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Greenpeace activists interrupt Syncrude tar sands operation
This came from the Greenpeace website:"Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada — Greenpeace activists entered Syncrude’s Aurora North Tar Sands facility earlier today, erecting a banner that transformed the opening... Bare-Skinned Activists Demonstrate Against British Bearskin Hats
The Royal Horseguards Parade, No.1 London tourist attraction, to replace their famed bearskin hats with fake fur? Portuguese animal rights activists have held a nude demonstration outside the British... Police Spied on Maryland Activists
This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland, USA.... Anti-pope activists given legal right to 'annoy' Catholic pilgrims
Anti-papal activists in Australia have won permission to annoy Catholic pilgrims at the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney after a court upheld their right to hand out condoms and coat hangers. "The decision, by the Federal Court, strikes down a law introduced by the...Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...Debate in civil rights community about Obama
"The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson's inflammatory comments about Barack Obama this week highlight a philosophical debate within the civil rights community about the focus of his campaign for president, activists said. During a break from a Fox News program, Jackson whispered to... Morroco: Al Jazeera journalist on "a political" trial (updated)
"UPDATES: Al Jazeera lawyers quit Rabat trial By Ahmed El Amraoui in Rabat Rachidi is facing prosecution under Article 42 of the country's press code [AFP] The trial of Hassan Rachidi, Al Jazeera's bureau chief in Morocco, has been adjourned, after the defence team walked... Hip-Hop Political Convention Set to 'Rap the Vote'
Prior to the DNC and RNC gatherings in the United States at the end of this summer, a decidedly different group will gather to discuss politics, voter engagement strategies, and hip-hop culture. The National... Popularity drop sends 'a yellow light' to President
No body is perfect nor the president... It's not easy to rule a country with economic problems and the only way to regain people trust is to implement good governance..ode/173517"]The latest survey showing a steep... India Gay Pride Parades
By coincidence or not, after Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem , hundreds march in India Gay Pride Parades. In Jerusalem ..." 'the Haredis have understood this year that the fight [against the parade] is a shot in the... Police should arrest rioters instead of activists - VP says
""I say police should take stern action because any country will not develop if its people are sluggards and bad-tempered. The rioters must be arrested instead of activists," Jusuf Kalla, who is also general chairman of Golkar Party said here Sunday when opening a national... 700 Tibetans detained in Nepal
The China's earthquake has shifted the attentions out of the Tibet cause, but the problem is still alive, we are going to see more and more about that with the Olimpics upcoming. " Police in Nepal on Thursday detained more than 700 Tibetan exiles protesting outside... Cyber-dissident Huang Qi kidnapped, foreign journalists arrested in Sichuan
UPDATE: 5:04PM EST - June 14Huang Qi and the other activists are still missing and no more information is known about them at this time.PREVIOUSLYThe organization 'Reporters Without Borders' is concerned about the... Climate protest halts coal train
A group of protestors have stopped a coal train in its tracks in the UK, after attachign lines to the train's wheels to stop it from moving."About 30 climate campaigners have halted a train taking coal to one of Europe's biggest power stations in North Yorkshire. A giant...Venezuelan intelligence law draws protests
Slip slidin' away!"A new intelligence decree handed down by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is drawing protests from human rights activists who say it could lead to serious violations of civil liberties and become a tool for cracking down on dissent.Chávez says the...
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