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Wyden, McGovern Statement on Release of Bahraini Human Rights Report

"We are heartened to hear that the King has agreed to make changes in response to the report. However, these changes must be lasting and significant."

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Reaffirming their opposition to the sale of arms to the Kingdom of Bahrain until sustaining human rights improvements are made, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and U.S. Representative Jim McGovern (D-Mass) released the following statement on the Bahrain Independent Commission’s report on human rights:

“The Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry’s (BICI) report confirms accounts from human rights groups and Bahrainis who have spoken out against the abuses of this year...

A Call to Boycott trade investment in Rwanda

The RPP are calling to an end to this unfortunate support of a regime that has gone off rail

(MALMO, Sweden) - As you are all aware Rwanda is now at a cross-roads as the people of Rwanda continue to experience the most gruesome, inhumane and degrading abuses under the current dictatorial regime of President Kagame whose wild behaviours are beyond comprehension.

Indeed, these relentless man-made tragedies could be avoidable if the international community would continue to encourage and support a democratic and peaceful political settlement in order to allow the country to return to normalcy...

Police Lt. John Pike Pepper Sprays UC Davis Students Right Down the Throat

It is one thing to have a young inexperienced officer abuse members of the public, but an entirely different matter when the senior leader of a police agency is the one with his hand on the device.

(SALEM) - UC Davis students recently learned how police regard today's university crowd. Officers sprayed university students with pepper spray as if they were a row of vegetables.

You Will Die From The Nuclear Lie

The Fantasy of “Who, What and Even Why” of Nuke Lies.

(CINCINNATI) - The “news,” such as it is anymore, tells us that “war is around the corner.”

According to “the news,” a deceptively reworded report from the IAEA says that Iran is “considering thinking about preparing for a program that may be used to develop nuclear weapons.”

Bloomberg`s office admits to arresting journalists for covering OWS

It also opens up, of course, the argument of how free the free press actually is.

(NEW YORK RT) - Arrests in the Occupy movement nationally have surpassed 1,000, with 177 being charged by the NYPD this Thursday in only the first few hours.

What Next for Occupy Wall Street After Adverse Court Ruling?

OWS may lose the court case but hopefully they have not lost the spirit and determination of the movement.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - On November 15, 2011, New York City Police evicted Occupy Wall Street (OWS) from lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park. Later that same day, OWS obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) requiring that they immediately be allowed back into Zuccotti Park with their tents, tarps, and sleeping bags.

But the next day, the New York County Supreme Court In the matter of Waller V. The City of New York, et. al. declined to extend the TRO.

Mic tells tale of growing US-Israel gap

It's clear that Obama has serious ideological differences with Netanyahu.

(TEHRAN) - Despite pretentiously showing gestures of friendship and cordiality, the ideological gap between the U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is getting wider increasingly.

The contents of a recent would-be private conversation between the U.S. President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in which the two described Netanyahu as a "liar" infuriated the Zionist lobby in the West...

Civil Rights Legal Groups Demand Records on Federal Law Enforcement Involvement in Coordinated Crackdown on Occupy Movement

PCJF and NLG Mass Defense Committee File Multi-Agency Requests

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee filed Freedom of Information Act requests today with the DOJ, Homeland Security, the FBI, the CIA, and the National Park Service requesting that the agencies release information that they possess related to the involvement of federal agencies in the planning of a coordinated law enforcement crackdown against the Occupy Movement.

Occupy Salem Oregon has been asked to leave Willson park

News from Occupy Salem

(SALEM ) - The Parks and Recreation Department has notified Occupy Salem that due to problems on site, they will not grant our event another permit and may revoke the current permit if new violations occur.

This issue will be discussed in our upcomming general assemblies. The public can visit any night at 7:00 p.m. any night, to help address this issue.

New York Police Currently Raiding Occupy Wall Street

'Arrest teams' are reportedly moving in to arrest protestors.

(NEW YORK CITY) - Police are on a roll of sorts all over the country trying to shut down the Occupy movements from coast to coast, and now they are trying to tear down Occupy Wall Street itself.

Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world, is presently being evicted by a large police force.