Source: photos.mercurynews.comChildren of Indian sex workers walk in a rally to mark International Human Rights Day in Kolkata, India, Monday, Dec. 10, 2012. The rally was held to demand equal rights for the sex workers and their family. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Source: prima-anarchiaANTI-NUKE PROTEST, Koodankulam, India:
“Thousands of people spent whole night yesterday under open sky near the sea, refusing to go home. The weather was cold and rough. The people have laid siege 500 metres from the reactor compound, braving the armed police. There was some commotion mid-night amid rumors that the police is arresting the leaders. People are protecting the leading activists,…against whom the govt has slapped fictitious criminal charges including sedition, by forming layers of human-shield around them.
People have demanded that the planned fuel loading in the reactor must be immediately stopped. They have also demanded prohibitory orders imposed in the entire area for last several months must be revoked, so that people from neighbouring villages could visit them without fear and bring food and water.
Dr. Udayakumar told DiaNuke.org that the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu should address the real issue threatening the people, rather than championing pro-Tamil cause by gimmicks such as sending back Sri Lankan football team etc. He said that the 25,000 people from Idinthakarai and surrounding villages are ready to offer themselves as volunteers to do everything possible to solve the state’s electricity crisis - from facilitating power conservation to helping build renewable plants.
Yesterday, the people refused to have any dialogue with the local administration, demanding positive assurance from the political leadership. The siege will continue today and there will be a meeting in the afternoon to discuss further course of action.”
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Picture of the Day. Barcelona, Spain. A protester adds to a barricade of burning tires during demonstrations and a general strike. News of a renewed Spanish recession has been met with further austerity measures and big spending cuts - policies to which the government is tightly cleaving. This is the first general strike in the three months since PM Mariano Rajoy took office.
Read: An article in The Nation on the radicalism of the Spanish student movement by Zoë Schlanger.
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Participants march during an anti-government protest in Moscow June 12, 2012. Thousands of Russians said they would defy Kremlin pressure and attend a march in Moscow on Tuesday to protest against President Vladimir Putin, shrugging off his tough new tactics to quash any challenge to his rule. The placard reads “Freedom to Pussy Riot”, referring to the three members of female punk band Pussy Riot, who were detained for an impromptu protest performance in Moscow’s main Orthodox cathedral.
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Chris Weafer, chief strategist at Troika Dialog in Moscow, on the impact of the protests in Moscow on investment
Russian ADRs Drop in U.S. Ahead of Protests: Russia Overnight - Businessweek
Source: poetryfoundation.orgHarriet on why Joshua Clover and 11 poets may face jail time for protesting at UC Davis.
A scene from the NATO protests in Chicago as a bicycle patrol of police prepare to mobilize.
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Source: cbc.caProminent Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei is criticizing Canada for not doing more to address human rights in China.
The artist, who helped design the famous “Birds Nest” stadium but then backed away from the project over Beijing’s handling of the Olympics, says he’s confident his country can change, but only if it faces international pressure.
“If you’re dealing with a nation like China and you’re not talking about human rights and judicial justice, then you’re part of the crime.”
Background here.
A protest in Malaysia against the violence in Syria.
Source: deccanchronicle.comA silent protest
Malaysia based Syrian students stage a silent protest against Syrian government outside a mosque following Friday prayers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
