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• NI protests abuses against nonviolent human rights defenders in Bahrain
  Photo from http://www.fpif.org/articles/in_bahrain_an_uprising_unabated On May 21st, NI Director Michael Beer, with other activists, spoke up at a  Bahraini diplomatic event at the Bahrain Embassy in Washington DC and questioned the human rights and business policies of the regime. While expressing admiration for the Bahraini people and society, the activist […]
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• Olzen discusses Catonsville Nine on John Batchelor Show
  by The EditorsLast Friday, WNV correspondent Jake Olzen discussed his story on the famous Catonsville Nine action and how a mainstream television reporter went to extreme lengths to ensure that the footage he took that day did not disappear forever on the John Batchelor Show. […]
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• Iran’s ‘Zahra’ tells alternate tale of presidential campaign
  Peter Kenyon, NPR, May 20, 2013 Iranians choose a new president next month, and one thing Iran's leaders are intent on avoiding is a repeat of the massive street protests that followed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election in 2009. The sponso... […]
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• Azerbaijan: Harlem Shake video lands activist in jail for "hooliganism"
  Rebecca Vincent, Slate, May 20, 2013 On May 17, Azerbaijani youth activist Ilkin Rustemzade was arrested on charges of hooliganism for his alleged involvement in a Harlem Shake video filmed in the country’s capital city, Baku. The video is completely... […]
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• Understanding nonviolent resistance
  Erica Chenoweth and Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, Journal of Peace Research, May 2013 The events of the Arab Spring of 2011 have made clear the importance and potential efficacy of nonviolent resistance, as well as the general inability to explain the... […]
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