Zimbabwean civil servants strike, orphans in Jordan sit-in, Kyrgyz prisoners begin mass hunger strike

Zimbabwean civil servants strike, orphans in Jordan sit-in, Kyrgyz prisoners begin mass hunger strike

Eric Stoner

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Copy and paste the following into your page to republish: <h1>Zimbabwean civil servants strike, orphans in Jordan sit-in, Kyrgyz prisoners begin mass hunger strike</h1> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/world/strikes-protests-paralyze-sicily-178501.html" target="_blank">A five-day strike</a> led by transportation workers, farmers and fisherman to protest Prime Minister Mario Monti’s cutbacks and the excessive rise in fuel costs that has paralyzed the Italian island of Sicily since Monday will end tonight.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Thousands of Zimbabwean civil servants conducted <a href="http://www.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/Zimbabwe-Civil-Servants-Down-Tools-Some-Ignore-Work-Action-137690458.html" target="_blank">a one-day strike Thursday </a>to protest low wages.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.todayszaman.com/news-268988-tens-of-thousands-march-in-protest-of-hrant-dink-verdict.html" target="_blank">Some 40,000 people were out on the streets </a>on Thursday in various provinces across Turkey to commemorate Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot dead outside his newspaper’s office in Şişli on Jan. 19, 2007.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Air traffic controllers in Cyprus <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Cyprus-air-traffic-controllers-strike-over-wages-2600035.php#ixzz1k1K7Cqg3" target="_blank">walked off the job for four hours </a>on Wednesday to protest a two-year government worker wage freeze and other deficit-reduction measures.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Inmates in 13 Kyrgyz jails <a href="http://www.rferl.org/content/kyrgyz_inmates_start_mass_hunger_strike/24457248.html" target="_blank">started a mass hunger strike </a>on Wednesday to support inmates in detention center No. 1 in Bishkek, where security troops violently quelled a prisoner riot on January 16.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>On Tuesday, about 6,000 workers began <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/story/2012-01-17/panama-canal-strike/52619686/1" target="_blank">an indefinite strike for higher wages </a>at a $5.25 billion project to widen the Panama Canal to accommodate larger ships.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Dozens of orphans in Jordan on Tuesday <a href="http://en.ammonnews.net/article.aspx?articleNO=15350" target="_blank">staged a sit-in in front of the Royal Court </a>in downtown Amman demanding better services.</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://english.eastday.com/e/120118/u1a6317981.html" target="_blank">A new anti-austerity 24-hour strike and protest hit Athens </a>on Tuesday, as auditors of international creditors returned to Greece for talks on the release of a second aid package.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Women employees at the Palestinian Women&#8217;s Affairs Ministry began <a href="http://gulfnews.com/news/region/palestinian-territories/palestine-women-s-ministry-staff-go-on-hunger-strike-1.967399" target="_blank">a &#8220;hunger strike till death&#8221;</a> on Tuesday to protest against corruption and harassment.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The teaching fraternity in Ranchi, India carried out <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85HYn9U4SOc" target="_blank">a sit-in rally on Tuesday</a>, to protest Maoist atrocities against them.</li> </ul> <img src="https://wagingnonviolence.matomo.cloud/matomo.php?idsite=1&rec=1&action_name=REPUBLISHED%20Zimbabwean+civil+servants+strike%2C+orphans+in+Jordan+sit-in%2C+Kyrgyz+prisoners+begin+mass+hunger+strike&bots=1&_rcn=REPUBLISHED%20Zimbabwean+civil+servants+strike%2C+orphans+in+Jordan+sit-in%2C+Kyrgyz+prisoners+begin+mass+hunger+strike" style="border:0" alt="" />