Revoking Visa of Muslim Scholar Part of Broader Assault against Freedom
Revoking the visa of Swiss-Egyptian scholar Tariq Ramadan is emblematic of President Bush’s efforts to chill intellectual freedom and deny Americans their First Amendment right to freedom of speech.
Army moves forward with court martial of Lt. Ehren Watada
Lt. Watada is to be court martialed for missing movement (article 87 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice) and multiple counts of “Conduct Unbecoming an Officer and a Gentleman” for his public opposition to the illegal and immoral occupation war in Iraq.
Hearings Begin On Bush’s Nuclear Plans
“The product is a nuclear bomb. They kill people like you and me,” Allison Peeler, a college-age volunteer with Carolina Peace, said, crying during an impassioned speech here at a public hearing on Bush’s plans for a new plutonium pits plant.
The economic war unleashed by the United States against Cuba
The economic war unleashed by the United States against Cuba, the longest and cruelest ever known, qualifies as an act of genocide and constitutes a flagrant violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.
Sudan: Norwegian aid agency shuts down Darfur operation
The international humanitarian organisation Norwegian Refugee Council has closed down its relief operations in Darfur, western Sudanese, a move it said will affect 300,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the troubled region.
UN condemns U.S. blockade against Cuba
On November 8, the United Nations General Assembly, for the 15th consecutive time and by overwhelming majority, passed a resolution condemning the U.S. blockade against Cuba and demanding that it be lifted.
Laos: Lessons to better development
The ambassador also informed participants about assistance provided by Switzerland government to Lao PDR, especially in the term of helping Laos access the World Trade Organisation (WTO) through providing technical assistance.
Beit Hanoun: A New Massacre and a New Mark of Shame for the International Community
On November 7, in a horrifying confirmation of its official policy of state terrorism, the Israeli occupation army perpetrated a new massacre, this time against the civilian population of Beit Haroun in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 18 innocent people, many of them women and children, by Israeli artillery bombardment.
Lame-duck Republican may doom Bolton as UN Ambassador
What a difference a day makes! Or to be more accurate, three days.
The overwhelming victory on November 7 by the Democratic party in capturing majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate left media commentators pondering how soon the aftershocks would hit Washington. We may now have the answer, from a surprising source: A lame-duck Republican legislator.
Treacherous Road to Oslo Begins Here
Attempts to coerce Palestinians into submission have not always manifested themselves in the crude form of a tank, a bullet, the withholding of aid, or the denial of freedom of movement.
