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...bulldoze through the legislature antisubversion laws that many Hong Kongers felt could be used to stifle dissent. The discontent spilled into the streets on July 1, 2003, when half a million marched to demand that Tung go. China's leadership, which had been informed by Tung that the protest would be small and well contained, was not amused. A year later, after Beijing ruled out the direct election of Tung's successor, around the same number marched again, this time for greater democracy. Suddenly, Tung looked less an asset for Beijing than a liability?a man who had not just...
...religious faith, as the European Court of Human Rights tends to leave such decisions to individual governments. Eloquent in Death AZERBAIJAN Thousands of opposition supporters attended the funeral of murdered journalist Elmar Huseynov in Baku, despite a warning from President Ilham Aliyev against turning the event into an antigovernment protest. Huseynov, editor of the weekly magazine Monitor, and an outspoken critic of the government, was gunned down outside his apartment in what the Council of Europe called an "attack on freedom of expression." Standing Ground DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO The United Nations Security Council issued a statement supporting the actions...
Before the event, a group of 10 students staged a protest organized by the Harvard Social Forum outside of the IOP’s main doors...
Though most seniors can agree that they would like to protest the genocide in Darfur, and that they would like to support their class upon graduation, they now have three different campaigns to which they can donate—Senior Gift, Senior Gift Plus, and Senior Gift Plus Plus...
Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky ’07, an organizer of the protest, said he expects to see dozens of students at the protest from his organization—the Harvard Social Forum (HSF)—and also representatives from the Society of Arab Students, the Progressive Jewish Alliance, and a newly formed coalition called “Harvard...