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It's The People's Revolution but the media calls it "post-election unrest"

Euronews~Protests in Iran are continuing, despite authorities’ warnings that resistance will be crushed. Ten days after the Islamic Republic’s disputed presidential poll, riot police broke up the… more →

Rafael Román Martel

CHARACTER

miscellany101 wrote 3 days ago: Webster, in one of its definitions of “character”, says it is moral excellence and firmn … more →

Tags: Cynthia McKinney, GAZA Blockade, President Obama, Israel, Palestine, Palestinians

Amnesty Int'l Report: U.S.-Israel Gaza Massacre -- 22 Days of Death and Destruction

Editors wrote 3 days ago: Amnesty International (AI) released 117-page report on the U.S.-backed ‘Operation Cast Lead … more →

Tags: Palestine-Israel, Political Science, Amnesty International, civilians, Drones, Ehud Barak, Fascism, Gaza, Gaza Massacre

Human Rights Watch:Burma: Make Ban’s Visit Meaningful

peacerunning wrote 4 days ago: UN Leader Should Stand Firm on Prisoners, Election, Political Dialogue, Minorities JULY 1, 2009 Time … more →

Tags: World Focus on Burma, Burma, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Ban Ki-moon, Political Prisoners

Report cites indiscriminate drone use by Israel

marchtowar wrote 5 days ago: The concerted effort of international human rights activists to rein in violations of laws of war wa … more →

Tags: War, Gaza, HRW, Israel, Palestine

Israel's War Crimes in Gaza: Intentional or Accidental?

Jasmin Ramsey wrote 5 days ago: Today’s broadcast of Al Jazeera’s Inside Story featured Israeli government spokesma … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, War crimes, Al Jazeera Inside Story, Bill van Esveld, Mark Regev, Mustafa Barghouti

Israel's Settlements are on Shaky Ground - LA Times

sandboxer2 wrote 1 week ago: Sarah Leah Whitson in the LA Times: “The debate over Israeli settlements in the occupied Pale … more →

Tags: Geneva Convention, Israel, Settlements, Red Cross, UN Security Council, West Bank, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory

Massacres, forced labour haunt Zimbabwe diamond fields

amatthews wrote 1 week ago: Military control over diamond mining in Zimbabwe’s eastern Marange district has resulted in a brutal … more →

Tags: Diamonds, Human Rights, Torture, ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe

"Human Rights and Humanity Watching the World and You" - LET'S BE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HISTORY‏

stopgenocides wrote 1 week ago: (NGS) President Obama yesterday openly voiced for the Iranian people protested peacefully for their … more →

Tags: China, Concentration Camps, Crimes Against Humanity, ethnic cleansing, Genocide, Genocide Stories, Human Rights, Iran, media

Urgent appeal to United Nations on deteriorating situation in West Papua

Sentani wrote 1 week ago: Following recent representations made by Human Rights Watch regarding the widespread practises of to … more →

Tags: Human Rights, INTERNATIONAL, West Papua, Indonesia, Amnesty International, Prisoner Abuse, Prisoners of conscience, political prisoner, Human Rights Charter

UNRWA is facing unprecedented crisis and may reduce assistance in Lebanon

refuniteaustralia wrote 1 week ago: By Carolina Montenegro*, in Beirut The UNRWA (UN agency assisting Palestinian refugees) is likely to … more →

Tags: Refugees United, Refugees, www.refunite.org, RefUnite, refunite.org, refugee family tracing, اللاجئون, عائلة, Flüchtling

Human Rights Watch Interview: Landon Van Soest and Jeremy Levine of Good Fortune

Brandon Harris, ND/NF New Voice wrote 1 week ago: Co-director Van Soest An incendiary look at the difficulties that foreign aid has unintentionally ex … more →

Tags: on @ the walter reade, Good Fortune, Jeremy Levine, Kenya, Kimera, Landon Van Soest, nairobi