Russia:Conspiracy Theories About Boston Bombings
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Daniel Alan Kennedy Conspiracy theories flourish in times of confusion and uncertainty. Claims that the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings were part of some sort of US government-led false flag opera... more
Views: 495RuNet: What Does the Boston Bombing Mean for Chechen Cause?
Region: Russian FederationWritten by Andrey Tselikov In the days since the arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, ethnic Chechen and “Suspect #2″ in the Boston Marathon bombings, there has been surprisingly little cogent analysis of the situat... more
Views: 520Too close for Comfort as the Boston Bombings Come Home to Russians
Region: Russian FederationInitially a distant story of bombs and American blood, the Boston Marathon bombings came home to Russians recently. The RuNet had been following the investigation into the attacks with great interest, even before t... more
Views: 656Czech Republic Roma Community Stand Firm Against Eviction
Region: Czech RepublicBy Daniela Kantorova In August 2012, the Ostrava City Hall issued a 24-hour eviction order to the owner of the 11 buildings at Přednádraží, asking him to evict all of the residents, giving as a reason an... more
Views: 834The Struggle for Undocumented Youth
Region: United StatesBy Robert Valencia Hundreds of thousand of young undocumented immigrants rejoiced at the news: President Barack Obama's Government authorized registration for the deferred action plan, which allows them to res... more
Views: 847Guinea-Bissau: Women's Groups and Citizenship
Region: Guinea-Bissau
By Sara Moreira In a country which has experienced constant political instability, how can civil society mobilise itself to prevent further coups d'état and to build a participative democracy based ... more
Views: 964U.S. Supreme Court Issues Key Decision on Anti-Immigration Law
Region: Arizona
The United States Supreme Court recently issued their decision in the case Arizona v. United States, putting into question the constitutionality of Law SB 1070. The Supreme Court struck down three sections of the law, b... more
Views: 1226Iran: Turning a Page on Racism Against Afghans
Region: AfghanistanWritten byFred Petrossian Several bloggers expressed their disgust at learning that Afghans living in Isfahan, Iran were banned from a park by the authorities on April 1, 2012, the 13th day of Nowruz New Ye... more
Views: 1123United States: Solidarity Against Censorship of Latino Literature
Region: United StatesWritten by Yarisa Colon Translated byRebecca Knaggs The elimination of Mexican-American Studies [1] and the censorship of numerous books in the school district of Tuscon, Arizona has g... more
Views: 1046Hungary: An Eventful Celebration of the National Holiday
Region: HungaryWritten by Marietta Le Last week, Hungary celebrated the 164th anniversary of the 1848 Revolution [1]. On March 15, 2012, the opposition elected a rapper as the ‘alternative president' - while the prime mi... more
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