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Activists halt Australian coal export to Thailand
Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT | Greenpeace
Facing down stick-wielding personnel, water-canon-spraying marine police, and gun-wielding navy seals, five Greenpeace activists in Thailand have delayed a shipment of Australian coal from being unloaded at a controversial coal plant in Maptaphut, Thailand.
Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:35:19 GMT | Greenpeace
It's a new year, time for new beginnings? time for a fresh green Apple. For years we have been asking for a greener Apple and today we turned one green in San Francisco. The Apple store just blocks from the MacWorld expo was "greened" by Greenpeace activists.
Activists Press Asean to Create Rights Body
12 Jan 2007 05:58 GMT | einsnews.com
... work legally in Malaysia, one of Southeast Asia's wealthiest nations, a large number of them ... nearly 30, according to KIO sources. The Chinese-made vehicle, owned by the KIO, was transporting ... injuries were transferred to a hospital in China for treatment. The KIO planned to hold ...
China?s Largest ?Clean-up? of Protesters and Rights Activists in Years
Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:57:15 +0000 | China View
Human Rights Watch, March 14, 2007- (Hong Kong, March 14, 2007) ? China?s annual session of the National People?s Congress (NPC) in Beijing has been marred by increasingly violent crackdowns on protesters, petitioners and rights activists across the country and a surge in house arrests of activists, Human Rights Watch said today. Protests in Hunan and Guangdong [...]
Tibet Activists detained at Everest Base Camp
Thu, 26 Apr 2007 08:46:00 +0000 | Newsvine China
Kathmandu, April 25 - Lhadon Tethong, the Executive Director of Students for a Free Tibet (SFT) while talking to the Tibetan media in Kathmandu confirmed that four Tibetan independence activists have been detained and interrogated by Chinese soldiers at Everest Base Camp (EBC) in …
Human Rights Activists Want Germany to Pressure China, Russia
| Findory News China
Deutsche Welle: Germany needs to use its influence to improve individual freedoms in China and Russia, human rights activists said. The call came as an EU report highlighted ongoing human rights failings in various countries.
Activists Work Hard to Thwart Beijing Olympics
Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:55:00 +0000 | Newsvine China
Ever since winning the bid to be the hosts of the 2008 Summer Olympics six years ago, China has been under more fire by human rights activists than ever.
