The local Good Government Junta (JBG) of the Zapatista rebels at Morelia, in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas, issued a statement April 23 charging that Gov. Juan Sabines Guerrero “is determined to be a humiliating repressor who does not respect… Read moreChiapas: Zapatistas protest renewed repression
Two new reports charge Mexican and other Latino migrants continue facing a host of human rights violations and labor abuses in Canada and the United States.
Members of the Piedras Negras police force in the Mexican border state of Coahuila staged an overnight strike to protest the new policies of an ex-colonel who assumed command of the force.
Kichua and Arabela tribesmen are blockading one of the Amazon’s main tributaries, the Río Napo, to protest the violation of their land rights by oil companies and Peru’s government.
The co-educational schools that the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) runs for Afghan refugees in Pakistan are under attack from Pakistan’s new Taliban movement.
Are We Really That Irrelevant? We’ve been trying to reach our winter fund-drive goal of $2,000 since the beginning of December. The total now stands at $1,390. That means $610 to go. We really don’t get it, even given the… Read moreWINTER FUND DRIVE EXTENDS INTO SPRING
Continue ReadingWINTER FUND DRIVE EXTENDS INTO SPRINGElectronic Journal & Daily Report THE VOICE OF FREE SOMALILAND An Interview with Dr. Saad Noor, North American representative of the Republic of Somaliland by Bill Weinberg, WBAI Radio AFRICOM: MAKING PEACE OR FUELING WAR? The Pentagon’s African Agenda by… Read moreIssue #157, May 2009
A prospective massive spill from an abandoned oil tanker in the Red Sea could lead to catastrophic public health effects in war-torn Yemen and neighboring countries unless urgent action is taken, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The FSO Safer is one of the world’s largest tankers and is anchored off the port of Hodeidah, a key lifeline for aid supplies to much of Yemen’s population. It holds 1.1 million barrels of oil—more than four times the amount spilled in 1989 by the Exxon Valdez. Abandoned since 2015 due to the conflict in Yemen, the dilapidated vessel is increasingly likely to leak oil due to deterioration of its hull, or to catch fire through the build-up of volatile gases or through a direct attack. (Map: Perry-Castañeda Library)
An Interview with Martin Scheinin, UN Human Rights Rapporteur by Xan Harriague, Berria, Bilbao Last spring, Martin Scheinin, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the protection of human rights while countering terrorism, spent a whole week in Spain and the Basque… Read moreCOUNTER-TERRORISM THREATENS SPANISH DEMOCRACY
Continue ReadingCOUNTER-TERRORISM THREATENS SPANISH DEMOCRACYAl-Bashir and the International Criminal Court by Rene Wadlow, Toward Freedom After a thorough examination of the evidence presented by the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno-Ocampo, a panel of three judges has issued an arrest… Read moreDARFUR: THE SHOCK OF RESPONSIBILITY
Continue ReadingDARFUR: THE SHOCK OF RESPONSIBILITYby Daniel Volman and William Minter, Foreign Policy in Focus At the end of President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony, civil rights leader Rev. Joseph Lowery invoked the hope of a day “when nation shall not lift up sword against nation,… Read moreAFRICOM: MAKING PEACE OR FUELING WAR?
Continue ReadingAFRICOM: MAKING PEACE OR FUELING WAR?A Sudanese court sentenced 11 members of Darfur’s rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to death by hanging in relation to last year’s attack on Khartoum.
