(U.S.) Chicago: Neo-Nazi leader’s trial to begin July 27
— “William A. White is charged with using the Internet to incite violence against a juror”
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/204672
(Germany) Der Spiegel: “Hitler’s European Holocaust Helpers”
(Germany) Der Spiegel: “Hitler’s European Holocaust Helpers”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,625824,00.html
— “A Wave of Outrage”
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,626171,00.html
“Germany ‘Not Doing Enough’ to Fight Right-Wing Extremism”
“Germany ‘Not Doing Enough’ to Fight Right-Wing Extremism” — rise in Neo-Nazi crimes by 400
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,625972,00.html
(UK) Terrorism offenses denied by man – Neil Lewington
(UK) Terrorism offenses denied by man – Neil Lewington
— “he is said to have had documents likely to be useful in terrorism, including
handwritten notes on the use of the bombs and others entitled ‘Waffen SS UK members’ handbook'”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8062080.stm
— November 8, 2008: “Loner charged with terror offences after being ‘caught with bombs and Nazi souvenirs'”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1083942/Loner-charged-terror-offences-caught-bombs-Nazi-souvenirs.html
Israel: Arab Web surfer asks: Can I kill my cousin for ‘family honor’?
(Israel) Arab Web surfer asks: Can I kill my cousin for ‘family honor’?
— “Should a man kill his female cousin who compromised the ‘family honor’?
A user posted that question to Israel’s fourth most popular Arabic-language
Web site, Panet, last week, and said he intended to do so.”
Thailand: 2 women shot dead, burned in South
(Thailand) Pattani: 2 women shot dead, burned in South
— “Two elderly women were shot dead and their bodies set on fire on
Wednesday in the latest atrocity in the troubled far south, police said. They blamed the murders on separatists.”
— “They said a 62-year-old woman and her 78-year-old mother-in-law returning home by motorbike from a market in Pattani province were killed in a drive-by shooting.”
Pakistan: “Karo-Kiri” used to justify so-called “honor killings”
(Pakistan) Sindh’s Karachi: Man axes wife, lover
— “A man axed his young wife and her alleged paramour claiming karo-kari at Qazzafi Town within the jurisdiction of Shah Latif police station on Wednesday.”
— “The victims of the incident were identified as Shazia, 21, daughter of
Mohammad Yousuf and her relative Jan Mohammad, 35, son of Ghulab”
— “Karo-Kiri” used to justify extremist so-called “honor killings”
Malaysia: Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban
(Malaysia) Sisters in Islam seek judicial review over book ban
— seek overturn of ban on book ‘Muslim Women and the Challenge of Islamic Extremism’
— August 14, 2008 Press Release
Iran approves president candidates but bars all women
Tiananmen dissident calls for ‘white China’ day — Wang Dan
(Communist China/Taiwan) Tiananmen dissident calls for ‘white China’ day — Wang Dan
— “Wang Dan, a key figure in the 1989 pro-democracy protests in China, said Thursday he hoped the nation would be ‘covered in white’ to mark the anniversary of the bloody Tiananmen crackdown.”
— “‘We are promoting a campaign called ‘White Clothes Day,” Wang, who was jailed for years in China before being exiled, told AFP from Taiwan, where he was staying temporarily to continue his fight for democracy”
— “Studying at Peking University in 1989, Wang was first on a list of 21 most wanted students in China after the army cracked down on the Tiananmen demonstrations, killing hundreds, and possibly thousands.”
— “After being arrested, Wang was sentenced to four years in prison in 1991 and freed in 1993. He was re-arrested in 1995 after continuing to campaign for human rights and democracy and sentenced the following year to a further 11 years in jail.”
— “‘We are also inviting over 50 former participants of the 89 movement to get together again after 20 years in Washington DC to have a candle ceremony,’ Wang said, adding exiled dissidents would hold a press conference on June 4.”
— June 3rd Candlelight Vigil: Remembering the June 4th Massacre at Tiananmen Square
— June 4 – DC Rally at China Embassy- Remembering 1989 Tiananmen Square Freedom Fighters
— DC: Tiananmen Square Candlelight Vigil May 30 and Other June 2, 3, 4 Events