http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/17192-political-activism.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/int/subjects/17192-political-activism.html http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels withdrew from a prison in the northern city of Aleppo Thursday after heavy fighting with government troops, an activist group said, as it more than doubled its tally of deaths from sectarian killings in a coastal city earlier this month. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights raised the death toll from the May 3 ... Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2089818-syrian-troops-repel-rebel-attack-aleppo-prison.html 2013-05-16T14:57:02Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082134-verdict-trial-egypt-activist-june-3.html CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian activist charged with insulting the president will remain in detention until June 3, when a verdict is expected, his lawyer said Monday. Ahmed Douma is the first prominent critic of President Mohammed Morsi to be tried on this charge, though many others have been detained. He is also accused of disturbing the peace. His lawyers sa... Mon, 13 May 2013 20:15:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2082134-verdict-trial-egypt-activist-june-3.html 2013-05-13T20:15:11Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081722-togo-opposition-protests-activists-death-jail.html LOME, Togo (AP) — Activists in Togo charged Monday that a detained leader died in custody after authorities refused a request to bring him to a hospital, the latest dispute between the government and an increasingly vocal opposition. Kodjo Yakanou was among the opposition supporters who have been detained for questioning for months in connection with the ... Mon, 13 May 2013 15:33:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2081722-togo-opposition-protests-activists-death-jail.html 2013-05-13T15:33:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078668-egypt-arrests-3-suspected-al-qaida-militants.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interior minister said Saturday that security authorities have arrested three suspected al-Qaida-linked militants who were planning to carry out suicide attacks on vital installations and an unspecified foreign embassy. Mohammed Ibrahim told a news conference that the men had been in contact with Dawood al-Assady, a leader of al-Qaida... Sat, 11 May 2013 18:06:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2078668-egypt-arrests-3-suspected-al-qaida-militants.html 2013-05-11T18:06:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076346-prominent-youth-activist-detained-egypt.html CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's prosecutor general on Friday ordered a prominent youth leader detained for four days pending an investigation into accusations he incited anti-government violence, a security official said, in the latest case of a pro-democracy activist being held over similar charges. The detention sparked a wave of anger among activists and the Apri... Fri, 10 May 2013 22:06:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076346-prominent-youth-activist-detained-egypt.html 2013-05-10T22:06:54Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077464-egyptian-man-disguised-woman-harassed.html CAIRO (AP) — Waleed Hammad dressed conservatively for his secret mission into the world of sexual harassment and abuse on the streets of Cairo, donning a long tan skirt and sleeved shirt, and at times covering his head like many Egyptian women. The 24-year-old actor walked the sidewalks, hidden cameras in tow, for an investigative television report, hopin... Fri, 10 May 2013 19:00:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2077464-egyptian-man-disguised-woman-harassed.html 2013-05-10T19:00:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — His exclusives have triggered some of Colombia's biggest scandals, leading to the dismissals, arrests and prosecutions of dozens of crooked, sometimes murderous public officials. Yet in this age of social media saturation and in-your-face journalistic ego, Ricardo Calderon continues to shun the limelight. To the public, this old-fa... Fri, 10 May 2013 16:05:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2076930-post-attack-top-reporter-worries-cover-blown.html 2013-05-10T16:05:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073660-american-stabbed-us-embassy-cairo.html CAIRO (AP) — An assailant stabbed an American man on Thursday while they were standing outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, security officials said. The area around the U.S. Embassy has been the site of anti-American incidents and violence in the past, but stabbing attacks are uncommon despite political unrest that has roiled Egypt since the 2011 uprising. ... Thu, 09 May 2013 17:56:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073660-american-stabbed-us-embassy-cairo.html 2013-05-09T17:56:28Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073760-berlusconi-to-lead-italy-protest-conviction.html ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi will lead his political party in a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, which carries a prison sentence and a ban from public office. The four-year prison term for Italy's former premier and the five-year ban, which were handed down by a Milan appeals court Wednesday, will take effect only if another appeals tribunal — ... Thu, 09 May 2013 12:24:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2073760-berlusconi-to-lead-italy-protest-conviction.html 2013-05-09T12:24:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070674-media-internet-service-restored-syria.html BEIRUT (AP) — Internet service was restored in Syria on Wednesday, after a countrywide outage cut off the country from the rest of the world for nearly 20 hours, state media said. The state news agency SANA said a problem with a fiber optics cable was to blame for the second nationwide outage since a two-day blackout in November. There had been speculatio... Wed, 08 May 2013 16:26:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2070674-media-internet-service-restored-syria.html 2013-05-08T16:26:31Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065730-jailed-protesters-cast-shadow-anti-putin-rally.html MOSCOW (AP) — About 20,000 protesters thronged Bolotnaya Square across from the Kremlin on Monday, a year after a protest at the same spot turned violent on the eve of President Vladimir Putin's inauguration. Monday's turnout — far less than the 100,000 or more who marched through Moscow with giddy optimism ahead of Putin's election to a third term — refl... Tue, 07 May 2013 07:21:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065730-jailed-protesters-cast-shadow-anti-putin-rally.html 2013-05-07T07:21:33Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065706-bangladesh-police-islamic-activists-clash-27-die.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police banned all rallies in Bangladesh's capital through midnight Monday after at least 27 people died in clashes between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that the government enact an anti-blasphemy law, officials said. The protesters blocked roads with burning tires and logs during more than five hours of clashes. They al... Mon, 06 May 2013 16:17:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2065706-bangladesh-police-islamic-activists-clash-27-die.html 2013-05-06T16:17:21Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064376-pakistan-town-men-spoken-women-vote.html MATEELA, Pakistan (AP) — For decades, not a single woman in this dusty Pakistani village surrounded by wheat fields and orange trees has voted. And they aren't likely to in next week's parliamentary election either. The village's men have spoken. "It's the will of my husband," said one woman, Fatma Shamshed. "This is the decision of all the families." Mat... Sun, 05 May 2013 17:23:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064376-pakistan-town-men-spoken-women-vote.html 2013-05-05T17:23:00Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064068-syrian-rebels-enter-northern-air-base.html BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels occupied Sunday parts of a military air base in northern Syria after days of fighting with government troops who have been defending the sprawling position for months, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels moved deep inside Mannagh air base, near the border with Turkey, despite fire from gov... Sun, 05 May 2013 15:57:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2064068-syrian-rebels-enter-northern-air-base.html 2013-05-05T15:57:04Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2062538-sunnis-flee-syrian-city-reports-killings.html BEIRUT (AP) — Thousands of Sunni Muslims fled a Syrian coastal town Saturday, a day after reports circulated that dozens of people, including children, had been killed by pro-government gunmen in the area, activists said. The violence occurred as embattled Syrian President Bashar Assad made his second public appearance in a week in the capital, Damascus. ... Sat, 04 May 2013 19:30:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2062538-sunnis-flee-syrian-city-reports-killings.html 2013-05-04T19:30:37Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060546-camerons-conservatives-suffer-uk-local-votes.html LONDON (AP) — David Cameron's Conservatives took a drubbing in local elections amid a surge of support for an anti-European Union and anti-immigration party, heaping pressure on the British prime minister to appeal to the dissident right-wing of his own party. Echoing results across Europe, British voters appeared to punish the ruling government, fed up w... Fri, 03 May 2013 21:20:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060546-camerons-conservatives-suffer-uk-local-votes.html 2013-05-03T21:20:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html BEIRUT (AP) — The bodies of the Syrian boys and young men in jeans and casual shirts were strewn along a blood-stained pavement, dying apparently where they fell. Weeping women moved among the dead, and one of them screamed, "Where are you, people of the village?" In the Syrian civil war's latest alleged mass killing, activists said Friday that regime tro... Fri, 03 May 2013 19:09:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2060324-sectarian-killings-reported-syrian-village.html 2013-05-03T19:09:56Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2057944-activists-dozens-killed-syrian-village.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen swept into a Sunni village in the mountains near the Mediterranean coast on Thursday, killing dozens of people, including women and children, and torching homes, activists said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that at least 50 people — and possibly as many as 100 — were... Thu, 02 May 2013 21:18:20 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2057944-activists-dozens-killed-syrian-village.html 2013-05-02T21:18:20Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058542-activist-to-tried-insulting-egypt-president.html TANTA, Egypt (AP) — Prominent Egyptian activist Ahmed Douma was arrested and immediately referred to trial for allegedly insulting the country's president in a TV interview, a prosecutor said Thursday. Douma is to stand trial on Sunday — less than a week after being arrested. He is the first prominent opposition activist to be tried on charges of insultin... Thu, 02 May 2013 17:38:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2058542-activist-to-tried-insulting-egypt-president.html 2013-05-02T17:38:24Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2055670-activists-call-release-imam-gambia.html BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Activists in Gambia are calling on the government to release an imam who has been jailed for five months. Imam Baba Leigh has been missing since December and is believed to have been detained by Gambia's National Intelligence Agency. Media reports have linked his alleged arrest with comments he made in September 2012 describing the e... Wed, 01 May 2013 11:13:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2055670-activists-call-release-imam-gambia.html 2013-05-01T11:13:14Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053214-gender-equity-rises-ugandan-women-divorce.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — More women are initiating divorces in Uganda, a conservative East African country where women are becoming empowered to leave a bad marriage in a way their mothers could not, rights activists and legal experts say. Has your marriage broken down beyond repair? That's the question Ugandan magistrate David Batema asks women in divorce ... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:28:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2053214-gender-equity-rises-ugandan-women-divorce.html 2013-04-30T11:28:15Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2041122-minaret-landmark-mosque-syria-destroyed.html BEIRUT (AP) — The minaret of a landmark 12th century mosque in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo was destroyed Wednesday, leaving the once-soaring stone tower a pile of rubble and twisted metal scattered in the tiled courtyard. President Bashar Assad's regime and anti-government activists traded blame for the destruction to the Umayyad Mosque, which occu... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:28:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2041122-minaret-landmark-mosque-syria-destroyed.html 2013-04-24T18:28:41Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2038368-wife-chinas-jailed-nobel-winner-im-free.html BEIJING (AP) — Liu Xia, under house arrest in China's capital since her imprisoned husband Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize, made a rare appearance Tuesday at a trial, yelling out a car window: "I'm not free." Liu was allowed to leave the Beijing apartment where she has been held for two-and-a-half years to attend the trial of her brother on fraud cha... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:54:49 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2038368-wife-chinas-jailed-nobel-winner-im-free.html 2013-04-23T10:54:49Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2036140-indian-girls-rape-highlights-police-apathy.html NEW DELHI (AP) — A child disappears. Police are called. Nothing happens. Child rights activists say the rape last week of a 5-year-old girl is just the latest case in which Indian police failed to take urgent action on a report of a missing child. Three days after the attack, the girl was found alone in locked room in the same New Delhi building where her... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:40:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2036140-indian-girls-rape-highlights-police-apathy.html 2013-04-23T03:40:53Z http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2037166-syrian-regime-shoring-up-hold-capital-coast.html BEIRUT (AP) — After watching much of Syria's territory slip into rebel hands, President Bashar Assad's regime is focusing on the basics: shoring up its hold on Damascus and the strip of land connecting the capital with the Mediterranean coast. In the past week, government troops have overrun villages near the Lebanese border and suburbs of Damascus, inclu... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:27:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/2037166-syrian-regime-shoring-up-hold-capital-coast.html 2013-04-22T20:27:36Z