene to separate marchers and right-wing counter-protesters, despite organizers’ claim march went peacefully. Over 4500 Palestinians and Israelis took part in the «March for Independence» Friday, calling for the recognition of a Palestinian state. Although the organizers…
Israel trawled Facebook and Twitter to prevent pro-Palestine activists entering the country at the weekend. Authorities used the social media websites to compile a ‘black list’ of 340 protesters before asking European airlines to bar them from flights…
