Police Teargas Workers and Students in São Paulo

Thanks to Comrade Rapha  for informing us about this story.
Scientific Community Teargassed in Brazil
Written by Pablo Ortellado

Sunday, 14 June 2009 13:25
[Originally published on EduFactory]
120 professors and about 1,200 students and university workers were beaten and teargassed in the main campus of the University of São Paulo in Brazil last Tuesday (June 9).
Conflicts started after a one [...]

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By Sergey Chernov
St. Petersburg Times
June 16, 2009
The apartment of a political and human rights activist was searched by the police on farfetched grounds last week, the activist said at a press conference held on Thursday at the office of Soldiers’ Mothers, a group that defends the rights of Russian soldiers and [...]