Deacons for Defense and Justice Wikipedia The Deacons for Defense and Justice was an armed self-defense African-American civil rights organization in the U.S. Southern states during the 1960s. Historically, the organization practiced self-defense methods in the face of racist oppression that was carried out under the Jim Crow Laws by local/state government officials and racist more »
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Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy
Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy Kristian Williams – January 2011 – Solidarity ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2010, Los Angeles police shot and killed a Guatemalan day laborer named Manuel Jamines. The next day, a crowd gathered on the corner where Jamines died. They assembled a small memorial, then piled debris and set fires more »
Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs”
Article one of the Budapest Memorandum reads: “The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty and the existing borders of Ukraine.” Ukraine alleges Russian “invasion” of Crimea as Obama warns of “costs” By more »
The Pearl the Colonialists can't let go from their bloody grip
Why Is the UK Facilitating Oppression in Bahrain? 28 February, 2014 – Huffington Post He’s put teenagers in prison for calling him names, and made treating wounded protesters a crime punishable by death. He’s a pretty nasty guy, the King of Bahrain. However with such high stakes in the stability of the Kingdom of Bahrain, more »
Bahrain Courts of Injustice the Ultimate Charade of Hamad's House of Fools
Statement by Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) Bahrain Human Rights Observatory (BHRO) regrets the insults and the inappropriate treatment to which the lawyers are being exposed before the criminal courts by some members of court panels, which has reached levels that necessitate a strong stance by the Supreme Judiciary Council to restore the lawyers confidence more »
URGENT – Hussain Hubail, Jaffar Marhoon, Jassim al Nouaim
URGENT – Hussain Hubail’s medical reports show he needs a chance to go abroad for heart treatment. His mum is concerned about him being operated on in the military hospital. Hussain is in court on 16th March with Jassim al Nouaim. – Jaffar Marhoon, cameraman, was moved to Jaw Prison as he has sentences in more »
Zapatistas: the wealth of dignity
Zapatistas: the wealth of dignity December 2013 On the 20th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising of 1st January 1994 we publish this article by Luis Hernández Navarro which illustrates the achievements of Zapatista autonomy. Thanks to Dorset Chiapas Solidarity. In the community of Emiliano Zapata in the caracol Whirlwind of Our Words, 30 Zapatista families more »
Solidarity with Zapatistas under attack
Solidarity with Zapatistas under attack February 2014 Pronouncement from the UK Zapatista Solidarity Network concerning the recent attacks on Zapatista support bases and hospital staff To the Zapatista Support bases To the Good Government Juntas To the EZLN To the adherents to the Sexta To national and international human rights organisations To the alternative media more »
King Hamad dispatches Emissaries to Villages and Mosques with offer of dialogue
Dear King Hamad, we hear your dialogue, it's your ideas about democracy that trouble us
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