Experiments with truth: 7/3/09
- Peruvian police used tear gas to clear demonstrators who had blocked traffic with stones and drums to protest their eviction from a settlement in the southern town of San Jose de Chilca.
- In Beijing, about a thousand people publicly protested against government plans to install the controversial Green Dam filtering software on computers, in response to the call by artist Ai Weiwei for a day of boycott of the internet.
- The Abolitionist Action Committee, a human rights organization promoting nonviolent alternatives to the death penalty, staged a hunger strike for the past 4 days in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington D.C.
- Workers at the Malawi Telecommunications Limited on Wednesday went on strike protesting against what they described as an insignificant salary increase given the skyrocketing cost of living and increased responsibilities.
- Employees of India’s flagship carrier Air India have announced they will be on strike for two hours today in protest against the non-payment of salaries.
- In Indiana, couples in wedding dresses and suits filed through the Monroe County Courthouse yesterday to protest the denial of marriage licenses to same-sex partners.
- Five activists were arrested and held by police for 54 hours in connection with a 24-hour Vigil to End Torture in front of the White House, sponsored by the Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition (TASSC).
