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Freemuse appeals to Turkish Prime Minister
Post Views: 118 Artist Ferhat Tunç is facing a 15 years jail sentence because of a speech he made at the Eruh-Çirav Festival. The request of the prosecutor rose some question at Freemuse (World Music and Censorship Forum). Artists, human
Read MoreRSF opens anti-censorship shelter 0
Post Views: 9 Reporters Without Borders today launched the world’s first “Anti Censorship shelter” in Paris for use by foreign journalists, bloggers and dissidents who are refugees or just passing through as a place where they can learn how to
Read MoreIran: ITUC and ITF Demand Government Fulfill Promise to Free Osanloo, and Insist on Release of 52 Others 0
Post Views: 3 The ITUC and the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) have written to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisting that the authorities fulfill their promise to release imprisoned trade unionist Mansour Osanloo, and calling on them to free all
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Executive Privilege
Post Views: 4 The removal of General Stanley McChrystal from command provided President Barack Obama with the perfect opportunity to review the entire Afghan war strategy and declare it a failure. That he did not do so means that the
Read MoreWhy Afghanistan’s Poppies Aren’t the Problem 0
Post Views: 8 For years, there has been much discussion about the best strategy to rid Afghanistan of its poppies. Eradication, says Bush. Interdiction and alternative livelihoods, retorts Obama. Licensing and production for medicinal purposes, suggested the Senlis Council. The
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Gulf of Mexico Presents Unprecedented Toxicity Problems
Post Views: 9 If you’re living in the U.S., particularly within a thousand miles of the Gulf, you need to detoxify your body now. Here’s why: Crude oil is packed with a toxic chemical called benzene. Even in small amounts,
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Sticking the public with the bill for the bankers’ crisis
Post Views: 5 How else can we interpret the G20 communiqué that includes not even a measly tax on financial transactions?
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ANOTHER EUROPE IS NECESSARY
Post Views: 13 What are the Main Axes – Themes OF ESF 2010 Below you can find the list of the Axes of European Social Forum 2010 – Istanbul
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Young prisoner Berivan awarded in Sweden
Post Views: 27 The arrested fifteen-year-old girl’s family was honored by the Swedish Committee of Human Rights Association of Europe as a symbol of support for all imprisoned children and their families. Young Berivan Sayaca had been sentenced to seven
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Story of ordinary violence
Post Views: 7 This is the appalling story of Emine Gulmez who broke her silence after 18 years of solitude and fear.Emine Gulmez and her husband were taken into custody where she later saw seven death bodies, including her husband’s,
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