Petition against Winnie Mandela
An internet petition has been launched among the Afrikaans community to be lodged with SA pres. Jacob Zuma, AnC-Police Minister Nati Mthethwa and Lt-gen Mzwandile Petros, provincial SAPS-chief – demanding an independent investigation into Winnie Mazikilela-Mandela’s ongoing victimisation of SAPS Flying Squad officers – after they had pulled over her luxury Audi for travelling 150 [...]
Tunsians continue their protests and demand that Ben Ali steps down
police snipers killing citiziens in Tunis Lyon Street, Tunis, video: 15H30 / 13.01.11 Thousands of people gathered outside Tunisia’s interior ministry on Friday to demand the immediate resignation of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. The crowd were shouting slogans including: “Ben Ali, barra, Ben Ali out, Ben Ali dehors!” and “Ben Ali, thank you but [...]
Bangladesh, India: Human Rights Hanging On The Border Fence
Bangladeshis were shocked by widely published photographs of the dead body of a 15 year old Bangladeshi girl hanging on the India-Bangladesh border Fence. According to news reports the girl named Felani was shot dead by the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Anantapur while she was illegally crossing the border with her father on [...]
Koch Industries financing climate denial
Koch industries is behind a web of financing that supports conservative special interest groups focused on fighting environmental regulation, opposing clean energy legislation, and easing limits on industrial pollution. According to a Greenpeace report, this money is typically funneled through one of three “charitable” foundations the Kochs have set up (the Claude R. Lambe Foundation, [...]
Côte d’Ivoire: Torture scenes in the most populated prison
A video is currently creating a stir among the Ivorian online community. It shows militaries beating up prisoners in the “Maison d’Arrêt et de Correction” prison (MACA). According to the person who posted the video, the prisoners are Alassane Ouattara’s partisans. Since the beginning of the political crisis in Ivory Coast, dozens of people have [...]
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