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Back to homepageDirector Panahi on trial on November 7th 0
Post Views: 2 Director Jafar Panahi who had been arrested previously will go on trial on November 7th of this year. Panahi’s attorney, Farideh Ghairat, reported his trial date yesterday. According to the RAHANA Reporter, the movie director has written
Read MoreIt goes against our nature; but the left has to start asserting its own values 0
Post Views: 9 It goes against our nature; but the left has to start asserting its own values George Monbiot The progressive attempt to appeal to self-interest has been a catastrophe. Empathy, not expediency, must drive our campaigns The acceptance
Read MoreVictims seek legal redress for Diyarbak?r Prison atrocities 0
Post Views: 10 Victims seek legal redress for Diyarbak?r Prison atrocities ?SMAIL AVCI Thirty years have passed, but the alleged crimes against humanity perpetrated behind the infamous Diyarbak?r Prison’s thick walls are set to be open to judicial oversight
Read More7 July London bombings inquests to begin 0
Post Views: 12 7 July London bombings inquests to begin Survivors of the 7 July London bombings will be among those giving evidence The inquests for the 52 people killed by four suicide bombers in the 7 July 2005
Read MoreNobel Upsets Chinese Diplomacy 0
Post Views: 4 CHINA Nobel Upsets Chinese DiplomacyBy Antoaneta Becker LONDON, Oct 8, 2010 (IPS) – Europe delivered a lesson in universal values to outraged Beijing on Friday, awarding the world’s most prestigious peace prize to a jailed Chinese dissident,
Read More‘Obama Has a Considerable Ego’ 0
Post Views: 5 Interview with David Remnick ‘Obama Has a Considerable Ego’ One crisis after another for Barack Obama threatens to create a debacle for the American president in November’s midterm elections. But Obama still appears to be confident.
Read MoreKyrgyzstan Has Become an Ungovernable Country 0
Post Views: 3 ‘A Completely Lawless Place’ Kyrgyzstan Has Become an Ungovernable CountryBy Erich Follath and Christian Neef in Osh, Kyrgyzstan AP In the wake of ethnic violence in June that killed almost 2,000 people, Kyrgyzstan has been plagued by
Read MoreCarlos the Jackal was my friend 0
Post Views: 7 Spanish reporter Antonio Salas infiltrated an international terrorist group and became a trusted confidant of one of the world’s most infamous killers Giles Tremlett Undercover reporter Antonio Salas passed himself off as radical islamist Mohammed Abdullah (back
Read MoreTurkey’s struggle for free expression continues, Chomsky says 0
Post Views: 11 Turkey’s struggle for free expression continues, Chomsky says Noam Chomsky. AP photo Those who resist Turkey’s “serious” human rights violations are carrying on their fight and often endure “severe punishment,” Noam Chomsky said Saturday in Istanbul.Chomsky
Read MoreMáquinas de guerra: Blackwater, Monsanto y Bill Gates 0
Post Views: 7 Máquinas de guerra: Blackwater, Monsanto y Bill Gates Silvia Ribeiro Un reporte de Jeremy Scahill publicado en The Nation (Blackwater’s Black Ops, 15/9/2010) reveló que el ejército mercenario más grande del mundo, Blackwater (ahora llamado Xe Services)
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