Just in case you missed this one. From the New York Times, July 7 (links and emphasis added): Hate Groups Are Infiltrating the Military, Group Asserts A decade after the Pentagon declared a zero-tolerance policy for racist hate groups, recruiting… Read moreNeo-Nazis infiltrate US military
Jennifer Pagonis, spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees offered the following comments on the situation in Colombia Aug. 8 at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. From the UNHCR website: To mark World Indigenous Day tomorrow, UNHCR in… Read moreColombia: UN sees crisis for indigenous peoples
Citing “lack of evidence,” on Aug. 14 a Haitian criminal tribunal in Port-au-Prince headed by Judge Fritznel Fils-Aime ordered the immediate release of Annette Auguste (“So Ann”), Georges Honore, Yvon Antoine (“Zap-Zap”) and Paul Raymond, prominent supporters of former president… Read moreHaiti: Lavalas activists freed; Constant convicted
According to the Indianist Missionary Council (CIMI), a Catholic church-based group which works in solidarity with Brazil’s indigenous communities, 15 Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous people and seven non-indigenous people have been jailed since Aug. 9 in the city of Aracruz,… Read moreBrazil: land barons set up arrests of indigenous leaders
Colombian authorities detained 14 top paramilitary leaders Aug. 16, saying they were not complying with the amnesty law. The leaders, who include two former commanders wanted in the United States on drug-trafficking charges, were taken into custody in various parts… Read moreColombia: paramilitary leaders arrested
From Xinhua, Aug. 22: Mexico’s Jews march for Middle East peace More than 1,500 people, mostly Jews, staged a peaceful protest on Monday, calling for peace in the Middle East and an end to the armed conflict between Israel and… Read moreMexican Jews march for Middle East peace
From an Aug. 22 NYC Die-In Press Release: New York Jews Stage PENN STATION “DIE-IN” Say to Israel and U.S.: The War Didn’t Work, Honor the Cease-Fire! Destroying Lebanese and Palestinian societies is a crime, not a security policy New… Read moreNYC: Jews stage Penn Station “Die-in”
From the Washington Post, Aug. 21:. BAGHDAD, Iraq – Sunni Arab insurgents armed with rifles and mortar shells killed 20 pilgrims and wounded 300 others who thronged the capital Sunday for one of Shiite Islam’s most important holidays, authorities said…. Read moreBaghdad: Shi’ite pilgrims massacred —again
This comes, of course, in response to activist pressure. On Aug. 17, a lively grassroots “public hearing” on the proposed regulations was held at St. Marks Church in the East Village, where at least three City Council members spoke out… Read moreNYC: another victory in Critical Mass struggle
Former Mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1988-1994), top officials in the government of current Mexican president Vicente Fox Quesada and a leader of Fox’s center-right National Action Party (PAN) were involved in a conspiracy in 2004 to remove Andres… Read moreMexico: pre-election plot confirmed?
Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos raided a supposed Hezbollah stronhold in the Bekaa Valley Aug. 20 in what Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called a “naked violation” of the UN-backed truce. Three Hezbollah guerrillas were reportedly killed in a dawn firefight with… Read moreFighting in Bekaa Valley—despite Lebanon ceasefire
India’s pro-secular website “Citizens for Justice and Peace” carries the following story on a July 27 fatwa jointly issued by a Muslim mufti (revered scholar) and a Hindu mahant (temple leader) in response to the Mumbai bombings. Chief Mufti issues… Read moreIndia: Muslim moderates declare jihad on terrorism
