Linkovi o prosvjedima u Hrvatskoj, Libiji

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Hrvatska:
Republic of Coruptia + FOTOGALERIJA!
Stotinjak građana danas je šetalo pješačkim prijelazom ispred ulaza u podzemnu garažu šoping centra Cvjetni u Zagrebu. I to baš u popodnevnim satima od šest do sedam i trideset kad su VIP uzvanici dolazili na otvaranje ovog ekskluzivnog zdanja. Iznad same garaže izvjesili su transparent na kojem je pisalo: "Republic of Coruptia". Na taj način željeli su još jednom upozoriti na niz nepravilnosti vezanih uz projekt radoholičara Tome Horvatinčića i pokazati da se ne mire s uzurpiranjem zagrebačkih javnih površina. No, uzrujane goste, među kojima je bio i Ivan Zvonimir Čičak, uskoro je zaštitila ni manje ni više nego interventna policija koja se ovog puta pokazala potpuno nedoraslom za zadatak. U uzavreloj atmosferi u kojoj su aktivisti svojom šetnjom usporavali ulazak i prolaz automobila u garažu, policajci su gurali "šetače", a jednog od njih su i priveli jer se zaustavio na prolazu.

HOTO i MUP vole se javno! + FOTOGALERIJA i VIDEO!
Nakon što su preko čitave zgrade naslonjene na kompleks Cvjetni razvili ogroman transparent s natpisom "Totalna prevara" i prošetali do ulaza u garažu, gdje ih je dočekalo šezdesetak pripadnika interventne jedinice, prosvjednici su pred ulazom u centar posvjedočili kako je policija odlučila stati u zaštitu vjernih potrošača. Zapriječili su ulaz, a kupce oštro odvojili od mirnih prosvjednika. Predsjednik Zelene akcije Tomislav Tomašević potom je okupljene pozvao u razgledavanje "javnog" prostora i u potragu za nikad izgrađenim prolazom od Cvjetnog do Gundulićeve. Prosvjednike je i unutar šopingholičarskog "raja" dočekao veći broj policajca i Horvatinčićeve garde. Nakon uvodnog zviždukanja, zaštitari su jednoj aktivistkinji pokušali oduzeti transparent. Kad im ga nije željela predati, okružili su je. Njeni kolege i novinari su joj se pokušali približiti, ali ih je garda nemilosrdno gurala. Tada je neki prosvjednik, koji je dovikivao zaštitarima da oni to ne smiju raditi, kod jednog od zaštitara tanjih živaca izazvao provalu gnjeva i ovaj je krenuo na njega. Kolege su ga pokušale smiriti, ali im nije pošlo za rukom pa je došlo do velikog naguravanja u kojem je sudjelovala i policija. .... U općem kaosu policija nije birala sredstva da se "obrani" od prosvjednika - odguravanje štitovima, vrijeđanje i hapšenje.

Reagiranje na divljanje zaštitara nakon prosvjeda
Pred kraj prosvjeda policija i zaštitari su zabranili ulazak prosvjednicima u centar “Cvjetni” čime se potvrdilo da Cvjetni nije nikakva nova ulica niti javni prostor, već hodnik shopping centra tj. privatni prostor koji kontrolira “Hoto grupa” sa svojim privatnim zaštitarima. Nakon policijske blokade prosvjed ispred centra je završen, a manji broj prosvjednika je individualno ušao u centar kako bi vidjeli gdje je prolaz do Gundulićeve na osnovu kojeg je ovaj projekt i dobio dozvole. Incident je počeo kada je jedna djevojka unutar centra razvila transparent, a privatni zaštitari su na to divljački reagirali hvatajući okolne prosvjednike za vrat. Nastalo je sveopće guranje nakon čega je većina građana koji su sudjelovali u prosvjedu napustila centar. Naglašavamo da, koliko nam je poznato, nije došlo do nikakve štete na privatnoj imovini niti ozljeđivanja policajaca, zaštitara ili kupaca u centru. S druge strane potvrđeno je da je došlo do ozljeđivanja nekoliko nenasilnih prosvjednika, koja će se tokom dana prijaviti policiji. ... Pozivamo građane da se povedu primjerom mnogih građana, uključujući i predsjednika Josipovića, te da bojkotiraju kupovanje u centru i parkiranje u garaži.

Sramota: Policajac u Cvjetnom udario gospođu od 64 godine šakom u leđa (video)
"Sigurna sam da se radilo o jednom od policijskih šefova, jer je taj policajac držao megafon u ruci i izdavao naredbe. Pitala sam ga izvan kompleksa da mi da broj svoje značke, no to je odbio napraviti. Ipak, dao mi je ime i prezime", ispričala nam je gospođa dodavši kako je okolne fotoreportere zamolila da snime ovog policajca kako mu ne bi zaboravila lice.

Kaos u Hoto centru: Pogledajate kako su agresivni Horvatinčićevi zaštitari "smirivali" prosvjednike (video)
"Kakva je to ulica u kojoj se ne može prosvjedovati? Dobili smo ulicu, a izgubili dio javnog prostora za privatnu garažu i privatni centar. Zauzvrat su nam dali jedan hodnik u shopping centru. Za ovaj projekt je bilo nužno da se izglasa javni interes. To je krinka! Kakav je to javni interes? Njihove dvorane se komercijalno iznajmljuju i nema prolaza do Gundulićeve ulice."

FOTO: Zaštitari i policija udarali djevojke i starice! (video)
Snažan udarac rukom preko leđa dobila je i jedna starija prosvjednica. Tvrdi da ju je policajac udario iz čistog mira, te da ju je nakon toga gurnuo dalje od sebe. Nakon završetka prosvjeda pronašla je policajca koji ju je udario te ga je zatražila ime i broj značke, ali je policajcu davanje tog podatka zabranio njegov nadređeni.

"Vlada leti u zrak": Članovi Vlade i parlamenta "odletjeli" u nepoznato
Uz odbrojavanje od 10 do 1 prosvjednici su otpustili sve balone koji su sada nad zagrebačkim nebom. Prosvjednici mašu i viču "Ode Vlada" i "Vlado, odlazi". "Otišli su u nepoznatom smjeru", komentar je jednog od prosvjednika. Prije toga su se cjenkali, parodirajući potkupljivost političara, pa je prosvjednik koji je imao balon s imenom Slavka Linića nudio ostalima da ga kupe za 200 kuna. Ako i nije okupio previše ljudi, ovaj prosvjed je protekao u smijehu i dobrom raspoloženju, s jednim od domišljatijih performansa.

Totalna prevara! - VIDEO

Policija brutalno na prosvjednika (video)


Libija:
LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Former Libyan energy minister Omar Fathi bin Shatwan has escaped to Malta
1:53am: In a live call, a doctor from Misrata says that women, children, and old men are his patients in the hospital as casualties continue to shift towards the civilian population.
10:26am: UN says that Misrata is in ”grave danger”.
4:55pm: Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders reports 26 journalists were today expelled by the Libyan government 'on the grounds that their visas had expired'. The watchdog also expressed its concern over one Spanish, and one South African, and 2 US journalists, who have not been seen since Monday. Around 100 foreign reporters are currently covering the conflict from within Libya.
5:13pm: People in the Libyan city of Misrata are crammed five families to a house in the few safe districts to try to escape mortars raining down from government forces, a rebel spokesman said on Thursday. Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have mounted mortars on the rooftops of buildings, allowing them to extend their range into almost every part of the city, said the rebels.

Libya Live Blog - April 7
2:05am The United Nations on Wednesday called for a cessation of hostilities around the Libyan city of Misurata to get help to the wounded and let people escape fighting between Muammar Gaddafi's forces and opposition rebels. "The situation on the ground is critical for a large number of people who immediately need food, clean water and emergency medical assistance," said UN under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, Valerie Amos, who made the appeal.

Libya: Belarus mercenary 'paid £1,900 a month to help Gaddafi forces'
Five hundred Belarusian advisers were in Libya before the war broke out though some had since been evacuated, it added. While the mercenary named as Mikhail said he was working for the Libyans as a private contractor, it was not clear whether some of the other advisers were on official secondment from the Belarusian armed forces or also hired guns. Witnesses in Libya claim to have spotted Belarusian mercenaries fighting on Col Gaddafi's side but the Belarusian foreign ministry has angrily dismissed the alleged sightings as false rumours designed to tarnish its reputation. Belarus, a former Soviet republic known as Europe's last dictatorship, has long enjoyed close ties with Col Gaddafi's regime. Its president, Alexander Lukashenko, refers to the Libyan leader as "Brother Muammar".

Libya Live Blog - April 8
12:21pm Coast guards have said that a boat laden with 171 people fleeing Libya have arrived in Malta. They are expected to undergo health checks before being taken to an immigrant centre on the island. More than 1,000 refugees have arrived in Malta in the past few days, and some 150 have been lost at sea in an attempt to reach the island.
1:51pm UNICEF, the UN's agency for children, says snipers are targeting children in the besieged city of Misurata.


Saudijska Arabija:
Saudi reforms are expedited: Western governments most impressed
"A total of 30 officials of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) have been trained on how to deal with cases of black magic. The three-day training program was held in the Eastern Province city of Al-Ahsa. The commission has achieved remarkable successes in combating black magic in various parts of the country. It has set up nine specialized centers in the main cities to deal with black magicians. The majority of people arrested for practicing black magic in the Kingdom are Africans and Indonesians. According to a report received by Arab News, a single specialized center had dealt with 586 cases involving black magic, showing the enormity of the problem."

Novi zakoni marginaliziraju palestinske državljane Izraela

Informacije iz članka Israel: New Laws Marginalize Palestinian Arab Citizens međunarodne organizacije za ljudska prava Human Rights Watch o novim diskriminatornim zakonima u Izraelu koji u cijelosti na engleskom možete pročitati na linku.

Human Rights Watch u svojoj izjavi navodi da 2 nova izraelska zakona koja se odnose na palestinske državljane Izraela promiču diskriminaciju i guše slobodu izražavanja. Jedan od tih zakona ovlastit će ruralne, većinski židovske zajednice da odlučuju o tome da li palestinski građani Izraela i drugi „neprikladni“ kandidati mogu ili ne stanovati u njihovoj zajednici, a drugi nastoji ugušiti slobodno izražavanje o ključnom događaju u povijesti palestinskih građana.

Umjesto da rade na uklanjanju očigledne nejednakosti, izraelski parlamentarci donose diskriminatorne zakone kojima se kontrolira tko može gdje živjeti i nameće jedna jedina verzija povijesti Izraela, ona koju je odobrila vlada.

Oba su zakona donesena u Knessetu 23. ožujka 2011. Jedan službeno ovlašćuje „odbore za useljavanje“ u oko 300 većinski židovskih zajednica da odbiju mogućnost stanovanja kandidatima koji ne udovoljavaju nejasnim kriterijima „društvene prikladnosti“. Na ovaj je način i zakonom poduprta praksa u kojoj se nepravedno odbijaju molbe palestinskih arapskih građana Izraela, ali i pripadnika drugih društveno marginaliziranih skupina poput Židova neeuropskog podrijetla i obitelji samohranih roditelja.

Drugim se zakonom nameću oštre kazne svakoj instituciji koju financira vlada, uključujući općine i gradove koji osiguravaju pružanje usluga zdravstva i obrazovanja, za obilježavanje „Nakbe“ – arapski pojam koji opisuje uništavanje palestinskih sela i protjerivanje njihovih stanovnika nakon izraelskog proglašenja neovisnosti – te za „negiranje postojanja Izraela kao židovske i demokratske države“.

Prema zakonu o „odborima za useljavanje“ svatko tko se želi preseliti u bilo koju zajednicu u Negevu ili na području Galileje u kojoj živi manje od 400 obitelji mora za to dobiti odobrenje od strane odbora koji se sastoje od lokalnih mještana, jednog pripadnika Židovske agencije ili Svjetske cionističke organizacije i drugih. Zakon ovim odborima daje ovlasti da odbiju kandidate koji, između ostalog, „nisu prikladni za način života zajednice“ ili „bi mogli naštetiti strukturi zajednice“. Te zajednice već imaju takve odbore uspostavljene u skladu s propisima izraelskih zemljišnih vlasti, državne agencije koja im iznajmljuje zemlju.

Iako u Negevu i Galileji palestinski Arapi čine većinu stanovništva, država nikada nije dodijelila zemlju s ciljem da na njoj svoje zajednice uspostave ti izraelski državljani. Svi gradovi i zajednice na koje se primjenjuje novi zakon uspostavljeni su za i imaju većinsko židovsko stanovništvo.

Izjave parlamentarnih zastupnika upućuju na to da je zakon namijenjen kako bi se omogućilo većinski židovskim zajednicama da zadrže svoj trenutni demografski sastav isključujući palestinske arapske građane, što predstavlja diskriminaciju na osnovi rase, etničke pripadnosti i nacionalnog podrijetla.

Zakonodavci su u zakon ubacili odredbu koja nominalno zabranjuje odborima da diskriminiraju na temelju rase, vjere, spola, nacionalnosti ili invaliditeta. Međutim, kriteriji za isključivanje koje zakon sadrži dovest će upravo do onoga što se navodno zabranjuje, omogućavanja odborima da diskriminaciju zamaskiraju nejasnim kriterijem „prikladnosti“ kandidata „društvenim obilježjima“ zajednice.

U jednom prijašnjem slučaju Vrhovni sud je već presudio protiv diskriminacije u vlasničkim pravima. U tom je slučaju jedno selo odbilo jednom arapsko-izraelskom paru dopustiti da se useli zbog toga što je selo uspostavljeno na zemlji koju je Izrael iznajmio Židovskoj agenciji, koja ne iznajmljuje zemlju nežidovima. Većina zemlje u Izraelu je u državnom vlasništvu i iznajmljuje se na razdoblja od 49 ili 98 godina.

Zakon navodi da će jedinstvena „obilježja“ svake zajednice biti „kodificirana“, te da odbijeni kandidati imaju pravo na objašnjenje.

U jednom slučaju je jedan kibuc odbijanje jednog arapsko-izraelskog para pravdao time da je kriterij za prihvaćanje novih mještana to da mogu postati pripadnici Svjetske cionističke organizacije i da su služili u izraelskoj vojsci. Vrlo malen broj palestinskih državljana Izraela obavlja vojnu službu.

Odbor u jednom drugom selu traži da kandidati prihvate vrijednosti povelje sela, uključujući „cionizam“ i „židovsku tradiciju“.

Drugi zakon, prihvaćen u Knessetu s 37 glasova za i 25 protiv, omogućuje vladi da kazni svaku instituciju koju financira država ukoliko ona obilježava „Nakbu“ – povijesni događaj u kojem su stotine tisuća palestinskih stanovnika područja koje je sada Izrael izbjegle, dok su njihova sela uništena u sukobu nakon proglašenja nezavisnosti Izraela 1948. godine. Kažnjene također mogu biti institucije koje „poriču postojanje Države Izrael kao židovske i demokratske države“.

Palestinski zastupnici u izraelskom parlamentu, čelnici društvenih organizacija i udruge civilnog društva mnogo su puta izrazili stav da definiranje Izraela kao „židovske države“ marginalizira i isključuje palestinske građane.

Zakon dopušta ministru financija da u dogovoru s drugim financijskim dužnosnicima ukine vladino financiranje takvih institucija u iznosu 3 puta većem od iznosa koji je dotična institucija potrošila na „nezakonite“ aktivnosti.

Pojam „institucija“ ne definira se u zakonu, no navodi se da se zakon primjenjuje na svaki entitet koji financira država. U opasnosti da ostanu bez državnih sredstava tako su gradovi i općine, kazališta i škole koji prikazuju predstave ili filmove o Nakbi, te kulturne organizacije koje promiču suživot i razumijevanje kroz zajedničke aktivnosti židovskih i arapskih izraelskih studenata u kojima se obilježava izraelski dan neovisnosti, ali i „Nakba“.

„Nastojanje da se kazni nenasilno izražavanje mišljenja Izraelaca koji primaju državna sredstva uvreda je palestinskim građanima Izraela i prijetnja slobodi izražavanja“, tvrde u Human Rights Watchu. „Od kada to izraelska vlada ima pravo izraelskim građanima govoriti što smiju reći o povijesti?“

Kažnjavanje na temelju zakona o Nakbi moglo bi naštetiti i drugim pravima građana jer državna sredstva primaju općine i gradovi koji brinu o zdravstvu, stanovanju, obrazovanju i drugim uslugama za svoje stanovništvo.

Vlada arapskim gradovima i općinama, te drugim institucijama poručuje da će, ukoliko ne prestanu govoriti o Nakbi i svemu ostalom što birokrati smatraju anti-izraelskim, morati ukinuti svoje programe i pružanje usluga zbog nedostatka sredstava. U demokracijama se sloboda izražavanja ne bi trebala sputavati, makar se radilo i o nepopularnim stavovima, a u ovom slučaju zakonodavci nepopularnim proglašavaju središnji povijesni događaj za milijun i pol građana.

Izvor i više informacija: Israel: New Laws Marginalize Palestinian Arab Citizens


DODATNI LINKOVI:
Palestina/Izrael:
Brazil's military relations with Israel
* Brazil, as a signatory of the most relevant instruments of international law, has an obligation of non-recognition and non-assistance to violations of international law.
* The current military relations between Brazil and Israel imply a violation of the duties of third states regarding violations of international law:
-- Brazil facilitates economic benefits for companies that directly contravene the IV Geneva Convention, thereby assisting in the maintenance of an unlawful situation.
-- Brazil hosts representatives of companies that directly contravene the IV Geneva Convention and in some cases persons accused of war crimes.
-- Brazil facilitates the presence of companies that directly contravene the IV Geneva Convention on its own territory, entering thereby in direct or indirect complicity with violations of international law.
-- Brazil facilitates relations between its own economy and citizens and companies directly involved in violations of the IV Geneva convention.
* Export is the lifeline for the Israeli arms industry – up to 70% of Israeli arms are produced for export. Without the Israeli arms industry Israel would not be able to maintain the occupation or to continue to lead wars, such as those against Lebanon in 2006 and against Gaza in 2008/9, both of them strongly condemned by Brazil. ...
Doing business with the Israeli arms industry seriously undermines Brazil’s support of Palestinian political and human rights, as any contracts directly support the construction of settlements and the Wall, which ensure that a Palestinian state will not be established, as well as provide financial support and incentive for companies closely tied with the human rights violations carried out by the Israeli military. This ensures that colonialism and occupation remain profitable, allowing these companies to continue to profit from Israeli war crimes while casting doubt on the Brazilian government's commitment to human rights and its alliances and interests in the wider region. It is unacceptable that Brazil hand over their taxpayers' money to these companies, and in the end, a decision must be made between dealing with Israel or standing with the Palestinian people.


Bahrein:
Angry Arab: Update on Bahrain
A source sent me this: "It seems like the Bahraini government has finally succeeded in their crackdown. Yesterday they closed down Al Wasat Newspaper - the country's only opposition newspaper and then reopened it with a new editor that is pro-government. Here is a Christian Science Monitor article on it: Everyone in Bahrain is silent now. No one is talking. Human rights activists, journalists and bloggers who under their real named have completely dissapeared. Many have been jailed whilst others are in hiding. Mohammad Al Masqati, a human rights activist who is in his mid 20s, has been in jail for the past 5 days. He was first threatened by a member of the royal family on twitter and then he got arrested. His family has apparently only spoken to him once so far. Businessmen and CEOs are also being interogated and threatened for not firing striking workers and cutting their wages. Most are no longer in control of their companies and now mass firings have begun. Most are not willing to take any stance because they are too scared. Very few people are tweeting or posting on facebook. Even those who are not using their real names are scared. Shia families living in mixed neighborhoods are moving out because they are being threatened either by letters sent to their houses telling them to leave or in checkpoints. People speak in code on the phone and constantly declare their loyalty to the government just in case. I feel that Bahrain has turned into a Syria or Iraq (during Saddams era). Even Bahrainis abroad are too scared to speak. We are definitately back in the 90s but it is worse because the army is more brutal and there is disgusting sectarianism and blatant discrimination against shia. So I would say Bahrain is a mixture of Syria and Palestine. The media is completely silent and the Obama administration has completely stopped commenting on Bahrain. I feel that the next 10 years or so will be a horrible period for Bahrain. While other Arab countries are moving forward, we are going backwards."


Libija:
Libya Live Blog - April 6
4:26am Libyan anti-government soldiers are reportedly being tortured and executed in an underground prison in Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, according to one prisoner who since escaped. Al Jazeera's Sue Turton reports that there are more and more stories emerging across the country of abuse and suffering at the hands of the Gadaffi forces.

LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Denmark has appointed special envoy to Benghazi
3:06pm: Muammar Gaddafi is using human shields to foil air strikes on his forces, NATO officials said on Wednesday as Opposition Forces angry at alleged Western inaction battled anew to advance on the key coast road.
4:11pm: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has said that more than 400,000 people have fled Libya over the last month amid fighting between rebels and Col Gadhafi's forces

Africans say Libyan troops try to make them fight
Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are rounding up black African migrants to force them to fight anti-Gaddafi rebels, young African men who fled to Tunisia said on Monday. In separate accounts at this refugee camp, they said they were raided in their homes by soldiers, beaten and robbed of their savings and identity papers, then detained and finally offered money to take up arms for the state. Those who refused were told they would never leave, said Fergo Fevomoye, a 23-year-old who crossed the border on Sunday.

Linkovi – prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj, Libija, Sirija

(slika: index.hr)

Prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj:
Na krcatoj špici nema mjesta na terasama, prosvjednici im poručili "Jebala vas kavica"
"Dragi naši sugrađani, ovo su i vaši prosvjedi, trebamo i vašu potporu", poručuje se preko megafona svim slučajnim prolaznicima i onima koji povorku promatraju iz tramvaja. Hoda se Zvonimirovom.

Stanarka u Mihanovićevoj zalila prosvjednike vodom
Uz pjevanje 'Ne možemo stati!' prosvjednici se kreću Ulicom Crvenog križa prema zgradi Hrvatskih autocesta. Zgradu su okružili. 'Ostavka, Kalmeta!', 'IGH, lopovi!' ori se iz stotina grla.

Kalmeta, ostavka! + FOTOGALERIJA
Vidljivo ideološki podijeljena prosvjedna povorka oko 19 sati uputila se do dobro znanog odredišta - središnjice HDZ-a. Na putu do Trga žrtava fašizma kolona se zaustavila ispred Hrvatske pošte uz povike "Ne damo poštu!" te Hrvatske narodne banke koju je čuvalo petnaestak interventnih policajaca. Ispred središnjice je održana minuta šutnje za žrtve HDZ-ove politike i sve isprane mozgove. Kako je već ranije najavljeno u medijima, prosvjednicima su ovoga puta na meti bila državna poduzeća. Po prvi put u šest tjedana, povorka je otišla do Hrvatskih autocesta gdje je svoj danak platio Božidar Kalmeta. Uz razdragane HAC-ove radnice koje su prosvjednicima mahnule kroz prozor i povike "Kalmeta ostavka", kolona se Branimirovom uputila i do druge Kalmetine podružnice - Hrvatskih željeznica. Na putu do tamo još su jednom svratili do Karamarkovog stana i pokazali mu srednji prst kao osvetu za događaje s prošlog antivladinog prosvjeda.

Javni interesu, počivao u miru! + FOTOGALERIJA
Teodor Celakoski iz Prava na grad podsjetio je da je izgradnja ovog projekta omogućena na temelju javnog interesa - dvorana za javne sadržaje koje će se komercijalno iznajmljivati, Cvjetnog prolaza koji ne postoji i same rampe koja je nauštrb javnog dobra izgrađena u pješačkoj zoni. Podsjetio je kako se projekt Cvjetni financira iz nepoznatih izvora te kako niti dan danas čitav slučaj nije pravosudno riješen budući da u ladicama institucija još uvijek stoje kaznene prijave zbog sumnje u nezakoniti ugovor. Celakoski je stoga čitav projekt okarakterizirao kao veliku muljažu i nekretninsku pljačku. "Slična situacija događa se i u ostatku Hrvatske budući da nam se konstantno predstavlja kako je ključ našeg razvoja nekretninski biznis i izgradnja shopping centara, a ne proizvodnja. Zbog toga ćemo našu borbu u sljedećem periodu proširiti na cijelu Hrvatsku", najavio je Celakoski.

Pogledajte bliski susret Horvatinčića i prosvjednika: Oni njemu lopove, a on njima palac gore! (video)
Glavna meta prosvjeda, uz korumpirane državne tvrtke, bio je resorni ministar Božidar Kalmeta, čiju "zapovjednu odgovornost" sve manje spominje i oporba, pa je ljekovito da su ih na to podsjetili građani u povorci. Prvoaprilsku šetnju nije mogla zaobići ni prigodna sprdačina na račun HDZ-ove elite. Barem na transparentima, Kosorica je danas savršeno pričala strane jezike, Hebrang je govorio istinu, a Šeks je bio trijezan.


Libija:
LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Revolutionaries take control of most of Brega
2:40am: International news media were yesterday taken by Libyan government officials on a tour of areas reportedly shelled in NATO air strikes. An unidentified doctor told journalists in Sabha: “Many, many houses are around the hospital. I thought maybe it hit hospital. It was near the hospital. The fire was looking like a nuclear bomb.” Libyan government spokesperson Mussa Ibrahim said 13 people were killed and 185 wounded in the attack.
3:15am: Fighting in north Libya continues through the night, with reports of explosions in Homs and ongoing shelling in Misurata. A resident of Homs, 120km east of Tripoli, told the AFP news agency he heard explosions coming from a local naval base, which had earlier been targeted by NATO forces. Libyan State TV, however, reported the air strikes had hit residential neighbourhoods, saying: “Military and civilian areas in the Al Khums [Homs] and Al Rojban regions were targeted in raids by the Western assailants, crusaders and colonialists.”
3:19am: A spokesman for the anti-Gaddafi fighters in Misurata told AFP that 28 people had died in the city in the past three days of fighting. He denounced the “disproportionate use of force”, saying: “The criminal's [Gaddafi's] forces fired at the city with all kinds of shells, rockets and bombs. Today they tried to reach the port, destroying everything on their path.” The Libyan foreign ministry said Monday that an anti-rebel offensive in Misrata had been stopped after security was restored.

Libya Live Blog - April 2
4:35pm Pro-democracy forces in Libya say at least 10 of their fighters have been killed in a NATO air strike on the outskirts of the eastern town of Brega, as the battle rages on for control of the oil port.

Deadly mistakes in the battle for Libya (video)

Libya Live Blog - April 3
4:44am At least one person was killed and several wounded early on Sunday when forces loyal to Gaddafi shelled a building in the rebel-held city of Misurata, a resident told the Reuters news agency. The shelling hit a building which was previously being used to treat the wounded from the fighting in Misrata, the resident said by telephone. He added: „We have one confirmed dead and we don't know how many wounded. The ambulances are arriving now bringing the wounded."
9:19am Around 70 corpses have been retrieved from the Mediterranean Sea over the past few days, and they're believed to be sub-Saharan refugees who tried to flee Libya. The bodies are believed to have belonged to a group of Eritreans who left Tripoli on March 28 on a dinghy, the head of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Malta told Al Jazeera. Some of the bodies washed up on shore, and others were picked up at sea across an area spanning 10 kilometres.
5:52pm Former Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa appears to have taken a pragmatic view of the conflict in Libya. Speaking to the BBC, he said: „It's quite clear in the best of worlds it would be a good thing for us to say you clobber [Gaddafi], capture him and let him stand for trial ... But we know that doesn't usually happen in the world in which we inhabit." He added that the "lesser of two evils" could be to allow Gaddafi to "have a soft landing and save the lives of as many people as you possibly can".
7:08pm A Turkish ship carrying 250 wounded people left Misurata today, escorted by 10 Turkish air force F-16s and two navy frigates, Ali Akin, head of consular affairs at the Turkish foreign ministry says. The ship was forced to make an earlier than expected departure, as thousands pressed forward on the dockside hoping to be allowed safe passage out of the besieged city. Akin says the Ankara, a chartered ship, is bound for a Turkish port, where a field hospital has been set up.

LIVE Libyan Unrest:Gaddafi forces shell the town of Yafran, killing two people and wounding four others
12:08pm:Government forces shelled a town in a mountainous region southwest of Libya’s capital on Sunday, killing two people, Arabiya television reported, quoting an eyewitness. “We are facing fierce attacks from the north since yesterday in the city of Yafran,” Arabiya cited a resident, Ezref, as saying. “Two people have died a short while ago and so far we have four wounded.”
12:53pm: Sky News security editor Sam Kiley has come under fire from Gaddafi forces while reporting.
1:10pm:Government forces have shelled the town of Yafran, southwest of Libya's capital, killing two people, according to an eyewitness.
1:55pm:Pro-Gaddafi forces shelled town of Zintan, southwest of Tripoli early on Sunday a resident tells Reuters.
3:07pm Doctors at the hospital in Ajdabiya say that four people have been killed today, and nine others wounded.
3:50pm: Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi attacked two towns on Sunday in a mountainous region southwest of the capital where local people have been defying Gaddafi's rule, residents said. Government forces used tanks to shell Zintan, 160 km (100 miles) from Tripoli, while two people were killed in shelling on nearby Yafran. Gaddafi's troops were killing farmers' livestock there, residents said. A resident in Zintan, which has been under siege and subject to intermittent bombardment for weeks, told Reuters by telephone the attacks had resumed. “Gaddafi's brigades bombarded Zintan with tanks in the early hours on Sunday. There has been random bombardment of the northern area (of Zintan). They are still besieging the town,” the resident, Abdulrahman, said. A resident in Yafran, quoted by Al Arabiya, a pan-Arab satellite television station, said the town had been subject to fierce attacks since Saturday. “Residential areas have been shelled with Grad rockets,” the channel quoted the resident, Ezref, as saying. “Two people have died a short while ago and so far we have four wounded.” The Zintan resident Abdulrahman said he had been in touch with relatives in Yafran who told him pro-Gaddafi forces had moved into the area around the town. “They have been searching houses … The soldiers have killed everything they found, including cattle. They have killed and eaten a countless number of sheep,” he said. “About 100 camels belonging to one of my relatives were killed. They kill everything.”

Libya: The rebels who survived the frontline but never came home
"Around 200 men disappeared from Ajdabiya alone," he said. "Some of them were fighters, some revolutionaries, some ordinary people who were picked up at random by Gaddafi's soldiers. We don't know what has happened to most of them. "Many had nothing to do with the revolution; most of them were civilians; there were some very young men, but also a few who were very old." Each piece of paper had carefully typed details of the missing man with a passport-style photograph attached. In the chaos of Free Libya, nobody knows for sure how many men have vanished; Mr Mohammad said he had heard that nearly 500 in total were unaccounted for including those from Benghazi and elsewhere. The Red Cross, which collects details of detainees and contacts their families in conflicts across the world, was unable to give a figure. It has not yet been allowed access to Gaddafi's prisons to speak to captives of the conflict. ... For several weeks the grotesque "confessions" of captured rebels have been broadcast nightly. Frightened-looking men showing signs of being beaten have owned up to the most outlandish behaviour, in confessions carefully tailored to fit the Colonel's propaganda rants; prisoners have admitted taking Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs and joining al-Qaeda, and apologised for their foolishness in joining the uprising against the Brother Leader. Several young men from Benghazi area have been seen, including a neighbour of the Albeidy family. Saleh Alatawish was captured in the town of Ras Lanuf, days after his brother was killed fighting in the uprising. ... After Mr Alatawish's confession Colonel Gaddafi mentioned him by name in a speech, graciously announcing that he would be free to go back to his family now he had seen the error of his ways. He has not returned, however, and may have been hanged.


Sirija:
Many arrested in Syria after protests
A day earlier, thousands took to the streets in major cities after Friday prayers, defying security forces who fired tear gas and live ammunition and used batons to try and disperse protesters who have dismissed a limited reform gesture by Bashar al-Assad, in power for the last 11 years. Witnesses said security forces killed at least four protesters in the Damascus suburb of Douma on Friday. ... The total number of deaths since demonstrations began in Daraa on March 18 is unclear but activists say the toll is at least 60. ... The developments come amid severe restrictions to media operations in Syria. The Damascus correspondent of the Reuters news agency was expelled last week. One foreign journalist was released by authorities on Friday, three days after he had been detained, while a Syrian Reuters photographer remains missing since Monday. Two other foreign Reuters journalists were also expelled.

Peticija za oslobađanje Iman al-Obeidi

Link na peticiju: TURKEY TO LIBYA: FREE IMAN!

Još uvijek nije poznato gdje se nalazi Iman al-Obeidi, mlada libijska odvjetnica koja je prošlu subotu upala u hotel u kojem u Tripoliju Gaddafi drži strane novinare, pokazujući im modrice i tvrdeći da ju je silovalo 15 ljudi odanih Gaddafiju. Iman su nakon toga protiv njene volje odveli libijski agenti i od tada je više nitko nije vidio.

Na linku možete potpisati peticiju turskom premijeru Erdoganu kojom, obzirom da je Turska u Libiji već uspješno posredovala u oslobađanju stranih novinara, tražimo da diplomatskim sredstvima pomogne osloboditi Iman al-Obeidi, te da zatraži istragu njenih navoda o silovanju i zlostavljanju.

Izvor i link na peticiju: TURKEY TO LIBYA: FREE IMAN!


DODATNI LINKOVI:
Libija:
LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Arab League has thrown its weight behind Libyan TNC
1:44pm: BBC television quoted a Libyan doctor as saying that a Western coalition air strike had killed seven civilians, mostly children, and wounded another 25 people near the oil town of Brega on Wednesday. The doctor told the BBC he had been called to a village 15km from Brega after the strike hit a military convoy driven by supporters of Gaddafi. A trailer containing ammunition exploded between two homes, killing girls and young men aged between 12 and 20, the BBC said on Friday. The report has not been confirmed.
1:52pm: A man called Sami from Misurata tells Reuters by telephone: „We no longer recognise the place. The destruction cannot be described. The pro-Gaddafi soldiers who made it inside the city through Tripoli Street are pillaging the place, the shops, even homes, and destroying everything in the process. They are targeting everyone, including civilians' homes.“

Linkovi (prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj, Bahrein, Libija)

(slika: index.hr)

Prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj:
Kraj drame pred Panoramom, desetak privedenih prosvjednika
"Naravno da ova Vlada mora otići, želimo izbore odmah i sada, ali ne pozivamo na nikakvo rušenje. Odgovornost više nije na Vladi nego na građanima, ako na ulice izađe 200 tisuća ljudi, Vlada mora otići", poručio je sindikalist. Okupljeni na presici kazali su kako je definitivno odlučeno da se treba riješiti nekih utega koji su sputavali prosvjede i odbijali građane od izlaska na ulicu. Otvoreno su izašli s imenima: kazali su da ponajprije misle na Ivana Pernara i Deana Golubića, dvojac za koji smatraju da nema potporu šire javnosti. Stanić je kazao da je upravo zbog takvih elemenata broj ljudi u povorci počeo opadati, te su se odlučili na novu koncepciju koju je podržalo 7 sindikata. Prvi pravi prosvjed s novim idejama, fokusiran na socijalno stanje u državi, najavljen je za petak 1. travnja, a današnji, koji upravo treba početi, tek je priprema za to.

Prosvjedi za rušenje Vlade u Rijeci: Minuta šutnje za radnike koji su ostali bez posla
Prosvjednici su poručili da iako ih je malo da su oni savjest Rijeke te da ih policija tretira kao stoku, jer ih legitimira i plaši kaznama. Na Trgu bana Jelačića su minutom šutnje odali počast onim radnicima iz Rijeke koji su ostali bez posla i sada nemaju kako prehraniti obitelj. SDP-ovcima su poručili da su izdali radnike te su skandirali da su oni narod.

Kronologija prosvjeda: Od Hare Krišne na Trgu do uhićenja neposlušnih prosvjednika
Zaustavili su se ispred Hrvatskog novinarskog društva i skandiraju "Nećemo cenzuru".

Policajci pohapsili neposlušne prosvjednike
Stotinjak prosvjednika krenulo je preko Trga bana Jelačića prema Vlaškoj pa na Zeleni val. Cilj im je hotel Panorama gdje je održava HDZ-ov skup povodom 21. obljetnice trešnjevačkog ogranka te stranke. Na tom skupu, od istaknutijih HDZ-ovaca najavljen je tek Gordan Jandroković. Hodajući kroz grad, šačica prosvjednika prolaznicima viče 'Kazališna publiko'.

U petak se na ulici očekuje najmanje 10.000 ljudi
Sindikalisti pozivaju, kako svoje članstvo, tako i sve građane da im se pridruže u prosvjedima, za koje kažu da će biti mirni. Vjeruju da bi na ulice moglo izaći i do 200.000 građana, no nikako manje od 10.000.

Policija legitimirala i zastrašivala prosvjednike?
Prosvjednici su, nakon okupljanja u 18 sati ispred hotela Kontinental, krenuli uobičajenom rutom, najprije do Jelačićevog trga, gdje su minutom šutnje izrazili solidarnost sa svim radnicima u Rijeci, koji su, kazao je Marin Miočić Stošić ispred udruge Vox, zbog nakaradne politike koju vode neznalice, ostali bez posla. Noseći transparente s porukama "Hitno odustanite od siromašenja Hrvatske", "Bože, uhapsi HDZ-ovce, pretvoriše raj u pakao" prosvjednici su krenuli prema Korzu, gdje su se kao i u dosadašnjim prosvjedima zaustavili ispred zgrade Grada Rijeke.

Uhićeno 13 prosvjednika nakon verbalnog sukoba s HDZ-ovcima
Nešto iza 17 sati dio je prosvjednika na Trgu bana Jelačića organizirao konferenciju za novinare kojom pozivaju sve građane da im se pridruže u petak u 18 sati na istom mjestu kako bi zajedno sa sindikatima krenuli u novi prosvjed. Na pitanje zašto su prije nego li je današnji prosvjed uopće krenuo već najavili novi jedan od organizatora rekao je "ljudi su prepoznali da ovdje ima osoba koji trenutak koriste za samopromociju, a mi u petak želimo demonstrirati zajedništvo".

U Rijeci se okupilo manje od stotinjak prosvjednika
Uz povike "SDP, izdali ste radnike", "Svi na ulice", "Dolje političke elite", "Vlado, odlazi" krenuli su prema Jadranskom trgu i sjedištu HDZ-a .

Hapšenje prosvjednika ispred Hotela Panorama (video)


Bahrein:
Bahrain: Investigate Deaths Linked to Crackdown
The Bahraini government should urgently investigate the killing of at least 18 people during violent crackdowns since protests began on February 14, 2011, Human Rights Watch said today. Most were killed by security forces using excessive force, namely crowd-control equipment at extremely close range and live gunfire, Human Rights Watch said. Four government security officers were also killed, according to the Interior Ministry. The authorities admitted holding four missing persons in the Bahrain Defense Force hospital only after they had succumbed to their injuries. This raises serious concerns regarding the missing persons' treatment and whether authorities are holding other people without notifying their families, Human Rights Watch said.

The West's 'double standards' in Middle East
One month into the uprising in Bahrain, the warnings of last fall have come to fruition. Bahrain has returned to absolutist rule, with the King declaring martial law a few days after the Saudis entered the country. Aside from violently clearing out and even destroying Pearl Roundabout, the symbol of the protests, the crackdown has been noticeable for three factors. The first is the fact that the government forces have taken over hospitals and prevented them from being used by injured protesters. This move is clearly a violation of international human rights law, but it had the intended effect: major protests leaders have decided that further large scale protests were too dangerous to hold, considering that people shot or otherwise harmed by government forces would not be able to receive medical attention, likely leading to an unacceptably high number of deaths. Second, the government has attempted to arrest leading human rights and pro-democracy activists, with the goal of silencing those with the best ability to document ongoing abuses and relay the information to the outside world. Finally, the United States and other Western countries have clearly thrown their support behind the government, refusing to go beyond mild rebukes against the government-initiated violence, even though they have thrown their full military weight behind the Libyan rebels. ... protesters are insisting on a full democratisation - something that cannot be reconciled with either the King's or the Americans' interests as presently defined.


Libija:
Anger over detention of Libyan woman (video)
The story of Eman Al Obeidi is fast becoming a rallying cry for Libya's women. After Obeidi pled with journalists to tell her story of rape and abuse at the regime's hands, spokesman Moussa Ibrahim claimed Obeidi - a lawyer - was actually a prostitute. But it seems very few are buying it. "We will never leave you alone, Eman, we will sacrifice our lives just for you and we're all, old and young, supporting you," said one woman at a protest.

Libya Live Blog - March 30
5:27am As many as 25,000 people have fled the violence in Ajdabiya, the United Nations said in a situation report on Libya released on Tuesday. Since the conflict began, at least 376,485 people have left the country for Egypt, Tunisia, Niger, Algeria, Chad and Sudan.
3:38pm Reuters citing rebel sources said 18 civilians have been killed in fighting in rebel-held Misurata on Tuesday.

AI: Document - Libya: detainees, disappeared and missing
Cases of recently disappeared or missing persons documented by Amnesty International fall into three broad categories:
-- government critics, pro-democracy activists, writers and others detained in the lead-up to the peaceful demonstrations held on 17 February 2011 in various cities throughout Libya. They appear to have been arrested by the authorities as a pre-emptive strike in an effort to nip the protests in the bud following the public protests that had caused the downfall of longstanding repressive governments in Tunisia and Egypt, two of Libya's neighbours. Amnesty International has documented cases of people arrested in Tripoli, Benghazi, al-Bayda and Misratah whose fate and whereabouts currently remain unknown. They include some detainees who were initially allowed access to their families or lawyers until such contacts were cut by the authorities once the public protests began. Relatives believe that these and other detainees held when the protests got underway were then transferred to Tripoli by security forces loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi.
-- anti-government protestors and youths who went missing on the evening of 20 February at a time when a special forces unit loyal to Colonel al-Gaddafi – the “Kateeba al-Fadheel” (hereafter, the Kateeba) – were forced to evacuate from a military compound in Benghazi after clashes with protestors opposed to Colonel al-Gaddafi, with some using petrol bombs and other improvised weapons. These violent clashes occurred after the Kateeba or other forces had opened fire on, killing and injuring peaceful protestors. Amnesty International has documented the cases of nine men and boys who have not been seen since they went to the Kateeba compound area on evening of 20 February 2011, including four teenagers under 18. They are believed to have been arrested or abducted by members of the Kateeba unit or other forces brought in from outside Benghazi as reinforcements to the Kateeba before they evacuated their military compound and withdrew from Benghazi.
-- individuals reported to have been captured in or near the town of Ben Jawad where there had been intermittent fighting between Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces and those engaged in armed opposition to his government. Amnesty International has obtained information about a number of individuals who went missing in the area between Ajdebia and Ben Jawad, west of Benghazi. Some are believed to have been fighters, others to be civilians who went to the area in order to assist the wounded, and still others people who may have been onlookers. Currently, many are unaccounted for and it is not known where they are being held or in what conditions, prompting serious concern for their safety.
Reports from Tripoli, and other parts of the country that remain under the control of Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces or have been subject to attack by those forces indicate that the number of those now subject to enforced disappearance is much greater than the number of cases that Amnesty International – which does not have direct access to Tripoli or other areas controlled by Colonel al-Gaddafi’s forces, and where the authorities maintain tight control over information – has so far been able to document.

LIVE: Libyan Unrest: March 31, 2011
2:46am: And the air strikes continue. Explosions have reportedly shaken an eastern suburb of Tripoli, as warplanes staged a raid on the Libyan capital, a witness has told the AFP news agency. Libya’s state news agency also reported the attack. Shortly after the aircraft flew over the east and southeast suburbs of the city, explosions could be heard in the southeast Salaheddine district, targeting a military site in the area, said the witness, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Vremenski prikaz i izvještaj o nedosljednostima vezano uz napad na Flotilu slobode na putu za Gazu (31. svibnja 2010.)

Izradu Vremenskog prikaza i izvještaja o nedosljednostima vezano uz napad na Flotilu slobode na putu za Gazu (Timeline & Inconsistencies Report Relating to the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Attack) potpomogli su International Bureau of Humanitarian NGOs (IBH) i Friends of Charities Association (FOCA) s ciljem da se minutu po minutu analiziraju događaji koji su prethodili i odvijali se za vrijeme izraelskog napada na humanitarnu misiju Flotile slobode koja je u Pojas Gaze prevozila humanitarnu pomoć. Izvještaj je obuhvatio informacije prikupljene od svjedoka koji predstavljaju sve strane upletene u ovaj incident. Te su informacije zatim međusobno uspoređivane prema vremenu na koje se odnose.

Izvještaj je objavljen 5. listopada 2010. Istraživanje se temeljilo na javno dostupnim iskazima organizatora i sudionika flotile, brodskim dnevnicima, izjavama izraelskih vlasti, izvještajima svjetskih medija, međunarodnim zakonima, izvještaju o napadu na Mavi Marmaru koji je izradila turska Zaklada za ljudska prava i slobode i humanitarnu pomoć IHH i izvještaju UN-ovog Vijeća za ljudska prava.

Vremenski prikaz prikazuje događaje iz sekunde u sekundu, naročito one koji su se odvijali za vrijeme napada, dok dio koji se odnosi na nedosljednosti uspoređuje različito izvještavanje o incidentu, te uključuje analizu i pojašnjenja.

Korištene su snimke napada, kako one koje su objavile izraelske obrambene snage, tako i one koje su putnici flotile uspjeli sačuvati od konfiskacije. Video snimke ispitali su profesionalci kako bi utvrdili da li su autentične ili su manipulirane u korist neke od strana.

Zaključak izvještaja je da su iskazi preživjelih putnika flotile dosljedni i u oštroj opreci sa službenom izraelskom verzijom događaja. Naročito zabrinjava uporaba kompjuterski montiranih slika koje je izraelska vlada koristila kako bi pred međunarodnom javnošću opravdala uporabu bojevog streljiva protiv nenaoružanih humanitarnih radnika.

Izvještaj i vremenski prikaz u cijelosti na engleskom možete proučiti na linku: Timeline & Inconsistencies Report Relating to the Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla Attack. Ovdje slijedi prijevod samo jednog kratkog dijela iz poglavlja ISPITIVANJE DOKAZA.


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Svi pokušaji da se prikriju pojedinosti o napadu, kojima je bilo moguće ući u trag, dolaze od strane Izraela ili njegovih pristaša. Oni uključuju:

* Onesposobljavanje satelitskih komunikacijskih sustava na brodovima;

* Slanje lažnih poruka putem međubrodskih komunikacijskih veza između brodova Flotile slobode;

* Napadanje konvoja brodova u međunarodnim vodama u trenutku kada on nije bio na putu za Izrael;

* Napadanje brodova noću umjesto tijekom dana (kada bi se lakše mogla zaštititi sigurnost putnika);

* Nekorištenje standardnog komunikacijskog protokola kako od strane čamaca tako i helikoptera izraelskih obrambenih snaga, kako bi se putnike upozorilo da se njihovi pripadnici pripremaju ukrcati na brodove. To je standardna operativna procedura na otvorenom moru kada se vojno plovilo susretne s civilnim plovilom na koje se vojnici namjeravaju ukrcati;

* Onemogućavanje pristupa veleposlaničkom i konzularnom osoblju, medijima i odvjetnicima tijekom nekoliko dana nakon pritvaranja aktivista;

* Prisiljavanje putnika flotile da uđu u Izrael, zapljena njihovih putovnica, da bi ih se potom optužilo za protuzakonit ulazak u Izrael;

* Uskraćivanje liječničke pomoći putnicima tijekom nekoliko sati, zbog čega je vjerojatno nepotrebno umrlo 3 aktivista


Izraelske su vlasti uložile izniman trud kako bi prikrile stvarne događaje koji su se odvijali za vrijeme napada s ciljem manipulacije javnog mnijenja, kako na diplomatskoj, tako i na medijskoj međunarodnoj razini. Njihovi su napori uključivali:

* Krivotvorenje nekoliko audio poruka u kojima se sudionike flotile željelo prikazati kao teroriste i simpatizere terorista

* Krivotvorenje nekoliko video dokaza s ciljem podupiranja izraelskih verzija događaja radi utjecanja na javno mnijenje

* Podmetanje netočnih informacija u izjavama za javnost u kojima se sudionike flotile optuživalo za povezanost s Al-Qa'idom i/ili drugim terorističkim organizacijama.

* Netočne izjave medijima
Uključujući izjave poput: „u Gazi nema humanitarne krize“ ili tvrdnje da flotila ne može pristati u Gazi jer Gaza nema luku. Ovdje su također uključene tvrdnje izraelskih dužnosnika da se povećala količina humanitarne pomoći koja ulazi u Gazu unatoč tome što se prema njihovim vlastitim podacima količina humanitarne pomoći koja je ulazila u Gazu smanjila tijekom 9 mjeseci koji su prethodili napadu na flotilu.

*Netočne izjave o svrsi izraelskih akcija
Uključujući najčešće ponavljani primjer da cilj blokade nije nauditi stanovništvu Gaze, iako se kasnije priznaje da je cilj kolektivno kažnjavanje tog stanovništva.

* Netočne izjave o povijesnim činjenicama
Uključujući inzistiranje Izraela da više ne okupira Gazu, iako i dalje ima potpunu kontrolu nad ljudima, robom i humanitarnom pomoći koji ulaze i izlaze s tog područja, te tvrdnje da Palestinci ne postoje i da su svi nežidovski arapski državljani ravnopravni u Izraelu.

* Netočne izjave o postupanju prema putnicima nakon zarobljavanja
Svjedočanstva putnika upućuju na dugotrajno i sustavno fizičko i emocionalno zlostavljanje, onemogućavanje zadovoljavanja osnovnih potreba putnika, te postupke koji bi se mogli smatrati ratnim zločinima. To uključuje pucanje na liječnika koji je pomagao ranjenima, uključujući jednom izraelskom vojniku.

* Klevetanje karaktera i krivotvorenje dokaza o aktivnostima raznih nevladinih organizacija, ponajviše Zaklade za humanitarnu pomoć (IHH).
Organizacija IHH sa sjedištem u Istanbulu u Turskoj bila je glavna meta dobro organizirane kampanje klevetanja njenih dobrotvornih namjera. Izraelska vlada je jedina vlada koja IHH smatra organizacijom povezanom s terorizmom. A i Izrael ju je „terorističkom“ označio tek nakon operacije Lijevano olovo iz 2008.
Međunarodne nevladine organizacije za ljudska prava Human Rights Watch i Amnesty International, te Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija i Ujedinjeni narodi također su bili oštro kritizirani zbog svojih izvještaja o kršenjima ljudskih prava Palestinaca od strane Izraela i ozbiljnosti izraelske opsade stanovništva Gaze.

* Poricanje odgovornosti za ili postojanja humanitarne krize u Gazi
Možda je najočiglednija nedosljednost izraelsko poricanje nametanja blokade stanovništvu Gaze kojom Izrael sprječava ulaz robe na to područje, te stoga Izrael određuje do čega stanovništvo u Gazi može, a do čega ne može doći. Ovo prema Četvrtoj ženevskoj konvenciji predstavlja okupaciju i zbog toga je Izrael odgovoran za uvjete u Gazi.

* Manipulacija u prijevodu
Video snimka od 3. lipnja postaje PressTV prikazivala je jednog od sudionika flotile kako izjavljuje da se nada da će postati „shahid“ (svjedok). Naknadno je u naslov snimke ubačen slijedeći tekst: Video snimka putnika flotile: „Želim biti „shahid“ (mučenik)“.

* Uljepšavanje vlastitih postupaka
Primjer je uporaba bezazlenog i brižnog izraza „čamac za spašavanje“ kako bi opisali mornaričko plovilo Zodiac Commando Hurricane koje je u napadu korišteno skupa s potpuno naoružanim specijalcima i njihovom opremom.

* Podmetanje dokaza na brodu
Adam Shapiro, jedan od organizatora flotile, i nekoliko putnika koji su bili na brodu Mavi Marmara izjavili su na TV i radio postaji Democracy Now, ruskoj TV i nekoliko drugih medija da se na brodovima flotile nije nalazilo nikakvo oružje, i da su streljivo i praćke podmetnuti na brodu nakon napada.

* Krađa i/ili uništavanje osobne imovine putnika
U kolovozu je uhićeno nekoliko izraelskih vojnika koji su pokušavali prodati zaplijenjenu osobnu imovinu putnika flotile; neki su koristili kreditne kartice aktivista kako bi sebi kupili stvari. Do rujna 2010. putnicima nije vraćena većina ukradene imovine, niti im je ponuđena odšteta za namjerno uništenu imovinu nakon napada. U nekoliko izvještaja agencija Reuters i Associated Press navodi se da su osobe na flotili zajedno ostale bez osobne imovine u vrijednosti od više od 1 milijun dolara, uključujući kompjutere i profesionalne kamere. Pojedinosti su navedene u izvještaju Pokreta za slobodnu Gazu.

* Uskraćivanje liječničke pomoći ranjenima na brodu Mavi Marmara tijekom nekoliko sati, što je moguće doprinijelo smrti 3 putnika

* Vršenje pritiska na strane vlade da podrže izraelsko jedinstveno označivanje organizacije IHH kao terorističke organizacije.
„Njemačka vlada je nakon napada na brod Mavi Marmara zabranila rad organizacije IHH u Njemačkoj. Prema tvrdnjama organizacije IHH iz Turske, njemačka organizacija IHH ni na koji način nije povezana s turskim IHH-om, a to je i objašnjeno u tužbi koju je turska zaklada za humanitarnu pomoć IHH podnijela u listopadu 2008. Njemačku organizaciju IHH osnovala je jedna potpuno druga skupina osoba koje nemaju nikakve veze s turskom organizacijom IHH, te nije poduzeta nikakva akcija ni djelovanje od strane Zaklade IHH sa sjedištem u Njemačkoj.“
„Nemamo nikakve veze s organizacijom IHH u Njemačkoj“, IHH (Turska), 17. srpanj 2010.

* Napadi na nenaoružane aktiviste nakon njihovog zarobljavanja

* Uskraćivanje hrane, lijekova i zadovoljavanja osnovnih potreba aktivistima nakon njihovog zarobljavanja

* Psihološko mučenje aktivista u pritvoru


DODATNI LINKOVI:
Libija:
If this lady ... Or us or our sister .. What would we do? (video)
Video circulating online showing the dramatic scenes from a Tripoli hotel where a woman came into the restaurant and told journalists she had been beaten and raped by Gaddafi officers. She was promptly bundled into a car and driven off.

Libya Live Blog - March 28
11:29am Thirteen victims of the conflict in Libya were taken to Turkey today, a charity there says. According to Salih Bilici, a spokesman for the Humanitarian Assistance Foundation, the injured Libyans (mostly in need of orthopaedic surgery) were brought to Turkey from Benghazi, via Egypt. A Turkish ferry is also sailing to the western town of Misurata, carrying a medical team, two ambulances and two tons of medicines and medical supplies. Asked if the humanitarian relief operation was approved by the Libyan government, Cemil Cecik, the Turkish deputy prime minister, said Turkey had maintained contact with both sides, and that there was a "deal" with the government as long as the Turks only evacuated the wounded.

Live: Libyan Unrest: March 28, 2011
11:28AM: Libya's state news agency is reporting that coalition planes have bombed the city of Sabha, in southern Libya. It says the assault happened at dawn and there have been several civilian casualties.
12:42pm: Gaddafi's forces have bombarded the western city of Misrata, a rebel spokesman has told al-Jazeera television, Reuters reports. Snipers were on rooftops, Saadoun al-Misrati said. Another rebel spokesman has told al-Arabiya television eight people were killed and more than 24 injured in the clashes.


Sirija:
Syria Live Blog - March 28
6:25am "My daughter and her husband were walking down the street near the Khaled ibn Walid mosque here in our town when she was wounded in the knee by a sniper. Her left leg has been amputated," said a woman at her daughter's bedside in Latakia's state-run hospital. Monzer Baghdad, who heads the hospital, said the injury was the result of a "high calibre bullet." Authorities have raised the alarm over snipers in the city, and residents expressed similar fears. Fifteen people have been confirmed killed and scores wounded in unrest that has convulsed the port city in recent days, as a wave of dissent sweeps through a country renowned for its iron grip on security.

Anger sweeps Syria after deaths (video)

Linkovi – prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj, Libija...

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Prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj:
Prosvjednici pred Mimarom viču da neće odustati: "Krpelji kad se napiju krvi sami padnu, zar ne?"
Prosvjednici su, napustivši Mimaru, krenuli prema redakciji Večernjeg lista. Tijekom marša nisu zaboravili pozdraviti ni Todorića ni Mudrinića nazvavši ih lopovima. Pred redakcijom Večernjaka izrazili su podršku novinarima u štrajku poručivši im da su uz njih. Novi prosvjed najavljen je za subotu na Cvjetnom trgu u 18 sati.

Prosvjed obilježio incident s Pernarom, novi zakazan za subotu
Uz povike "Jaco lopove, kradeš tuđe stanove" dio prosvjednika zauzeo je svoje pozicije pred Mimarom pozirajući za novinare. Žele se slikati pred zgradom imitirajući kako se HDZ-ovci i čelnici EU skupno slikaju. Skandiraju "HDZ u ćelije", "Hoćemo izbore", "Ne damo Hrvatsku", "Iskaznice nećemo".

Kronologija prosvjeda: "Jaco lopove, kradeš tuđe stanove"
Oko pet stotina ljudi stiglo je na Cvjetni trg. Imaju zastave "Ne u EU", te razne natpise protiv HDZ-ove vlasti, neki od njih su: "HDZ zapalite vaše partijske knjižice", "Progon za sve HDZ-ove kukavice pretvorbe", "Duo Šeks Friščić - od Martinja do kolinja pijani smo mi", "Gadafi će uskoro pasti, učite na njemu, mirno siđite s vlasti", "Podrška umirovljenicima - mladi su uz vas".

VIDEO: 'HDZ, krpelji, krv ste nam popili'
Prosvjednici su stigli do zgrade Večernjeg lista koju čuva osam pripadnika temeljne policije. "Mi smo uz vas!" viču pružajući podršku novinarima Večernjeg lista, koji su u štrajku.

Dubrovčani prosvjednom šetnjom tražili pad Kosoričine vlade
Prosvjed je započeo u 18 sati na Pilama, a nastavljen je šetnjom Stradunom. Prosvjednici su se zaustavili kod Gradskog vijeća, te kod središnjica gradskog i županijskog HDZ-a, gdje su zapalili svijeće.

'Jaco, bolja si u engleskom nego u politici!'
Izvikujući ''Jaco odlazi'', ''Bando lopovska'', ''Mafijo odlazi'' zadarskim ulicama u subotu ujutro prošla je kolona sa stotinjak prosvjednika naoružanih transparentima i zviždaljkama.

HDZ čuvala dvadesetorica pod kacigama i sa štitovima, SDP dva temeljna policajca
"HRT HDZ-u, RTL Todoriću, SD Paviću, Večernji Styriji, Novi list Adrisu. Mediji strankama i kapitalu. Laž narodu", "Jedan svijet, jedna borba", "Želimo raditi i svojim radom upravljati", "Jednakost, zaposlenost, samoupravljanje" nove su poruke prosvjednika koji su danas izašli na zagrebačke ulice i koji sve više naglašavaju potrebu za stvaranjem socijalne države.

'Nećemo odustati', poručeno s najslabijeg vikend-prosvjeda
Prosvjednici po stotisućiti put skandiraju 'Jaco, odlazi' te se glasaju kao Indijanci. Potom su održali minutu šutnje za 'sve žrtve HDZ-a'. 'Organizirat ćemo referendum za prijevremene izbore, past ćete prije ljeta', viču pred strankom.

Kronologija prosvjeda: "Mediji strankama i kapitalu. Laž narodu"
Prosvjednici iz studentskog pokreta razvili su veliki transparent na kojem piše: "HRT HDZ-u, RTL Todoriću, SD Paviću, Večernji Styriji, Novi list Adrisu. Mediji strankama i kapitalu. Laž narodu."

"Ne lajkam ovu Vladu" + FOTOGALERIJA!
"Mediji strankama i kapitalu, laž narodu", poruka je s najnovijeg transparenta kojeg su studenti napravili za petnaesti po redu zagrebački antivladin prosvjed dodavši ga već brojnoj zbirci poruka. "Generalni štrajk", "Direktna demokracija", "Protiv privatizacije, protiv kapitalizma i EU", "Jedan svijet jedna borba. Akademska solidarnost" još su jednom prošetali Zagrebom.

Prosvjednika u ostatku Hrvatske jedva 500
U Zadru i Đakovu gdje se prosvjed održao u podne bilo je 50-tak prosvjednika. U Zadru osim ispred HDZ-a prosvjednici su se u svojoj šetnju zaustavili i ispred prostorija HNS-a, te katedrale Svete Stošije. "Gradite dvorove, a nas bi u torove", stajalo je na transparentu. Prosvjedovalo se i u Labinu.


Palestina/Izrael:
Israel passes law against mourning its existence
U Izraelu donesen tzv. „zakon o Nakbi“ (22. ožujak 2011.)
Izraelski je parlament u utorak (22. ožujka) s 37 glasova za i 25 protiv usvojio zakon koji će omogućiti uskraćivanje isplate državnih sredstava institucijama koje kritiziraju i dovode u pitanje postojanje Izraela kao „židovske i demokratske“ države. Tzv. zakon o Nakbi građanske su udruge osudile kao mjeru kojom se želi ograničiti sloboda izražavanja palestinskih građana Izraela, koji trenutno čine 1/5 stanovništva te zemlje i koji, kao i ostali Palestinci, osnutak Izraela i protjerivanje stotina tisuća Palestinaca iz njihove domovine doživljavaju kao katastrofu i nepravdu. Palestinci koji žive u Izraelu imaju pravo glasa, za razliku od Palestinaca koji žive na području koje je Izrael okupirao 1967. i nekoliko milijuna palestinskih izbjeglica protjeranih iz Izraela, no žale se na diskriminaciju.


Libija:
Libyan council forms government (video)

Libya Live Blog - March 23
2:15pm More on that shooting at the clinic in rebel-held Misurata. A resident named Saadoun told the agency: "It started half an hour ago. The snipers are ... shooting at the hospital and its two entrances are under heavy attack. No one can get in or out ... We have lost all communication with people inside. The last thing we knew is that three are killed and three are critically wounded."
2:07pm In Misurata, "snipers" belonging to forces loyal to Gaddafi are shooting at people, killing at least three, a resident of the town tells Reuters.
1:46pm Gaddafi's troops have resumed their shelling of the rebel-held town of Zintan, about 90km south-west of the capital, a resident named Abdulrahman told Reuters by phone. "Gaddafi's brigades started bombardment from the northern area half an hour ago. The bombardment is taking place now. The town is completely surrounded. The situation is very bad. They are getting reinforcements. Troops backed with tanks and vehicles are coming. We appeal to the allied forces to come and protect civilians."

Libya: it wasn't supposed to be like this in free Benghazi
"They were beaten on their feet and the woman was slapped around the face until she admitted planning an attack on the mosque," said Basim Mohamed, muezzin at Quiche mosque. ... The rebel's interim government is made up of professionals academics, businessmen and lawyers often educated in the UK or US who make all the right noises about democracy, human rights and the rule of law. But they are far removed from the excitable volunteers who man roadblocks through the night, stopping cars they believe may have been stolen or dragging suspected Gaddafi loyalists into the street. Mustafa Gerhiani, the urbane spokesman for the rebels' provisional government in the east, said there were several hundred government supporters in the city who had formed sleeper cells. "We know where they live and many have been rounded up. There are people looking for them. A lot have been caught and killed," he said. However, he added that some had been detained for their own protection and that the revolutionary council did not condone mob justice.

Libya Live Blog - March 24
4:57pm Detained government soldiers and suspected mercenaries are kept in a former military prison near Benghazi, now taken over by rebels. Some of the men admit to serving with Gaddafi's forces, but say they had no other choice, but to fire at rebels and civilians during battles for cities in the east of the country: Abul Majid Mohammed, who served in the Al Fadila Battalion of the army, told Reuters news agency: „If anybody refused to open fire they would kill them, or burn them alive and on our eyes they killed soldiers who refused to fight.“
8:01am More than 290,000 people have fled Libya due to the conflict there, and another 600,000 still inside the country are in need of humanitarian assistance, the International Medical Corps said in a statement released on Tuesday. Libya's border with Tunisia remains closed, but IMC is sending supplies through. In the east, IMC is still trying to reach Ajdabiya, south of Benghazi, the scene of fighting for the past week.

Battle for Benghazi (video)

Benghazi family victims of Libya conflict (video)

Photo Essay: All the Colonel's Kings
How Qaddafi bought friends and influence on the African continent
Qaddafi's most destructive legacy in Africa, however, may be the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, which started on New Year's Day 1990, and didn't end until 2003. The warlords who led those bloody and destructive civil conflicts, Charles Taylor and Foday Sankoh, were trained and armed by Libya. In Liberia, Taylor slashed and burned an entire country -- and recruited an army of child soldiers to join him. In Sierra Leone, Sankoh's Revolutionary United Front soldiers savagely chopped off limbs and raped their way through villages. So integral was the Libyan leader's involvement that the Special Court for Sierra Leone reportedly considered indicting him.

Woman cries for help, says abused by Gaddafi men
A weeping Libyan woman made a desperate plea for help on Saturday, slipping into a Tripoli hotel full of foreign journalists to show bruises and scars she said had been inflicted on her by Muammar Gaddafi's militiamen. As reporters gathered to hear her story, security guards grabbed the woman, bundled her into a car and drove her away following a brawl in which several journalists were beaten. The woman, Eman al-Obaidi, said she was arrested at a checkpoint in Tripoli because she is from the city of Benghazi, the bastion of a rebel insurgency against Gaddafi's rule. "They swore at me and they filmed me. I was alone. There was whiskey. I was tied up," she said, weeping and stretching out her arms to show scars. Her face was heavily bruised and her upper right thigh had blood on it. "They peed on me. They violated my honour," said Obaidi. Obaidi, wearing a loose black coat and slippers, said she had been raped by 15 men and held for two days at the checkpoint. ... International human rights groups say Gaddafi loyalists have been enforcing their rule by arresting thousands of people.


Bahrein:
Bahrain's Foreign Police Add to Tensions
The Al Khalifa family, Sunni Muslims who rule over a Shiite-majority population, have long relied on recruits from Sunni-majority countries such as Pakistan, Jordan and Yemen to fill the ranks of their police forces. As antigovernment protests have flared in Bahrain, culminating in a violent crackdown last week, the monarchy has turned again to Pakistan military-linked foundations to find recruits for its security forces.

Linkovi o prosvjedima u Hrvatskoj, Jemenu, Libiji

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Prosvjedi u Hrvatskoj:
I virovitički prosvjednici zapalili su svijeće i pomolili se za Japan
Prosvjednici, nezadovoljni stanjem u državi, gradu Virovitici i Virovitičko-podravskoj županiji, velikim brojem nezaposlenih, nemogućnosti pronalaska posla i miješanjem politike u svaku granu društva, nosili su i transparente sa porukama „HDZ izdajnici, a ne spasitelji“, „U crno ste nas zavili“, „Go away day after yesterday“, „Think, it's not illegal yet“, „Dosta tiranije i pljačke HDZ-a“, „HDZ kriminalna organizacija“ i druge, a dvojica prosvjednika nosila su i plinske maske i transparente „Što to smrdi?“, aludirajući na stanje u državi.

Prosvjednici u Čakovcu bacali toaletni papir na zgradu HDZ-a
Hrvatski građani danas traže odlazak Vlade na prosvjedima u 15 gradova. Najavljeno je da će se istovremeno od 18 sati prosvjedovati u 13 gradova dok su za ranije najavljena okupljanja u Čakovcu i Virovitici.

Prosvjednici zgradu HDZ-a gađali wc papirom
Prolazeći ispred zgrade Grada Rijeke na Korzu nisu poštedjeli ni gradsku vlast uzvikujući "SDP lopovi". Nastavili su dalje do Jadranskog trga, gdje su, uzvikujući "Jaco, odlazi", na balkon sjedišta HDZ-a objesili transparent - sliku čovjeka koji kopa po kontejnerima s ispisanom porukom - Ovako izgleda Hrvatska u režiji HDZ-a" i komentar "hoće li nam oporezivati i kopanje po kantama za smeće".

UŽIVO: 'Kad se male ruke slože' - rijeka prosvjednika kruži Zagrebom (video)
Prosvjednici su stigli do Ministarstva gospodarstva i Ministarstva poljoprivrede na Vukovarskoj ulici. Viču "Pustite traktore", "Podrška seljacima" i "Čobane, odlazi".

Prosvjednici u Osijeku "pokopali" Vladu i podigli joj križ
- Draga gospođo Kosor, mi znamo da je vlast slast, ali držite se zubima za zrak! Mi smo vaši poslodavci, mi vama zbog vašeg loše obavljenog posla danas dajemo otkaz - poručio je sa spomenika Starčeviću 16-godišnji gimnazijalac Stjepan.

U Vinkovcima 50-tak prosvjednika zapalilo svijeću za Japan
- Ljudima prijete otkazima, u Vibrobetou je 150 ljudi dobilo otkaze, a ljudi se boje izaći na ulicu. Recimo stop progonu radnika - rekao je Puškarić pozdravljen od fejsbukovaca koji su nosili transparente "1 HDZ međunarodna jedinica za mito i korupciju", "Glasovanje za HDZ auto-agresija" i "Dok HDZ ne umre, Hrvatska neće živjeti", skupina mladih je nosila na visokom jarbolu zastavu s natpisom "Volim Hrvatsku, NE u EU".

Sedamdesetak građana na trećem prosvjedu u Sisku
- Želim političarima poručiti da nas ne mogu preplašiti! Molim sve nezadovoljne da iziđu na ulice, pridruže se prosvjedima. Samo zajedno možemo nešto napraviti. Tražimo prijevremene izbore, ravnopravnost i posao za sve, slobodu govora i izražavanja nezadovoljstva, veće plaće i mirovine... - na početku provjeda kazao je 40-godišnji Nikola Vidović.

Prosvjednici pred Ministarstvom poljoprivrede: "Pustite traktore!" (video)
Prosvjednici pred Ustavnim sudom u Varšavskoj ulici skandiraju: "Hoćemo na Markov trg".

Varaždinci u maskama J. Kosor i Čehoka tražili ostavke
Prosvjednici su tražili ostavku Vlade, uzvikujući parole "HDZ lopovi", "Karamarko Jadranku", "Hoćemo izbore", ali i protiv aktualne gradske vlasti ponavljajući prošlotjednu parolu "Grad baroka bez Čehoka".

Nisu se umorili+ FOTOGALERIJA
Subotnji prosvjedi u petnaest hrvatskih gradova pokazali su da građani ne odustaju od javnog manifestiranja svog nezadovoljstva stanjem u državi. Kako je bilo za očekivati, i danas se najviše ljudi okupilo u Zagrebu gdje je, prema procjenama, između šest i deset tisuća ljudi tri sata šetalo metropolom. Sve bolja organiziranost, sve više plakata, bubnjeva, megafona, zviždaljki i grupa koje su se priključile. "Nemam novaca za faks. Zašto?", "Hrvatska režimska televizija", "Stranke su problem, ne rješenje" tek su neki od sve brojnijih transparenata.


Jemen:
Dozens of Protesters Are Killed in Yemen
Yemen's pro-democracy protests exploded into violence on Friday, as government supporters opened fire on demonstrators in this capital, killing at least 45 people and wounding more than 200. The bloodshed failed to disperse the angry throng of tens of thousands of protesters, the largest seen so far in a month of demonstrations calling for the ouster of President Ali Abdullah Saleh. ... Protesters have been killed here in recent weeks, but the violence on Friday dwarfed that of earlier clashes. It began almost immediately after the protesters' noon prayers, conducted en masse in the street by thousands. As the protesters rose from prayer, government supporters in plain clothes opened fire from rooftops and windows on parts of the crowd, while security forces fired guns and a water cannon. ... The majority of those killed had been shot in the head or neck, doctors said. Many of the wounded were, too, and were expected to die. Despite the heavy toll, the protesters in Sana kept control of a lengthening portion of Ring Road, which stretches from Sana University to a central highway overpass, as the shooting appeared to halt in the middle of the afternoon. ... “Today is the worst day; this is a new Qaddafi,” said Khalil al-Zekry, who hunkered down in his video shop along the protest route. A coalition of Yemeni opposition parties called the JMP issued a statement saying that “this horrendous massacre” would not “discourage our people from continuing the struggle.” The group said that it held “Mr. Saleh and his family and everyone who participated fully responsible” and called on Yemeni military officers and soldiers to refuse to participate in violence against Yemeni citizens. ... But despite the risk of more violence and instability, there are positive signs in the recent turmoil, Mr. Schmitz added, including the emergence in protests of a political coalition broader and more representative than anything Yemen has seen in decades. ... Demonstrators in the capital have stressed the peaceful nature of their protests. Still, one protester, Abdul-Ghani Soliman, said he was not surprised by the violence. “I actually expect more than this, because freedom requires martyrs,” said Mr. Soliman, an unemployed tribesman from outside Sana. “This will continue, and it will grow.”

Yemen Live Blog - March 22
2:18am Two soldiers have died in clashes between Yemen's regular army and the Republican Guard, elite forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in the southeastern city of Mukalla, medics said. Witnesses said the two forces clashed near a presidential palace in Mukallah late on Monday.
1:30pm Journalists at the 14 October state-run newspaper in the main southern city of Aden have joined anti-regime protesters and decided to cease publishing the paper, one of them said. The decision was taken to "protest against instructions from the Ministry of Information" determining the newspaper's editorial line, one journalist said. He added that Ahmed Hobayshi, the head of the publishing company that prints the paper, decided to stop printing and distribution operations as a sign of solidarity with the journalists.


Libija:
LIVE: Libyan Unrest: Start of day 10 of no Utilities, Water, or Communication in Misrata
10:58AM: A doctor in Misrata, who wanted to remain anonymous, tells the BBC: “This is the fifth or sixth consecutive day of shelling the city. Our clinic is full of patients. We have no more beds to treat the patients. There is no light in the city. There has been no communication for 10 days and no water for more than one week. And still the heavy shelling continues. The situation is so serious. The international community must take responsibility. Since yesterday we have received 125 injured including an entire family with four children, shot in their car while trying to leave. Even my medical resources are running out. We can’t sustain this any more.”
10:11AM: Residents in two besieged rebel-held cities in western Libya, Misrata and Zintan, said they had been attacked by Gaddafi’s forces, Reuters reported. In Misrata, residents said people had gone out into the streets to try to stop Gaddafi’s forces entering the city. Zintan, near the Tunisian border, faced heavy shelling, two witnesses said, forcing residents to flee to mountain caves. Several houses were destroyed and a mosque minaret destroyed. “New forces were sent today to besiege the city. There are now at least 40 tanks at the foothills of the mountains near Zintan,” Abdulrahmane Daw told Reuters by phone from the town.
9:51AM: Three journalists who went missing in eastern Libya more than 72 hours ago have been arrested by Gaddafi troops, the AFP news agency reports. AFP reporter Dave Clark and photographer Roberto Schmidt were arrested along with Getty photographer Joe Raedle, their driver says. The team drove from Tobruk, near the border with Egypt, to Ajdabiya, which had fallen under the regime's control. They encountered a convoy of military jeeps and transport vehicles “a few dozen kilometres” from Ajdabiya and were arrested by regime soldiers, along with other civilians who came down the road.
4:26am: Abdul Kerim, a member of the rebel National Council in Benghazi, tells the BBC that people there view the international action positively. “Everybody believes now that the United Nations resolution to protect civilians has been acted in a perfect way in Benghazi and everybody is looking now to do the same for Misrata and Zintan. Yesterday a lot of people contacted by telephone calls – different sides – begging United Nations to do the same protection for Misrata and Zintan.”
2:56am: Mohammed Abdule-Mullah, a rebel fighter in Libya, tells the Associated Press news agency that government troops stopped their resistance after the international campaign began. “But pro-Gaddafi forces are still strong,” he says. “They are professional military, and they have good equipment. Ninety-nine percent of us rebels are civilians, while Gaddafi’s people are professional fighters.”

Al Jazeera journalists missing in Libya must be released
Amnesty International has called on the Libyan authorities to release four Al Jazeera journalists held incommunicado since they were detained while trying to leave the country two weeks ago. The two correspondents and two cameramen were arrested in Zantan, near the Tunisian border, and could be at risk of torture. An Al Jazeera cameraman, Hassan Al Jaber, was killed in an ambush in Libya last week. "This is the latest disturbing example of a campaign of attacks and harassment against journalists trying to do their job of covering the conflict in Libya," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Middle East and North African director. "The Libyan authorities in Tripoli must reveal the whereabouts of these journalists, protect them from torture and release them immediately." The missing correspondents are Ahmad Val Wald-Eddin from Mauritania and a Tunisian, Lutfi Al-Massoudi - both 34 years old. Norwegian cameraman Ammar Al-Hamdan, 34, has also been detained along with Ammar Al-Tallou from Britain. It is thought that Lutfi Al-Massoudi may be held in Tripoli, after a CNN correspondent posted on Twitter that one of his colleagues had been detained with a Tunisian correspondent in the capital. Many journalists have been targeted during the unrest in Libya. Three BBC journalists were tortured and subjected to mock executions while being detained by Colonel Gaddafi's forces two weeks ago. Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, a journalist for the UK's Guardian newspaper, was held by the authorities for a fortnight and held in solitary confinement before being freed last week. The Libyan authorities today released four journalists from the New York Times newspaper, six days after their arrest. "Abuses against journalists seeking to report the facts are totally unacceptable and point to a deliberate effort to prevent the truth emerging through the fog of war," said Malcolm Smart.

'Road of death' links Benghazi to Tripoli (video)

Live Blog Libya - March 22
3:20pm Al Jazeera's correspondent, James Bays, who is 9km from Ajdabiya, said that rebel fighters were attacked 800m from where they are stationed. "... No one really is making any progress. The oppositon are where they were 24 hours ago ... They are lightly armed volunteers ... a professional officer on the rebel side told me they're very brave but to the point of being suicidal. Gaddafi forces are much more heavily armed. The opposition have the numbers and they seem to have the momentum but on the other side the Gaddafi forces have the power."