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Anaheim police filmed firing on women & children at protest
A second case of deadly police-involved shooting is reported in Anaheim over the weekend. It comes just a day after police shot a 24-year-old man, sparking chaotic protests.
Police shot dead a handcuffed man in the Guinida neighborhood of the city, reports OC Weekly, citing eyewitness accounts.
Family friends told the Weekly that the victim was Joel Acevedo, a resident of Anaheim.
Residents on the...
US "Trespass Bill" will make protest illegal
Just when you thought the government couldn’t ruin the First Amendment any further: The House of Representatives approved a bill on Monday that outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it.
The US House of Representatives voted 388-to-3 in favor of H.R. 347 late Monday, a bill which is being dubbed the Federal Restricted Buildings and...
Portuguese Train drivers continue strike
A man waits for a train at Santa Apolonia train station during a strike in Lisbon, Portugal, December 23, 2011.
Train drivers in Portugal have begun the New Year with industrial action, as they continued their strike in protest at disciplinary measures.
Most national rail services have remained cancelled on Sunday, the last day of a four-day strike.
Drivers were disciplined for allegedly failing to...
Sea of voices at Tahrir Square protest
Dissatisfaction was the biggest common factor for the thousands who rallied in Cairo’s Tahrir square yesterday. Elsewhere in Egypt several smaller rallies took place to help defend the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and to show anger at the new military rulers’ slow pace of reforms.
There were men on stages calling for faster trials for ministers associated with the regime. A separate...
Pastor Terry Jones imprisoned to prevent Detroit Koran protest
The US pastor whose burning of a Koran sparked deadly violence in Afghanistan was briefly jailed in a heavily Islamic suburb on Friday after a court banned his protest outside a mosque.
A local judge jailed Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida and his associate Wayne Sapp after a court found their planned protest outside the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Michigan, could lead to violence.
During...
New Yorkers protest US policies
Protesters gather at a large anti-war rally in Union Square on April 9, 2011 in New York City.
Thousands of Americans have staged a protest rally in New York City to voice concerns over US war and foreign policies as well as the economy and the persisting reduction of social programs.
Scores of peace, labor and community activists took to the streets of the major commercial city on Saturday to call...
UN report slams Israel's treatment of pregnant migrant workers
A protest against deportation of migrant workers' children.
Israeli policy requires that these women leave the country within three months after giving birth or, alternatively, send their children abroad if they wish to retain their work visa.
A report by the United Nation’s Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has for the first time included criticism of Israel’s...