- Ecuador to Let Julian Assange Stay in Its Embassy NYT
- Standoff at embassy after Ecuador grants asylum to WikiLeaks' Assange--Around 40 police have surrounded the building.
- Julian Assange: Ecuador asylum decision criticised--The UK has threatened to revoke Ecuador's diplomatic immunity.
- 'Not even in Cold War’s darkest days': International law scrapped in anti-Assange crusade
- Greenwald: Julian Assange's right to asylum
- Pussy Riot found guilty of hooliganism by Moscow court--"Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have been convicted of hooliganism motivated by religious hatred, over a protest in a cathedral. [...] The women say their 'punk prayer' was a political act in protest against the Russian Orthodox Church leader's support of President Vladimir Putin." Church and state using religious prosecution as a means to quell dissent.
- Bahrain Activist Sentenced to 3 Years for Protests--"A three-year prison sentence handed down Thursday to a prominent Bahraini human rights activist for instigating and participating in several anti-government rallies prompted rare criticism from the United States and sparked clashes in the streets of the Gulf nation's capital."
- Indian police arrest protesting yoga--"Indian police have arrested famed TV yoga guru and anti-corruption campaigner Baba Ramdev as he attempted to lead a procession of thousands of supporters to parliament."
- Mexicans Loudly Protest Election Results, Mass Media Quiet--"Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in cities throughout Mexico the day after presidential elections declared Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) candidate, Enrique Peña Nieto, the winner, and yet the news media has been largely quiet."
- Chile cracks down on violent student protest--"Police use water cannons on crowd and arrest 75 protesters who returned to streets of Santiago to demand free education." And the protests continue.
- Post Games UK: full-blown police state--"London that is widely known as a perfect example of surveillance society with its watchful CCTVs, is now a perfect example of a police state after the massive Olympics militarization, a fact even organizers implicitly acknowledge."
- Olympics spectator with Parkinson's wants 'exoneration' after arrest--"Mark Worsfold, 54, says he was handcuffed by Surrey police officers 'for not smiling' while watching men's cycling road race."
- Thousands of UK Workers 'Blacklisted' Over Political Views--"Corporations in the UK who used a secret "blacklisting" database to screen out 'left wing trouble-makers' and union sympathizers as potential job recruits are facing renewed scrutiny after the UK-activist group Liberty called for a fresh investigation Monday night."
- Quebec Students Spark Mass Protests Against Austerity
- Quebec Student Protest: One Arrest Made At Monday's CEGEP Vote--"One person was arrested by Montreal police Monday morning during a student protest to underline the forced return to class."
- Parks Canada staff banned from criticizing Feds--"Workers told they have 'duty' to support Harper government."
- Jonathan Kay: Good riddance to Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act
- Blast from the Past: "Hate": Will B.C. tribunal know it when it sees it?
- China's New Political Class: The People--"From Beijing to Jiangsu to Guangdong, Chinese citizens are making their voices heard on the Internet and their actions felt on the streets."
- Thousands in HK protest China patriotism classes
- China releases woman sent to labor camp for protesting daughter's rape
