In a new massacre near Homs—one of several in Syria over the past weeks—the regime blames the Nusra Front rebels, while the opposition blames the pro-regime Shabiha militia.
A criminal court in Riyadh sentenced two Saudi Arabian human rights activists on to at least 10 years in prison on charges of sedition and operating an unlicensed organization.
Ten years after the US invasion, Iraq is enmeshed in a cycle of human rights abuses, including attacks on civilians, torture and unfair trials, Amnesty International charges.
One of the ongoing Friday protests in Amman, Jordan, last year. Spontaneity, largely horizontal organization, and a suspicion toward explicit political leadership have all been signature components of the Arab revolutions. Joshua Stephens of Toward Freedom interviews Mohammed Bamyeh, who writes on… Read moreAnarchism and the Arab uprisings
Hundreds of campesinos marched from the northern town of La Barca to protest new laws expanding mining and enabling the creation of autonomous “model cities.”
Plans for a major hydroelectric plant in southern Chile have been stalled by environmental concerns and oppostion from Mapuche communities fearing the loss of sacred sites.
Teachers marched and held strikes in much of southern Mexico to protest both the former teachers union head and the government that arrested her last month for corruption.
On their second try, prosecutors won a conviction of ex-president Carlos Menem for arms smuggling during the 1990s, but as a senator he will probably not face jail time.
The US Geological Survey estimates there is seven to eight times more oil in the ground than the human race has yet consumed—and this constitutes the real threat to the planet.
Peru’s Yanacocha mining company, facing an ultimatum from protesters to leave the contested Conga site, denied press reports that it plans to quit gold-rich Cajamarca region.
Saying justice is no longer possible within Peru, Awajún and Wampis leaders in Amazonas region announced they plan to seek independence or unite their territory with Ecuador.
Seven social leaders in Bolivia’s aliplano city of Oruro have been on a hunger strike for 10 days to protest the decision to change the name of the local airport to Evo Morales.
