Experiments with truth: 7/20/11

Experiments with truth: 7/20/11

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Experiments with truth: 7/20/11</h1> <p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-10966" title="Photo: REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah" src="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/r.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="335" srcset="https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/r.jpg 450w, https://wagingnonviolence.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/r-300x223.jpg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px" /></p> <ul> <li>Tens of thousands of anti-regime demonstrators <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/07/19/yemen.unrest/index.html?iref=allsearch" target="_blank">marched through Yemeni streets on Tuesday</a> to condemn what they said were government attacks on protesters the day before.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of demonstrators, including Islamists, held <a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j1fLwH8c5h7Pn78NerxuMGZl_EEA?docId=CNG.8fb7d35155ba255c40a5a227fc0d8daf.ea1" target="_blank">peaceful rallies in Rabat, Casablanca and Tangiers Sunday </a>to demand greater political reforms and social justice in Morocco.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Syrian troops and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad <a href="http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE76F26I20110719" target="_blank">killed 16 people in attacks in the city of Homs </a>on Tuesday, residents said, an escalation of a crackdown against a focal point for pro-democracy protests.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/israel-stops-french-boat-headed-to-gaza/2011/07/19/gIQAPFDYNI_story.html" target="_blank">The Israeli navy intercepted a French boat carrying pro-Palestinian activists </a>as the vessel attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands took to the streets of Bissau Tuesday for the <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/thousands-protest-against-guinea-bissau-pm-171739399.html" target="_blank">second rally in five days to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior</a>, accused of hindering an assassination probe.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_MYANMAR_MARTYRS_DAY?SITE=FLROC&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT" target="_blank">More than 3,000 democracy supporters led by Aung San Suu Kyi marched </a>Tuesday in Myanmar&#8217;s biggest city in honor of her father, the nation&#8217;s independence hero. The short march was the biggest public demonstration since 2007, when the military junta launched a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Over the weekend, residents of Southwest Ranches, Florida <a href="http://washingtonindependent.com/113140/florida-residents-protest-plans-for-privately-run-immigration-detention-center" target="_blank">protested the proposed construction of a privately run immigration detention center</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In the Philippines, <a href="http://www.gmanews.tv/story/226673/nation/students-walk-out-from-classes-to-protest-govt-neglect" target="_blank">college students in Manila and Quezon City walked out of their classes</a> on Tuesday to protest what they called the Aquino administration&#8217;s neglect of the education sector.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/protest-over-canadian-gold-mine-project-romania-171639543.html" target="_blank">Dozens of Romanians protested Tuesday</a> against a Canadian company&#8217;s plans to open a gold mine in Transylvania and called on the culture minister to resign over his support to this project.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.icem.org/en/25-Sub-Saharan-Africa/4547-Metal-Strike-Ends-in-South-Africa-with-Exemplary-3-Year-Contract" target="_blank">The two-week strike by 120,000 members of the National Union of Metalworkers’ of South Africa (NUMSA) ended over the weekend</a> when union members accepted a three-year contract from the Steel and Engineering Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA), the main metal employers’ federation in South Africa.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=Republished+Article&bots=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwagingnonviolence.org%2F2011%2F07%2Fexperiments-with-truth-72011%2F&_rcn=&_rck=Experiments+with+truth%3A+7%2F20%2F11" style="border:0" alt="" />