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Kenya: Heroes remembered who struggled for democracy
Oscar Obonyo, The Standard, August 31, 2010
The historic event at Uhuru Park might have been momentous, but to some who have walked the reform path for decades it was a sentimental affair. Some like veteran politician Martin Shikuku, who participated in the formulation of the old Constitution at Lancaster in United Kingdom, could not restrain themselves from dropping a tear. Read more... Add new comment
Poland: The strike that shook the Kremlin
The Independent, August 30, 2010
Thirty years ago, a trade union forced the Communist Party into a retreat that marked the beginning of the end of Soviet Europe. Solidarity's legacy – for Poland and beyond – mustn't be forgotten. Doors start to open to activists in Syria
Kareem Fahim, NY Times, August 28, 2010
For five years, Chavia Ali’s attempts to start a disability rights group were thwarted — by prejudice, a lack of money and the Syrian government’s stranglehold on civic life. The government gave her a license, but prevented the group from meeting because of what Ms. Ali believes was a whisper campaign against her, a Kurd with a growing profile. Russia: Kremlin relents, for now, to foes of highway
Michael Schwirtz, NY Times, August 26, 2010
For years, environmentalists have risked arrests and sometimes beatings by the police and masked plainclothes thugs in their efforts to halt the construction of a highway linking Moscow to St. Petersburg that they say would destroy the Khimki Forest, one of the few remaining in the Moscow region. Iran: Neda Agha Soltan's mother appeals for help finding daughter's murderer
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, August 30, 2010
In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Neda Agha Soltan’s mother, Hajar Rostami, appealed to international human rights organizations and the international court in The Hague to help prosecute her daughter’s murderer. |
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