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Midday Open Thread: Parisian Olympic Protests, Court in Zimbabwe Elections, Release of Iranian Labor Leader |
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The Contentious French have their go at the Beijing Olympics, protesting at several sites along the route that the Olympic torch took through Paris. It certainly isn’t the first time there’s been a protest or boycott of the games.
A court in Zimbabwe has said that it will rule to force the release of the results of the recent Presidential election, in which opposition leaders claimed they have won. The ruling will come down tomorrow.
Iranian Labor Leader, Mahmoud Salehi, was released Sunday after serving a year-long prison term for union-organizing activities. Salehi, who was supposed to be released on March 23, had been on a hunger strike after Iranian authorities refused to release him, accusing him of “communicating with those outside prison for the purposes of issuing messages of solidarity.”
