Swedish activist, Johan Persson has become the 90th international peace activist to be deported by Israel since 2002. Persson was arrested by the Israeli occupation forces, as he took part in a non-violent action against the illegal Apartheid wall in
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On April 8, Mehmet Tarhan was arrested for "insubordination" after failing to serve his compulsory military service. Tarhan had declared himself a conscientious objector in 2001, but such status is not recognised under Turkish law. Tarhan fears he
Stuart Munckton
Speaking on his weekly television chat show on March 22, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that if Washington refuses to extradite Cuban terrorist Luis Posada Carriles, Venezuela could severe diplomatic ties between the two
Doug Lorimer
On May 18, a briefing by top Pentagon generals conceded that the US would need to maintain the current numbers of troops in Iraq — 138,000.
According to a United Press International report published the next day, General John
On May 24, Tanzania's government confirmed that it had cancelled its 2003 deal with Biwater to bring clean water to the capital, Dar es Salaam, and the surrounding region within five years. The US$140 million scheme, pushed on Tanzania by the World
Doug Lorimer
On May 21 human-rights activists in Lahore finally succeeded in holding a mixed-sex marathon after the authorities decided against intervening or stopping the event by force. An earlier mixed marathon, on May 14, was stopped by police,
Roberto Jorquera, Caracas
In early May, the opposition to the left-wing government of President Hugo Chavez launched a campaign through the main private media outlets under its control to discredit the state-owned oil entity PDVSA.
Since then,
@boxintro = Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific has received an appeal from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) in Indonesia to help raise funds for an Indonesian activist to join the Venezuelan Solidarity Brigade leaving Australia for
Eva Cheng
Since the mid-1990s China has embarked on a major program to privatise its industries. Beijing has dressed its privatisation efforts as an attempt to "diversify the ownership structure", and promised to confine the denationalisation of
SYDNEY — Tony Kevin, author of the book A Certain Maritime Incident and well-known campaigner for a judicial inquiry into the SIEV X sinking, was awarded the Community Relations Award in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards, which are attached to the
Jack Smit
In a quiet corner of the often-deserted Merwehaven in Rotterdam, the Netherlands — a much quieter harbour than the high-tech Maashaven — two flat barges are moored. Not that this in itself is something to carry on about — for
Behind the LinesNational Museum of Australia, Canberra, until June 13Constitutional Centre of WA, Perth, July 1 to August 31Free admission
REVIEW BY ANA HANSON
Whether it be three embellished warmongering leaders pitched against an intense battle
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