Bahrain sentences medics who treated protesters A court in Bahrain has jailed 20 medics who treated protesters for up to 15 years each, after convicting them of incitement to overthrow the regime . Posted 29 September 2011, by Staff, BBC News, bbc.co.uk . They treated people injured when a protest movement calling for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘rights’
29 Sep
Occupy Boston: Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests
Occupy Boston: Smart, Savvy, and Aiming to Emulate Wall Street Protests About 200 people in Boston express their outrage at America’s economic woes – and promise to take up the protest baton . Posted 28 September 2011, by Paul Harris, The Guardian, guardian.co.uk . There were socialists, anti-poverty campaigners, students, anarchists, computer hackers, the unemployed, [...]
29 Sep
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in
Displaced women from San Juan Copala forced to suspend peaceful sit-in . Posted 29 September 2011, by Ahni, Intercontinental Cry, intercontinentalcry.org . A group of displaced Triqui women from the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, have been forced by the government of Oaxaca to suspend their peaceful sit-in which began more than 12 [...]
28 Sep
Winona LaDuke on Redemption
Winona LaDuke on Redemption . Posted 26 September 2011, by Sacred Land Film Project, Vimeo, vimeo.com . Winona LaDuke on Redemption from Sacred Land Film Project on Vimeo. . Winona LaDuke (Anishinaabe activist) speaks on the process of apology, redemption and healing; through the story of the Pawnee tribe and their return home to their [...]
28 Sep
A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eleven)
A Message From Occupied Wall Street (Day Eleven) . Posted 27 September 2011, by , Occupy Wall Street, occupywallst.org . This is the eleventh communiqué from the 99 percent. We are occupying Wall Street. We will not be moved. On September 27th, 2011, many friends participated in our democratic process. . . . . . [...]
28 Sep
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet)
Saudi Women Granted Right To Vote (And Save Planet) . Posted 26 September 2011, by Arwa Aburawa, Green Prophet, greenprophet.com . It been a political roller-coaster of a year for the Middle East and it doesn’t look set to stop just yet. Yesterday, an event many thought would never happen in their lifetime [...]
27 Sep
Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari
Adieu, Earth Mother, Wangari . Posted 28 September 2011, by Editor, Vanguard, vanguardngr.com . ON Sunday, September 25, 2011, one of the most famous African women in modern times took her exit from the planet earth which she served with distinction. Her name was Professor Wangari Muta Maathai (April 1, 1940 to September 25, 2011). [...]
27 Sep
Ottawa Tarsands Protest: Portraits of Arrests by Ben Powless
Ottawa Tarsands Protest: Portraits of Arrests by Ben Powless . Posted 26 September 2011, by Brenda Norrell, Censored News, bsnorrell.blogspot.com . OTTAWA TARSANDS ACTION Sept. 26, 2011 Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk See all today’s heroes at the rally and arrested: Photos by Ben Powless: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tarsandsaction/sets/72157627762196960/ . http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/09/ottawa-tarsands-protest-portraits-of.html
27 Sep
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage
Re-Colonization Of Africa Through Buying Agricultural Land: Wealthy Nations And Their Multinationals On The Rampage . Posted 26 September 2011, by Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo, Tom Wilt News, tomwilt.com . The global food crisis of 2007/2008 that triggered riots from Cape to Cairo and from Senegal to Haiti made governments and their agriculturally-engaged companies to [...]
