Indian authorities have deployed 3,000 police at Tata Motors’ plant in West Bengal as protesters defied a threat from the company to halt production of the Nano model ultra-compact automobile in the communist-ruled state. About 30,000 local residents have occupied… Read moreIndia: farmers occupy West Bengal industrial site
Hindus and Christians clashed in Barakhama village in Kandhamal district of India’s Orissa state Aug. 25 and the ensuing gunbattle resulted in the death of four local residents, including one woman. A curfew has been imposed in much of the… Read moreIndia: Maoist, fundamentalist violence deadly mix in Orissa
In the latest in a series of such incidents in recent weeks, gunfire erupted across the Line of Control dividing Kashmir between India and Pakistan Aug. 26, injuring four Indian border guards. Bala Subramanyam, spokesman for the Indian Border Security… Read moreKashmir: more gunfire across the LoC
At least 20 people were injured in a bomb blast at a pro-autonomy rally in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province Aug. 26. Officials said a bomb rigged to a parked motorcycle detonated near the rally’s stage in the town of Jaaferabad, leaving… Read moreWho is behind Baluchistan terror?
Former Boston Indymedia journalist and media activist Bryan Conley, founder of grassroots media videoblog Alive in Baghdad, is one of six US citizens detained in China for covering actions of Students for a Free Tibet during the Olympics. The other… Read moreFormer Boston Indymedia reporter among ten foreigners detained in China
Hundreds of Tibetan exiles Aug. 24 staged a peaceful march in Kathmandu to protest China’s rule in Tibet, coinciding with the concluding ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. There were heavy deployment of riot police in the area, but no arrests… Read moreTibetan exiles march in Nepal as Olympics close
From the Uyghur American Association (UAA), Aug. 22: The Uyghur American Association (UAA) believes that recent comments made by Wang Lequan signal an upcoming period of fierce repression against Uyghurs across the People’s Republic of China (PRC), particularly in East… Read moreChina: Uighurs warn of “fierce” post-Olympic repression in Xinjiang
President Evo Morales announced Aug. 24 he has put all of Bolivia’s gas and oil installations under military protection, as protesters in Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca and Tarija departments prepare new actions to resist national control of the hydrocarbon resources. “I’ve… Read moreBolivia: Evo sends army to oil installations
The first US war resister deported from Canada was sentenced to 15 months in prison Aug. 22 at a court martial hearing in Colorado. Pte. Robin Long, 25, of Boise, Idaho, was also given a dishonorable discharge after pleading guilty… Read moreIraq war resister sentenced to 15 months
In a charter flight that left on Aug. 12 from Seattle, Wash., US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported 106 people—including eight women—to Indonesia, Philippines and Cambodia. The 49 Filipinos, 44 Indonesians and 13 Cambodians were taken from different locations… Read moreICE deportation flight to Southeast Asia
From Aug. 11 to 16, agents arrested 42 foreign nationals in an ICE-led operation targeting street gangs in the metropolitan area of Salt Lake City, Utah. The sweep was carried out with the assistance of the US Marshals Service, the… Read moreICE steps up “anti-gang” raids
Barack Obama’s choice of Joseph Biden, the veteran Delaware senator and head of the Foreign Relations Committee, as his running mate is a depressing capitulation to conventionality that dangerously undercuts his much-hyped theme of “change”—especially given his telling flub at… Read moreJoe Biden: how depressing
