Over 10,000 people, many immigrants, demonstrated against racism on Saturday in the southern town of Caserta, near Naples. Meanwhile, the Italian government deployed some 500 soldiers in the area in efforts to combat the Camorra organized crime synd...
By Luis Ramirez Bangkok 11 December 2007 Police in Malaysia have arrested more than 20 opposition activists as the government of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi clamps down on growing dissent in the country. VOA's Luis Ramirez has more from our Southe...
By Ayaz Gul Islamabad 15 November 2007 When President Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution early in November, he also clamped down on independent news reporting. The government shut down TV stations, stopped foreign cable newscasts and...
By Sonja Pace Istanbul 03 November 2007 Iraq's leaders vowed to crack down on Kurdish rebels, using northern Iraq as a staging point to launch attacks into neighboring Turkey, while Turkey is leaving its options open to possible retaliation. Pressure...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 12 October 2007 In Niger, police continue to detain journalist Ibrahim Manzo Diallo, who ran the only newspaper in a region where there is an on-going rebellion against the government. Phuong Tran has more from VOA's West Africa...
By Gary Thomas Washington 30 May 2007 The news that a fourth Iranian-American may have been arrested in Iran for alleged espionage has heightened questions about the Tehran government's seemingly contradictory behavior. Iranian and U.S. officials hav...
By Stephanie Ho Washington 08 March 2007 Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are accusing Iran of increasing persecution and legal prosecution of women's rights activists. As VOA's Stephanie Ho reports, the two groups held a joint news confe...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 16 August 2006 President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo Nigeria's president is ordering a crackdown on those behind a wave of kidnappings and violence in the country's oil-rich Niger Delta. Security patrols are being increase...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 25 May 2006 In Egypt, at least 300 pro-reform judges on Thursday stood in silent protest outside the high court, demanding an end to government interference in the judiciary. Several other peaceful protests also took plac...
By Peter Heinlein Pop icon Ricky Martin has gone to the United Nations to appeal for global action to protect children from sexual predators. The singer perhaps best known for his hit song Livin' La V...