Tucked away on the April 21 letters page of the UK Guardian, 130 British doctors are calling to boycott the Israeli Medical Association. Dr. Derek Summerfield, who wrote a scathing report on Israeli war crimes in the Oct 16, 2004… Read moreBritish doctors call for boycott of Israeli Medical Association
The recent military campaign by tribesmen in Pakistan’s northwest borderlands to drive out Uzbek Islamist militants, portrayed as a victory against extremism by Islamabad, may have more to do with mere animosity between Pashtuns and Uzbeks than a rejection of… Read morePakistan Taliban: Osama welcome
From the Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), April 21: Iraq Freedom Congress congratulates all freedom-loving and progressive people around the world for the launch of Sana TV today. It is you who made it happened and you who will keep it… Read moreIraq civil resistance satellite TV goes live
About 100 Iranians protested in Tehran April 21 against a new Sivand dam, charging it threatens archaeological sites dating to the first Persian empire of 2,600 years ago. Protesters carried banners with Zoroastrian symbols and demanded the resignation of Esfandiar… Read moreIranians protest Sivand dam project
Two prominent Somali clan leaders, Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed and Hussein Aideed, have issued an ultimatum to the Ethiopian forces to leave Somalia now or prepare to fight to the death. The two leaders of the Hawiye clan that dominates… Read moreSomali sub-clans unite against Ethiopian occupation
The Popular People’s Assembly of Oaxaca (APPO) has joined with members of the Union of Mexican Jurists in a “Popular Court” to judge the repression and rights violations in southern Mexico’s Oaxaca state over the last year of social conflict…. Read more“Popular Court” judges Oaxaca repression
An April 19 pre-dawn raid by the New York State Police and DEA agents on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton led to what law enforcement officials called the “dismantling” of “a major narcotics distribution network” on Long Island. Those… Read morePolice raid Long Island’s Shinnecock Nation
You don’t have to support either Michael Bloomberg or gun control to understand why this is sinister. We hope. From AP via amNY, April 18, links added: NEW YORK — A magazine cover by the National Rifle Association protesting Mayor… Read moreNRA adopts Nazi imagery
From LabourStart, UK: Iran: Free Mahmoud Salehi now On April 9, 2007, a commanding officer of the Saqez security forces appeared at Mahmoud Salehi’s work and asked him to attend at the office of the prosecutor to negotiate with the… Read moreIran: campaign for imprisoned labor activist
Afghan troops tore down part of a new “anti-Taliban” fence being erected by Pakistan on the border between the two countries April 19, leading to an armed clash with Pakistani forces. An Afghan defense ministry statement said the fighting took… Read moreAfghan and Pakistani troops clash over “anti-Taliban” wall
US troops are building a three-mile wall to separate one of Baghdad’s Sunni enclaves from surrounding Shi’ite districts, as part of a contentious security plan that has fueled fears of the Iraqi capital’s “Balkanization.” When the barrier is finished, the… Read moreBaghdad gets Sunni-Shi’ite separation wall
Canada has officially protested the sentencing a Canadian Uighur rights activist to life imprisonment in his native China. Huseyincan Celil was convicted on charges of “splitting the motherland” and participating in terrorist groups. Celil, who was born in China’s Xinkiang… Read moreChina: another Uighur dissident imprisoned
