Dalai Lama “If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them. ”
Barack Obama “Those who stand up for justice are always on the right side of history.”
Manuel Zelaya, the president of Honduras, has called for “peaceful resistance” after the country’s military forced him to leave the country.
After arriving in Costa Rica on Sunday, Zelaya said that he had been the “victim of kidnapping” when Honduran soldiers raided his home earlier in the day.
The military made its move after Zelaya vowed to [...]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (CNN) — The military arrested Honduras President Jose Manuel Zelaya on Sunday morning, the same day he vowed to follow through with a referendum that the country’s Supreme Court had ruled illegal, local media reported.
The president was arrested at his residence and transported aboard a military plane to an unknown destination, the [...]
Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe’s army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country.
Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says.
Their report also details an alleged massacre of diamond diggers last year, after the disputed elections.
It [...]
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