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...locus of local anger against Musharraf is the Lal Masjid, or Red Mosque, in the capital Islamabad. For months the clerics of the mosque and the students of its two madrasahs, or seminaries, have openly defied the authorities: they have occupied a nearby children's library to protest government plans to raze illegal mosques built on state-owned land; set up their own Shari'a court; and have even kidnapped policemen and terrorized neighboring areas with a Taliban-like vigilante campaign against anything they consider un-Islamic. On July 3, that defiance erupted into a bloody clash between security forces...
...consistent message proved just as elusive. Inconsistency has been the norm ever since 500,000 people took to Hong Kong's streets on July 1, 2003 to protest everything from a controversial security bill to the mishandling of the SARS crisis to Tsang's unpopular predecessor, Tung Chee-hwa. It may have started out as a pro-democracy march, but democracy is not necessarily foremost on the minds of the marchers. If you missed the "One Person, One Vote!" placards carried by democracy advocates (helpfully printed in Sunday's edition of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper), it would have...
...over its lack of accountability -for example, ignoring public calls to rein in rapacious property developers and combat environmental degradation, to name just two examples - the July 1 march has become the main vehicle for its citizens to petition for change. "It's our responsibility to be at this protest," says Alfred Man, who's been coming to the annual march for years. "We need to have a say in who our leaders...
...mega-malls to the increasing influx of refugees from Africa and Asia - is as important as how it grapples with the biggest questions of democratic change. While its dress code-conscious organizers may have wanted a more coherent demonstration, the laundry list of causes driving Sunday's protest is perhaps a better indicator of Hong Kong's hopes and frustrations than they realize. "One Person, One Vote" is only the beginning...
This past Tuesday, thousands of Internet radio stations found the perfect way to make their point about a recent decision to raise the royalty rates they pay - they simply shut down as part of what they called the "Day of Silence" protest. If the new rules go into effect as planned on July 15, the webcasters claim, there will no longer be niche streams like "Screamin' and Hollerin,'" "Ninja Tunes" or "The Cole Porter Songbook"--just three of the 320 channels available to listeners of AccuRadio, which is itself one of a legion of large, small, and miniscule providers...