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World News tagged with Protests

Mousavi Reportedly Under House Arrest
World  (tags: government, Iran, Protests, politics, conflict, freedoms, HumanRights, corruption )

Dee
- 152 days ago - abcnews.go.com
The Web site gooya.com reports that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is under house arrest, although that claim couldn't be verified.
4 comments
Protesters Gird for Long Fight Over Opening Peru's Amazon To Oil Drilling and Logging Deforestation
World  (tags: peru, amazon, rainforest, climate-change, global warming, protests, deaths, oil, oil-drilling, logging, deforestation, world, americas, violence, corruption, news, environment, ecosystems, government, forests, habitatdestruction, HumanRights )

SirRobert
- 167 days ago - nytimes.com
Faced with a simmering crisis over dozens of deaths in the quelling of indigenous protests last week, Peru's Congress this week has suspended the decrees that had set off the protests, which were focused upon saving the Amazon rainforests.
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ON THIS DAY - 1968: United States Erupts in Race Violence
World  (tags: usa, united states, Martin Luther King, race riots, riots, deaths, protests, history )

Chrissy
- 234 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Dozens of major cities in the United States have been rocked by an escalation in the race riots which began two days ago. At least 19 people have died so far in the arson, looting and shootings provoked by the assassination of black civil rights leader
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Protests at G-20 Summit
World  (tags: protests, world, government )

Cal
- 239 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Video Montage--enjoy!
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The World Should Stand Beside Tibet
World  (tags: tibet, HumanRights, conflict, freedoms, china, protests, repression )

Jaron
- 596 days ago - phayul.com
As Chinese forces now attempt to crush the protests, the crisis in Tibet has laid bare two important issues: the Tibetan people's unresolved demands, and how these aspirations impact Tibet, the world and China itself.
2 comments
Live From S.F., April 9th - Tibet Will Be Free
World  (tags: Tibet, China, Olympic Torch, San Francisco, protests )


- 596 days ago - blog.studentsforafreetibet.org
We'll be bringing you the action live from the streets of San Francisco throughout the day. Make sure to reload your browser for updates! (A link to other sites providing coverage is in the comments below.)
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China Turns Patriotic Wrath on Olympics Demonstrators
World  (tags: china, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', tibet, Protests, freedoms )

Jaron
- 597 days ago - reuters.com
China on Tuesday denounced protesters who upstaged Olympic Games torch relays in London and Paris and asked the United States to ensure that the next leg in San Francisco avoids similar mayhem.
5 comments
Protesters Disrupt London's Olympic Torch Relay
World  (tags: Protests, London, Olympics, China, Tibet )

Jaron
- 599 days ago - reuters.com
Thousands of anti-China protesters draped in Tibetan flags disrupted the Olympic torch relay on Sunday through London, billed as a journey of harmony and peace.
2 comments
Police Fire on Tibetan Protesters; 8 Die
World  (tags: Tibet, Protests, Deaths, Riots, Activists )

Nancy
- 601 days ago - forbes.com
Police fired on hundreds of protesters in a Tibetan area of western China, killing eight people, overseas activist groups said. State media reported one government official was seriously injured in what it called a riot.
3 comments
Five Arrested In Iraq War Protest
World  (tags: war, conflict, iraq, protests, activists, arrests, invasion )


- 617 days ago - courant.com
A protest Wednesday by roughly 200 clergy members, religious activists and citizens marking the five-year anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq started with prayer and song and ended with the arrest of five protesters in Hartford.
15 comments
Sign Petition: Stop China's Crackdown on Tibet!
World  (tags: tibet, china, Human Rights, crackdown, protests, monks, Dalai Lama, Olympic Games 2008, United Nations )

Rosa
- 618 days ago - go.care2.com
Violence against protesters, monks and civilians in Tibet is quickly escalating as the deadly crackdown continues. Sign this Care2 petition to the Olympic Games Officials and the United Nations to make sure help is on the way for the people of Tibet!
26 comments
BBC NEWS | Africa | Ghana to Expel Female Protesters
World  (tags: ghana, women, refugees, protests )


- 618 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Hundreds of the women were arrested on Monday and taken away from a refugee camp in 10 buses, witnesses say.
4 comments
Austria Demands An End to Violence in Tibet
World  (tags: tibet, tibetans, china, human rights, violence, protests, world, dalai lama )

Vanessa
- 619 days ago - phayul.com
Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said Sunday that Austria was "deeply disturbed by serious violations of human rights in Tibet" and called for "an immediate end to violence and blood-spilling" there.
1 comment
Curbs on Protest in Tibet Lashed By Dalai Lama
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', china, corruption, government, violence, tibet, politics, freedoms, Dalai Lama, protests )

Holly
- 619 days ago - nytimes.com
The Dalai Lama accused China on Sunday of waging "cultural genocide" against his followers in Tibet and called for an international inquiry into the suppression of protests there
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The United Nations' Tepid Response to Tibetan Protests
World  (tags: UN, Tibet, Tibetans, Protests, China, Human rights )

Live
- 621 days ago - blog.studentsforafreetibet.org
'We are following the situation and we urge that care be taken by all concerned to avoid confrontation and violence,' said spokeswoman Marie Okabe, when asked for the UN position on the situation.
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