Police in Kathmandu clashed with hundreds of Tibetan refugees during a protest March 15 over the repression in Lhasa. The protesters tried to march on the Chinese embassy, but the police barred their way. The previous day, dozens were injured… Read moreTibet crisis militarizes Nepal
A week after it began, the uprising in Tibet finally hit the front page of the New York Times March 15, with clashes reported throughout Lhasa the previous day. At the Tromsikhang market, Chinese-owned shops were burned and cars overturned…. Read moreMarital law in Tibet; clashes spread
On March 14, activist group “Agrofools” closed down the World Biofuels Market meeting in Brussels by sealing four sets of double doors with padlocks and chains and barring access with their bodies just before the official opening. A battle ensued… Read moreActivists protest at World Biofuels Market
With military vehicles patrolling Lhasa and monasteries surrounded by troops following the biggest protests in Tibet since 1989, unrest is spreading to other cities with substantial Tibetan populations. Protests are reported at Lutsang monastery in Qinghai (known in Tibetan as… Read moreTibetan uprising spreads
WHAT ABOUT KRISTEN? New York Sex Worker Organizations Respond to Spitzer Scandal New York, NY – In the last few days, Governor Eliot Spitzer has publicly admitted to being associated with an escort agency and is considering resignation. As sex… Read moreNew York sex workers speak on Spitzer scandal
Almost 30 years after the Aug. 8, 1978 confrontation in Philadelphia, the eight remaining “MOVE 9” prisoners are now eligible for parole (see Philadelphia Inquirer and Metro articles). In early April, they will be interviewed by the Parole Board. With… Read morePhiladelphia’s MOVE 9 face parole hearings
From the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), March 11: Central American Solidarity Activists Dispute Department of Justice Order Washington DC — The Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador (CISPES), illegally targeted in… Read moreJustice Department harasses Salvador solidarity committee
German activist Martin Kramer, en route to Japan to prepare for the Hokkaido G8 summit protests, was arrested by police in the city of Vanino in the Habarovsk region of the Russian Far East March 3. He was turned over… Read moreAnti-globalization activist detained in Russia, denied entry to Japan
A Chinese passenger jet en route to Beijing from the Xinjiang region (known as Uighurstan or East Turkestan to its indigenous inhabitants, the Turkic and Muslim Uighur people) was forced to make an emergency landing March 7 after the flight… Read moreChina: Uighur militants busted; riots in Tibet
The Israeli government March 9 approved construction of a 330-unit housing project in Givat Zeev, a West Bank settlement already home to about 10,000 settlers. The project began in 1999 but was suspended when the second Intifada broke out the… Read moreIsrael approves new settlement bloc —”slap in face” to peace process
With a boycott of the March 9 election called by parties barred from participation because of their presumed links to the armed separatist group ETA, abstentionism in Spain’s Basque Country was at 35%—ten points higher than the national average. Elections… Read moreSpain: Socialists take Basque Country amid widespread abtentionism
At a massive assembly in the Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan on March 5, some 10,000 members of the Teachers’ Federation of Puerto Rico (FMPR) almost unanimously backed the union leadership’s recommendation to suspend a strike that started on… Read morePuerto Rico: “truce” in teachers strike
