North America
Lakota stand up to neo-Nazis
Hundreds of Lakota, Anishinabe and white activists converged on Leith, North Dakota, to rally against neo-Nazis who plan to turn the village into a white separatist homeland.
The Andes
Colombia: river defender assassinated
Nelson Giraldo Posada, a spokesman for campesinos forcibly relocated to make way for the HidroItuango hydro-electric project, was slain by unknown gunmen in Ituango, Colombia.
The Andes
Peru: deadly attack on family of miner leader
The wife and infant son of a local leader of independent artisenal miners were assassinated in the community of Pamputa, Peru—with suspicion falling on mining giant Xstrata.
The Andes
Peru: Conga protest camp fired on
The protest camp at the Conga site was evicted by company goons, only to be re-established days later. But unknown gunmen fired on the new encampment.
The Andes
Bolivia: Aymara dissidents charge repression
Leaders of the National Council of Marka and Ayllus of Qullasuyu (CONAMAQ) charged that their office in La Paz was attacked by followers of the ruling party.
The Andes
Venezuela withdraws from OAS rights body
Venezuela’s withdrawal from the American Convention of Human Rights went into effect this month, drawing the condemnation of rights groups across the hemisphere.
Europe
Romania: protest wave against mega-mine
Thousands of Romanians have been occupying Bucharest to protest plans by Canadian firm Gabriel Resources to establish Europe's biggest open-pit gold mine at Rosia Montana.
Palestine
Netanyahu to ‘strengthen’ settlements in Hebron
Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Israel’s civil administration to allow settlers back into a stolen Palestinian property in Hebron—in response to the killing of an Israeli soldier.
Greater Middle East
Assad’s useful idiots protect chem attack base
International "human shields" in Damascus are occupying Mount Qasioun—site of the Republican Guard base from which the rockets in the Ghouta attacks were launched.
Greater Middle East
Assad to The Hague? Don’t bet on it…
Syria does not recognize the International Criminal Court, so an ICC case against Bashar Assad can only be launched by the Security Council—where Russia holds a veto.
Inner Asia
New deadly Xinjiang raid comes to light
Security forces in China’s far western Xinjiang region shot and killed at least 12 men and wounded 20 others during a raid on what authorities described as a “terrorist facility.”
North Africa
Mali: Tuareg youth stage mini-intifada
A visit by a delegation of cabinet ministers from Mali’s central government to Kidal, the northern town held by Tuareg rebels of the MNLA, sparked a mini-intifada.