Experiments with truth: 7/15/11
- Syrian security forces shot dead at least 20 protesters today as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country in the biggest protests so far against President Bashar al-Assad.
- Thousands of demonstrators have rallied across Egypt’s major cities to protest against what they say is the slow pace of justice and reforms since the military took control of the country in February.
- On Wednesday in Belarus, police detained dozens of people in the capital Minsk and other major cities during a weekly protest organised through the Internet by a group called “Revolution through the Social Network”.
- On Thursday, a crowd of protesters gathered outside Rupert Murdoch’s Central Park home in New York City to urge a Congressional investigation into News Corp.
- A group of climate activists calling for a change from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources led a protest at the gates of the Bridgeport Harbor Power Station in Connecticut on Wednesday.
- Cabin crew with Algeria’s state-run airline were on strike for a fourth day on Thursday, forcing the cancellation of flights and leaving thousands of passengers stranded on both sides of the Mediterranean.
- In Namibia, production at the Rio Tinto Rössing Uranium Mine remained at a standstill on Wednesday, after workers downed tools on Tuesday morning as a result of a dispute with management over production bonuses.
- Journalists in the Kerala capital Thursday took to the streets to protest assaults on three of their colleagues and staged a sit-in outside the state assembly to demand immediate action.
