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Protest supporting Aafia

Demonstrators gather as Pervez Musharraf speaks. Police blocked the rally to enter in ground asthe protestors picketed at the M.A. Jinnah Road....

by Ayub Mohammad in Pakistan on 08/01/2012

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Picket for political prisoners in St. Petersburg

A picket in support of political prisoners Sergei Udaltsov, Maxim Kalinichenko, Philipp Kostenko and others took place in St. Petersburg, Russia....

by Mike Kireev in Russia on 30/12/2011

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Sindhi demand release of Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day

On Cap and Ajrak Cultural Day, Sindhi demand the release of Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aifia Siddiqui, incarcerated in the United States for...

by Ayub Mohammad in Pakistan on 19/11/2011

BREAKING NEWS

08/01/2012 - Protest supporting Aafia - Pakistan - Demonstrators gather as Pervez...
30/12/2011 - Picket for political prisoners in St. Petersburg - Russia - A picket in support of political...
19/11/2011 - Sindhi demand release of Aafia Siddiqui on Cap and Ajrak Day - Pakistan - On Cap and Ajrak Cultural Day, Sindhi...
09/11/2011 - Protest against the imprisonment of Dr Aafia over Eid - Pakistan - Activists of Pasban staged a...
28/10/2011 - Former Palestinian prisoner is now a groom - Gaza City - Palestinian Territory - Former Palestinian prisoner serving a...
17/10/2011 - Family of Palestinian prisoner prepares for his Release - Gaza - Palestinian Territory - The family of Khalil Abu Olba are...
11/10/2011 - Celebrations over Prisoner Release Deal - Gaza - Palestinian Territory - Palestinian Hamas supporters celebrated...
10/10/2011 - Pasban in representation of Dr. Aafia appeals to help flood victims - Pakistan - Pasban Pakistan sets up several flood...
24/09/2011 - Iranians mark anniversary of Political Prisoners' Massacre - London - United Kingdom - Iranians gathered in Trafalgar Square...

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Salafist demonstrators outside the USA embassy - Tunisia
Salafist demonstrate outside the U.S embassy in Tunis, to demand the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist sentenced to 86 years in prison by a U.S. judge on Septembe...
Mayor of London and Police Chief Commissioner to crackdown on Gangs
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson with the Metropolitan Commissioner of Police, Bernard Hogan-Howe, attended a photo-call in Trafalgar Square to highlight the new Trident initiative to cra...
London Protest Calls For Release of Bologna 12
A protest at the Italian Embassy called for the release of the Bologna 12, accused of "subversive association for purposes of terrorism" for membership of communist organisati...
Sit-in held for Islamic jihadist Khader Adnan who is on hunger strike
Citizens hold a sit-in in Manger Square in solidarity with the prisoner Khader Adnan, 33, who is a senior member of the Islamic jihad movement. Adnan has been on hunger strike for 54 da...
Palestinians hold a sit-in protest at the Red Cross - Ramallah
Families of Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails, hold their relatives pictures during a protest in front of the International Committee of the Red Cross offices in the West Ban...
APHC strike over government decision to move prison inmates
Shops and businesses remained closed in response to the shutdown call by hardline separatist alliance All Parties Hurriyat Conference to protest the state government's move to move...
American tourists 'safe and well' after kidnapping - Cairo
Mounir Fakhry Abdel Nour, the Egyptian Minister of Tourism met with released American kidnapped tourists to check on their health, after being abducted while returning from St. Catherin...
Palestinians on hunger strike in solidarity with Khader Adnan
Palestinians continue their hunger strike in solidarity with Khader Adnan,a prisoner in an Israeli jail. They camp in front of the UN headquarters in Gaza City, demanding intervention f...
Palestinians protest in front of Red Cross headquarters - Gaza City
Palestinian women hold pictures and posters of their imprisoned relatives during a protest calling for the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails outside the Red Cross offi...
Palestinians protest over relatives held in Israeli jails
Palestinians protest and carry pictures of Palestinian prisoners in front of the International Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City, demanding the release of prisoners held in Israeli ja...
Russians protest at Downing Street calling for voting reform
In conjunction with massive protests in Moscow and St. Petersberg, around 150 London-based Russians gathered outside Downing Street to protest for voting reform and a less corrupt gover...
Russians march for free elections and democracy
Russian people protest for free elections and to support Russian opposition with about 200 demonstrating in Berlin's inner city. Berlin, Germany. 4th February 2012.
London Guantánamo Campaign Candlelit Vigil
The London Guantánamo Campaign marks 5 years of regular protests at the US Embassy, and over 10 years of illegal detention of UK residents Shaker Aamer and Ahmed Belbacha, with a candle...
Salafist demonstrators demand the release of Aafia Siddiqui - Tunisia
Salafi demonstrate outside the foreign ministry in Tunis. They are demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist sentenced to 86 years in prison by a U.S. judge on...
Kunri prisoners protest against bonded labor
Released peasants from a private prison of Kunri hold a protest against bonded labor and private prisons. Hyderabad, Pakistan. 3rd February 2013
Woman locked in bathroom for past decade poses for photos - Ramallah
Baraa Melhem poses for a photo at her mother's house in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The 21-year-old Palestinian woman has told authorities she was locked in a bathroom for the ...
Second arrest in Canterbury double death case - Kent
Police have arrested a second man in connection with the deaths of two young men in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom. 1st February 2012
Anti-war and anti-Islamic regime of Iran protest at US Embassy
Groups of Iranian protesters who are against the Islamic regime of Iran, war and any kind of military intervention, participated in the picket protest, which launched in front of the US...
Protest march in support of judge Baltasar Garzón
Thousands of protesters marched in Spain in support of judge Baltasar Garzón, who is on trial for three different cases of investigating Franco-era crimes, seen as a violation of a 1977...
Palestinians demonstrate for the release of prisoners
Palestinians participate in a demonstration calling for release of Palestinian prisoners held in the Israeli jails at the Red Cross headquarters in Gaza City, Palestine. 30th January 20...