Patrick deHahn

• 2013-06-11

  The lady in the red dress

  “It shows one peaceful protester, dressed as if for a summer garden party, standing up for basic human and green values against an arrogant and mighty state.”

• 2013-06-08

  From reuters:

  This time-lapse video shows demonstrators at Taksim Square, Istanbul, over a 24-hour period on June 5, 2013.

  Source: reuters

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  occupygezipics:

  The crowd-funded full-page NYT statement by #occupygezi is published.

  Wow. 

  Source: occupygezipics

• 2013-06-06

  Vice Magazine: Turkey is waging an invisible war against its dissidents

• 2013-06-05

  You know, Gezi Park looks beautiful. From this map of Istanbul via BBC News, it looks like a great urban green park.

• 2013-06-04

  Uh oh. Is the Istanbul 2020 Olympics campaign now doomed by the ongoing protests?

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  fotojournalismus:

  Istanbul today

  1. A pedestrian walks in front of a banner featuring an owl with a gas mask at Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Kostas Tsironis/AP)

  2. A protester sleeps at a bus stop sprayed with graffiti at Taksim Square in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters)

  3. A protester holds a placard that reads “Police, How we will forgive you?” during clashes with riot police near Taksim Square in Istanbul, early Tuesday, June 4, 2013. (Kostas Tsironis/AP)

  4. Seyfi Yasar, a waiter, pauses while smoking next to barricades outside of a hotel which he works for, near Taksim Square in central Istanbul June 4, 2013. (Murad Sezer/Reuters)

  5. Guy Fawkes masks are seen on the ground as anti-government protesters gather in Istanbul’s Taksim Square on June 4, 2013. (Yannis Behrakis/Reuters)

  6. Demonstrators stand at a wall with graffities between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

  7. A volunteer places food donated by people for protesters at Gezi Park in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Kostas Tsironis/AP)

  8. A man leaves from clash site between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

  9. A couple wearing gas masks walk at a street between Taksim and Besiktas in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images)

  10. A protester sleeps in Gezi Park in Istanbul on June 4, 2013. (Kostas Tsironis/AP)

  (via nslayton)

  Source: fotojournalismus

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  From nationalpostphotos:

  Tens of thousands of people attended a candlelight vigil in heavy rain at Victoria Park in Hong Kong Tuesday, June 4, 2013 to mark the 24th anniversary of the June 4th Chinese military crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Beijing.

  [AP Photo/Kin Cheung]

  (via nationalpost)

  Source: nationalpostphotos

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  Turkey update from reuters:

  Police squared off with protesters in Ankara yet again as fresh clashes erupted Monday following a third night of demonstrations throughout Turkey.

  The violence is the some of the worst the country has seen in decades, exploding into a show of defiance against what protesters say is the creeping authoritarianism of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan. Erdogan claimed the mass demonstrations had been organized by extremist factions.

  The clashes began over the destruction of a historic park in Istanbul to make room for a shopping center, but rapidly turned into widespread anti-government protests. Over a thousand people have reportedly been hurt.

  The prime minister and his Islamist-rooted AK Party have been in power for three decades, ushering in a period of unprecedented political stability and economic growth.

  Some are accusing Erdogan of using his last term to muzzle the media, tighten his grip on state institutions and bring religion into politics, which is forbidden in Turkey’s secular constitution.

  Source: reuters

• 2013-06-02

  

  Turkey update from reuters: Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan accused opposition parties on Sunday of provoking protests across the country.

  Erdogan made a defiant call for an end to the fiercest anti-government demonstrations in years on Saturday. He is accused of authoritarianism and abusing privacy and secularism. There were more than 90 separate demonstrations around the country on Friday and Saturday. On Sunday, tens of thousands gathered in Taksim Square.
  
  More than 1,000 people were reported injured in Istanbul and several hundred in Ankara.

  [Photo: A man is hit by a jet of water as riot police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a central Ankara protest June 1, 2013. REUTERS/Umit Bektas]

  Source: reuters

• 2013-05-21

  Chinese troops suffering post-traumatic stress disorder in Tibet

  From the Telegraph: 

  The battle to keep Tibetans under control is inflicting severe psychological damage on Chinese armed police, an internal training document has revealed.

  Give it a read, it’s rather quite interesting. 

• 2013-05-20

  "Self-immolation loses its power as means of protest"

  Tibet’s opposition has continued on and has not quit in their fight for freedom. However, writer Adam Lam writes, “self-immolation isn’t what it used to be.” And also says, “A profound act of public death cannot hope to sway a world in which horror itself has lost its power.” Give it a read.

• 2013-04-30

  30 April roundup for Egypt

  Egypt walks out of round of global nuclear talks in protest

  Rise of sectarian discourse in Egypt continues

  Egypt’s Moussa says the Muslim Brotherhood is out for revenge

• 2013-04-15

  Everyone needs to read this.

  An op-ed from a hunger striker Guantánamo Bay, sharing details on his case and his force feedings, citing that “the situation is desperate now.”

• 2013-04-10

  How to provoke national unrest with a Facebook photo

  Yes, it can be done. See how a Tunisian girl did it on Facebook.