Olympic organizers will allow a modicum of dissent at the Beijing games, setting up special protest zones in a shift supporters and detractors said today is meant to safely channel pent-up criticisms of China and avoid disrupting the games.
Dharamsala, July 22: A group of Tibetan non-governmental organisations based in Dharamsala today announced to spearhead a new round of "Tibetan People's Uprising Movement" campaigns to take Tibetan freedom struggle to a new height as Beijing prepares to
Bosnian Serb wartime president Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested, a statement from the office of Serbian President Boris Tadic said
For once, mainstream media have found an anti-government protest to embrace. When the Olympic torch arrived in San Francisco on April 9 and thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to decry human rights abuses by the Chinese government, journalists
The slave trade did not end with the civil war. In fact, there are more than 27 million people enslaved around the world right now, according to an info-graphic from Good magazine.
NEW YORK -- Exactly one week after the United States House of Representatives passed the Block Burmese Jade Act, the Senate on Tuesday unanimously approved the bill, which blocks American companies from importing gemstones from Burma and expands financial
It is well known that 74-year old dictator Than Shwe, financed by the Chinese communists to maintain "calmness" on the Burmese scene (1), trusts various kinds of fortune tellers, clairvoyants, astrologers and wizards for his senseless politics.
We are asking one million people throughout the world to sign this petition to state they will not watch the Beijing Olympics on television and more...
