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Western Sahara's 'Gandhi' begins hunger strike
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 1 day ago
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Western Sahara's most prominent human rights activist has gone on a hunger strike at an airport in the Canary Islands after being expelled from her home country by Moroccan authorities. Aminatou Haidar, who is viewed by her supporters as the "Sahrawi...
Tags: rights activist, amnesty, Western Sahara, Sahrawis, Aminatou Haidar, Morocco, Moroccan, Polisario Front, hunger strike, al-'Ayūn, Sahrawi people, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Politics
Japan murder suspect on hunger strike
Ichikawa :: Japan | 2 days ago
Credibility Linsday Hawker murder suspect on hunger strike Tatsuya Ichihashi has refused to eat or to answer investigators' questions since his arrest more than a week ago Tatsuya Ichihashi in Japanese police custody. Photograph: Jiji Press/AFP/Getty Images The...
Tags: Tatsuya Ichihashi, Japanese, Lindsay Hawker, hunger strike, Japan, Ichikawa, Tatsuya, Murder of Lindsay Hawker, Murders, Law Crime
Cuba dissident ends protest fast amid health rumor
Havana :: FL :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the U.S. Congress, where an anti-Castro lawmaker warned that she was "close to death." But Martha...
Tags: Cuba, Martha Beatriz Roque, Havana, Cuba ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Hunger strike, Marta Beatriz Roque, Politics, Opposition to Fidel Castro, Cuban dissidents, Fidel Castro
Solon wants DENR probed for allowing 3 mining firms to operate in Mindoro
Sablayan :: Philippines | 4 days ago
Credibility The Department of Environment and Natural Resources should be investigated for approving the mining applications of three giant mining firms in the Mindoro provinces, a lawmaker said Tuesday. Mines and Geosciences Bureau, Environmental Management Bureau,...
Tags: Oriental Mindoro, Mindoro Nickel Project, hunger strike, mining project, mining firms, Lito Atienza, Norway, Philippines, Sablayan, Mindoro, Moratorium, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Tamaraw, Atienza, Environment, Calapan City, Occidental Mindoro, Baco Oriental Mindoro, Provinces of the Philippines, Sablayan Occidental Mindoro, Food security, Food politics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Mangyan, Religion Belief
Hunger strike observed to seek justice F.P. Report
Lārkāna :: Pakistan | 4 days ago
Credibility A large number of protesters observed token hunger strike outside the Press Club for their grievances here on Monday. According to reports, scores of women along with their children holding placards and banners inscribed slogans for justice. The heirs...
Tags: Larkana Police, hunger strike, Gopang Community of Larkana, Pakistan, Lārkāna, Sindh, Larkana District, Chandio, Larkana, Gopang, Law Crime
Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at airport
Nouakchott :: Mauritania | 4 days ago
Credibility Western Sahara activist on hunger strike at Lanzarote airport Aminatou Haidar, campaigner for indigenous Sahrawi rights, expelled over refusal to accept Moroccan nationality Western Sahara activist Aminatou Haidar in Arrecife airport on Lanzarote. AFP/Getty...
Tags: Saharan Gandhi, hunger strike, Western Sahara, Aminatou Haidar, Lanzarote Airport, Spanish, sahara activist, Morocco, human rights, rights activist, Mauritania, Nouakchott, Lanzarote, Sahrawi people, Haydar, Aena, War Conflict, Independence Intifada, Ali Salem Tamek, Polisario Front, Politics, Sahara, African countries, Social Issues, Politics of Western Sahara
Western Sahara human rights activist starts hunger strike in Spain
Madrid :: Spain | 5 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar was deported by the Moroccan authorities and says Spain is holding her against her will The Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, began a hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport at midnight on Sunday, saying she will not eat...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Spain, Spanish, Western Sahara, human rights, rights activist, sahara human, hunger strike, Madrid, El Aaiￃﾺn, Morocco, Independence Intifada, African countries, Lanzarote
Sri Lanka: 87 Welikada Tamil prisoners on hunger strike
Colombo :: Sri Lanka | 5 days ago
Credibility Welikada Tamil prisoners on hunger strike [TamilNet, Sunday, 15 November 2009, 10:24 GMT] Eighty-seven Tamil political prisoners began a hunger strike protest from Saturday morning demanding guarantee for their lives and to strengthen the security for...
Tags: tamil prisoners, political prisoners, tamil political, prisoners officials, hunger strike, sinhalese prisoners, Sri Lanka, Colombo, Allegations of State terrorism by Sri Lanka, Prison massacres in Sri Lanka, Tamil Eelam, Politics, Civil disobedience, Fasting, War Conflict
Muhyiddin in Rome for World Summit on Food Security
Rome :: Italy | 6 days ago
Credibility Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin flew in Sunday to attend the three-day World Summit on Food Security 2009 starting Monday. Flight KL 1601 carrying the Malaysian entourage touched down at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport at 11.50am...
Tags: hunger strike, U.N., world summit, food security, food chief, food summit, strike ahead, Mugabe, Italy, Rome, Diplomatic conferences, World Summit on Food Security, Humanitarian aid, World Food Programme, Muhyiddin Yassin, Politics, Food and Agriculture Organization, Food politics, Malnutrition, Diouf, Hunger, United Nations, Zimbabwean presidential election, International reaction to the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election, Anti-communism, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Civil disobedience
Hunger strike for writer
Brasília :: Brazil | 7 days ago
Credibility Battisti, who maintains his innocence, announced his refusal to eat in a letter transmitted to Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by a senator, Jose Nery. "I put my life in the hands of Your Excellency and the Brazilian people," the letter...
Tags: Brazilian, Cesare Battisti, Italy, Da Silva, France, hunger strike, Brazil, Brasília, Armed Proletarians for Communism, Battisti, In absentia, Law Crime, Luiz Inￃﾡcio Lula da Silva, Supreme Federal Court, Extradition, Silva, Inￃﾡcio, Nicolas Sarkozy, Silvio Berlusconi
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