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NEWS ABOUT: repression

repression stories: 6 news summaries

Don't Blame Nuns for Your Bad Sex Life:
Catholic Honcho

Cosmo editor struggles 'to undo damage'

Apr 26, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are Catholic nuns responsible for repressed and sexually frustrated American women? That's absolute nunsense, fumes a conservative Catholic leader after a former sex-columnist-turned-deputy-editor at Cosmo blamed uptight teaching by nuns for women's sexual hangups. "It's not easy to undo damage caused by years of exposure to Catholic-school nuns,"... More »

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Catholic Church • sex • nuns • sex education • Catholic • repression • Roman Catholic Church • Catholic Action League • Cosmopolitan • Willam Donahue

Young Burmese Monks
Ready to Take Up Arms

Buddhist movement gets bolder; some suggest stockpiling weapons

Sep 20, 08 6:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - After seeing nonviolent protesters killed or detained in last year’s protests against the ruling junta, younger segments of Burma’s Buddhist monks are becoming more radical, embracing armed resistance and overt dissent, the Christian Science Monitor reports. "We need weapons,” one young monk said. “That is... More »

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revolution • political activism • Myanmar • Burma • Buddhist monks • Buddhism • monks • junta • repression

China Falls Behind on Olympic Promises

Despite vows, not much change on air quality, political freedom

Jul 8, 08 2:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - With exactly a month to go before the Olympics, China has not delivered on promises to improve Beijing’s air quality or allow foreign journalists open access, the BBC reports. The government vowed to bring Beijing’s air up to WHO standards when bidding for the Games, but a BBC... More »

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pollution • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • smog • journalist • air pollution • political freedoms • repression

Guardian System Has Saudi Women 'Perpetual Minors'

Doing almost anything requires male consent in kingdom, report finds

Apr 21, 08 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Women in Saudi Arabia need to gain a male guardian’s consent to do almost anything, living as “perpetual minors,” the Telegraph reports. Research by Human Rights Watch found that male permission is needed to go to a doctor, travel, and even get dressed. In addition, strict segregation... More »

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Islam • Saudi Arabia • women • women's rights • sexism • Islamic Sharia law • Human Rights Watch • gender discrimination • repression

Zimbabwe Opposition
Calls Strike

Mugabe bans rallies, will skip summit on election results

Apr 11, 08 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe’s opposition party called a general strike today in response to news that Robert Mugabe will not attend a weekend summit intended to speed the release of last month’s election results, Reuters reports. Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change marshaled support for the strike, which "starts... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • labor strike • Movement for Democratic Change • Zimbabwe elections • Zanu-PF • repression • general strike

 Chinese Police Kill 8 Protesters 

Clash in Sichaun province comes as officials try to search Tibetan monastery

Apr 4, 08 5:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chinese police killed eight protesters and wounded dozens more overnight in Sichuan province when they opened fire on a demonstration led by Tibetan monks, the Times of London reports. The altercation started when police searched a Tibetan monastery, confiscating phones and images of the Dalai Lama. After arresting two, the... More »

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China • Tibet • Dalai Lama • police crackdown • Tibetans • political protest • political demonstrations • Olympic protests • Tibetan monks • repression

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