Beijing Bans Ceremonies Commemorating 20th Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre — Epoch Times: “2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the June 4th Tiananmen Square Massacre….
Tiananmen security tight on crackdown anniversary — AP: “Police saturated Tiananmen Square with security Thursday, the 20th anniversary of the bloody crackdown on pro-democracy activists,…
Louisiana: Senate panel kills equal rights proposal — June 3, 2009, The Times-Picayune: “An attempt to make Louisiana the 36th state to ratify the Equal…
Latin America: UN-Habitat and UNIFEM Join Efforts to Make Cities Free from Violence against Women and Girls — June 3, 2009 – “The Executive Director…
Tiananmen Student Leader Seeks Entry to Macau — “A prominent student leader from the 1989 pro-democracy protests at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square says he’s arrived in…
(Iraq) “a program of ‘sexual cleansing’ is being perpetrated against homosexuals in Iraq” — torture practices by extremist death squads against Iraq gays described —…
(Malaysia/Indonesia) Teenage model who married Malaysian prince ‘flees abusive marriage’ — Manohara Odelia Pinot: “I’ve been treated like an animal. I’m like his property and…
(Pakistan) Karachi: When a woman’s right becomes a ‘sin’ — “‘Is it a crime to even think of getting married for a second time?’ is…
Communist China blocks Twitter, Flickr, message boards — alternate link — “Beijing tightens grip over dissident community ahead of Tiananmen event” — “Chinese authorities blocked…
Hong Kong: Eight Thousand March in Hong Kong — Epoch Times: “March Commemorates June 4 Democratic Movement’s 20th Anniversary” — “The Hong Kong Alliance in…