by Susan | Aug 16, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 16, 2010 In Bolivia protesters suspended road blockades and hunger strikes, saying government officials agreed to address their grievances about land use and the closure of mines, after 19 days of demonstrations that paralyzed Bolivia’s southern Potosí...
by Susan | Aug 15, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 15, 2007 In Kenya, hundreds of journalists wearing black gags marched silently through Nairobi to protest a proposed law that would allow courts to compel reporters to reveal their...
by Susan | Aug 14, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 14, 1904 The cattle-herding Hereros, a tribe of Southwest Africa (later Namibia), became the first genocide victims of the 20th century. Kaiser Wilhelm II had sent General Lothar von Trotha to put down a Herero uprising along with the groups of rebellious...
by Susan | Aug 13, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 13, 2011 The Czech Republic’s first gay pride parade was held in Prague under strong police guard as some 3,000 gays and lesbians marched through the city...
by Susan | Aug 12, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 12, 1553 During the Counter-Reformation in Italy, a quarrel broke out between rival Christian printers of Hebrew books in Venice. One of them denounced the works produced by his competitor as containing matter offensive to the Holy Catholic Church. It developed...
by Susan | Aug 11, 2016 | this day in peace and justice history
August 11, 1943 Conscientious objectors at the Danbury Federal Prison in Connecticut, incarcerated for refusing to cooperate with the draft during World War II, staged a hunger strike to protest racial segregation of the dining hall. The strike, which began on this...
