Civil Disobedience Campaign

A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said he will launch a "savinay avagya" (civil disobedience) campaign against the ruling Congress over "non-fulfillment" of its promises in the state.

A Chinese court sentenced three activists to prison today for allegedly attempting to start a non-violent civil rights movement, campaign groups said, the latest example of the Communist Party's intensifying crackdown on dissent.

Tens of thousands of people, many wearing red as a sign of their patriotism to China, took part in a demonstration march in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in the city.

Fast food workers from across the US voted Saturday to escalate their efforts for $15-an-hour pay and union membership by using nonviolent civil disobedience, comparing their campaign to the civil rights movement.

Fast food workers from across the US have voted in suburban Chicago to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation by including civil disobedience.

Egypt's opposition Tamarod movement which led nationwide protests against President Mohammed Morsi has given the Islamist leader a deadline of Tuesday to resign, threatening a campaign of civil disobedience if he stays.

A leading Hong Kong democracy activist facing jail invoked Mahatma Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign in court on Wednesday as he gave a defiant speech defending his decision to take part in a banned Tiananmen vigil.

Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today said he will launch a "savinay avagya" (civil disobedience) campaign against the ruling Congress over "non-fulfillment" of its promises in the state.

A Chinese court sentenced three activists to prison today for allegedly attempting to start a non-violent civil rights movement, campaign groups said, the latest example of the Communist Party's intensifying crackdown on dissent.

Tens of thousands of people, many wearing red as a sign of their patriotism to China, took part in a demonstration march in Hong Kong on Sunday to protest a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in the city.

Fast food workers from across the US voted Saturday to escalate their efforts for $15-an-hour pay and union membership by using nonviolent civil disobedience, comparing their campaign to the civil rights movement.

Fast food workers from across the US have voted in suburban Chicago to escalate their campaign for higher wages and union representation by including civil disobedience.

Egypt's opposition Tamarod movement which led nationwide protests against President Mohammed Morsi has given the Islamist leader a deadline of Tuesday to resign, threatening a campaign of civil disobedience if he stays.