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Canadian court frees Egyptian terrorist
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 days ago
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A federal court has ordered the release of an Egyptian man convicted of terrorism in his home country and who was later detained in Canada for eight years as a possible national security threat. "The court is satisfied that the threat Mr (Mohamed) Mahjoub...
Tags: national security, Canada, Ottawa, House arrest, Deportation, Mohammad Zeki Mahjoub, Canadian law, Year of birth missing, Law Crime, Security certificate, Politics, Hunger strike
Saharan hunger-striker refuses Spanish passport
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 8 days ago
Credibility A West Saharan activist on hunger strike at a Spanish airport has rejected the country's offer of a Spanish passport in a bid to help her return home, the activist's lawyer said Sunday. Aminatou Haidar has been at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara, Lanzarote Airport, hunger strike, Moroccan, Morocco, al-'Ayūn, Independence Intifada, Lanzarote, African countries, Politics, Politics of Western Sahara, El Aaiￃﾺn, Ali Salem Tamek, Polisario Front, Sahrawi people, Mohammed Daddach
Western Sahara activist collapses during hunger strike at Lanzarote Airport
Madrid :: Spain | 9 days ago
Credibility Aminatou Haidar was in a meeting with a representative of Spain's Foreign Ministry when she fainted The award-winning Western Sahara human rights activist, Aminatou Haidar, known as the Saharawi people’s Gandhi, collapsed on Sunday on the 14th day of...
Tags: Aminatou Haidar, Western Sahara, hunger strike, Saharawi, Spain, Madrid, Haydar, Sahrawi people, Disputed territories, Independence Intifada, Lanzarote, Politics, Miguel ￃﾁngel Moratinos, Ali Salem Tamek, Political parties in Western Sahara, Polisario Front
Kajol Sheykh Mohammadi a Woman’s Rights Activist has Gone on a Hunger Strike
Mahābād :: Iran | 12 days ago
Credibility Kajol Shyekh Mohammadi was arrested 53 days ago in the city of Mahabad. According to reports from Azarmehr Association of Women of Kurdistan Sepah’e Pasdaran forces arrested her in her home and confiscated many of her personal belongings including her...
Tags: hunger strike, Sweden, Iran, Mahābād, Mahabad, Law Crime
Second Mangyan hunger striker rushed to hospital
Manila :: Philippines | 16 days ago
Credibility Philippines�One more Mangyan hunger striker was rushed to the hospital Sunday morning after complaining of dizziness, chillness, and stomach pains, bringing to two the number of protesters who have been hospitalized, an anti-mining alliance said. Jose...
Tags: hunger striker, Philippines, Manila, Hunger strike, Mangyan, Oriental Mindoro, Calapan City, Mindoro, Lito Atienza, Provinces of the Philippines
Mindoro hunger striker rushed to hospital
Manila :: Philippines | 17 days ago
Credibility Philippines�One of the 25 anti-mining hunger strikers camped outside the Department of Environment and Natural Resources has been rushed to a hospital in Quezon City, protest organizers said.
Tags: Intex Resources, hunger striker, Philippines, Manila, Mindoro, Hunger strike, Mangyan, Mining, General Mining Act, Environment, Provinces of the Philippines, Oriental Mindoro, Occidental Mindoro, Ethnic groups in the Philippines, Social Issues
Western Sahara's 'Gandhi' begins hunger strike
al-'Ayūn :: Western Sahara | 18 days ago
Credibility 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 | 19 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 | 20 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 | 21 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
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