At least 40 bodies have been found recently in Iraq’s southern oil port of Basra, with the pull-out of British troops leaving only chaos and women increasingly targets of religious fundamentalists. “Some women along with their children have been killed,”… Read moreWar on women in Basra
From the Global Justice Ecology Project, Dec. 7: Indigenous Peoples shut out of Climate Change Negotiations Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia – Indigenous peoples representing regions from around the world protested outside the climate negotiations today wearing symbolic gags that read… Read moreIndigenous peoples protest UN climate meet
The CIA’s admission that it filmed the interrogation of terrorism suspects and then destroyed the tapes will kill any chances of convictions, attorneys representing Guantanamo Bay prisoners say. “First, it’s a criminal offence to destroy evidence,” said Clive Stafford Smith… Read moreDestroyed CIA tapes to undermine Gitmo trials?
From the Polytechnic Free Campaign, support group for dissident students at Amir Kabir University of Technology (formerly Tehran Polytechnic), Dec. 6: On Tuesday the 4th of December, security police and masked intelligence agents arrested 28 students during a demonstration against… Read moreIran: dissident students arrested
An imprisoned Eritrean has been named “Journalist of the Year 2007” by Reporters Without Borders. Seyoum Tsehaye has not been allowed a visit from his family or attorney during his six years in prison, the group says. He is one… Read moreImprisoned Eritrean honored by Reporters Without Borders
Israeli forces carried out a series of raids in the West Bank the night of Dec. 5. Soliders invaded the village of Beit Sira, near the Green Line west of Ramallah, conducting house-to-house raids and seizing more than 20 Palestinians…. Read moreIsrael abducts Palestinians in West Bank raids
Canada’s federal court ruled on Nov. 29 that the US breaches the rights of asylum seekers under the United Nations Refugee Convention and the Convention Against Torture. Justice Michael Phelan cited the example of Maher Arar, a Canadian citizen who… Read moreCanada rules US not safe for refugees
A US Border Patrol official confirmed on Nov. 13 that agents investigating human smuggling on commercial bus lines arrested more than 100 illegal immigrants in the area of Twin Falls, Idaho, over the past week. The number of people arrested… Read moreBorder Patrol raids protested in Idaho
On Nov. 29, shock troops from the Military Police of Sao Paulo state in Brazil invaded the Elizabeth Teixeira encampment of the Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) in the Tatu Forest Plot in Limeira municipality near Campinas. The police… Read moreBrazil: police attack landless camp
On Nov. 29 five Mapuche rights activists were in the 51st day of a hunger strike at the Angol prison in Chile’s Region IX. Each of the hunger strikers—Mapuches Jaime Marileo Saravia, Juan Millalen Milla, Hector Llaitul Carrillanca and Jose… Read moreChile: Mapuche hunger strike continues
Having lost his constitution reform vote by a razor-thin margin, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez said he will accept the results—with caveats. “I faced a great dilemma,” he said. “I wanted to wait until the results were irreversible, but we cannot… Read moreChávez accepts defeat —”for now”
Last week, a US-Canada oil pipeline exploded in Minnesota, briefly affecting global prices—and highlighting the criticality of Canadian resources to the US and global economy. Our November issue featured the story “Flashpoint in the Flathead: US-Canada War Looms Over Energy,… Read moreThe coming war with Canada: our readers write
