Full Coverage: Activism

31.01.2007 The “I Love Pula!” civic initiative organized a protest walk, on January 20, 2007, to express its opposition of construction and development works in Pula’s public parks.

31.01.2007 Dr. Rashad Zidan and the women of Iraq have been voted People of 2006 by OneWorlders across the planet.

30.01.2007 WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (OneWorld) - Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement in Iraq.

30.01.2007 It took 44 activists, 100 metres of rope, and 500 square metres of fabric for Greenpeace to hoist a message for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that is meeting in Paris this week.

25.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - Government leaders across the world must stop using anti-terror laws as a tool to suppress opposition movements and deprive ordinary citizens of their due civil and human rights, say international civil society groups attending the World Social Forum in Kenya this week.

25.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which also found that the Defense Department collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database.

24.01.2007 Eleven environmental groups, with millions of members worldwide, are demanding action from the President of Honduras following the alleged murder by state police of two Honduran activists.

18.01.2007 The Earth Caare Foundation and India International Center are holding a memorial function on January 24 in New Delhi to remember two NGO workers - Ms. Sarita and her colleague Shri Mahesh Pitti - who laid down their lives three years ago while working for the rights of rural people of Gaya district in the central Indian state of Bihar.

15.01.2007 The CESI Association called met on January 11, 2007, to present its concern over the decision of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports to approve the use of the experimental curriculum in health education prepared by the GROZD Association, in ten schools in Croatia. The GROZD programme awaits the approval by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.

14.01.2007 The MOST Civic Association reported, on the bases of reports it received from its observers by the end of the voting, that the Extraordinary Local Elections in Saraj Municipality proceeded quietly and without serious incidents.

11.01.2007 MOST Civic Association will monitor the extraordinary local elections in the municipality of Saraj with 82 accredited observers, in static teams in all ballot stations during the whole ballot day, which will be give logistic support by five mobile teams.

11.01.2007 Yesterday Mjaft! Movement protested against the nation’s ongoing energy crisis in front of the Prime Minister’s Office. Mjaft! proposed the inauguration of a new Prime Minister for Albania – Pinocchio - as well as the introduction of a new emblem for the Council of Ministers - a picture of a generator, torch and candle to replace the eagle.

10.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 9 (OneWorld) - The Bush administration's plan to beef up the U.S. military presence in Iraq is likely to create a new wave of protests across the United States in the coming days.

09.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 8 (OneWorld) - An international delegation arrived in Cuba this week to call for the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. The protest is part of the January 11 International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo, during which many groups in the United States and abroad are expected to rally thousands of human rights activists.

08.01.2007 A six-hour blockade of Faslane nuclear base by students and academics on Sunday forced operations at its main gate to a halt.

08.01.2007 Perhaps the most powerful and surprising people's movement of 2006 had many leaders; Renee Saucedo was a driving force behind efforts in San Francisco.

03.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 3 (OneWorld) - Peace groups across the United States marked the 3,000th U.S. military death in Iraq with protests and vigils this weekend and promised to continue to press to end the war.