by Susan | Feb 6, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 6, 2011 Police on Easter Island raided the grounds of a luxury hotel to evict the last of dozens of indigenous protesters battling for ancestral lands and a larger share of profits from the tourists who come to see the Pacific Island’s mysterious...
by Susan | Feb 5, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 5, 1840 In Damascus, Syria, Father Thomas, the superior of a Franciscan convent, disappeared with his servant. Thirteen prominent Jews were falsely accused of the ritual murder of the Franciscan monk and his servant. Sir Moses Haim Montefiore, backed by other...
by Susan | Feb 4, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 4, 2006 Tens of thousands of people filled a plaza near the Thai parliament, chanting slogans demanding that PM Thaksin Shinawatra step down amid allegations of official corruption. Thaksin said he would step down if the king...
by Susan | Feb 3, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 3, 2006 In Bangladesh nearly 1,150 people were arrested in Dhaka, a day before opposition supporters were due to converge on the city in a campaign to oust the...
by Susan | Feb 2, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 2, 1931 The first of well over 400,000 Mexican-Americans, many US citizens living here as long as 40 years, were “repatriated” from the nation as Los Angeles Chicanos are deported to...
by Susan | Feb 1, 2017 | this day in peace and justice history
February 1, 1968 Saigon’s police chief, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, executed a Viet Cong suspect with a gunshot to the head. This became one of the most famous images of the war in Vietnam and had tremendous effect on international and American public opinion regarding...
