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Amnesty International condemns the detention yesterday of the editor of one of Ethiopia’s last independent publications, saying the arrest is a worrying signal that the government intends to carry on targeting dissent. read more

Tags: amnesty-international, arrest, carry-on-targeting, detention, detention-yesterday, government-intends, international, the-editor, worrying-signal

From: Greg Mitchell Greg Mitchell

Tags: arrest, function-load, robert reich, script, typeof-window-onload, var-addtl, var-oldonload

From: George Zornick George Zornick  A spate of bad press has led Washington’s mayor to ask for an eviction. 

Tags: arrest, food, freedom plaza, function-load, mayor, new york city, occupy wall street, social issues, typeof-window-onload, var-oldonload, vincent gray

From: Nation in the News Nation in the News Nichols says Walker has “very bad judgment in the people he hires and trusts.”

Tags: afghanistan, aide of wisconsin, arrest, function-load, iraq, john nichols, political analysis, tim russell, typeof-window-onload, var-addtl, wisconsin

From: Extra Credit Harry Lee In anticipation of the protest, all classes after 3:00PM were cancelled, with routine access to the building denied by a legion of NYPD.

Tags: arrest, baruch college, denise romero, matthew goldstein, nyu, occupy wall street, person attributes, var-oldonload, war

From: Greg Mitchell Greg Mitchell

Tags: arrest, function-load, oklahoma city camp, oklahoma-city, old buddy jim romenseko, olympia, typeof-window-onload, var-oldonload, war

From: Extra Credit Angus Johnston An account of police brutality against peaceful Occupy Colleges protesters in Davis, California.

Tags: arrest, function-load, linda katehi, occupy wall street, peace, studentactivism.net, twitter, typeof-window-onload, var-oldonload

From: Peter Rothberg Peter Rothberg New campaign imploring Mayor Bloomberg and the US Conference of Mayors to publicly commit to protecting press freedoms in their cities.

Tags: arrest, function-load, josh harkinson, lindsey christ, mayor, media, mother jones, new york post, typeof-window-onload

From: Extra Credit Ari Lipsitz and Jocelyn Silver An eyewitness report.

Tags: arrest, fulton subway, function-load, katherine garuvis, nyu, occupy wall street, square park, typeof-window-onload, var-oldonload

From: Greg Mitchell Greg Mitchell

Tags: arrest, function-load, isaac kos-read, oakland port, port, spokesman, technology, typeof-window-onload, var-oldonload, w. bush, woody guthrie