Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Robert Stefanicki WARSAW, Jun 6, 2011 (IPS) – President Alexander Lukashenko has locked most of his rivals in jail, but the Belarus opposition continues to work diligently to isolate the dictator. The December 2010 elections left Lukashenko – president of Belarus since 1994 – at helm for [...]
Syria’s Crackdown Undermines Claim for Seat on Human Rights Council
May 2, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, May 2, 2011 (IPS) – When the General Assembly meets on May 20 to elect 15 new members for the Human Rights Council (HRC), the four candidates from the Asian Group – India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Syria – were until now considered [...]
Deadly Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters
March 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Correspondents* MANAMA, Mar 16, 2011 (IPS/Al Jazeera) – At least two people are dead and hundreds injured after security forces in Bahrain drove out pro-democracy protesters from the Pearl Roundabout in the capital, Manama. Helicopters hovered overhead as troops backed by tanks stormed the site – the [...]
Rights Group Urges Probe of Bahraini Crackdown
March 1, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By David Elkins WASHINGTON, Feb 28, 2011 (IPS) – A leading rights group here condemned actions taken by Bahraini security forces in suppressing peaceful protests in recent weeks, including the deaths of seven Bahraini citizens in the last fortnight, and called for a "transparent and independent investigation into [...]
IRAN: Harsh Crackdown Extends to Leading Opposition Figures
June 23, 2009 By
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IPS Sara Farhang TEHRAN, Jun 23 (IPS) – Eleven days after Iran’s disputed Jun. 12 president election, the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appears determined to round up key members of the opposition, journalists and human rights activists who could play a key role in rallying public support for opposition [...]
