Washington, DC – Sunday was the 19th day of a hunger strike by the Indian Workers Congress (IWC). Protesters gathered at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on Massachusetts Avenue to raise public awareness of the...
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(Opinion piece from the Nippon Keizai Shinbun, 4 Feb 2008. Translated by Paul Bartels)
Japan's scientific whaling vessels continue to encounter obstruction, while western environmental groups strengthen...
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UPDATE: Japan and Iceland have been denied a review on the population status of the whale species most valued by hunters. This decision by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild...
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"The UK is attempting to turn the tide against pro whaling nations with an all out recruitment drive to bring new countries into the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and reaffirm the international ban on...
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"The good thing about being a small country, is that when an emergency presents itself, the whole population can group together, focus and take swift action. That's what happened recently when the US Secretary of...
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"Greenpeace activists buzzed ashore Tuesday in motorized rubber boats to plant cardboard tombstones on the beach in protest of the killing of nearly 2,000 whales a year despite a global ban on commercial whaling. St. Kitts police officers, some armed with tear gas and...
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"ENVIRONMENTALISTS say a narrow pro-hunt win for Japanese-led nations at the International Whaling Commission is a "disaster", but Australia has promised to fight back. Federal Environment Minister Ian...
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DC: IWC Hunger Strike Day 19
