Luz María González Armenta, leader of Defense and Promotion of Human Rights-Emiliano Zapata (DEPRODHEZAC), is free but still facing charges after being arbitrarily arrested March 30 at a protest vigil outside the municipal presidency office in the Mexican border city… Read moreMatamoros human rights worker free …for now
Mexico’s Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (Semarnat) announced that six more setlements—some which have been established for 70 years—have been slated for relocation from the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve in the lowland rainforest of Chiapas, the Lacandon Selva. The named… Read moreChiapas: government marks more settlements for eviction from Selva
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 April 2 that global warming is real, and that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts lost valuable shoreline because of its effects. Writing for the majority in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, Justice John Paul Stevens… Read moreSupreme Court: global warming exists
The Iraq Freedom Congress (IFC), the civil alliance opposed to both the US occupation and political Islam, announces that Sana TV, its new satellite station, will be braodcasting soon. With a studio and production team in London and funds raised… Read moreIraq: civil resistance launches satellite TV
A bomber driving a truck loaded with TNT and chlorine gas crashed into a police checkpoint in Iraq’s Anbar province April 6, killing at least 27 and wounding dozens. The bombing near Ramadi marked the ninth use of suicide chlorine… Read moreIraq: ninth chlorine attack
A slight irony. On April 7, the New York Times runs an optimistic op-ed by Munir Akram, Pakistan’s ambassador to the UN, entitled “A United Front Against the Taliban.” He assures readers that tribal leaders along the Afghan border are… Read morePakistan: jihadis pledge to bring terror to capital
The FBI has arrested two Indian nationals running an electronics company in South Carolina, and cited two unnamed Indian government officials as “co-conspirators” in the alleged export of sensitive dual-use items to three Indian entities: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC),… Read moreFBI sting on India defense industry figures
The New York Times reports April 5 that US officials are reviewing an informal request from Tehran for an envoy to visit five Iranians who were imprisoned after a US raid in northern Iraq in January. Maj. Gen. William B…. Read moreIran wants access to nationals seized by US in Iraqi Kurdistan
CNN reports April 6 that the US military is providing logistical support for the Mujahedeen Khalq, an Iraq-based Iranian guerilla group—which is on the US State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations. According to the report, the US military “regularly… Read moreCNN: US backing Iran’s Mujahedeen Khalq rebels
ABC News, citing unnamed US and Pakistani intelligence sources, reports April 3 that the ethnic Baluch militant organization Jundullah, responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran, has been “secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005.”… Read moreABC News: US backing Iran’s Baluch rebels
A jazz bass player from the Bronx pleaded guilty this week to having the inclination to teach hand-to-hand combat skills to Islamic extremists. Tarik Shah, whose childhood influence was Cannonball Adderly, will be going to prison for 15 years for… Read moreNYC: musician gets 15 years for running mouth
Leaders of the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations, meeting in New Delhi, pledged to make “tangible progress” in the next six months on issues of water, energy, food and environment. Two agreements were signed — on setting… Read moreEnvironment, free trade, terror top South Asia summit agenda
