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Goldstone Report condemns Israel of Crimes Against Humanity
White Phosphorus shells fall on a UN school converted into shelter, Jabalya/Gaza, January 2009
Picture: AP
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“We came to the conclusion on the basis of the facts we found that there was strong evidence to establish that numerous serious violations of international law — both humanitarian law and human rights law — were committed by Israel [...]
Women accused of wearing trousers in Sudan
A Sudanese woman arrested in July for flouting Sudan’s decency laws for wearing trousers has been spared the expected Islamic punishment of 40 lashes. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein was instead ordered to pay a fine of about $200 following a court decision in Khartoum, the Sudanese capital.
Scores of female supporters rallied behind Lubna shouting ‘freedom’. When [...]
Israel approves construction of more settlements in West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the construction of 455 housing units in the West Bank. This has become the first approved construction project since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to power in March.
It comes despite US pressure to freeze settlement construction. Palestinian authorities have suspended peace talks with Israel until there is a [...]
Netanyahu reacts to organ harvesting charge
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded official condemnation of an article in Sweden’s popular Newspaper Aftonbladet that suggested that Israeli Defence Forces were killing Palestinians they captured in the occupied Palestinian territories to harvest their organs. The article, published Monday, also implied a link between the recent arrest in the US of an American Jew [...]
Unembedded: An interview with Scott Taylor
Scott Taylor’s new book, Unembedded (Douglas & McIntyre, year), is a memoir of Taylor’s life as a soldier and journalist covering Canada’s military. In a CKDU news/Halifax Media Coop interview, Taylor shares his perspective as an unembedded war reporter in Afghanistan and Iraq, and recounts the trials and tribulations of his magazine, Esprit de Corps, [...]
Investigating Haiti Since the Coup: Five Years of Resistance
The CKDU and CKUT Campus/Community Radio News Collectives present:
A SPECIAL BROADCAST TO INVESTIGATE HAITI SINCE THE COUP: FIVE YEARS OF RESISTANCE.
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On Operation Wake Up
CKDU 88.1fm
Tuesday to Friday,
March 10th to 13th,
8 AM to 9 AM.
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Five years ago, Canadian soldiers participated in a military operation to overthrow Haiti’s elected government. In the weeks following the 2004 coup [...]
Halifax rallies behind Gaza
For the full 12 minute audio report, click here.
Citizens around the world are taking to the streets in opposition to the recent Israeli military invasion of Gaza. Grassroots movements have mobilized people in North America, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America, acting together on co-ordinated international days of action.
In Canada, cities across the country [...]
