Somalis protest in solidarity with prisoners, strikes paralyze traffic in Belgium

Somalis protest in solidarity with prisoners, strikes paralyze traffic in Belgium

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Somalis protest in solidarity with prisoners, strikes paralyze traffic in Belgium</h1> <p>&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/yemen-idINDEE7BL0F420111222" target="_blank">Thousands of Yemenis marched</a> toward the capital on Thursday to demand President Ali Abdullah Saleh face trial for killing protesters during 11 months of demonstrations against him and to denounce a new government that would spare him prosecution.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Several thousand Eyptian activists gathered in Cairo after Friday prayers today for <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2011/12/2011122374830994443.html" target="_blank">a mass protest against the ruling military</a> and its handling of a series of clashes between security forces and demonstrators that killed 17 people and drew international criticism.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Somalia, residents of Sool’s provincial capital of Las Anod<a href="http://somalilandpress.com/somaliland-residents-protest-in-solidarity-with-prisoners-on-hunger-strike-25434" target="_blank"> took to the streets and went on strike</a> on Thursday, bringing the city to a standstill, to show solidarity with prisoners staging a hunger strike at the city’s main prison.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Thursday,<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/22/europe-strikes-protest-austerity-measures_n_1165446.html" target="_blank"> holiday strikes to protest austerity measures </a>paralyzed ground traffic in Belgium.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Camped outside Hungary&#8217;s public broadcaster,<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/22/hungary-media-idUSL6E7NL3O420111222" target="_blank"> a small group of television editors is on hunger strike</a> to protest what they say is widespread news manipulation by the government.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Pakistan, more than 2,500 members of seven labor unions from across the country gathered at the Railways Headquarters on Wednesday to stage <a href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/309802/labour-unions-of-pakistan-railways-stage-sit-in-outside-headquarters/" target="_blank">a sit-in against the government’s ‘inability’ to rescue the Railways</a>.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Sudan,<a href="http://www.africareview.com/News/Manasir+protest+goes+to+Khartoum/-/979180/1293314/-/rx3qi3z/-/" target="_blank"> dozens of students held a protest assembly</a> at Jackson Square on Tuesday in the heart of Khartoum to show solidarity with the month-long Manasir protest against the the Merowe Hydropower Project.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>A group of asylum seekers who survived last weekend&#8217;s boat disaster off the Indonesian island of Java <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/national/asylum-seekers-begin-hunger-strike-after-incarceration-in-inhumane-cells-20111222-1p79z.html#ixzz1hLVKYobJ" target="_blank">have begun a hunger strike</a> after being moved to a detention centre where as many as 12 people are sharing each cell.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>In Kuwait, police used tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannons, and smoke bombs to disperse <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/12/21/kuwait-stateless-protesters-attacked-and-arrested-for-demanding-rights/" target="_blank">a large protest on Monday</a> by the country&#8217;s stateless people in Taimaa. Around 30 men who entered a hunger strike were arrested.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Somalis+protest+in+solidarity+with+prisoners%2C+strikes+paralyze+traffic+in+Belgium&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Somalis+protest+in+solidarity+with+prisoners%2C+strikes+paralyze+traffic+in+Belgium" style="border:0" alt="" />