Tag: social protest

Israel Arrests Ten 269life Animal Rights Activists, 300 Protest in Tel Aviv

As part of their campaign to make "the walls of slaughter houses transparent," a guerrila animal rights group in...

Israel’s Tent Protest Movement is Growing Roots in an Eco-Community

The Israeli government may not be taking them very seriously, but a small bucket of social activists who colonized...

Emirati Royalty Threaten 48,000 Maasai in Lucrative Hunting Deal

The Middle East's love affair with wild animals has hit the headlines again. No, there haven't been sightings of cheetahs on the streets of Dubai or dead wolves and owls on parade, rather Middle Eastern royals are being accused of aiding a massive sell-off of the Serengeti. And in a new twist to the land-grab meme, this land sell-off is not to secure access to precious food supplies but, rather, to indulge in the hunting whims of the Middle East's elite.

Iran Criticized For Response to Earthquake which Killed 306

These criticism have led some to speculate that the poor government response was due to the fact that those affected were mainly Azeri Turks, an ethnic minority in the northwest of Iran. President Ahmadinejad also left Iran on Monday morning to attend an Organisation of Islamic Cooperation meeting which is expected to focus on the crisis in Syria.

Social Protests Connect the Dots to the Environment

Egypt's social protests deeply rooted in issues connected to environmental ones. It's definitely a hot time in our world this...