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World News tagged with Repression

Mousavi Supporters Clash With Police in Tehran
World  (tags: iran, HumanRights, humanrights, repression, brutality, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', middle-east, violence, interesting, news, world )

Cal
- 23 days ago - reuters.com
Police clashed with supporters of Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi in Tehran on Wednesday when a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the storming of the U.S. embassy turned violent, witnesses said
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IRAN: Grim Fates for Prisoners With Ties to Foreigners
World  (tags: iran, politics, repression, freedoms, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', corruption, world, humanrights )

Cal
- 28 days ago - latimesblogs.latimes.com
No mercy for those accused of trying to topple the Islamic Republic. Britain on Thursday protested a four-year jail sentence apparently imposed on one of its senior employees at its embassy in Tehran accused of spying and fomenting violence
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Burma: End Repression of Buddhist Monks
World  (tags: Burma/Myanmar, Repression, Bhuddism, Military Dicktatorship )

Ben
- 66 days ago - hrw.org
Buddhist monks in Burma face continuing repression, intimidation and harsh prison sentences two years after the military government's brutal crackdown on peaceful demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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Sudanese Woman Sent to Jail for Wearing Pants Is Freed
World  (tags: world, sudan, Lubna, Hussein, journalist, womensrights, islam, sharia, law, repression, flogging, lashing, stoning, middle-east, africa, violence, terrorism, corruption, politics, humanrights, freedoms, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Tom
- 79 days ago - latimes.com
The Sudanese government freed journalist Lubna Hussein after she was convicted of public indecency for wearing pants and refused to pay a fine. She says the government was "unnerved" by her presence in prison because she would report on conditions inside.
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Western Feminists Mute on Ravages of Shariah
World  (tags: world, sudan, government, africa, middle-east, violence, flogging, whipping, stoning, honor, killings, rape, beatings, islamic, sharia, law, women, human, rights, western, feminists, freedom, repression )

Tom
- 114 days ago - network.nationalpost.com
An angry Khartoum journalist who works for the UN in Sudan started a campaign against shariah law by elevating a local police matter into an international embarrassment: She's invited the world to witness her judicial flogging. Where are the feminists?
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Silent Protests in Iran Expected to Draw Thousands
World  (tags: world, middle-east, iran, politics, government, elections, ahmadinejad, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, abuse, human, rights, democracy, freedom, civil, liberty, repression, fascism, violence, protest, demonstrations )

Tom
- 141 days ago - latimes.com
Demonstrations are planned in more than 200 cities and towns across the country, protesting last month's disputed election. Participants are advised to carry nothing heavier than a rose. They are struggling for freedom, spirituality and human rights.
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Iran: Ahmadinejad Says His Reelection Gave Him a Mandate
World  (tags: world, middle-east, iran, politics, government, elections, ahmadinejad, corruption, crime, cover-up, dishonesty, lies, abuse, human, rights, democracy, freedom, civil, liberty, repression, fascism, violence )

Tom
- 141 days ago - latimes.com
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that his disputed reelection gave him a mandate to continue his domestic and international policies and spoke out defiantly against the West in a televised speech meant to shore up his legitimacy.
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Iran's Regime: Marching Toward A Cliff
World  (tags: Iran, revolution, riot, Ayatollah, Khomeini, Ahmadinejad, election, fraud, crisis, students, twitter, world, islam, violence, middle-east, government, humanrights, freedoms, conflict, repression, police, abuse, killing, death, arrests, crime, society, cul )

Tom
- 156 days ago - therumpus.net
The Khomeinist regime in Iran is in terminal trouble. That doesn't mean Iran will repudiate Islam and become a secular democracy. The "Islamic Revolution" of Iran was never just about Islam. It was caused by three revolutionary currents coming together.
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Colombia: Military Assault Against Indigenous Protesters, Mobilizations Continue -- See Video Link in Comments
World  (tags: Indigenous people, Day of Resistance, Latin America, Colombia, militarization, ONIC, activists, Uribe, armed forces, violent attack, repression, mobilization, Intl Fed of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, UN High Commission, Human Rights )

Alba
- 387 days ago - indiancountrytoday.com
Indigenous protesters thru-out Latin America staged events/protests to celebrate Day of Indigenous Resistance. Colombia gathering got global attention- marred by violent attack by armed forces firing into crowd of >10,000 over 2days. Urgent appeal!
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Zimbabwe Leak Reveals Ruthless Strategy to Bomb and Murder Until Election
World  (tags: zimbabwe, election, repression )

Dave
- 519 days ago - independent.co.uk
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF has detailed plans to murder opposition wokers, bomb polling stations and march the electorate to the ballot box under armed guard to ensure an emphatic victory for Robert Mugabe in tomorrow's uncontested presidential run-off.
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ANC Tells Mugabe to Delay Election That Is 'a Flagrant Violation of Democracy'
World  (tags: zimbabwe, south africa, election, repression, african national congress )

Dave
- 519 days ago - independent.co.uk
Regional leaders announce an emergency summit to discuss the Zimbabwe crisis today as Jacob Zuma, the president of the ANC, breaks ranks with South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and issued his country's toughest criticism to date of Robert Mugabe.
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Vote Mugabe or Starve - the Latest Ploy From a Regime Clinging on to Power
World  (tags: zimbabwe, human rights, repression, robert mugabe )


- 536 days ago - independent.co.uk
The spectre of massive enforced starvation is looming over Zimbabwe as the Mugabe regime unleashes a sinister new tactic of denying opposition supporters food unless they surrender identity cards, giving up their right to vote in the presidential run-off.
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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.
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Was It Like This for the Irish? Gareth Peirce (Human Rights Lawyer) on the Position of Muslims in Britain
World  (tags: human rights, repression, torture )

Eleanor
- 602 days ago - cageprisoners.com
Before Bloody Sunday, when British soldiers shot and killed 13 unarmed Catholic demonstrators who were marching to demand not a united Ireland but equal rights in employment, education and housing (as well as an end to internment), the IRA was a....
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HumanRightsWatch - Armenia: Civilians Die & Go Missing as Police Suppress Demonstrations Turned Into Riots
World  (tags: Armenia, Yerevan, demonstrations, state of emergency, supporters of opposition presidential ca, police, armed forces, repression, casualties, deaths, missing persons )

Alba
- 631 days ago - hrw.org
The Armenian govt should launch prompt & independent investigation into use of lethal force by security forces to quell demonstrations & rioting overnight on March 1, 2008, HRW said today. The violence occurred after 20-day state of emergency declared...
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