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Protesters in Saudi Arabia have taken to the streets in the kingdom's oil-rich Eastern Province to condemn the killing of demonstrators by Riyadh regime forces.

Demonstrators held protest rallies in the eastern towns of Qatif and Awamiyah, demanding prosecution for the police officers responsible for shooting protesters.

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Miners at the Caypa coalmine in La Guajira, northern Colombia have been on strike since January 27^th
in protest at poor pay and conditions. The strike exemplifies how
complex labour relations have become in Colombia, and how the government
does not act to mediate, but rather takes the employers side in most
disputes.

The Caypa mine is a highly profitable coalmine which
produces some 2 million tonnes of coal per year, making 160 million USD.
The mine is owned by Carbones Colombianos del Cerrejon, which contracts
the operation of the mine to Obras Proyecto Mineria (OPM), which in
turn subcontracts employment to Gente Estrategica (GE) and Gente Caribe
(GC). These two companies employ 240 miners and other workers that work
in the mine. Some of the workers have been subcontracted, without any
contractual stability, for more than 15 years.

Police have fired tear gas and flash grenades while arresting more
than 300 people as anti-Wall Street protesters tried but failed to take
over downtown buildings, including the city hall, in Oakland,
California.

Protesters from Occupy Oakland - the local offshoot of Occupy Wall
Street - first targeted the empty Henry J Kaiser convention center on
Saturday, before trying to take over the city hall, but were forcibly
removed from each area by police.

Police spokesperson Johnna Watson told the AFP news agency that
throughout the day's events three police officers had been injured,
police vehicles vandalised and shop windows shattered. "We will be
dealing with this into the evening, for as long as it takes," she said.

The revelations are staggering and the confederation said that Saudi Arabia “is in violation of all core labor standards.”

The report was to be delivered to the World Trade Organization’s
(WTO) review of the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom on Wednesday.

More than 700 detainees in prisons around Kyrgyzstan have gone on
hunger strike and sewed their lips together in protest, authorities in
the Central Asian country said.

The inmates' strike came after detention centre guards shut down the
last "common" cell, in which inhabitants had the freedom to move around
in day and night.

Sheishenbek Baizakov, the head of Kyrgyz State Penitentiary Service,
said on Tuesday that "out of 11 colonies and 6 detention centres, only
four are not on hunger strike".

According to Baizakov, the "criminal leaders" have started the strike, demanding the opening of so-called "common" prison cells.