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Tenth Wall Defense 4 Human Rights
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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…
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IS Wants World To See Palmyra Destruction
بلاه
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…
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How to get more Twitter followers free fast: @UNIR1Network
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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…
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Democracy activist Dr Nasser Bin Ghaith arrested
CiLuna
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…
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Islamic State destroys Baalshamin Temple at Palmyra, say activists
maria m.
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…
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Military leaders appointed by Presidents Obama and Clinton oppose Iran nuclear deal
Héctor Franco J.
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…
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Europe – Hollande, Merkel, urge unified EU response to migrant crisis
Cristina Neurótica
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
Corruption, greatest human rights violation, says Buhari
niel ledanyi
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…
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Why the US government is on track to ‘normalizing’ ISIS
Johanne Stuenes
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…
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Iran’s imprisonment of Jason Rezaian is an affront to justice
MarkGeoffreyKirshner
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…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
The 13 Best Parts of the New Joan Didion Biography, The Last Love Song
WomenNMedia
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
Birmingham News lays off last black journalist
Sarah Garcia
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….
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Migrant crisis: EU arrival numbers triple
MariaMatilde
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…
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VIDEO: Maryam Rajavi’s message: 1988 massacre of political prisoners in Iran
mahan kermany
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
Poetry: The Cinderella of the Arts
mason
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 …
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Helping Hands Press: Don’t get in a RUT,change things up a bit-James J. Griffin
Flora Reigada
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 …
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Longtime Baha’i leader Lincoln to give new perspective on Middle East
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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
Facebook bars posting of reports showing immigrants taking jobs from Americans
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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…
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Orwell’s 1984 comes to life in Erdogan’s 2015 Turkey – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
Johanne Stuenes
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
In Iran, a Women’s Soccer Revolution
Ric Fouad
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
Domestic Abuse and LGBTI Rights: India’s Current Struggles in Saurav Dutt’s The Butterfly Room
Saurav Dutt
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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Razia Sultana: Winning the education battle – The Times of India
zarina ahmed
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
Sustainable Fashion Starts by Eliminating Child Labor
zarina ahmed
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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My speech for my father, to all the victems of War and a wake-up call for the World.
Rob Schouten
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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Soldiers Kidnap Nine Palestinians In The West Bank – International Middle East Media Center
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
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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UNRWA Workers Strike as School Year Officially Begins in Gaza – International Middle East Media Center
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
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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Gay Pride Stabbing Suspect Charged with Murder – International Middle East Media Center
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
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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Israeli Media: Several Extremist Israeli Settlers Arrested – International Middle East Media Center
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
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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Allan’s Condition Stable, Health Improving – International Middle East Media Center
Anita Hunt (lissnup)
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…
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Saudi Arabia executed 175 people in past year, says Amnesty International
AmisIran
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
Migrant crisis: “Let’s not pretend Europe’s response is working” – UN rights expert warns
AmisIran
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
Wild Cards Remain as Democrats Add Supporters on Iran Deal
AmisIran
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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Washington Week on Human Rights: August 24, 2015
AmisIran
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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British female diplomat sparks outrage opening Iran embassy without head covering
AmisIran
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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Girls Who Flee From Home Are Not Criminals
AmisIran
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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The Costs of a Maniac Foreign Policy
AmisIran
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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‘I believe in Iran’s desire for better ties with the West,’ says Philip Hammond after Tehran trip – Telegraph
AmisIran
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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Imprisoned Cartoonist Grateful for International Courage Award
AmisIran
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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4 Civil Activists in Tehran Sentenced to Imprisonments
AmisIran
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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Former Tehran Prosecutor Acquitted of Charges in Kahrizak Murders despite Overwhelming Evidence
AmisIran
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…
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Israel Planning Ground Operations In Syria? | Conservative Opinion
AmisIran
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
Study of Holocaust survivors finds trauma passed on to children’s genes
AmisIran
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
La Belgique va remettre une médaille aux héros du Thalys
AmisIran
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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Hard-liners rage against Rafsanjani as elections near – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
AmisIran
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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