Pakistan
Pakistan: Successful ‘Campaign against Domestic Violence and Discriminatory Laws’ meetings
Repeal the anti-women ‘Hudood Ordinance’
Asia
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: “We are not slaves, treat us like humans!”
Protesting Bangladeshi garment workers torch factories
Pakistan
Pakistan: Violence erupts in Baluchistan Province after killing of nationalist leader
13 dead and hundreds arrested…strike and violent protests continue
Bangladesh
Bangladesh: 20,000 protesters march against British mining company
5 killed, 50 injured security force shootings
Pakistan
Pakistan: Sindh police teargas and baton charge protesting teachers
2,500 teachers demonstrate outside Chief Minister House against union ban
Pakistan
Pakistan: Socialist Movement holds succesful education school
Event attracts new members to CWI Kashmir
Pakistan
Pakistan: TURCP leads struggle against feudal repression and police atrocities
Strike closes main highways
Malaysia
Malaysia: Feeble reason given to reject PSM’s appeal
Courts deny Parti Sosialis Malaysia the right to register as a party
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Shanyrak shanty town in revolt
Residents resist brutal police repression
East Timor
East Timor: Australia neo-colonial intervention in Timor
Only chronic poverty and conflict for resources-rich “new nation”