By: BBC News, March 1, 2010
A Chinese police chief has been ordered to resign and a deputy chief has been fired amid allegations that a man died in custody after being tortured.
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China: My dear husband Liu Xiaobo, the writer China has put behind bars
By: Tania Branigan, The Guardian, February 28, 2010
Liu Xiaobo, author of the Charter 08 call for reform in China, was jailed for 11 years last December. In a remarkable interview, his wife, Liu Xia, talks of their love and the passion for literature that has sustained them.
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China insider sees revolution brewing
By: John Garnut, Sydney Morning Herald, February 27, 2010
China’s top expert on social unrest has warned that hardline security policies are taking the country to the brink of ”revolutionary turmoil”.
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China: Hunger strike on death row
By: RFA, February 26, 2010
Three Chinese death-row inmates who say they were tortured into confessing to crimes they didn’t commit have staged a hunger strike to draw attention to their case, amid a new U.N. warning that the death penalty carries too high a cost to societies that use it.
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China: Hunger strike by death row inmates underlines use of torture, failure of courts
By: Shao Jiang, Amnesty International, February 26, 2010
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, CHRD, has learned that three death row inmates are staging a hunger strike in a Jiangxi prison to draw attention to their convictions, which have been upheld despite a lack of evidence and shocking abuses perpetrated by police assigned to their case.
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Pretoria seized North Korean Weapons
By: Joe Lauria, Gordon Fairclough, and Peter Wonacott, WSJ, February 26, 2010
South Africa told the United Nations in a confidential report that it seized arms traveling from North Korea by way of China, marking at least the third time a government interdicted North Korean weapons shipments since the U.N. last summer adopted harsher sanctions against Pyongyang.
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China: Evicted artists protest after attack in Beijing
By: Andrew Jacobs, NY Times, February 23, 2010
Nearly two dozen artists protesting the forced demolition of their homes and studios marched through the ceremonial heart of the capital before the police intervened and prevented them from reaching Tiananmen Square, the artists said Tuesday.
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AFRICA
Ethiopia’s questionable human rights record and its impact on election 2010
By: Gadaa, February 28, 2010 BBC 4 Radio’s “The World Tonight” program has aired a special report on Ethiopia’s “questionable” human rights record on Friday 26th February 2010 in UK. The report covers on the human rights abuse leading up to the 2010 Election and questions the relationship of the British government with this dictatorial regime. Watch the video and read full article… Morocco: What fish may do for Western Sahara Nairobi: The grannies fight back Algeria corruption case ‘part of political struggle’ Tunisian court rejects journalist’s appeal |
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NORTH AMERICA
US: Frederick woman recalls her part in civil rights movement
By: Nicholas C. Stern, Frederick Newspost, February 28, 2010 When Barbara Foster learned that Andrew Young would speak this month at her alma mater, Indiana State University, she immediately made plans to attend. Forty-five years ago, Young was among the directors of a weeklong nonviolent resistance training program in Atlanta. Foster attended, along with about 600 other American college students. Read full article… US: Let these women pray US: Activists protest Hebron closures US: Raging grannies sing for immigrant rights |
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CENTRAL AMERICA/CARIBBEAN
Cuban media acknowledge jailed dissident’s death
By: AP, February 27, 2010 State media reported the death of a jailed, dissident hunger striker on Saturday, acknowledging four days after the fact a story that most Cubans had already heard through word of mouth. Read full article… Cuban dissidents ‘declare hunger strike’ Dissident’s death ignites protest actions in Cuba |
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SOUTH AMERICA
Venezuela: “The IACHR is neither Chávez’s enemy nor opponent”
By: El Universal, February 26, 2010 The Venezuelan government considers that a report on Venezuela from the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) forms part of a “smear campaign.” However, the author of the document, Commissioner Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, thinks that the report is “balanced,” because it “shows problems in the field of civil and political rights, but also acknowledges significant strides in terms of economic, social and cultural rights.” Read full article… |
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EUROPE
Spain asks Venezuela to explain alleged rebel link
By: BBC News, March 1, 2010 Spain has demanded an explanation from Venezuela over claims that it assisted two rebel groups which plotted to kill Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe. Read full article… Russia is pressed for data on killing UK: Mass protest outside UK Border Agency, the first of many? France: Activists call for large-scale boycott to support immigrants European parliament warns Belarus on rights |
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Student coalition rallies for budget transparency
By: Max Godnick, Daily Herald, March 1, 2010 The Open the Books Coalition held a teach-in and a rally this weekend in protest of the University’s confidential investment policy. The coalition, a joint effort between Students for a Democratic Society, the Student Labor Alliance and Brown Students for Justice in Palestine, was created to fight for a transparent endowment that the community would play a role in crafting, said Susan Beaty ’10, who moderated the teach-in. Read full article… A new way of thinking Cartoonists outline death penalty controversy Rev. James Lawson discusses nonviolent resistance strategies at the School of Authentic Journalism The state of the internet |
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Iran: L’opposition a rendez-vous le 16 mars
By: Courrier International, March 1, 2010 “L’objectif du Mouvement vert est aujourd’hui d’alerter l’opinion publique iranienne”, a déclaré Mir Hossein Moussavi, chef de file de l’opposition iranienne, sur le site Kalemeh. Il a appelé à des élections “justes et libres”, alors que le Mouvement vert conteste toujours la réélection du président Mahmoud Ahmadinejad en juin 2009. Read full article… |
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Zimbabwe: For Mugabe’s children, life gets tougher and tougher
By: Rachel Shields, The Independent, February 28, 2010 Grace is just one of “Zimbabwe’s forgotten children” who are the subject of a revealing documentary produced by the Bafta-award winning South African film-maker Xoliswa Sithole, which will be screened at 9pm tomorrow night on BBC4. The film examines the lives of some of the country’s poorest children, growing up without an education, grappling with poverty and starvation, and either orphaned by Aids or caring for parents who are sick with the disease. Read full article… US: Monk’s protest efforts lead him to Oscars acclaim New documentary on the largest global demonstration for peace in history in the making |
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Screening: Ten tactics for turning information into action
By: OSI, March 1, 2010 OSI is screening 10 Tactics, a 50-minute film documenting inspiring info-activism stories from around the world, with ¬interviews and case studies highlighting dozens of campaigns. This film, produced by the Tactical Technology Collective, provides original and artful ways for rights advocates to capture attention and communicate a cause. Read full article… Calling anti-corruption youth organizations, join the global youth anti-corruption forum International tribunal on crimes against women of Burma El-Hibri Peace Education Prize recognizes outstanding peace educators based in the United States working on Peace Education/Social Justice in the Middle East |
By: Al Jazeera, December 11, 2009
A massive mining project in central Vietnam has created one of the biggest civil protest movements the country has ever seen. Domestic media outlets are banned from reporting on the proposed Bauxite mine, which critics say threatens major environmental damage, for little economic benefit.
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