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  • Corruption scandal hits Russia's 'young reformers'

    Corruption scandal hits Russia's 'young reformers'MOSCOW — During a meeting with Boris Yeltsin on November 4, "young reformers" Anatoly Chubais and Boris Nemtsov reportedly urged the Russian president to sack business

  • Algerian civilians hit from both sides

    NEW YORK — An Amnesty International report released on November 19 documents a spiralling increase in violence in Algeria, which has claimed up to 80,000 lives since 1992. Amnesty called for an international investigation into recent massacres and

  • West Papua: Indonesia's brutal colonialism

    West Papua: Indonesia's brutal colonialismLife in "Irian Jaya" — the name the Indonesian government gives to West Papua — is akin to the colonies of Spain in Latin America, or Europe in Africa. The land and its fruits

  • Suharto blocks East Timorese asylum seekers

    Suharto blocks East Timorese asylum seekersThe Indonesian government is refusing to allow six East Timorese sheltering for more than three months in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta to leave for Portugal. Indonesian authorities

  • Turkey's new left party holds congress

    Turkey's one-year-old Liberty and Solidarity Party's (ODP) annual congress on October 26 was attended by thousands. The ODP brings together various strands of the Turkish left which have fought against repressive regimes for

  • Ken Saro-Wiwa remembered

    Ken Saro-Wiwa rememberedTwo years ago, on November 10, we were treated to the terrifying shock of the judicial murder of our beloved leader and compatriot Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. This murder prompted widespread

  • Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils

    Sri Lankan government sterilises Tamils A program to systematically and radically reduce the Tamil population in Sri Lanka's plantation sector is secretly but effectively being carried out with state assistance and misdirected foreign aid. The

  • Crackdown in Nigeria

    Crackdown in Nigeria Nigerian security launched a campaign of intimidation and harassment to block protests marking the second anniversary of the execution of Ogoni leader Ken Saro-Wiwa. Troops were deployed throughout Saro-Wiwa's home region,

  • Widespread oppression of women workers in Indonesia

    Widespread oppression of women workers in IndonesiaThe rapid development of export industries in Indonesia since the 1970s has significantly increased women's participation in the industrial work force. Indonesian women are

  • US activists calls for protests if US attacks Iraq

    On November 11, the International Action Centre called for demonstrations in San Francisco, New York and other cities should the Pentagon launch a military attack on Iraq. The IAC has just sent a delegation to Iraq, led by former Attorney General

  • Palestinian hunger striker protests detention

    Palestinian hunger striker protests detentionRAMALLAH — Palestinian prisoner, Itaf Alayan, has entered the third week of a hunger strike in the Israeli prison, Neve Tirza. Her hunger strike entered a critical stage last

  • Protests and killings mark November 12

    More than 1000 East Timorese students staged a peaceful demonstration in Dili on November 12 to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre. The protest was held at the University of East Timor, amidst a heavy