syria proteat 04 02 2012

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“[Arab states] should expel Syrian ambassadors and sever diplomatic relations and economic dealings [with Syria] until the regime complies with the demands of the Syrian people,” Ali al-Salem al-Dekbas, head of the 88-member committee, said in a statement.  
Arab states have turned decisively against Assad in recent months over a crackdown on opponents of Assad that the United Nations says has killed at least 5 000 people in 11 months.
Assad’s government says it is fighting foreign-backed insurgents, and most deaths have been among its troops.  
Western and Arab nations are trying to overcome Russian resistance to a UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to give up power. The diplomacy has taken on new urgency since activists said overnight that Assad’s forces had killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs.  
Tunisia started a procedure on Saturday for withdrawing its recognition of Assad’s government.  
Dekbas said Arab states should confront the Russian delegate to the United Nations, whose delay in taking action “allows for a continuation of....killing of the Syrian people”.  
He condemned what he said was “the international community standing and watching” violence in Syria, which he described as “crimes against humanity”.   

Bahrain protest

Bahrain player sentenced for protesting

 

Bahrain's main opposition party says one of the detained national team players has been convicted of participating in anti-government protests and sentenced to two years in prison. Al Wefaq party says in a statement that Mohammed Hubail was convicted and sentenced on Thursday during closed-door proceedings in Bahrain's special security court. The court was set up under martial law imposed in March to quell Shiite-led demonstrations against a Sunni monarchy. At least two of his teammates, including Hubail's brother and Bahrain soccer star Alaa, have been in custody since the crackdown began.

 

 

Syria violence

Syria violence And U.N

 

The new bloodshed came as activists reported a grim milestone in the 8-month-old revolt: November was the deadliest month of the uprising, with at least 950 people killed in gunbattles, raids and other violence as protesters demand the ouster of President Bashar Assad.The U.N. estimates more than 4,000 people have been killed since the uprising began in the middle of March, inspired by the Arab Spring revolutions sweeping the Middle East."In light of the manifest failure of the Syrian authorities to protect their citizens, the international community needs to take urgent and effective measures to protect the Syrian people," Navi Pillay, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Pillay on Thursday characterized the conflict in Syria as a civil war.International intervention, such as the NATO action in Libya that helped topple Moammar Gadhafi, is all but out of the question in Syria. But the European Union, the Arab League, Turkey and others have piled on sanctions aimed at crippling the regime once and for all.The EU's latest sanctions, which were announced Thursday, target 12 people and 11 companies with travel bans and asset freezes. They add to a long list of regime figures previously sanctioned by the EU, including Assad himself and high-ranking security officials.The identities of those on the new list were made public Friday in the EU's official journal. They include the ministers of finance and the economy, as well as army officers.Also on the list are the pro-government Cham Press TV and Al-Watan newspaper, as well as a research center that the EU says provides support to the Syrian military in acquiring equipment for the surveillance of demonstrators. Three oil companies, which the EU statement said provide financial support to the regime, were also listed. They include the Syria Trading Oil Company, which is responsible for Syria's oil exports.Royal Dutch Shell PLC also said Friday it will halt its operations in Syria to comply with the penalties.The economic sanctions will limit the regime's access to cash at a time when Assad is relying more than ever on the support of the business classes.Assad has spent years shifting the country away from the socialism espoused by his father, which helped boost a new and vibrant merchant class that transformed Syria's economic landscape — even as the regime's political trappings remained unchanged.So far, the monied classes have clung to the sidelines, but if the economic squeeze reaches them, it could be a game-changer for the regime.Despite Friday's diplomatic squeeze, violence continued.The most serious violence appears to have occurred in the Syrian town of Talkalakh, where witnesses reported more than six hours of explosions and gunfire starting at 3 a.m."We were hearing strong explosions and the crack of heavy machine-gun fire," Ahmad al-Fahel, who lives on the Lebanese side of the border, told the Associated Press by telephone. "It sounded as if they were destroying the city."The town is within walking distance from Lebanon, and at least two people were struck by bullets on the Lebanese side. They included an 11-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man, Lebanese security officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.There was no immediate word on casualties in Talkalakh. But deadly violence was reported elsewhere in Syria, in Homs and Idlib provinces. At least nine people were killed nationwide, according to the Local Coordination Committees, which is a coalition of Syrian activists groups.The reports of violence, and the activist groups' death toll for November, could not be independently confirmed. The regime has sealed the country off from foreign journalists and prevented independent reporting.Assad is depending on the strong support of Russia and China to withstand the sanctions and growing worldwide isolation.Russia and China have vetoed a Western-backed U.N. Security Council resolution condemning the bloodshed in Syria, arguing that NATO misused a previous U.N. mandate authorizing use of force in Libya.On Friday, Russia's Ambassador Valery Loshchinin, whose nation has sold arms to Syria, said opposition groups are being armed and organized from abroad.He echoed the Syrian government's argument that foreign powers looking to destabilize Syria are behind the unrest — not true protesters seeking more freedom and the end to dictatorship."Now, we hear, unfortunately, that the conflict in Syria continues to be fueled by outside forces who are interested in further destabilizing the situation," Loshchinin told the emergency meeting of the U.N. Human Rights Council."Armed terrorist and extremist groups are being armed and organized, supplied with weapons and money from abroad," he said. "The situation in Syria must be resolved in strict observance of international law and the provisions of the United Nations Charter."But U.S. Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe accused the regime itself of stoking the conflict "with propaganda about foreign conspiracies and domestic terrorism.""The propaganda is fooling no one," Donahoe said. "The regime is driving the cycle of violence and sectarianism."The 47-nation rights council passed a resolution backed by 37 African, European, Asian, Arab and American members chiding Syria for "gross and systematic violations of human rights."Russia and China were among four countries to vote against the motion.The resolution also established the post of a special human rights investigator to investigate abuses in Syria.

The New ganamichila

New ganamichila of Bangladesh

The Government has announced the reinstatement of the overthrow of the government of the opposition Grand Alliance ganaabhyutthane leader Khaleda Zia. In the speech, he announced the news on Monday ganamichilera. Do not demand the reinstatement of the program he led.
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Arrests in Oakland protests rise to more than 400

 

More than 400 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested in Oakland during a night of skirmishes in which police fired tear gas and bean bag projectiles, the city said on Sunday, marking one of the biggest mass arrests since nationwide economic protests began last year.Earlier on Sunday, authorities had said that the arrest figure was between 200 and 300. But the Oakland emergency operations center said in a statement that revised that up to more than 400, and said that Oakland Police were expected to announce a more precise number later on Sunday.Riot police on Saturday night fought running skirmishes with protesters, injuring three officers and at least one demonstrator.The scuffles erupted in the afternoon as activists sought to take over a shuttered downtown convention center, sparking cat-and-mouse battles that lasted well into the night in a city that has seen tensions between police and protesters boil over repeatedly. Oakland has become an unlikely flashpoint of the national "Occupy" protests against economic inequality that began last year in New York's financial district and have spread to dozens of cities across the country.

The protests in most cities have been peaceful and sparked a national debate over how much of the country's wealth is held by the richest 1 per cent of the population. President Barack Obama has sought to capitalize on the attention by calling for higher taxes on the richest Americans.

Protests focused on Oakland after a former Marine, Scott Olsen, was critically injured during a demonstration in October. Protesters said he was hit in the head by a tear gas canister but authorities have never said exactly how he was hurt.

The Occupy movement appeared to lose momentum late last year as police cleared protest camps in cities across the country.Violence erupted again in Oakland on Saturday when protesters attempted to take over the apparently empty downtown convention center to establish a new headquarters and draw attention to the problem of homelessness.Police in riot gear moved in, firing smoke grenades, tear gas and bean-bag projectiles to drive the crowd back."Officers were pelted with bottles, metal pipe, rocks, spray cans, improvised explosive devices and burning flares," the Oakland Police Department said in a statement. "Oakland Police Department deployed smoke and tear gas."

Some activists, carrying shields made of plastic garbage cans and corrugated metal, tried to circumvent the police line, and surged toward police on another side of the building as more smoke canisters were fired.

Oakland city officials said "extremists" were fomenting the demonstrations and using the city as a playground for the movement. Protesters have accused the city of overreacting and using heavy-handed tactics.

Across the country in New York, police said four people were arrested on Saturday night after protesters clashed with police at what demonstrators had called an "OccuParty" inside an abandoned building in the borough of Brooklyn.
Protesters knocked over garbage pails and hurled objects at police, slightly injuring six officers, a police spokesman said. The four people were charged with a variety of crimes including inciting a riot.
Tension was rising in Washington as well, where the National Park Service has said it will bar Occupy protesters in the nation's capital from camping in two parks near the White House where they have been living since October.That order, if carried out as promised on Monday, could be a blow to one of the highest-profile chapters of the movement.

 

SPAIN PROTEST

 

Thousands of police, teachers and hospital staff staged a mass protest march in Barcelona on Saturday in growing anger at spending cuts hitting key services in Spain's Catalonia region.

"No to the Cuts," read a banner at the head of the crowd, which included prison guards, firefighters and nurses protesting at cuts that they warn are undermining security, education and health.

Thousands of participants joined in, with turnout estimates by various organisers, authorities and media varying from 15,000 to 125,000.

Spending cuts aimed at stabilising Spain's public finances are hitting its regions hard, adding to the pain of an unemployment rate that crept close to 23 percent at the end of 2011, with more than five million people out of work."There are more pupils per class with fewer resources and fewer teachers," said one demonstrator, schoolteacher Maite Sanchez, 29. "The quality of education is beginning to be seriously affected by the cuts."

Another, Rosalia Port, a 56-year-old nurse, insisted: "There are other kinds of cuts that can be made, such as fighting tax fraud and raising taxes for those who earn the most."

It was the latest in a series of mass protests against measures to resolve the crisis.

Tens of thousands of public sector workers in several towns in Valencia, Spain's most heavily indebted region, demonstrated on Thursday to protest cuts there.

Catalonia's regional parliament is currently debating the budget for 2012 which includes cuts of 625 million euros ($826 million) to rein in its deficit to 1.3 percent of gross domestic product this year.

Cuts to health, security and education budgets began last year, and at the end of 2011 the region also proposed to hike taxes and fees for services such as universities, public transport and water.

Saturday's march was marked by the participation of regional police officers, prison guards and firefighters who warned the budget cuts prompted by the financial crisis are undermining security.

"It's an explosive cocktail," said David Miquel, a spokesman for the Catalan police union SPC, ahead of the march."We lack equipment and vehicles. The situation is pathetic. In some cases there are no vehicles to carry out operations." Spain's central government said Friday it had approved a new budget law that bans the country's 17 powerful regions from sliding into deficit from 2020.

Saturday's march united civil servants from all the main sectors of Catalonia's public services, including prison guards who blocked the entrances to some prisons last weekend in protest at planned pay cuts.

"Sometimes there are just two guards for 500 inmates," a prison guards representative, Albert Anton, told AFP

Occupy Auckland protesters take to the streets

Occupy Auckland protesters marched up Queen St this afternoon expressing their anger about the eviction from the town square last week.It was not long however until the peaceful protest became heated and marchers stormed their way back into Aotea Square where they reoccupied the area they were forced to leave by police and security guards just three days ago.The Occupy movement members took to the city's main street this afternoon to protest against what they believe was an unlawful eviction. Traffic was halted for the protest, with almost 100 protesters clogging the streets, much to the dislike of motorists The march turned to a run, as the protesters raced to break down the fences.The Occupy Auckland group set up camp in Aotea Square 106 days ago to protest against corporate greed and corruption.A general meeting at the square is being held tonight to decide what the occupiers next move will  be.