Hamas has begun operating a "vice and virtue commando" in the Gaza Strip to safeguard Islamic values, Palestinian security officials and residents told The Jerusalem Post.
The death of Yousra el-Azam has been a particularly shocking example of the lack of law and order that deeply concerns many Palestinians. A leading Palestinian psychologist, Dr Eyad el-Surraj, blames the lack of a strong central authority in Gaza.
The extent of the grip which Turkmen president Saparmurad Niazov has on his country has been highlighted by a clampdown some of his officials have instituted on the basis of a few off-the-cuff remarks he made.
Amerikanske tropper skød advarselsskud op i luften og forlod derefter en studenterdemonstration i Afghanistan, men ifølge nyhedsbureauet AP viser en tv-reportage, at afgansk militær og politi skød meget lavt ind over demonstranterne. AP rapporterer om
The Union of Oromo Students in Europe reports: ‘Since 2000 more than 20 Oromo students have been killed by the TPLF (Tigrean People's Liberation Front) security and military forces on various occasions of the peaceful demonstrations. Significant numbers
Students in the University of Yazd (central Iran) have started a hunger strike today in protest against a recent government clampdown on student activists.
Jiao Guobiao, a journalism lecturer at Beijing University, was sacked from his post at the end of March 2005. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the dismissal and calls on the Chinese government to restore him to his post and stop restricting Intern
According to Human Rights Watch thousands of student activists and opposition supporters have been arrested across Ethiopia following the recent violence triggered by demonstrations against alleged fraud in parliamentary elections.
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