Freedom of Expression

Bo Xilai, The Rich Coast Project, Chadians enter Central Darfur, Music4Freedom

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: China Bo Xilai supporters set up political party; The Rich Coast Project; Chadians enter Central Darfur 'to recover stolen cows'; Music4Freedom, Abolishing slavery through music. - China Bo Xilai supporters set up...

Amal Habbani, Haiti anti-government protest, Rape in India, SRF delegation in France

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Amal Habbani: press freedom fighter; Haiti anti-government protest turns violent; Why rape seems worse in India than everywhere else (but actually isn’t); Sudanese Rebels tell world to 'Wake Up' to war. - Amal Habbani:...

Online abuse against women: ‘free speech’ is no justification

This article posted today on The Guardian picked our attention: Death and rape threats against women continue to proliferate on some of the world’s most popular social-media sites. The perpetrators must not be allowed to think they have the right to continue. Laura Bates, the...

Support Raina Mamoun, Threats to Wildlife Increase, Monsanto and Pepsi, #Strike4Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Support Sudanese Writer Raina Mamoun; As People Live Longer, Threats to Wildlife Increase; Monsanto and Pepsi trying to stop GMO labeling law in Washington State; #Strike4Sudan - its supporters and its critics debate the way...

NSA spying France, Haiti arrests lawyer, Saudi Women, #SudanRevolts and #Strike4Sudan

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: French Condemn Surveillance by NSA.; Haiti arrests key anti-corruption lawyer; Saudi Women Go For A Spin In Latest Challenge To Driving Ban; Sudan’s NCP warns against opposition calls for UN inquiry into protest killings;...

The Abyei Referendum to take place on October 27-29, 2013

Last month, Max Dana posted on her blog about the Abyei Referendum: Sudan wants is oil, South Sudan wants its people. You can also read this article on the MagkaSama Project here. The Abyei Referendum is approachaing: voting will begin on October 27 until October 29, and the results are...

Stop Human Rights Violations in Sudan!

Yesterday we published: Hunger strike to stop Human Rights violations in Sudan, in which we mentioned the petition launched on Avaaz.org: September 2013 saw hoards of people taking to the streets of Sudan in protest, sparked by the government’s lift on fuel subsidies in the already...

Hunger strike to stop Human Rights violations in Sudan

Last month we covered Sudan Revolts (#SudanRevolts), and you can read all our news on this dedicated In Focus page. In our News roundup from October 2, 2013, we mentioned kashiff111 who wrote: ‘We have over 200 of our youth who died for us… if i cant be with them then i will not...

Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked, No support for Abyei referendum, Indonesia, WWF…

Our weekly round-up of must-read stories you might have missed: Peacekeeping Helicopter attacked in Congo; United States denies supporting Abyei unilateral referendum; Indonesia seeks to get back its manufacturing mojo; Setting a solar sail by WWF. - Congo-Kinshasa: Attack On...

Moroccans stage ‘kiss-in’ in support of arrested teens

You can’t kiss publicly when you are teenagers, in Morocco. A few dozen Moroccans took part in a “kiss-in” Saturday in Rabat to support three teenagers arrested for posting a picture of themselves kissing on Facebook. The protesters were confronted by onlookers as they kissed...