pNo FGM Australia is a not-for-profit organisation which aims to protect Australian girls from female genital mutilation, and to support and empower survivors of FGM./p pWe believe that all girls have the right to protection from abuse regardless of their colour, religion or ethnicity./p pWe condemn the practice, and not the people: it is everyone’s responsibility to look out for girls who are in danger of violence in the form of female genital mutilation./p
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timeout.com – New York City is full of transplants who hail from all parts of the country and the world. It’s easy to spot the noobs, but even once they learn the lingo, there are a few kinds of non-natives that…
elespectador.com – Dice estar cansada de sí misma después de viajar mucho, tras obtener el Premio Nobel de Literatura en 2015. Sin embargo, la bielorrusa Svetlana Alexiévich ofreció este viernes en Barcelona una larg…
drudgetoday.com – The first wave of what could become thousands of Cuban refugees have begun arriving in El Paso. Four thousand expected in the next two weeks. KFOX14 discovered refugees are arriving confused and lo…
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20min.ch – Die Regelung, dass Flüchtlingen in der Schweiz Geld und Wertsachen abgenommen werden, welche einen Wert von 1000 Franken übersteigen, hat international für Aufsehen gesorgt. Unter anderem berichtet…
glamour.com – When watching Game of Thrones from a fashion perspective, it’s easy to get swept up in the glam—the sweeping gowns, the rich fabrics, the capes. Costume director Michele Clapton is the one tasked w…
nacchocommunique.com – “Lynette was battered, bruised and ultimately destroyed by men’s violence. It was ended by the most obscene disregard for her humanity. The system did not protect her and justice has not been done….
latinamerica.undp.org – Miami, May 12, 2016 – For the first time ever, more than 20 Latin music artists gathered in Miami yesterday to perform in a star-studded benefit concert to support the earthquake-affected in Ecuado…
magnificenttruths.com – We hear it all the time, that catch-all spiritual cliché that’s supposed to provide consolation when things go terribly wrong in our lives: “I know it sucks that your home just went up in flames, b…
catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ‘Inutile celi i tuoi occhi dietro i miei ti copri d’inganno ogni volta è solo affanno… Farmi notare e lanciarti cupidi sguardi di tormento mentre fuori c’è un vento che strappa le foglie folla l’…
qz.com – If you’re looking for a way to help combat gender discrimination in Hollywood, try watching movies directed by women. A network of female filmmakers called Film Fatales has compiled a list of all o…
edutopia.org – If you’re looking for some good summer reads, consider diving into the world of young adult fiction. For those of you who teach grades six to nine, these novels will equip you with reading recommen…
asafeworldforwomen.org – FEMpads are made and sent by a generous UK citizen named Sharon Multani-colebrook. “Sharon has been a good mother for all of us… she is making our hearts feel at peace, feel loved.” – COFAPRI me…
billypenn.com – In many ways Michael Nutter became the face of the Amtrak 188 crash. The train derailed a year ago tonight at Frankford Junction, late in his second term as mayor. Hours after the crash, Nutter rac…
kjonnsforskning.no – “It is often thought that feminist philosophy emerged in the 1960s, but we can see a connection from the anonymous philosopher ‘Sophia’ in the 1770s, via Mary Wollstonecraft, Harriet Taylor and Sim…
sinembargo.mx – Cannes (Francia), 14 de mayo (EFE).- Aprovechando que Woody Allen inauguraba el Festival de Cannes con su nueva película, su hijo Ronan Farrow cargó de nuevo contra él por los supuestos abusos come…
kjrh.com – SAPULPA, Okla. – Many are confused after a senior’s request to wear cultural clothing to her graduation was denied. Liseanne Yazzie is a senior at Sapulpa High School and instead of wearing heels o…
abc.net.au – When a model manager spotted Yirrkala-born Maminydjama Maymuru getting cash out of a Darwin city ATM in 2014, it was almost a cliché opening from a plucked-from-obscurity supermodel success story. …
indiewire.com – With only four movies in 10 years, director Andrea Arnold has developed a rich filmography that other filmmakers spend decades trying to accumulate. The former actor has made her name with a delica…
nytimes.com – ★ ‘Bright Star’ Steve Martin (yes, that one) and Edie Brickell provide the gorgeous bluegrass score for this gentle-spirited, romantic musical about love, loss and redemption in the South of the 19…
variety.com – James Corden doesn’t need a script or a set of writers to impress audience members — his natural charisma and humor shined during his “The Late Late Show with James Corden” FYC panel at the El Port…
nytimes.com – The contrasts could not be more glaring. Ms. Rousseff, 68, was a former operative in an urban guerrilla group. She was tortured during the military dictatorship and eventually rose to lead the boar…
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en.iranwire.com – My 20 year-old sister, Rouhie Safajoo, took part in the Iranian Universities’ Entrance Exam in 2014, but test results were never released to her. She was told to go to the National Testing Organiza…
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modernghana.com – March 8th each year marks International Women Day originally called international working women day. This is a day set aside to celebrate the social, economic,cultural and political achievement of …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
sesimag.com – A few paragraphs about greats like Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King don’t even begin to scratch the surface of black women’s contributions to our country. Read on to discover 6 o…
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nydailynews.com – A security scare sent Secret Service agents scrambling to Donald Trump’s side at his first event since canceling Friday night’s Chicago rally under a cloud of violence. Agents swarmed the combative…
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typewriterintl.com – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today presented to the Security Council special measures aimed at ending impunity, helping and supporting victims, and strengthening accountability as part of a more e…
POLITICS
dailymail.co.uk – Two Australian journalists were detained overnight and have been barred from leaving Malaysia after they tried to “aggressively” question Prime Minister Najib Razak about a corruption scandal, poli…
LEISURE
dailymail.co.uk – Have often wondered if famous bands and singers get bored of singing the same songs again and again. How does Madonna perform ‘Like a Virgin’ for the nth time and yet retain the freshness? Mick J…
BUSINESS
yahoonewsdigest-gb.tumblr.com – Thousands of people are expected to attend a protest march in London today, demanding that the Government withdraw legislation which critics say is an attack on council house tenants. The Housing B…
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yahoonewsdigest-gb.tumblr.com – A maths teacher who has created more than a thousand videos explaining the subject to children will find out if he has won a million-dollar Nobel-style award. Colin Hegarty, of Preston Manor School…
POLITICS
asafeworldforwomen.org – For International Women’s Day 2016, Safe World Field Partners around the globe asked their members: ‘How would gender equality improve your life and your community?’ Mugisho Ndabuli Theophile, Foun…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – The situation has been appalling for quite some decades…. Without education, boys will likely join the militia and the outcome will be that new wars will occur. Many of the girls will become invo…
SCIENCE
medium.com – I use Twitter as an educational tool and for social listening. If you care about your online reputation management (ORM), you’ll be using it as well for your personal brand online. This will help p…
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juancole.com – GAZA, Palestine, (IPS) – In the safety of his sister’s bare flat in Beit Hanoun, Gaza, 42 year-old Iyad Yusef still shakes his head in disbelief when he recounts the journey that from war-torn Syri…
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medium.com – So, do you support Milagro Sala in spite of the corruption charges and the fact that she lives in a multi-million home while the people she “supports” live in shacks? If so, please let me know why …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
gothamist.com – Next Tuesday, Christie’s will auction off an impressive collection of Indian art, minus two items: federal agents seized two ancient artifacts from the auction house on Friday, having traced them t…
TECHNOLOGY
arstechnica.com – With the help of US tax dollars, WhatsApp upped its security back in 2014. According to a Saturday report in The New York Times, prosecutors have gone head-to-head with WhatsApp, the messaging app …
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ew.com – Ellen Page came out two years ago during a speech at the Human Rights Campaign’s Time to Thrive event in February 2014. “I’m here today because I am gay, and because maybe I can make a difference, …
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imemc.org – The official told Ma’an News Agency that the committee has announced the potential for their collective resignation following their failure to foster a solution to an ongoing salary crisis in Gaza….
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imemc.org – Ashrawi first met with Anne Patterson, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Near East Affairs, Frank Lowenstein, Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, Chris Henzel, Director of Israel…
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imemc.org – The Palestine Today TV station located in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank was closed after Israeli soldiers stormed the TV channels premises on Friday. The Palestine Journalists Syndic…
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imemc.org – The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that dozens of soldiers invaded the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and kidnapped five Palestinians. The PPS stated the soldiers invaded…
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tracks.unhcr.org – Akis and Sia Armpatzianis had just sat down to dinner in a restaurant near their village in north-eastern Greece on a cold, foggy November evening when a Syrian family burst in, calling for help. “…
BUSINESS
standard.co.uk – Private firms are compiling detailed personal profiles of ordinary citizens using methods that are “just as intrusive” as those deployed by Britain’s intelligence agencies, the former head of MI5 h…
WORLD
france24.com – Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei dragged a white grand piano to a muddy, rain-drenched refugee camp on the Greek-Macedonian border Saturday, allowing a young Syrian woman to tinkle the ivories fo…
WORLD
theguardian.com – The South Sudanese government has conducted a “scorched earth policy” against civilians caught up in the country’s civil war, allowing its soldiers and allied militias to rape women in lieu of wage…
POLITICS
washingtonpost.com – Thursday night’s GOP debate certainly proved to be the most — to quote Donald Trump — “elegant,” but it belies the 11 preceding ones, not to mention the name-calling and sucker punches ever-present…
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npr.org – Employers want to hire the best and the brightest to get the job done. In Africa, terrorist groups are actively recruiting well-educated boys and girls. The groups want recruits who can be leaders,…
STORIES
bbc.com – A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world’s oldest man, the Guinness World Records organisation says. Yisrael Kristal was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived through two worl…
TECHNOLOGY
information-age.com – From tiny sensors to mammoth machines, the Internet of Things (IoT) is exploding at an enormous rate. Intel noted that ten years ago there were two billion smart objects connected to the wireless w…
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nationalinterest.org – Twenty-five years ago, the mighty Soviet Union was finally thrown onto the ash heap of history—never to rise again. And yet, the fall of one of the most powerful empires in human history, we often …
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typewriterintl.com – Hong Kong experienced over 79 days of mass protests and civil disobedience in 2014. Such events which were initiated as the Occupy Central movement quickly evolved into what is now known as the Umb…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
vulture.com – It’s hard to believe that it’s been two years Ellen Page gave her tear-duct-ruining coming-out speech before the Human Rights Campaign’s inaugural conference in 2014. Now a vocal LGBTQ activist, Pa…
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en.trend.az – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday called for world powers to take “immediate punitive steps” against Iran, following its ballistic missile tests last week, Reuters reported. A s…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
washingtonexaminer.com – Pop star John Legend and Donald Trump Jr. got into an online debate Friday. “Ha 5 students when asked why they were protesting couldn’t even answer,” Trump Jr. said in one of a series of tweets bem…
SPORTS
thestar.com – Maria Sharapova posted a letter to her fans Friday on her Facebook page, four days after the Russian tennis star said she failed a doping test at the Australian Open in January for the little-known…
WORLD
typewriterintl.com – The United Nations refugee agency today expressed a concern about any European response to the migrant crisis that involves the blanket return of all individuals from one country to another without…
LEISURE
dailymail.co.uk – You might think there could be nothing more boring than watching paint dry, however a series of videos showing paints being mixed is captivating viewers online. Artist Iris Nan records as she gent…
TECHNOLOGY
ibtimes.com – AUSTIN, Texas — Apple’s case against the FBI in connection with the iPhone of one of the shooters in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, late last year continues to resound across Sil…
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typewriterintl.com – In the wake of the assassination of human rights activist Berta Cáceres in Honduras, an independent United Nations human rights expert is calling on the Government in that country to ensure the saf…
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today.ng – The many ways people have died during South Sudan’s two-year civil war are well-documented, but the number killed is unknown. Men, women and children have been shot, speared, burned, castrated, hun…
WORLD
yahoonewsdigest-gb-extra.tumblr.com – Donald Trump says he can unify the country. Now, he has to prove it.The Republican presidential front-runner canceled a Friday night rally in Chicago rather than enter a tense cauldron of animosity…
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vocativ.com – Donald Trump’s campaign postponed a campaign rally at the University of Illinois at Chicago Friday night, after scuffles between supporters and protestors inside and outside of the event proved to …
WORLD
medium.com – By Eleonora Vio, with additional reporting by Kristy Siegfried, IRIN Migration Editor, and Annie Slemrod, IRIN Middle East Editor. See the original article. (GAZIANTEP, 10 March 2016) — Over the la…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – As a 6 year-old, Mr Ban and his family had to flee their home; “life was miserable”. Mr. Ban spoke earnestly about how some of his earliest memories were being provided with food and medicine by UN…
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markgeoffreykirshner.com – theguardian.com – The reopening of the British embassy in Iran was not greeted with much enthusiasm by some newspapers. The Times warned foreign secretary Philip Hammond, who went to Tehran to watc…
news.sky.com – Palmyra. World Heritage Site. A place of incalculable cultural value but one with very specific use to so-called Islamic State. The ancient city north of Damascus was built on trade routes that rem…
twiterhero.blogspot.com – Finding great followers on Twitter can be hard. This blog makes it a lot easier with the most current and active users showing up in the timeline. These are the people you need to have on your Twit…
middleeastmonitor.com – Democracy activist Dr Nasser bin Ghaith was arrested by the UAE authoirities in Abu Dhabi at 2pm on 18th August. Dr bin Ghaith, who works as an economist and academic, has not been heard from since…
smh.com.au – The Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra has been blown up by Islamic State militants, reports from Syria say. Photo: WikiCommons Militants from the Islamic State destroyed a temple in the ancient ruins…
washingtonexaminer.com – What do military leaders appointed by President Obama and President Clinton think of Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran? Not much, in many cases. Examples: • Admiral James Stavridis, NATO supreme allie…
france24.com – “We must put in place a unified system for the right to asylum,” Hollande said in a brief statement ahead of talks, calling the influx from the world’s crisis zones “an exceptional situation that w…
punchng.com – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday described corruption as the greatest human rights violation ever. Justifying the reason why his administration is waging a large scale war against graft, Buhari…
washingtonexaminer.com – Facebook temporarily banned users from posting reports by an immigration watchdog analyzing federal statistics that show immigrants in general, and illegal immigrants specifically, are taking a big…
alldigitocracy.org – The big news from Alabama Media Group’s (AMG) recent announcement of more newsroom layoffs was that among those losing their jobs was Barnett Wright, the last black reporter at the Birmingham News….
vulture.com – Here’s the first thing you should know about The Last Love Song, Tracy Daugherty’s cradle-to-very-old-age account of the life of Joan Didion, which is out August 25 and is already ushering in a new…
myhelpinghandspress.blogspot.com – Don’t get in a RUT,change things up a bit-James J. Griffin Writers and readers both need to take the time to stretch their imaginations and change their habits, or they risk getting in a rut. I’ve …
sauravdutt.com – Since the release of India’s Daughters (2015) and its imminent ban in India, Bengali author Saurav Dutt’s The Butterfly Room (2015) also makes an intervention in women’s rights and LGBTI rights in …
independent.co.uk – Senior Foreign Office official Deborah Bronnert represented the British government at the reopening of the Iranian embassy in London. A photo of the event was shared by My Stealthy Freedom, a Faceb…
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markgeoffreykirshner.com – theguardian.com – The reopening of the British embassy in Iran was not greeted with much enthusiasm by some newspapers. The Times warned foreign secretary Philip Hammond, who went to Tehran to watc…
WORLD
news.sky.com – Palmyra. World Heritage Site. A place of incalculable cultural value but one with very specific use to so-called Islamic State. The ancient city north of Damascus was built on trade routes that rem…
TECHNOLOGY
twiterhero.blogspot.com – Finding great followers on Twitter can be hard. This blog makes it a lot easier with the most current and active users showing up in the timeline. These are the people you need to have on your Twit…
WORLD
middleeastmonitor.com – Democracy activist Dr Nasser bin Ghaith was arrested by the UAE authoirities in Abu Dhabi at 2pm on 18th August. Dr bin Ghaith, who works as an economist and academic, has not been heard from since…
WORLD
smh.com.au – The Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra has been blown up by Islamic State militants, reports from Syria say. Photo: WikiCommons Militants from the Islamic State destroyed a temple in the ancient ruins…
WORLD
washingtonexaminer.com – What do military leaders appointed by President Obama and President Clinton think of Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran? Not much, in many cases. Examples: • Admiral James Stavridis, NATO supreme allie…
WORLD
france24.com – “We must put in place a unified system for the right to asylum,” Hollande said in a brief statement ahead of talks, calling the influx from the world’s crisis zones “an exceptional situation that w…
POLITICS
punchng.com – President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday described corruption as the greatest human rights violation ever. Justifying the reason why his administration is waging a large scale war against graft, Buhari…
WORLD
nypost.com – How long will it take the United States to recognize the Islamic State as a legitimate actor? That may sound ridiculous. After all, ISIS is a barbaric and sociopathic band of terrorists who proudly…
WORLD
washingtonpost.com – The writer is secretary general of Reporters Without Borders. Jason Rezaian must be acquitted and freed immediately. As the final hearing in the Iranian trial of The Post’s Tehran correspondent was…
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vulture.com – Here’s the first thing you should know about The Last Love Song, Tracy Daugherty’s cradle-to-very-old-age account of the life of Joan Didion, which is out August 25 and is already ushering in a new…
TECHNOLOGY
alldigitocracy.org – The big news from Alabama Media Group’s (AMG) recent announcement of more newsroom layoffs was that among those losing their jobs was Barnett Wright, the last black reporter at the Birmingham News….
WORLD
smh.com.au – The UNHCR says the number of refugees and migrants arriving in Greece is accelerating dramatically and has now reached the 160,000 mark. It continues to say the overwhelming majority of arrivals ar…
WORLD
ncr-iran.org – Maryam Rajavi: Today, images of atrocities perpetrated by ISIS arouse outrage among people around the world over the brutality of religious fundamentalists. Three decades ago, however, it was Khome…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
bahaiteachings.org – Treasures lie hidden beneath the throne of God; the key to those treasures is the tongue of poets. – The Bab, quoted in Nabil’s The Dawnbreakers, pp. 258-259. Poetry does indeed have a significant …
SPORTS
myhelpinghandspress.blogspot.com – Don’t get in a RUT,change things up a bit-James J. Griffin Writers and readers both need to take the time to stretch their imaginations and change their habits, or they risk getting in a rut. I’ve …
WORLD
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Longtime Baha’i leader Lincoln to give new perspective on Middle East. After 20 years in Haifa, Israel, Albert Lincoln sees the West as disconnected from the rest of the world — and thinks that it’…
POLITICS
washingtonexaminer.com – Facebook temporarily banned users from posting reports by an immigration watchdog analyzing federal statistics that show immigrants in general, and illegal immigrants specifically, are taking a big…
WORLD
al-monitor.com – In his cult novel “1984,” George Orwell described a dystopian world of people under constant government surveillance. In a letter to an American trade unionist, Orwell wrote he believed a society s…
SPORTS
wsj.com – Women, and women’s sports, still face stiff winds of resistance in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Hard-liners supported by the highest echelons of government oppose women even watching the country’s…
LEISURE
sauravdutt.com – Since the release of India’s Daughters (2015) and its imminent ban in India, Bengali author Saurav Dutt’s The Butterfly Room (2015) also makes an intervention in women’s rights and LGBTI rights in …
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timesofindia.indiatimes.com – Nanglakhumba, Meerut: She is named after the only woman ruler of the Sultanate and Mughal era. Seventeen-year-old Razia Sultana is a picture of girlish grace, dressed in a black salwar kameez, with…
BUSINESS
takepart.com – How can we call sustainable-fashion supply chains “sustainable” when there is so much slave labor involving children at the heart of it all? From artisanal gold mining to unregulated fashion manufa…
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imaginepeacenow.nl – Thank you for giving me this opportunity for being on stage and telling my story. My name is Rob Schouten and the reason that I am here is because I am on a mission on behalf of my father and mysel…
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imemc.org – Media sources in Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, have reported that the soldiers invaded the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, and kidnapped four Palestinians, including tw…
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imemc.org – The strike comes amid a financial crisis in the agency that earlier threatened to delay the start of the school year. “We didnt want to suspend classes, but the administration of UNRWA pushed us t…
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imemc.org – Israeli ultra-orthodox Yishai Shlissel (C), suspected of stabbing six Gay Pride marchers the previous day, has been charged with murder. (AFP/Gali Tibbon, File) Yishai Shlissel, who was released fr…
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imemc.org – Haaretz said, according to the PNN, that the orders range in severity from prohibitions against contacting specified individuals to being forced to leave the West Bank. They were issued upon the re…
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imemc.org – Jawad Awwads statement was released following a meeting with neurologist Adel Misk, who had recently visited and evaluated Allan at the Barzilai Medical Center in Israel where Allan is being treat…
WORLD
theguardian.com – Saudi Arabia has executed at least 175 people over the last 12 months, on average one person every two days, according to a report released on Tuesday by Amnesty International. Related: Executions …
POLITICS
ohchr.org – GENEVA (25 August 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, François Crépeau, today called on the European Union to establish a human rights-based, coherent and…
POLITICS
nytimes.com – WASHINGTON — With Senator Harry Reid’s undiluted endorsement Sunday of the Iran nuclear accord, followed by Senator Debbie Stabenow of Michigan on Monday, supporters of the deal are closing in on t…
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humanrightsfirst.org – Family Detention Federal Judge Dolly Gee ruled late on Friday that the Obama Administration must release children from family detention centers “without unnecessary delay” and that they should be r…
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independent.co.uk – Senior Foreign Office official Deborah Bronnert represented the British government at the reopening of the Iranian embassy in London. A photo of the event was shared by My Stealthy Freedom, a Faceb…
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roozonline.com – When the term “fled from home” is attached to a girl’s name, the mind of an Iranian invariably perceives prostitution and all kinds of sexual immorality and misbehavior on her behalf. State judicia…
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roozonline.com – The reopening of Iran’s embassy in London and the British embassy in Tehran, after about four years of closure, raises the fundamental question of who in Iran is responsible for the political damag…
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telegraph.co.uk – Mr Rouhani had given a “very strong signal of a desire for dialogue, of better understanding of each other’s positions,” said Mr Hammond. Iran’s longstanding hostility towards Britain had softened,…
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iranhumanrights.org – Jailed artist Atena Farghadani has expressed gratitude upon hearing she was awarded the 2015 Courage in Cartooning Award by the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI), her father said afte…
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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Arash Sadeghi, Golrokh Ebrahimi, Naveed Kamran and Behnam Mosivand have been sentenced by the Revolutionary Court Branch 15 to imprisonments. According to the report of Human Ri…
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iranhumanrights.org – Mortazavi Verdict Shows Officials Still Enjoy Impunity even in Cases of Torture and Death of Prisoners. The former Tehran Prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, was acquitted on August 19, 2015, on charges c…
WORLD
right.is – Israel partnered with Obama’s war on Syria since conflict began in March 2011. It supports ISIS and other takfiri terrorists – providing arms, treating wounded fighters in Israeli hospitals. It con…
SCIENCE
theguardian.com – Genetic changes stemming from the trauma suffered by Holocaust survivors are capable of being passed on to their children, the clearest sign yet that one person’s life experience can affect subsequ…
POLITICS
lesoir.be – Le Premier ministre Charles Michel est arrivé lundi matin à l’Elysée. Il a rencontré vers 09h00, en compagnie du président français François Hollande et d’un représentant du Premier ministre néerla…
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al-monitor.com – TEHRAN, Iran — Since his Aug. 3 announcement that he intends to run in the upcoming Assembly of Experts elections, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani is once again dominating headlines in Iran. Predictab…
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nytimes.com – QADIYA, Iraq — In the moments before he raped the 12-year-old girl, the Islamic State fighter took the time to explain that what he was about to do was not a sin. Because the preteen girl practiced…
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washingtonexaminer.com – Operation Desert Storm, which began 25 years ago this week, was, using the words of Teddy Roosevelt’s secretary of state, “a splendid little war.” Indeed it was if one’s criteria are success, strat…
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washingtonexaminer.com – An unusual alliance of national security experts that include a former CIA director and one-time spy Valerie Plame are warning the administration and Congress to act fast to block a growing “cyberg…
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middleeastmonitor.com – A senior UN official has confirmed that the Israeli military turned a school in the Gaza Strip into a military base during July’s ground offensive. The comments last week by Special Representative …
WORLD
doctorswithoutborders.org – Police are evicting migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers from public areas on the Greek island of Kos and directing them into an ill-equipped stadium, exacerbating conditions for thousands of peo…
SCIENCE
examiner.com – A dirty, heavily matted coat hid the festering wounds on one dog’s body who arrived this week at a metro animal shelter in Phoenix, Ariz. When staff at the facility shaved the long-neglected fur aw…
SCIENCE
britishmuseum.org – The most common type of Museum number begins with the year of acquisition. The database standardises these numbers in the form, for example: 1887,0708.2427 (year: comma: block of four numbers – usu…
SCIENCE
greenbiz.com – The buzz about the puzzling mass demise of honey bees, monarch butterflies and other crucial pollinators has prompted plenty of personal protection pledges. Now, a movement is afoot to plant these …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
popcrush.com – Referring to Swift’s Vevo record-breaking video, Cyrus reveals during the interview, “I don’t get the violence revenge thing. That’s supposed to be a good example? And I’m a bad role model because …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
huffingtonpost.com – Mario and Tara Fuentes are the parents of three incredibly kind kids. Michael, 10, Catherine, 9, and their youngest, Mario, 6, are all committed to doing acts of kindness and making sure their acti…
ENVIRONMENT
undp.org – 22-year-old U Pay Ta Ru has become a voice for conserving forests. His village, perched high on the banks of the Chindwin River, is home to more than 200 ethnic Naga people. Traditionally, his comm…
POLITICS
nationalmemo.com – An anti-abortion group’s campaign to discredit Planned Parenthood with deceptively edited and dubiously produced videos continues. The latest release from the Center For Medical Progress (CMP) is t…
BUSINESS
undp.org – OGENETAN VILLAGE, Iniyandit subdistrict, Boven Digoel regency, Papua – Yulia Bayup, 24, is a happy woman. She is the proud owner of two fishponds, having been provided with IDR 2 million (US$150) i…
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addictinginfo.org – Not one to miss even a single day of saying something that would get any other candidate immediately kicked out of the race, Trump spent a recent campaign rally suggesting he would physically fight…
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euronews.com – The rebel Libya Dawn forces have held the capital, Tripoli, for the last year, forcing the legitimate government to flee. In February they put on a show of strength ahead of a resumption of UN-brok…
SCIENCE
informationweek.com – The ubiquity of digital cameras makes it easy to overlook the glory of the visible world. Facebook in 2013 said users had uploaded more than 250 billion photos, and were adding 350 million photos p…
WORLD
ncr-iran.org – L’été 1988 fut l’apogée de l’horreur pour le peuple iranien qui a vu des milliers de prisonniers politiques pendus en quelques semaines dans les prisons du pays. Ces prisonniers qui purgeaient leur…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
hrw.org – This report addresses human rights abuses faced by transgender people in Malaysia. “Transgender” is an inclusive term for anyone whose sex assigned to them at birth—i.e., the designation as “female…
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markgeoffreykirshner.com – image: http://images.christianpost.com/full/80869/displaced-sudanese-girl-hawa-sliman-idriss.jpg image: http://images.christianpost.com/full/80869/displaced-sudanese-girl-hawa-sliman-idriss.jpg Sud…
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theguardian.com – Old people’s wards are hell for old people. Geriatric wards are bedlam, bonkers, bananas. A toothless woman screaming when left alone, a cry that reaches the high hospital ceiling. A woman effing a…
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gogetfunding.com – The migrants living in appalling conditions in the tented settlement in Calais are getting no help from any of the EU governments. They have nothing and need virtually everything that we take for g…
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sauravdutt.com – Whilst researching, writing and completing my latest book ‘The Butterfly Room’ I-like many around the world-was struck by the power, resolve and unflinching horror of the ‘India’s Daughter’ documen…
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bigstory.ap.org – CALAIS, France (AP) — The floor is sandy like the nearby dunes, the canvas roof is held up by tree branches covered in flowered cloth and the students seated at small desks are listening with soldi…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – Somalia made headlines again on the 26th July as a bomb explosion outside the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu killed 13 people and injured more than 40 others. The attack, which was carried out b…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 13th June 2015. “It’s nice that we should all be friends, despite differences. What we want to hear about, around the whole world, is similariti…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 11th August 2015. Friday 7th August was Mum’s birthday. She turned 79. Mum lives with our son in her bungalow, half an hour away by car. I went …
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 6th July 2015. OK this is relatively early stages but, at the moment, it is still possible for me to see Alzheimer’s in a positive light, at tim…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 20th June 2015. Reading about Alzheimer’s, it looks as though the condition progresses in a series of clear-cut stages, starting with a bit of c…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 4th August 2015. My recent blogs started out being about Mum who has been diaignosed with Alzhemer’s Disease. But actually this one is at least …
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. 15th July 2015. Today I took my mum for an ECG (electocardiogram) to check out her heart, to help the psychiatrist to prescribe the most appropr…
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imemc.org – WAFA correspondence stated that Israeli forces raided a Hebron city neighborhood, where they proceeded to detain a Palestinian after breaking into and ransacking his house. The detainee was identif…
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imemc.org – (Press TV/Al Ray) Riham Dawabsha who was herself injured, and also lost her husband as a result of the attack, was put on a respirator at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, also known as Tel HaShomer …
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imemc.org – According to Ma’an, Yousef al-Bassam, Managing Director of the Saudi Fund for Development, said the donation aims to mitigate a funding crisis within UNRWA, which has threatened to delay the start …
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fr.news.yahoo.com – Le reporter du Jewish Daily Forward, une publication marquée à gauche, livre un reportage nuancé sur le pays et son rapport à Israël. Le Congrès américain devra se prononcer en septembre sur l’acco…
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iran-echo.com – Dernière liste des prisonnières politiques Iraniennes détenues dans la seule prison d’Evin à Téhéran La liste suivante comprend les prisonnières politiques, actuellement arbitrairement enfermées d…
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nymag.com – Earlier this summer, in considering the appeal of a longtime California death-row inmate named Hector Ayala, Justice Anthony Kennedy set aside the substance of Ayala’s appeal (it had to do with the…
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iranhrdc.org – Eleven human rights organizations have condemned the destruction of a Sunni place of worship in Tehran in a statement and called on international organizations and Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rap…
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iranhrdc.org – Late last month Majid Moghaddam, a prisoner of conscience and former detainee at Kahrizak Detention Center was granted bail as his six-year sentence on charges relating to political crimes such as …
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globalvoicesonline.org – It has been five days since the assassination of secular blogger Niloy Neel but Bangladesh police authorities have made no significant progress investigating his murder. Neel was hacked to death by…
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theguardian.com – As an Iranian Jew raised in Tehran, educated in the United States, and a frequent visitor to Israel, the nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran has pulled me in different directions. Like m…
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theguardian.com – Seven years ago this summer, everything was set for the marriage ceremony of a young Iranian couple who had met and fallen in love at university. But on the day before the wedding, plain clothes of…
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ihrb.org – The airwaves are still buzzing with news of the historic nuclear deal between six major world powers and Iran. As foreign corporations begin to consider the opportunities to do business in Iran, it…
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forward.com – Pasagardae, Iran —— In the heart of Fars Province on Iran’s high desert plateau in the South, a stark and bare large limestone tomb juts out of the landscape. It’s in the middle of nowhere. But the…
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commentarymagazine.com – When asked repeatedly by Republicans about Iran’s repeated threats to destroy Israel during Congressional testimony about the Iran nuclear deal, Secretary of State John Kerry sighed and looked at h…
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rferl.org – MOSCOW — Rights groups in Russia have been ensnared in a far-reaching government clampdown since Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency in 2012, but some activists may soon get plaudits and eve…
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cartoonistsrights.org – CRNI’s 2015 Courage in Cartooning award is being given to Iranian artist-activist Atena Farghadani. Ms. Farghadani was jailed in Tehran in August of 2014 after publishing a cartoon in protest of p…
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nytimes.com – HASAKA, Syria — Green drapes were drawn against the sun, cloaking the room where members of a Syrian Kurdish militia huddled around walkie-talkies, assiduously taking down GPS coordinates. Talal Ra…
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forward.com – In remarks carried by several Israeli media outlets, an unnamed senior military officer said that if agreed by its June 30 deadline, the deal would provide clarity on the direction of Iran’s nuclea…
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chathamhouse.org – In many ways, Iran’s behaviour in its region over the past five years has been an exception to its usual rule. The narrow sectarian politicking that has shaped much of its foreign policy since 2011…
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fastcompany.com – “She comes from a country where women can’t drive, can’t go outside, can’t go to restaurants, can’t socialize, can’t, can’t, can’t . . .” This is how Her Royal Highness Princess Reema bint Bandar A…
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Raul Castro’s welcome speech to Pope includes demand that US return Guantanamo Bay
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Pakistan: Don’t Execute Paralyzed Prisoner
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The Truth About the Iran Lobby
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Ancient manuscript pieced together after Cairo Museum find
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Iran footballer barred from attending Asian championship
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The World’s Most Luxurious Fashion Show
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Russian Buildup in Syria Raises Questions on Role
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In Unit Stalked by Suicide, Veterans Try to Save One Another
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Maryam Rajavi’s message to a meeting on human rights in Iran at the UK House of Commons
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The Art of Making Good Decisions
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Bohemian Grove-Revelations by a Former Participant
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Woman suffers severe burns to face after being attacked with acid in city centre
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A Demand for Action in Belgrade — Serbia giving back
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Reykjavik City Council to Change Resolution on Ban of Israeli Goods – International Middle East Media Center
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30th Day of Hunger Strike for 7 Palestinian Detainees – International Middle East Media Center
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Settlers Fill Palestinian Well with Dirt and Rocks near Bethlehem – International Middle East Media Center
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Settler Violence Escalates in the Vicinity of Kiryat Arba Illegal Settlement – International Middle East Media Center
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Gaza, a Constant Slaughter: Testimonies of a Genocidal Aggression – International Middle East Media Center
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14-year-old Boy Shot and Injured in Kafr Qaddoum – International Middle East Media Center
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‘Iran is Teaching Gazan Children How to Murder Jews’
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Amir Amirgholi In The 10th Month Of Detention In Evin Prison
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Atena Daemi Will Be Transferred To The Hospital On Monday
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Islamic Republic of Iran’s International Transgressions
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The Heads of Fars Province’s Prison Service Wrote Letter to the Public Prosecutor of Shiraz Call to Change the Prison Location of Kasra Nouri
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Jailed activist writes to judicial chief about plight as a mother
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Refugees face ‘journey of death’ (Opinion – CNN.com
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Judge: Anti-Planned Parenthood group must turn over evidence
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AP sources: Marines seek to close combat jobs to women
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Israel has moved 600,000 Squatters onto Palestinian Land in West Bank
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twitchy.com – Just woke up to my mom yelling at Raul Castro’s speech on TV As Twitchy reported, Pope Francis landed in Cuba today and praised the normalization of relations between the United States and Cuba, ca…
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hrw.org – Basit, a former administrator at a medical college, was sentenced to death in 2009, after being convicted of murder. He became paralyzed after contracting tubercular meningitis in 2010 while in the…
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algemeiner.com – JNS.org – In the weeks since the Obama administration announced the perilous international nuclear deal with Iran, growing attention has been paid to the network of organizations and foundations th…
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theguardian.com – A leather manuscript more than 4,000 years old has been painstakingly reconstructed by a scholar after it was rediscovered in the Egyptian museum in Cairo. Containing religious spells as well as co…
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mojahedin.org – An Iranian women’s football team will be without its captain at the Asian championship in Malaysia next week after her husband resorted to a bogus excuse and invoked his right under Iranian regime’…
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newyorker.com – Four days will quickly steep themselves in night;Four nights will quickly dream away the time. Stefano Gabbana, the fashion designer, leaned on the railing of his yacht, the Regina d’Italia, and sm…
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nytimes.com – LONDON — Russia’s military buildup in Syria now includes surface-to-air missiles as well as combat aircraft with air-to-air capability, deployments that raise “serious questions” about Moscow’s rol…
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nytimes.com – After the sixth suicide in his old battalion, Manny Bojorquez sank onto his bed. With a half-empty bottle of Jim Beam beside him and a pistol in his hand, he began to cry. He had gone to Afghanista…
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ncr-iran.org – NCRI – The following is the text of a message by Mrs. Maryam Rajavi, President-elect of the Iranian Resistance, to a meeting on human rights in Iran at the United Kingdom House of Commons sponsored…
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medium.com – Lately, I’ve been hearing from friends who are struggling to make the right decision. “I want to write a book but I don’t know where to start.” “I’d love to quit my job, but what would I do?” “I’ve…
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coachisright.com – Zachary King, a convert to Christianity, is a former Satanist who was involved with the occult for decades. He began practicing magick at 10 years of age, joined a satanic coven at 13 and had broke…
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mirror.co.uk – A woman is feared to have been left blinded after two men threw acid at her outside a bar. Police are now studying CCTV in a bid to hunt down the offenders, who immediately fled the scene after lau…
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huffingtonpost.com – The sun is shining. It’s nine o’clock in the morning and Belgrade has awoken. Lightly dressed and wearing sunglasses, guys and girls are heading towards the outdoor dining terraces for a Saturday b…
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imemc.org – The resolution passed by Reykyaviks City Council earlier this week was ambiguous in its wording, leading many to understand that the ban affects all Israeli goods. Dagur B. Eggertsson_reykjavik_Ic…
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imemc.org – An elderly man looks at pictures of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails April 15, 2010. (AFP/Manahem Kahana, File) The seven are still being held in solitary confinement despite the deterio…
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imemc.org – Coordinator of the anti wall and settlement committee, Ahmad Salah, informed WAFA that a group of settlers filled a water well belonging to local Mohammad al-Baik with dirt and rocks, noting that t…
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imemc.org – Settler Violence Escalates in the Vicinity of Kiryat Arba Illegal Settlement Saturday September 19, 2015 21:52 by the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) The children of the Jabari family in Ja…
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imemc.org – Gaza, a Constant Slaughter: Testimonies of a Genocidal Aggression Saturday September 19, 2015 21:44 by the International Solidarity Movement It only depends on us that this mothers cry of pain doe…
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imemc.org – Popular Resistance Committee coordinator Murad Shtewei said Israeli forces shot Abdullah Haitham Abbas in the thigh and caused moderate injuries, according to Ma’an. An Israeli army spokesperson sa…
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israelnationalnews.com – Journalist David Bedein, head of the Center for Near East Policy Research, spoke to Arutz Sheva on Thursday about how Iran is funding terror camps in Gaza that teach children there how to murder Je…
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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – After more than nine months of detention of Amir Amirgholi, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, he has not been tried yet. According to the report of Human Rights Activ…
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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Atena Daemi, imprisoned civil rights activist in Evin prison, will be transferred to the hospital on Monday. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Ira…
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rezapahlavi.org – Re: Islamic Republic of Iran’s International Transgressions I would like to extend my warmest congratulations on the opening of the 70th session of the UN General Assembly, an important internation…
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majzooban.org – According to a report by Majzooban Noor, recently, the heads of Fars province’s prison service by holding meetings and writing a letter to the Public Prosecutor of Shiraz are calling to change the …
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en.radiozamaneh.com – Jailed human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi has written to the head of the judiciary, Ayatollah Sadegh Larijani, to protest that she can’t speak to her children on the telephone. The Centre for …
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cnn.com – Michelle Nunn is president and CEO of the humanitarian organization CARE. For more on CARE’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis, go to http://www.care.org. The views expressed are her own. (CNN)Last we…
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thehill.com – A federal judge said Friday that the anti-abortion group targeting Planned Parenthood with hidden cameras cannot refuse to turn over potential pieces of evidence by pleading the Fifth Amendment. Ju…
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marinecorpstimes.com – WASHINGTON — The Marine Corps is expected to ask that women not be allowed to compete for several front-line combat jobs, inflaming tensions between Navy and Marine leaders, U.S. officials say. The…
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juancole.com – About 600 thousand settlers live in the West Bank and half of them are in Jerusalem district, said the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) in a Thursday press release. WAFA corresponden…
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nypost.com – ILLAPEL, Chile — Thousands of residents of this small city in northern Chile were sleeping outside Thursday after a powerful earthquake destroyed their homes, a tremor that also forced more than 1 …
news.nationalgeographic.com – A global ocean lurks inside Enceladus, Saturn’s saltwater-spitting moon—and that’s good news for alien hunters seeking an A-list extraterrestrial petri dish. After sorting through more than seven y…
independent.ie – Gay marriages will be recognised in Ireland before the end of the year. Despite delays in publishing the liberalised laws following legal challenges, the Government said the legislation should be p…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – In Somalia, there is a new generation of young female law students who hope to use their education to build a strong and fair justice system. UNDP, through the Rule of Law Access to Justice Project…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Source: Iran regime ups internet censorship – Reporters Without Borders NCRI – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Iranian regime’s increasing censorship of the Internet, including its cens…
montrealgazette.com – QUEBEC — The Quebec Bar Association added its voice Wednesday to those calling for significant changes to Bill 59. Human rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis said the Bar supports the bill’s principle — to …
hrw.org – Since taking power in 1994, President Yahya Jammeh has ruled Gambia with often-ruthless repression of dissent, a tight clamp on virtually all independent media, and the use of state security forces…
chelseakrost.com – I’ve been a fan of Amy Poehler since her Saturday Night Live days, where she parodied everyone from former first ladies to Mickey Mouse-adorned teens. I’ve also watched her on all 6 (soon to be 7) …
girltalkhq.com – I write from the perspective of a man who cares very much about women’s rights, gender equality, and homophobia. I’ve written about these issues within the context and framework of South Asia and p…
macfound.org – Since 1978, MacArthur has invested nearly $1.1 billion in Chicago. Grants have supported more than 1,300 organizations and individuals in the region. MacArthur awards $10 million annually to more t…
theartnewspaper.com – The 14th Istanbul Biennial, Saltwater: a Theory of Thought Forms, opened this week amid calls for all participating artists to suspend their work for 15 minutes in support of Turkey’s Kurdish minor…
kdvr.com – SANTIAGO, Chile — A powerful 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Chile’s coast on Wednesday, triggering a tsunami alert and coastal evacuations. At least three people were killed President Michelle…
theatlantic.com – I realized something about you earlier this summer, while we were both enjoying the scenery in that famed playground of the workingman, Aspen, Colorado. I was moderating an Ideas Festival debate di…
theguardian.com – The captain of an Iranian women’s football team is to miss a forthcoming Asian championships because her husband would not allow her to renew her passport. In a case highlighting Iran’s discriminat…
iranpresswatch.org – HRANA – Mr. Zabihullah Raufi has been arrested at his home in Sanandaj, a city in the western province of Kurdistan. He was detained by agents of the Ministry of Intelligence in Sanandaj and transf…
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newyorker.com – Last Tuesday, a group of refugees, many of them Syrians, walked quickly through a field outside the Hungarian village of Röszke. They had broken out of what amounted to a holding pen, where the aut…
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dailymail.co.uk – These heartbreaking images show the terrifying moment an overcrowded dinghy packed with refugees deflated and left them swimming desperately to shore. One picture shows a breathless fully clothed f…
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dailytrust.com.ng – Hajiya Amina Mohammed is the special adviser to the United Nations (UN) secretary-general on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this interview she spok…
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uatoday.tv – Illegally detained journalist claims he was being held in a concentration camp in Donetsk Ukraine Today is joined by Ukrainian journalist and blogger and political activist – Mr Dmytro Potekhin. Wa…
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thetower.org – Rep. Ted Lieu (D – Calif.), an Air Force veteran and a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announced his opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran today in a detailed 23-page press relea…
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wilsoncenter.org – It is estimated that more than 3 million girls, the majority under 15 years of age, undergo genital mutilation every year. Female genital mutilation (FGM), which comprises all procedures involving …
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ishr.ch – (Geneva) – States must use the 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council to address worsening legislative and physical attacks on human rights defenders in China, Cambodia and Bahrain and ensure …
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france24.com – There were 119 votes in favor out of 193 U.N. members. The United States and Israel were among eight countries that voted against the Palestinian-drafted resolution, which says the flags of non-mem…
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france24.com – In an interview with French daily Le Parisien on Thursday, the former footballer-turned-actor said he was “of course” ready to host people fleeing war and persecution in their home countries. “And …
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france24.com – A first bus carrying 53 people arrived in Champagne-sur-Seine, east of Paris, Wednesday morning. They were welcomed by the French Red Cross in a hastily built shelter. A FRANCE 24 reporter witnesse…
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punchng.com – The UN has said the violations of human rights by authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo was escalating ahead of elections. Director, UN Joint Human Rights Office, Jose-Maria Aranaz, said on T…
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yalibnan.com – Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine, the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation said on Saturday. The…
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hrw.org – (Oslo) – The Tajik government should reverse its decision to order the closure of the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) and allow the party to operate freely, Human Rights Watch, the N…
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jordantimes.com – AMMAN — Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for an updated penal code that would “better protect human rights,” in a letter sent to Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour, which was released Wednesday. Curren…
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markgeoffreykirshner.com – Source: Iran regime ups internet censorship – Reporters Without Borders NCRI – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Iranian regime’s increasing censorship of the Internet, including its cens…
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nervana1.org – Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 37 ( Sept 7- 13) Top Headlines Outgoing agriculture minister detained pending investigation into corruption charges. (Monday) Syria and Egypt agree on restoring ties. (Frid…
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nytimes.com – In her peppy and helpful online video tutorial, Reshma Bano Qureshi promises to teach her viewers “how to get perfect red lips.” But unlike the more than 200,000 other online videos dedicated to th…
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girltalkhq.com – I write from the perspective of a man who cares very much about women’s rights, gender equality, and homophobia. I’ve written about these issues within the context and framework of South Asia and p…
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charlotteagenda.com – That question is not a joke, and neither is the fact that the Charlottean is a human trafficking survivor – Antonia “Neet” Childs. Neet has been invited to travel to the White House this week to me…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – “Any ANP candidate who tries to bar women from voting will be expelled from the party” ~ Asfandyar Wali The practice of barring women to exercise their voting rights has been going on for years in …
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asafeworldforwomen.org – Sewa Development Trust Sindh is participating in the ‘Take a Child to School Programme’ – Ilm-Possible, implemented by the British Council Pakistan. SDTS set up its ‘Take a Child to School’ stall i…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Luz Maria Sanchez Hurtado, Estrategia Director. June 2015. The National Organization of Grassroots Women is the first such grassroots organization that women leaders have formed in Peru and will…
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imemc.org – The soldiers attacked dozens of Palestinians, including women, near the Chain Gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, while a young man, identified as Tamer Khalaf, 29, suffered various cuts and bruises after …
WORLD
christianitytoday.com – Sam Espada led friends in a chorus of “Happy Birthday” for his sombrero-wearing brother at a Mexican restaurant. After dinner, they saw the latest Hollywood blockbuster. The five-story mall could h…
WORLD
commondreams.org – During a recent excursion to Iran, Brandon Stanton — creator of the wildly popular Humans of New York (HONY) blog — posted some shots of humans in the Islamic Republic. One of them features a fathe…
WORLD
chrr.biz – Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Labor activist and political prisoner Shahrokh Zamani passed away in Rajai Shahr prison today after suffering a fatal stroke. The Kaleme website reports that t…
WORLD
iranpresswatch.org – Source: Farah Baghi and Vahid Qudrat (facebook grou Read the sad story of this Baha’i couple who have been persecuted by the Islamic Republic government in Iran for the past 36 years: My name is Va…
WORLD
middleeasteye.net – The US Republicans’ attempt to block the Iran nuclear deal has, at long last, failed. Many analysts have taken a look at the implications of the conclusion of the Iran nuclear crisis from a variety…
ENVIRONMENT
news.sciencemag.org – LAKE URMIA, IRAN—In a wetland dying of thirst, Hossein Akhani, a botanist at the University of Tehran, mourns a verdant past. “Fifteen years ago, the lake was here,” he says. “Every time I come bac…
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redflag.org.au – More than 1,100 Black activists, artists, scholars and students in the United States have signed the 2015 Black Solidarity Statement with Palestine. Individual signatories include Angela Davis, Boo…
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hrw.org – (Brussels) – The European Union and its 28 member states should act immediately to address the human rights crisis resulting from years of mismanaging migration and asylum, Human Rights Watch said …
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cnn.com – (CNN)Facing an influx of migrants and refugees from war-torn Syria and Iraq, Germany will institute temporary border controls, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said Sunday. “The focus wi…
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aljazeera.com – Near Choman, Iraq – Standing in a mountain camp just inside the Iraqi border, the burly commander gestured expansively towards a high pass beyond which lay Iran. “This is the gate to our home,” he …
WORLD
gopetition.com – Free Iranian Net Citizen Nahid Gorji, Arrested For Social Media Activism Petition published by John S. Burke on Oct 17, 2014 Target: UN, OHCHR, Navi Pillay, Ban ki-Moon, Ahmed Shaheed, State Depart…
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thehill.com – Now that Congress has cleared the way for the Iranian nuclear deal to go forward, the United States should work with other democracies to tackle a second critical issue that remains central to all …
WORLD
csmonitor.com – BEIRUT — One million more people will be displaced within Syria by the end of the year if the war there continues unabated, potentially adding to the flow of refugees to Europe, a senior UN officia…
TECHNOLOGY
csmonitor.com – Google wants to deliver fresh groceries to your home. The world’s predominant search engine company and emerging self-driving car proprietor is now looking to be a major player in the food delivery…
BUSINESS
usnews.com – Running a sustainable business requires a unique kind of leadership. It’s hard enough to meet quarterly financial targets consistently. To build a sustainable business, an executive must go beyond …
WORLD
theatlantic.com – Until recently, Canada’s upcoming election seemed headed for a three-way tie, with potential for constitutional turmoil if Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to stay in power. Harper’s Conservativ…
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