Palestinian girl, 14, locked up in Israeli prison for two months for throwing rocks

A 14-year-old Palestinian girl who was tried before an Israeli military court for throwing rocks at passing cars in the West Bank has been sentenced to two months in prison. The case of Malak al-Khatib, from Betin, in the West Bank, has gripped Palestinians who say her treatment demonstrates Israel’s ‘excessive’ measures against stone-throwing youths. …

83-Year Old Woman Arrested Protesting Outside Dick Cheney’s Window

An 83-year old woman was one of two arrested on Saturday, outside the former Vice President Dick Cheney’s home, in Mclean, Virginia. Tighe Barry, 57, and Eve Tetaz, 83, were there with about 20 activists from Code Pink andWitness Against Torture. Some of the protestors, risking arrest and weathering freezing cold temperatures, reportedly squeezed through the security gates and …

Ο λευκός φιλελευθερισμός και η δολοφονία της Άουρα Ρόσερ

1. On November 9, three months to the day after Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson executed Mike Brown, Ann Arbor police officers killed a black woman named Aura Rosser in her home on the west side of the city. The official story released by the police is that Aura “confronted” the officers with a “fish …

Conservative Christian Crusaders March Against Women in Berlin

Several thousand conservative christian fundamentalists have marched “for life” (code word for banning abortions and banning LGBT rights) in Berlin. Thousands feminists stood up to them. Cops found an excuse to beat and detain 16 of them, and carefully protected the fundamentalists. They also tried to intimidate the media, and even hit a social media photo-journalist. However, the counter-protestors …