From El Universal, Nov. 19: At least three of 10 lawyers being held hostage by inmates were killed Saturday after police raided the prison in the state of Michoacán to rescue them, media reported. It was not immediately clear whether… Read moreMichoacan: four dead in prison hostage crisis
Two dead and one injured are reported in an ambush Nov. 14 at the community of La Conchuda in the municipality of San Agustín Loxicha, in the southern mountains of Oaxaca, known as a bastion of the Popular Revolutionary Army… Read moreCycle of vengeance killings in Oaxaca mountains
Afghanistan’s “official” security forces rape with impunity and engage in sale and trafficking of women, while the Taliban reap the backlash, imposing harsh vigilante “justice” over growing swaths of the country. Freedom’s on the march, eh? First this, from the… Read moreHuman trafficking in Afghanistan; Taliban reap backlash
From the Committee to Protect Journalists, Nov. 17: José Manuel Nava Sánchez, former director of the Mexico City-based daily Excélsior and columnist for the national daily El Sol de México, was found murdered yesterday in his apartment. The Committee to… Read moreAnother newsman murdered in Mexico
Follwing the conclusion of its “constitutive congress,” the Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) announced through its spokesman Flavio Sosa Villavicencio its intention to convert “the popular revolt into a peaceful, democratic and humanist revolution,” on the model of the… Read moreOaxaca: APPO calls for “peaceful revolution”
From the AP, Nov. 15: Environmentalists sued the Bush administration Tuesday for failing to produce a report on global warming’s impact on the country’s environment, economy and public health. The lawsuit seeks to compel the U.S. Climate Change Science Program… Read moreEnviros sue Bush for supressing climate data
From UPI, Nov. 14, links added: WASHINGTON — A Pentagon spokesman dismissed as “frivolous” a lawsuit alleging war crimes filed in Germany Tuesday against Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The criminal complaint was filed on behalf of 11 former prisoners at… Read moreWar crimes charges filed against Rumsfeld
A patrol of Jordanian soldiers in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) came under fire on the evening of Nov. 10 as they were returning to their camp near the Port-au-Prince international airport. Two soldiers were killed: 1st… Read moreHaiti: two UN soldiers killed
Six years after it was first introduced, a bill allowing same sex civil unions in Mexico’s Federal District (DF, Mexico City) was approved by the Federal District Legislative Assembly (ALDF) by a vote of 43 to 17, with five abstentions…. Read moreMexico City approves civil unions
From El Universal, Nov. 12 via Chiapas95: As APPO deliberates, Ruiz to alter Cabinet The Oaxaca People’s Assembly (APPO) resumed their organizational congress on Saturday in Oaxaca City, while the state’s embattled governor announced the beginning of a massive Cabinet… Read moreOaxaca: Ruiz and APPO both reconsider strategy
From the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO-Norway): STOP THE ISRAELI AGGRESSION ON THE PALESTINIANS Oslo, November 8, 2006 The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is following the tragic situation resulted from the continuous Israeli aggression on the Palestinian territories… Read moreNorwegian trade unions pass resolution against Israeli aggression
In the Nov. 7 national and state elections, voters throughout the US tended to reject candidates who campaigned solely or primarily on an anti-immigrant platform. In exit polls, fewer than one in three voters considered immigration “extremely important” in their… Read moreVoters (mostly) reject anti-immigration campaigns
