An April 19 pre-dawn raid by the New York State Police and DEA agents on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton led to what law enforcement officials called the “dismantling” of “a major narcotics distribution network” on Long Island. Those… Read morePolice raid Long Island’s Shinnecock Nation
From LabourStart, UK: Iran: Free Mahmoud Salehi now On April 9, 2007, a commanding officer of the Saqez security forces appeared at Mahmoud Salehi’s work and asked him to attend at the office of the prosecutor to negotiate with the… Read moreIran: campaign for imprisoned labor activist
Afghan troops tore down part of a new “anti-Taliban” fence being erected by Pakistan on the border between the two countries April 19, leading to an armed clash with Pakistani forces. An Afghan defense ministry statement said the fighting took… Read moreAfghan and Pakistani troops clash over “anti-Taliban” wall
Canada has officially protested the sentencing a Canadian Uighur rights activist to life imprisonment in his native China. Huseyincan Celil was convicted on charges of “splitting the motherland” and participating in terrorist groups. Celil, who was born in China’s Xinkiang… Read moreChina: another Uighur dissident imprisoned
Protesters demanding a share of taxes from Bolivian natural gas field remain in control of the key Yacuiba plant that pumps gas to Argentina. The protesters freed some 50 police officers held hostage for over 20 hours, but have not… Read moreBolivia: protesters seize gas plant
The recent media coverage of para-politics in Colombia may be the final nail in the coffin for a proposed US-Colombia free trade agreement. Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe, Bush’s strongest ally in the region, not only has an administration filled with… Read moreColombia: para scandal threatens trade deal
Colombia’s government announced April 18 an “experimental” cease-fire with the National Liberation Army (ELN) following talks in Havana. “The president has asked me to accept the ELN’s experimental and temporary cease-fire proposal,” Colombian peace negotiator Luis Carlos Restrepo told reporters…. Read moreColombia: “experimental” ceasefire with ELN
A court in Urumqi, the capital of China’s restive Xinkiang autonomous region, has sentenced the son of exiled Uighur nationalist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Rebiya Kadeer to nine years in prison for secessionist activities. Ablikim Abdiriyim was found guilty… Read moreChina imprisons Uighur dissident
Hundreds of Buddhist monks rallied outside the parliament building in Bangkok April 17 calling for Buddhism to be enshrined in the constitution as Thailand’s national religion. The country’s military-appointed government plans to unveil a new national constitution this month. In… Read moreThailand: Buddhist monks rally for state religion
Some 25 Islamist militants calling themselves the “Taliban” have been killed in an army offensive near the northern city of Kano, Nigeria. Militants took an area of the city after attacking a police station on April 17. Nine Islamists have… Read moreNigeria: army clashes with “Taliban”
A farmer in southwest China killed a village leader in a suicide bombing that also seriously injured nine other local officials following a land dispute April 15. Yue Xiaobao detonated explosives strapped to his body as he approached officials from… Read moreChina: suicide bombing over land dispute
Violence between the Philippine army and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) continues in the southern region of Mindanao. Clashes with the 2,000-strong MNLF have left 21 dead and displaced 50,000 people. [AlJazeera, April 18] A suspected motorcycle blast has… Read morePhilippines: 50,000 displaced in Mindanao fighting
