From The New Standard, June 22: Lynne Stewart, a lawyer convicted of terrorism-related charges, has asked a federal court to compel the federal government to disclose whether the National Security Agency’s illegal warrantless domestic-spying program helped the prosecution in its… Read moreDid NSA spy on Lynne Stewart?
Some 500 people, mostly students, marched in Asuncion, Paraguay, on June 17 to protest the presence of US troops in the country. The protesters marched along the Avenida Mariscal Lopez; they tried to reach the US embassy but were blocked… Read moreParaguay: march against US troops
Some 2,000 Wichi, Toba and Mocovi indigenous people from throughout the northern Argentine province of Chaco arrived on June 6 in the provincial capital, Resistencia, and began camping out in front of the provincial government building after an effort to… Read moreArgentina: Chaco indigenous mobilize
Our occasional contributor Michael I. Niman writes for his June 15 “Getting a Grip” column in ArtVoice, the alternative weekly in Buffalo, NY: Anti-Casino or Anti-Indian? Those of us in Western New York who oppose war need to start paying… Read moreHaudenosaunee land struggle crosses US-Canada border
Bush’s declaration of a national monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands is being hailed by world environmentalists, and certainly impresses by its sheer size—1,400 miles long and 100 miles wide. “To put this area in context, this national monument is… Read moreNew Hawaiian national monument: Bush’s strategic sacrifice
Islamist guerillas are stepping up attacks in Algeria, apparently led by the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), which has rejected an amnesty offered by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to try to end more than a decade of violence. On… Read moreAlgeria: guerilla resurgence
In a decision dated April 7 and released on April 11, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) ruled that Southern California Muslim community leader Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan can be removed to Jordan, partially reversing a Feb. 12, 2005 ruling by immigration… Read moreJordan deportation approved —despite torture claim
On June 1, after six months in detention–with much of that time spent in solitary confinement–Seattle Muslim leader Abrahim Sheikh Mohamed gave up his legal battle against deportation. Mohamed was arrested Nov. 14 on immigration violations at Sea-Tac Airport, where… Read moreSeattle imam faces deportation to Somalia
Scotland Yard’s anti-terror chief is awarded “Commander of the British Empire”—in the wake of a controvesial shooting of a young Muslim man in a police raid that turned up nothing. From The Telegraph, June 17: There has been a storm… Read moreUK honors anti-terror chief after shooting
Our correspondent Mahmood Ketabchi writes for his Hammer & Broom blog: Thousands of women and male supporters came together on June 12 in Haft Tir Square in Tehran, Iran to protest against anti-women Islamic laws and gender apartheid. A similar… Read moreIran: women’s protest brutally attacked
Hamas called off a 16-month-old truce with Israel June 9 after attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza killed 10 Palestinians, including three children playing on a beach. “The Israeli massacres represent a direct opening battle,” Hamas said in a statement…. Read moreHamas ends truce following Gaza raids, demands Egyptian intervention
Reuters reported May 29 that Mali’s armed forces are hunting down Tuareg rebels who have taken up arms again, demanding more autonomy for the desert north. According to the report, the rebels used pickup trucks mounted with machine guns to… Read moreMali: Tuareg revolt back on?
