Experiments with truth: 7/20/09

The Editors July 20, 2009

For the second consecutive weekend, about 100 people in Salt Lake City staged a “kiss-in” to protest the treatment of two gay men cited for trespassing July 9 after they shared a kiss on the plaza owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
More than 5,000 ethnic Uighurs rallied in Kazakhstan’s largest city yesterday to protest China’s use of deadly force to quash Uighur protests this month.

Members of Green Course and Greenpeace delivered over 1,000 letters to Israel’s national infrastructures planning committee and staged a demonstration outside the building yesterday to protest the planned construction of a coal-fired power plant.

Thousands gathered in Karwar, India to protest plans for a new thermal power plant, which they fear will hurt local fisherman, as well as the region’s ecology.

Protesters were arrested for blocking Governor Schwarzenegger’s home in L.A. as they demanded the California budget continue to provide a social safety net for people with disabilities.

The International Transport Workers’ Federation called on its 4.5 million members to boycott ships flying the Honduran flag to protest the military coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Residents of a small town in England are protesting plans for a nearby asbestos transfer station, which they fear will harm the air quality.

Thirty-six Iranian army officers were arrested for planning to attend a protest rally in their military uniforms as an act of political defiance.

Dozens gathered to protest the court mandated eviction of an Arab family’s home in East Jeruslam. The group—comprised of local politicans and activists—fear this is part of a larger effort by the Israeli government to promote the Judaization of the eastern city.

Tags: Blockades, Boycotts, Climate change, Experiments with Truth, LGBTQ rights, Protests, United States

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