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BBC News - Ivory Coast: Gbagbo held after assault on residence

BBC News - Ivory Coast: Gbagbo held after assault on residence : "Ivory Coast politician Laurent Gbagbo has surrendered after a military assault on his residence in Abidjan and has been put under UN guard. Forces of his UN-recognised successor, Alassane Ouattara, and French tanks advanced on his residence where he had been ensconced in a bunker. Mr Gbagbo had been refusing to cede power, insisting he won November's presidential election. There are conflicting accounts of how he finally surrendered. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the detention of Mr Gbagbo had brought to an end months of unnecessary conflict, and the UN would support the new government."

ADIDAS: DON’T RUN WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID | BDSmovement.net

ADIDAS: DON’T RUN WITH ISRAELI APARTHEID | BDSmovement.net : "On April 8, activists of the Rome Palestine Solidarity Network organized a boycott action in the Adidas store in Via del Corso in Rome’s historic center. On the same day as the Tel Aviv Marathon, and following shortly after the Jerusalem Marathon on March 25, both sponsored by Adidas, activists dressed as runners sprinted through the store denouncing the use of sporting events by the State of Israel in an attempt to re-brand its image and hide its policies of occupation, colonization and apartheid. Since 1967, Israel has transferred nearly 500,000 settlers to the occupied Palestinian territories, in violation of international law and dozens of UN resolutions, forcing Palestinians off their land and reducing the West Bank to a few isolated patches of land separated by checkpoints, military bases, settlements and the “Apartheid Wall”."

BDSmovement.net | The Palestinian BDS National Committee website

BDSmovement.net | The Palestinian BDS National Committee website : "In 2005, Palestinian civil society issued a call for a campaign of boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it complies with international law and Palestinian rights. A truly global movement against Israeli Apartheid is rapidly emerging in response to this call."