Stories about Protest from August, 2006
China: Lebanon
ESWN has a partial translations of a blog post from Hong Kong and an essay by a famous mainland Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo to show the readers what are the Chinese thinking about the Israel-Lebanon war?
Lebanon: 4th Week of Israel's War
This week is the fourth week of Israel’s war against Lebanon. The war is still the dominant subject of posts in the Lebanese blogosphere.
Cuba: Interview with a dissident
Ya No Más publishes an interview recently conducted in Havana with Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque. The interviewer reports that during his meeting with Sra. Roque, a film crew allegedly shooting a tourism promo is hovering around: and “how accidental is it that the author of this article should spend...
Trinidad & Tobago: Smelter activity continues
Rights Action T&T, a blog designed to support the protest against the establishment of an aluminium smelter in a community in southern Trinidad, issues a press release reporting that preparations for the establishment of boreholes have begun in the area, and deploring aluminium company Alcoa's “continued attempts to psychologically intimidate...
Indonesia: Falung Gong in Jakarta
Indonesiamatters talks about a Falun Gong meditation session in Jakarta being broken up by demonstrators. Falung Gong supporters see Chinese hand in the disruption while some of the local traders say that they are just fed up with the group's activities that affects their business.
China: Xiangyin Massacre
ESWN translates several reports related to a violent incident at Xiangying in Hunan province and asks “Could they possibly be about the same events? So what really happened in Xiangyin?“
Mexico: Obrador's Supporters Disappointed
Having just returned to Mexico City from South America, Ricardo Carreon observed last week that much of the “protest” in support of Lopez Obrador consisted of empty tents along Reforma Blvd. Carreon also links to a video tour of the Reforma area in the midst of the protests. Ana Maria...
Russia: Chick(en)s Tortured
Copydude writes about chicks, chickens, KFC, PETA, Kremlin and the CIA.
Cuba: Anti-government posters appear
Marc Masferrer links to a CubaNet article stating that anti-government posters appeared in the city of Santiago de Cuba, bearing the messsages “Fidel, you have finally arrived at your end,” and “Fidel, you must have already died before.” The article also reported an increased military and police presence in the...
Ukraine: Is Orange Revolution Dead?
Scott W. Clark of Foreign Notes explains why president Yushchenko has become irrelevant and how freedom of the press and freedom of business are nothing but illusion now: “So is the Orange Revolution dead? It's a funny thing that now people are down to saying that it isn't dead because...
Middle-East War and Indonesian Blogger Divided Responses
Echoing the international media headlines on current conflicts in the Middle East between Israel-Lebanon and Israel-Palestine, Indonesian bloggers post similar topics with various comments and responses; pros and cons, supports and condemnation to either sides. Among Indonesian Muslims bloggers, condemnation towards Israeli atrocities against civilians people in Lebanon almost pouring...
Ukraine: Yanukovych for PM (3)
Stefan of Dykun writes that a Western Ukrainian relative has been to Kyiv “to picket the parliament and demonstrate for new elections.”
China: Two tales of a boy's death
On July 16, well-known and outspoken political commentary writer Liao Zusheng's (廖祖笙) son Liao Mengjun (廖梦君) is surreptitiously called from summer vacation back to his school to pick up his junior high graduation certificate and, according to one account, within minutes after arriving is found dead on the pavement next...
Bangladesh: social justice
Pamela, a British expatriate at Dhaka Diary experiences the heartless beating of a young man (alleged of a crime) by an unruly mob. Dhaka has seen more such incidents of mob lynching in recent days.
Death of a student leader in prison & Lebanon
Akbar Mohammadi, an Iranian student leader has died in jail while he was on a hunger strike. Akbar Mohammadi was first arrested in 1999 after clashes between the security forces and students at Tehran University. According to news Mohammadi’s parents got arrested as soon as they came to Iran. Many...
DRC: Candidates Complain about Rigging
The Salon deplores that so many candidates are complaining about fraud in Sunday's election fearing the aftermath will lead to riots: “If they can convince people that their allegations are true, it will mean that the international community is in collusion with the riggers… recipe for chaos. I believe these...
Iran: Photos from peaceful antiwar demonstration
In Nimania's photoblog we see several photos of antiwar demonstrators in front of United Nations Office in Tehran. They protested against war in Lebanon and carry placards in English. On placards we can read Moshe Dayan's, late Israeli military leader, words: If you want to make peace you don't talk...
Trinidad & Tobago: Replant the land
Attillah Springer has been an active and vocal participant in the movement protesting the establishment of an aluminium smelter in a community in southern Trinidad. Here, from her Flickr page, is an image taken during a tree-planting exercise undertaken in the area back in June: A Union villager looks on...
Myanmar: Why I blog?
Dathana in Myanmar gives a background of the political situation in the country and tells us why he blogs. “So, who am I? I'm just a blogger. I write what I believe. I write what I should highlight to create awareness. I cannot stay without speaking out when I see...
