World Popular Resistance Clippings 30/4/2013

Jordan Charges Syrians over Riot in Zaatari Camp

Eight Syrian refugees were charged on Tuesday with “unlawful assembly” after rioting last week at the Zaatari refugee camp injured 10 policemen, a judicial official said. A court in the northeastern city of Mafraq “charged the eight Syrian men today with unlawful assembly for taking part in [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 29/4/2013

8 accused of stirring unrest in copper mine project wanted in Myanmar

Myanmar’s regional police authorities on Sunday issued warrants for the arrest of eight people accused of making instigation to create instability in Letpadaungtaung copper mine project areas in Monywa, northwestern Sagaing region, local media reported Monday. The eight are members of Yangon Public [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 3/4/2013

CPN-Maoist capture private land of Regmi

KATHMANDU, APR 03 – Cadres of CPN-Maoist captured some 35 acres of private land belonging to Interim Election Council Chairman Khil Raj Regmi in Bardiya. A team led by CPN-Maoist District Secretary Drabya Sah ‘Suman’ seized the land and hoisted the party flag on Tuesday midnight.

According to Suman, [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 19/3/2013

Authorities collar top rebel leader in Iloilo

Mar 19, 2013 (Menafn – The Manila Times – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) –COMBINED security forces from the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police nabbed a ranking leader of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front in Panay Island.

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World Popular Resistance Clippings 11/3/2013

Police Fire Teargas on China Village After Land Grab Protest

HONG KONG – Chinese security forces fired tear gas and beat protesters in a village in southern China on Sunday to quell a grassroots protest movement over a land dispute, residents said. Dozens of villagers were taken to hospitals in Mianhu town and Jieyang [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 9/3/2013

Bukidnon cops place 53 ‘hot’ villages on poll watchlist

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/09 March)– Fifty-three of Bukidnon’s 464 barangays have been classified as “election watchlist areas,” Supt. Narciso Domingo, provincial deputy police director for administration, said Friday. He said that 48 villages were included in the list because of the alleged presence of the communist New [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 3/3/2013

 

Chinese village on lockdown following clashes, reform demands

Residents in southern China are locked in a standoff with authorities following violent clashes with unidentified attackers allegedly hired by corrupt officials to enforce a questionable land deal. Police have blockaded the settlement of Shangpu in Guangdong province following the unrest, which was started [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 2/3/2013

One dead, dozens hurt in Egypt Nile Delta clashes

CAIRO: One person was killed and dozens injured in overnight clashes between police and protesters in Egypt’s Nile Delta city of Mansura, a security official told AFP on Saturday. A week of demonstrations in Mansura turned violent late on Friday when police fired tear gas [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 28/2/2013

Top NPA leader arrested in Bohol

MANILA, Philippines – Combined government security forces on Tuesday arrested in Bohol a top New People’s Army (NPA) leader in Central Visayas. Arrested for illegal possession of firearms was Ruben Nabas, who is also known as Ka Ebyong, Ka Elmer, Ka Padi and Ka Rex in the underground movement. [...]

World Popular Resistance Clippings 27/2/2013

Minor Palestinian riots erupt in West Bank

Palestinians continued to clash with security forces in multiple low-level incidents across the West Bank on Tuesday, during which a soldier was lightly injured. Separately, a settler was injured when a rock was thrown at him as he worked in a field outside the Kiryat Arba settlement. [...]