Month: October 2011

BURMA is to grant an amnesty to more than 6300 prisoners, state media announced today, without saying whether political detainees would be included. The news came just hours after a government-appointed human rights panel called […] […]

The Wall Street protests against economic inequality and corporate greed that targeted the nerve centre of American capitalism are no longer merely a New York phenomenon. At the weekend, from Seattle and Los Angeles on […] […]

THE World Health Organization’s chief has urged governments to unite against “big tobacco”, accusing the industry of dirty tricks, bullying and immorality in its quest to keep people smoking. WHO director-general Margaret Chan accused cashed-up […] […]

INDONESIAN security forces opened fire on striking workers at Freeport-McMoran’s gold and copper mine early today, killing one and critically wounding another, a union official said. Police said it was too early to comment and […] […]

CAIRO—CAIRO—Egypt’s military ruler has ordered a halt to trials of civilians before military courts known for swift and harsh verdicts. Sunday’s decision by Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi doesn’t completely spare civilians military justice. His decree […] […]

JOHANNESBURG—The Dalai Lama on Saturday sharply criticized China, which is accused of blocking him from traveling to South Africa to celebrate Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s 80th birthday. The Tibetan spiritual leader spoke with Tutu and answered […] […]

MOSCOW—MOSCOW—Police in Moscow have detained about 100 people suspected of planning a nationalist rally near the Kremlin. Police spokesman Anatoly Lastovetsky said some of those detained on Manezh Square were carrying weapons including pistols that […] […]

NEW DELHI—Police have detained more than a dozen Tibetan exiles demonstrating outside the Chinese Embassy in the Indian capital. The Tibetan Youth Congress says Sunday’s demonstration was organized as a show of solidarity following recent […] […]

TENS of thousands of Italians protested in Rome and Milan on Saturday against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his government’s austerity measures. In Rome, public service employees, families, school pupils and students took part in […] […]