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This month, our blog has featured voices of survivors of past genocides and mass atrocities. In so many of these cases the world failed to call the atrocities genocide while they were taking place. In some cases, even generations later, survivors continue to seek the world’s acknowledgement that acts of genocide did take place. What are we afraid of acknowledging in these cases?
Our friends at the International Campaign for Tibet have just released a new report, “60 Years of Chinese Misrule: Arguing Cultural Genocide in Tibet.” The report is bound to generate controversy, not only because of the position it takes on the contested concept of ”cultural” genocide, but also because as China emerges as a global power, few will want to point too closely to China’s ongoing atrocities within its border.
The report was made public on April 25, the birthday of Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, Tibet’s Panchen Lama, who was taken into custody by the Chinese authorities in 1995 and has not been seen since. The Dali Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, is in Canada this weekend for a convention of world parliamentarians on Tibet that is being broadcast live. The analysis in this important new report is being discussed during this convening.
There is much to debate in the report but we call attention to the fact that the report reminds us that 60 years ago the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) found that mass atrocities were committed by China in Tibet. Reports in 1959 and 1960 by the ICJ, immediately after the Chinese takeover of Tibet and the exile of the Dalai Lama, stated that the pattern of evidence from Tibet constituted “(a) a prima facie case of acts contrary to Articles 2(a) and (e) of the Genocide Convention of 1948.” (Article (a) covers mass killings and article (e) refers to forcible transferring of children to another group). There was no overt response from the international community at that time to the ICJ reports.
It is possible that our collective international unwillingness to reopen past cases and offer to survivor communities the acknowledgement and the words to legitimize their suffering, is in part a reflection of our collective guilt? As past atrocities unfolded, we far too often failed to sound the alarm at the time in ways that would compel action to protect the victims.
What, then, is appropriate to say now? At today’s hearing in Canada, the question was raised as to whether in fact a genocide “equivalent to the Holocaust” had taken place in Tibet. Richard Gere, speaking on behalf of Campaign for Tibet, responded judiciously by stating, “At Campaign for Tibet, we are very careful not to co-opt the Holocaust in any way.” We agree: historic circumstances for each contested case are unique and each case deserves its own special consideration; broad moral equivalency is neither helpful to meaningful healing for survivor communities, nor does it support our future efforts to sound the alarm.
The Tibet report raises more questions than it answers. But the questions are good ones and we should not seek easy answers. We should, however, insist on keeping the debates alive.
100 years ago there was a systematic move to kill a race of people. When I first heard this, I thought I know about this, this is about the Holocaust, Nazi Germany and the Jews. Only this wasn’t about World War II this was about the Ottoman Empire, where a group of people ( the Armenians) were attacked […]
The exhibit in “They Shall not Perish” gave us students an incredible insight on refugees lives and genocide in general. The Young Turks took control in 1908, leading to laws seizing Armenian property. In April of 1915, the government starting deportation of Armenian men, women, and children. Six months later, Henry Morgenthau decided to speak […]
It would literally take someone as stupid as a member of the US Congress, or perhaps a Brussels bureaucrat, not to see that there is something huge taking place, a massive geopolitical paradigm shift that’s under way right under our noses. from Joseph P Farrell: Consider for example, just what I talked about in last […]
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catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – Deux Enfants Aux Couronnes De Fleurs Juventa Hélène de Troie 1895 Plafond de la Salle du Conseil Municipal de Mâcon, detail France Hélène de Troie 1895 Cassandre sur les remparts de Troie The Sple…
hrw.org – (Beirut) – A United Arab Emirates ministerial decree that takes effect in January 2016 could help protect low-paid migrant workers from a practice that can contribute to forced labor. It is the fir…
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theatlantic.com – It’s 2011, and my husband can’t kiss me, even on the cheek, because the slightest touch sets off ripples of pain in my head, my face, my jaw. Every noise is an assault—a car alarm goes off, a baby …
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mirror.co.uk – A 34-year-old man who was arrested by detectives investigating a possible link between eight sexual assaults has been released on bail. The Metropolitan Police said the man, from Lambeth, south Lon…
bbc.com – The heads of the UN and Red Cross have issued a rare joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of “disturbing paralysis” in the face of conflict. “This flouts the very raison d’etre of the UN,” …
catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – George Washington Thomas Lambert (Australia, Russia 1873–1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait paintings and as a war artist during the First World War., a very gifted scul…
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washingtonpost.com – A supporter of the Pegida movement holds a poster featuring a crossed sign on a mosque at a protest rally. (Robert Michael/AFP via Getty Images) As hundreds of refugees continue to reach Germany ev…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Das UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk fordert, Flüchtlinge in Griechenland zentral zu registrieren und von dort zu verteilen. Deutschland könne nicht die Lösung eines europäischen Problems sein, sagte UNHCR-…
amnesty.org.au – Our new report, By Hook or By Crook: Australia’s Abuse of Asylum Seekers at Sea, reveals damning evidence of Australian officials paying boat crews to return people seeking asylum to Indonesia
markgeoffreykirshner.com – The heads of the UN and the Red Cross have made what they called an “unprecedented joint warning” on Saturday for states to stop conflicts, respect international law and aid refugees. “In the face …
markgeoffreykirshner.com – On the other hand, America’s government says it has received reports of the detention of Iranian-Americans. Siamak arrest prayer even for an hour, in violation claims by the relatively modest explo…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Kostabi has designed album covers for Guns ‘N’ Roses (Use Your Illusion) and The Ramones (Adios Amigos), Jimmey Scott (Holding Back The Years) and numerous products including a Swatch watch, limite…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – second career as a talk show host on a new program which launches in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East on Saturday (Oct. 24). That person is Iraqi born who, Time magazine said, “gives women a…
asafeworldforwomen.org – By Mugisho Ndabuli Theophile, Founder/Executive Director, COFAPRI Bahati has been climbing the mountains and walking the valleys of different villages in rural DR Congo. As Executive Secretary of C…
asafeworldforwomen.org – We’re delighted to announce that the August, 2015 Girls’ Empowerment Workshop was a huge success! We’re certain the girls’ hands were quite tired at the end of the three-day workshop. They wrote an…
unhcr.org – SHIRAZ, Iran, Sept 18 (UNHCR) – In the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, a group of Afghan women are connecting wires, soldering motherboards and making cars safer. One of them is a 20 year-old who …
mobile.wnd.com – That is the question German authorities are asking themselves after some troubling reports of disappearances. According to German press reports, keeping track of all the Muhammads and Alis pouring …
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The mother of Amin Anvari, civil rights activist and student of Amir Kabir University, has been deprived of having visit with her child because of her attendance on civil protes…
huffingtonpost.co.uk – Odai is a healthy, happy baby boy, with chubby cheeks and big sparkling brown eyes. He chuckles when I tickle him and shows me a new trick – blowing kisses – as he is passed into my arms. At just 1…
rferl.org – Officials say they have recovered the bodies of more than 100 passengers from the wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula early on October 31. Egypt’s Civil Aviation Min…
reuters.com – RIYADH Russia and Iran must agree to a date and means for Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to quit the country, and agree to withdraw all foreign forces from Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister…
nytimes.com – CAIRO, Egypt — The latest news on a Russian passenger plane that crashed on a flight from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, to St. Petersburg, Russia. Russian investigators are searching the Moscow offices o…
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Although Maryam Akbari Monfared is eligible to use the Article 134 of the Penal Code, and despite the retrial of the case of this political prisoner, the Supreme Court has uphel…
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The trial of Amir Amirgholi, political prisoner in ward 8 of Evin prison, was not finished and there will be a second session. According to the report of Human Rights Activists …
en.radiozamaneh.com – Iranian Member of Parliament, Ali Motahari says at times Islamic Republic has treated its opposition worse than the former Iranian regime, and once more speaking out against the house arrest of Mir…
washingtonpost.com – We hear so often that America is “a nation of immigrants” or a “cultural melting pot” that the phrase has become kind of a tired cliche. But actually seeing that history is a different story. The f…
catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – Deux Enfants Aux Couronnes De Fleurs Juventa Hélène de Troie 1895 Plafond de la Salle du Conseil Municipal de Mâcon, detail France Hélène de Troie 1895 Cassandre sur les remparts de Troie The Sple…
hrw.org – (Beirut) – A United Arab Emirates ministerial decree that takes effect in January 2016 could help protect low-paid migrant workers from a practice that can contribute to forced labor. It is the fir…
theguardian.com – This is how it ends, then, for the finest fly-half in the game. Man of the match in the World Cup final, an All Black victory over Australia, his own contribution of 19 points two more than the mar…
mebriefing.com – What does President Putin has to offer in Syria? In the political track he can facilitate negotiations, and in the military track he has his military ties to Assad. But he has already been trying t…
bbc.co.uk – Leaders from several European countries are holding an emergency meeting to try to close sharp divisions on the migrant crisis in the Balkans. A draft statement calls on countries to stop waving th…
theatlantic.com – It’s 2011, and my husband can’t kiss me, even on the cheek, because the slightest touch sets off ripples of pain in my head, my face, my jaw. Every noise is an assault—a car alarm goes off, a baby …
asafeworldforwomen.org – A “good girl” in Afghanistan is one who keeps quiet about all matters concerning her. A “good girl” won’t talk about her future. A “good girl” should listen to her family, even if they force her to…
mirror.co.uk – A 34-year-old man who was arrested by detectives investigating a possible link between eight sexual assaults has been released on bail. The Metropolitan Police said the man, from Lambeth, south Lon…
bbc.com – The heads of the UN and Red Cross have issued a rare joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of “disturbing paralysis” in the face of conflict. “This flouts the very raison d’etre of the UN,” …
catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – George Washington Thomas Lambert (Australia, Russia 1873–1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait paintings and as a war artist during the First World War., a very gifted scul…
catherinelarosepoesiaearte.blogspot.com – ‘Lo sa solo il vento
quando di ali soffiare a spogliare le rose e quando cessare un istante nel librare dei petali a spargere Addio Amore Dolce e Amaro a caduta libera in mare…’ ~ Catherine La …
washingtonpost.com – A supporter of the Pegida movement holds a poster featuring a crossed sign on a mosque at a protest rally. (Robert Michael/AFP via Getty Images) As hundreds of refugees continue to reach Germany ev…
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Das UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk fordert, Flüchtlinge in Griechenland zentral zu registrieren und von dort zu verteilen. Deutschland könne nicht die Lösung eines europäischen Problems sein, sagte UNHCR-…
amnesty.org.au – Our new report, By Hook or By Crook: Australia’s Abuse of Asylum Seekers at Sea, reveals damning evidence of Australian officials paying boat crews to return people seeking asylum to Indonesia and …
theguardian.com – A senior Saudi prince has launched an unprecedented call for change in the country’s leadership, as it faces its biggest challenge in years in the form of war, plummeting oil prices and criticism o…
bloomberg.com – Saudi Arabia has withdrawn as much as $70 billion from global asset managers as OPEC’s largest oil producer seeks to plug its budget deficit, according to financial services market intelligence com…
theguardian.com – You must be excited to be here. Everyone else seems to be, from the people who plan to protest your visit outside the UN, to those who have come to show their support for what you have achieved on …
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imemc.org – The mosque will be open only to Jews who will be celebrating the Jewish holidays, while Muslims will not be permitted access to pray as usual. The ministry, in a press statement, called for the nee…
latimes.com – Airstrikes devastated a wedding party in southern Yemen on Monday, killing and injuring dozens, witnesses said. Medics put the death toll as high as 135, including many women and children, in the l…
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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – The status of Zanyar and Loghman Moradi’s case is still uncertain in the 7th year of their imprisonment, and their family reported that the physical condition of these death row…
qz.com – In all my years as an Iranian-American, I have never heard so much discussion about Iran. In the halls of Congress, on the Sunday morning talk shows, at any number of academic and civil society eve…
theguardian.com – Muhammad: The Messenger of God, a blockbuster about the birth of Islam, has been selected by Iran as its contender for the forthcoming Oscars. Related: Muhammad: Messenger of God review – evocative…
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rawstory.com – Tibet’s exiled Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, on Sunday remained at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for evaluation following a medical visit his office said was a routine annual check-up….
france24.com – Mahmud Abbas heads to the UN this week for a speech expected to be closely watched for clues of his intentions at a time of growing despair among Palestinians, moribund peace talks and volatility i…
middleeasteye.net – Southern Syria’s mainstream opposition has had – and lost – its last chance at forcing Bashar al-Assad’s troops out of the city of Daraa, according to a source close to opposition backers. A source…
feministschool.com – Feministschool: The promising progressiv Iranian Women‘s Movement is revived and boosted again by the open letter of Narges Mohammadi, out ofEvin prison The voice of Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian pr…
ohchr.org – GENEVA (28 September 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education, Kishore Singh, today called on all UN Member States to announce without delay their plans to realize th…
globalpost.com – TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s decision to sign the Vienna nuclear agreement has opened up a wide discussion on formerly taboo topics. For the first time in years some Iranian intellectuals — both reformist…
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worldreligionnews.com – NEW YORK – The Baha’i International Community expressed its disappointment over Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s failure to address the human rights situation in his country during his speech tod…
theguardian.com – Turkey’s government is inflicting “systematic human rights violations” on its judiciary, police and media, according to a scathing report by senior British lawyers that was commissioned by one of p…
timesofisrael.com – Iran has invited African-Americans affected by police violence to a conference on discrimination in Tehran, the Telegraph reported Sunday. “A large group of black Americans, including victims of po…
ninaansary.com – Nina Ansary will be a guest speaker at the 3rd Annual London Fundraising Reception for the OMID Foundation. 3rd Annual London Fundraising Reception Saturday, 10 October 2015, 7.30pm – 1:30am Hospit…
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atheistrepublic.com – One of Iran’s most accomplished soccer players failed to participate in an international football tournament after her husband cited Sharia Law to confiscate her passport and restrict her from trav…
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rt.com – He cited the example of the revolutions in the Middle East, when people wished for change, “but how did that turn out?” He said that instead of triumph of democracy “we have violence and social dis…
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ndtv.com – United Nations: After days of speculation over a possible handshake and a one-on-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif, all they did was wave at each …
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therealnews.com – The Empire Files: Enter the Biggest Prison System in History The Empire holds by far the most prisoners than any other country on earth, in both absolute numbers and per capita. Abby Martin explore…
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asafeworldforwomen.org – By Chris Crowstaff, founder of Safe World for Women. World Alzheimer’s Day, 21st September 2015. I’ve now become used to Mum forgetting who I am from time to time. Asking where my dad is. (Dad pass…
gatesnotes.com – Although it was several years ago, I still remember how Melinda and I felt when we learned about the Millennium Development Goals. We were hopeful, but we had reservations. We were hopeful because …
imemc.org – In a report published on Monday, B’Tselem expected that Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein’s approval would not have the result desired by the Israeli government. It said it contravenes recommendati…
imemc.org – Several army jeeps invaded the al-Borj village, west of Doura town, in the Hebron District, invaded and violently searched one home, causing excessive damage, and kidnapped Abeer Ahmad Masharqa, 2…
imemc.org – Among the streets slated for change is the name of Jabal al-Zayotoun (Mount of Olives) district, which is set to be changed into Har Hamshaha, the Talmudic reference to the mountain. Other change…
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al-monitor.com – GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Miki Kratsman is a Jewish Israeli photojournalist who was born in Argentina. On his Facebook page, “People I Met,” launched on Dec. 2, 2013, he posted Aug. 24 a photo that h…
theguardian.com – He grips the camera tightly as the driver slows the car along the track. He’s held a camera many times, but it has never felt rock heavy before. They are outside the city’s wheat and barley silo, b…
nytimes.com – TEHRAN — France opened a trade office in Tehran on Monday, leading the charge of European countries angling for a share of the Iranian market, after the July nuclear agreement. The opening occurred…
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iranpresswatch.org – According to the “No to the Persecution and Imprisonment of Baha’i Citizens” campaign, Huzan Gholizadeh, a Baha’i citizen of Sari who had successfully passed the entrance exams to the Agricultural …
iranpresswatch.org – This year 32 commercial establishments belonging to Baha’is in the city of Sari have been shut down and sealed by the Government for more than 1700 days. HRANA News Agency – During the first six mo…
roozonline.com – A week after research by some domestic news agency regarding the unemployment situation of the past year had revealed that the fifteen border provinces of the country had the highest unemployment r…
theguardian.com – A scathing report from the US Commission on Civil Rights (USCCR) has criticized the government’s treatment of immigrants in detention facilities and called on the Department of Homeland Security (D…
en.radiozamaneh.com – President Hassan Rohani says Iran and the United States “have taken the first steps” towards diminishing the enmity that has marked their bilateral relations for decades by reaching the nuclear acc…
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Two civilians named Mohammad Reza Shariatpour and Safar Ali Jafari have been kidnapped since thirteen months ago by an armed group of the opposition in Balochestan. According to…
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Alireza Rasooli, political prisoner in Mahabad prison was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on charge of following his activities inside the prison. According to the report of H…
hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Saeid Shirzad was summoned to the court without prior notice. According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), Saeid Shirzad, imprisoned civil rights activ…
crisisgroup.org – The full report is currently available in: French. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS Crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is longterm and characterised by sporadic surges of violence ag…
thenation.com – The big Iran story is no longer Congressional sniping at the deal worked out by the United Nations Security Council to monitor Iran’s civilian enrichment of uranium for reactor fuel. It is the comi…
clarionproject.org – A young Iranian cartoonist and civil rights activist who was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison by a revolutionary court in Tehran is now charged with the crime of “indecency” for allegedly shaking …
tagesschau.de – Laut der ersten Hochrechnung gewinnt das Linksbündnis Syriza die Parlamentswahl in Griechenland. Parteichef Alexis Tsipras stimmte die Griechen auf harte Zeiten ein. Die rechtspopulistische Partei …
syriadirect.org – IS arrests DEZ civilians in advance of airport offensive The Islamic State is arresting Deir e-Zor residents and sending them off to the military airport front reportedly in advance of a new offens…
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markgeoffreykirshner.com – 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 pe…
Over a million evacuate after massive earthquake in Chile
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…
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 …
SCIENCE
Vast Ocean Underlies Ice on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
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…
Gay marriage to be recognised in Ireland before the end of 2015 – Independent.ie
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…
Iran regime ups internet censorship – Reporters Without Borders
WORLD
Hate speech legislation does not tackle radicalization: Quebec Bar Association
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 …
Why You Should Treat Your Career Like a Bad Boyfriend – Chelsea Krostchelseakrost.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) …
State of Fear
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…
Syria’s Armenians look to ancient homeland for safety – BBC News
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WORLD
No human is illegal: Safety of refugees is not a moral responsibility, it’s an obligation
rt.com – ‘No human is illegal’- protest chants emanating from major UK towns and cities are part of an echo chamber spanning across Europe, with public anger at a climax people are being galvanized into act…
LEISURE
Istanbul Biennial commemorates Armenian genocide
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…
France – Syrian refugees await asylum at makeshift camp in northern Paris
france24.com – “We just wanted a roof over our heads,” murmurs Khadra, 24, her eyes full of tears. In her arms, the young woman holds a small baby swaddled in a blanket. The little girl is no more than three week…
Russian celebrity pranksters say they called Elton John as Vladimir Putin
reviewjournal.com – The singer apparently thought he was chatting about gay rights with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, posting an Instagram photo thanking Putin for the call. But a Russian TV personality …
LEISURE
Queen Maxima is glamorous at Prince’s Day
dailymail.co.uk – The heaven’s may have opened in The Netherlands on Tuesday but that didn’t stop Queen Maxima from pulling out all the stops in the glamour stakes as she arrived on Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day). The 4…
WORLD
Burkina Faso: The sting in the tail of the counter-revolution
dailymaverick.co.za – As revolutions go, Burkina Faso’s was relatively tidy. President Blaise Compaoré chose not to fight to the death, scurrying into exile instead; and while violence was used to disperse popular prote…
WORLD
Post-Deal Iran Asks if U.S. Is Still ‘Great Satan,’ or Something Less
nytimes.com – TEHRAN — Negotiating the nuclear agreement was a torturous, two-year process for Iran’s leaders, but a new kind of struggle is unfolding now in Iran, where the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamene…
GOP ‘seriously considering’ lawsuit against Obama over Iran
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washingtonexaminer.com – Republicans in the House are considering a lawsuit against the Obama administration for what they say is its failure to follow a law detailing how it must present the Iran nuclear agreement to Cong…
ENVIRONMENT
At least 3 dead in 8.3-magnitude earthquake off coast of central Chile
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…
SCIENCE
Chicago — MacArthur Foundation
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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…
The Media
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US confirms special forces on ground in Syria aiding Kurds
middleeasteye.net – US special operations forces are on the ground in Syria assisting Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State, the head of the US military’s Central Command reportedly told a Senate committee on Wedn…
WORLD
Few U.S.-Trained Syrians Still Fight ISIS, Senators Are Told
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nytimes.com – WASHINGTON — Only four or five Syrian individuals trained by the United States military to confront the Islamic State remain in the fight, the head of the United States Central Command told a Senat…
The 5 Most Important Typography Rules
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creativemarket.com – When it comes to graphic design there are all types of avenues that one may venture down in terms of career paths. One of the most prominent forms of design in our society is typography: the scienc…
UN refugee agency says 850,000 people will cross Mediterranean sea to Europe in 2015 and 2016 – Independent.ie
independent.ie – At least 850,000 people are expected to cross the Mediterranean seeking refuge in Europe this year and next, the United Nations said on Tuesday, giving estimates that already look conservative. The…
Obama Needs an ISIS War Czar Before It’s Too Late
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defenseone.com – With the Islamic State, or ISIS, still entrenched across a large swath of Iraq and Syria after a year of U.S.-led airstrikes, the Obama administration is under growing criticism for devoting insuff…
Bridging the Gulf: UAE-India relations have turned a new, exciting corner – The Economic Times
economictimes.indiatimes.com – Dubai has been a favourite destination for Indian businessmen and tourists alike. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) houses some 2.6 million Indians who have contributed to the local economy as well as…
WORLD
Ukrainian journalist sues Russia, Ukraine for being held hostage for 48 days in Donetsk
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…
WHO/UNICEF report: Malaria MDG target achieved amid sharp drop in cases and mortality, but 3 billion people remain at risk | Press centre
unicef.org – LONDON, 17 September 2015 – Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 per cent since 2000, translating into 6.2 million lives saved, the vast majority of them children, according to a joint WHO-UNICEF…
China building third airstrip on disputed South China Sea islets: expert
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reuters.com – WASHINGTON China appears to be building a third airstrip in contested territory in the South China Sea, a U.S. expert said on Monday, citing satellite photographs taken last week. The photographs t…
WORLD
Dispatches: Central African Republic Gripped With Fear
hrw.org – A country “gripped with fear” is how the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, described the Central African Republic during a September 4 visit. His words echo …
POLITICS
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg Debate Mass Incarceration
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…
Cherie Blair launches ‘sanctions attack’ on Amal Clooney in Maldives showdown – Telegraph
telegraph.co.uk – “The call for sanctions is inappropriate and unjustified,” Mrs Blair said in a statement released by the Maldivian foreign ministry. “Sanctions are imposed in exceptional circumstances to force com…
WORLD
22 killed after shipwreck off Turkey
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mojahedin.org – Turkish officials said at least 22 migrants headed for Greece drowned on Tuesday when their boat sank off Turkey. This incident came as Greek police blocked hundreds of others seeking to find an al…
WORLD
This Woman Has Dedicated Her Life to Educating Refugee Children
glamour.com – This year, the number of refugees and people seeking asylum from war-torn countries has reached levels not seen since World War II, and while much of the news is heartbreaking, there are a few stor…
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Tenth Wall Defense 4 Human Rights
markgeoffreykirshner.com – 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 pe…
WORLD
The AHA Petition: End Violence Against Women and Girls in the US
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As A Man Here’s Why I Believe Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Are Also My Fight
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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…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Bridesmaid’s horror as best friend marries man who raped her
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mirror.co.uk – A bridesmaid-to-be looking forward to her best friend’s wedding has told how her life was destroyed after she was raped by the groom – and then shunned by his bride for exposing his vile attack. Ro…
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Did police let mum’s killer go? ‘Suspicious’ man spoken to hour before murder
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mirror.co.uk – A mum was stabbed to death as her children slept by a stranger – an hour after police had “spoken to” and let go a man acting suspiciously in her street. Nicola Cross, 37, was attacked shortly befo…
WORLD
Icelands Capital bans all Israeli-made products over Occupation of Palestinian Territories – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – Reykjaviks ban comes as the international Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel continues to gain momentum. Both proponents and those in opposition, including Israel, consider…
WORLD
Soldiers Kidnap Eight Palestinian Children In Jerusalem – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – Media sources in Jerusalem said the soldiers have kidnapped Nabil Nidal Seder, 13 years of age, while trying to cross the an-Nather Gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The soldiers also kidnapped two child…
WORLD
Israeli Police Assault Women and Guards at Al Aqsa – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – Omar Keswani, director of al-Aqsa Mosque, said the police assaulted the guards and women while they were attempting to confront Jewish fanatics who broke into the Mosque to perform rituals there. T…
WORLD
Israel to Demolish Residential Structures in Hebron Locality – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – According to WAFA, coordinator of the Anti-Wall and Settlement Popular Committee in southern Hebron, Rateb Jabour, said that forces, accompanied by Civil Administration officers, stormed Massafer…
WORLD
Ellen Siegel: Why have the killers of Sabra and Shatila escaped justice? – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – Israel gave its allies in a right-wing Christian militia known as the Phalange free rein to massacre a large number of Palestinian and Lebanese civilians living in the area. Israeli troops even sho…
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Netanyahu Approves Harsher Penalties for Stone Throwers – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – It has been decided to toughen the measures in many areas; a modification of the rules of engagement will be examined as well as the establishment of a minimum penalty for those who throw stones,…
WORLD
Allan Resumes Hunger Strike – International Middle East Media Center
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imemc.org – Maazouze, the mother of Mohammad Allan, holds a portrait of her son during a rally calling for his release in the southern Israeli city of Beersheva on Aug. 9, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli) “He is cur…
WORLD
Palestinian hunger striker Mohammad Allan back in detention – CNN.com
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cnn.com – Jerusalem (CNN)Israeli police have re-arrested Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed Allan, less than one month after the country’s Supreme Court suspended his detention because of failing health. “A…
WORLD
Moroccan journalist writes again after a 10-year legal ban
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theguardian.com – Here’s the kind of story that lifts the heart because it illustrates the courage of a journalist who has fought official disapproval in order to go on working. It begins by stating that Moroccan jo…
SPORTS
Husband bars Iranian footballer from Asian championships
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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…
WORLD
Iran’s Ayatollah Suggests He May Not Be Around in 10 Years
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nytimes.com – Iran’s supreme leader has long fulminated against perceived plots by the Americans. More recently he has warned of the dangers of foreign enemy subversions in the era after he is gone. But on Wedne…
WORLD
Leader tells IRGC to guard against western influence
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en.radiozamaneh.com – Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has called on the Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) to beware of efforts by the U.S. and the West to infiltrate the country’s economy, security system and …
WORLD
Woman Ex-prisoner Speaks Out About Evin Prison
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roozonline.com – On July 22 Neda Mostaghimi was finally released from Evin Prison after the end of her 3-year prison sentence because of an amnesty granted by Iran’s leader on the occasion of Eid Ghadeer ceremony (…
WORLD
Efforts to Bring the Guards and Government Closer
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roozonline.com – Addressing a group of Revolutionary Guard commanders and officials on Tuesday president Hassan Rouhani called on the IRGC force to help the government in its development efforts but added, “in addi…
WORLD
New Human Rights Violations Exposed in Iran, in Time with UNHRC Session – Iran Press Watch
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iranpresswatch.org – INU – The autumn session of the UN Human Rights Council was opened on Monday and is scheduled to continue until the first week of October. Some Iranian human rights defenders are using this occasio…
LEISURE
73-Year Old Baha’i Pleads with Governor of Sari to Re-Open His Business – Iran Press Watch
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iranpresswatch.org – Text of the open letter from Ghavameldin Sabetian, a Baha’i from the City of Sari: I, Ghavameldin Sabetian, a seventy-three year old carpenter, with a work address as follows: Sari, Blvd Pasdaran, …
WORLD
An Iranian Baha’i Arrested in Sanandaj – Iran Press Watch
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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…
WORLD
Iran’s Rouhani urged to release student activist Bahareh Hedayat
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theguardian.com – More than 30 leading university professors have signed an open letter urging Iran’s president and its chief of judiciary to release the respected student activist Bahareh Hedayat, who has spent mor…
WORLD
Saeid Hossainzadeh Deprived Of Medical Treatment In Evin Prison
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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Saeid Hossainzadeh, civil rights activist who is imprisoned in ward number 7 of Evin prison, has been deprived of medical treatment, despite suffering from different diseases. A…
WORLD
How can the war in Syria be stopped? – CNN.com
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cnn.com – Beirut (CNN)We are 1,645 days into the Syrian conflict. Half the country’s people are on the move, and more than 200,000 have died. ISIS — more radical than al-Qaeda — has seized parts of the cou…
WORLD
Iranian women fined £170 for not wearing Muslim headscarves ‘properly’ – Telegraph
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telegraph.co.uk – A Tehran court has fined two women £170 for violating the Islamic dress code by not wearing their mandatory hijabs (headscarves) properly in the street, a judicial official said on Wednesday. “In r…
WORLD
Bahrain’s Proposed Blasphemy Law: Another Tool to Silence Regime’s Critics
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humanrightsfirst.org – Bahrain is considering a new blasphemy law, which will likely be used to harass and silence the regime’s critics. Cleric Sheikh Maytham Al Salman, head of the religious freedom unit at Bahrain Huma…
WORLD
Iran Human Rights Documentation Center – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Welcomes Sareta Ashraph as Chair of its Board of Directors
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iranhrdc.org – (NEW HAVEN) – Sareta Ashraph has been elected the new Chair of the Board of Directors of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC). She has been a member of the Center’s Board since April,…
WORLD
Contrary to Propaganda, Iran has always denounced Nukes
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juancole.com – By Farhang Jahanpour | (Inter Press Service) | – – OXFORD (IPS) – Despite all the propaganda about the Iranian leaders’ rush to acquire nuclear weapons, ever since the start of the country’s nuclea…
WORLD
Imprisoned Labor Activist Dies of Stroke after Being Denied Medical Care
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iranhumanrights.org – Authorities Routinely Refuse Medical Treatment to Political Prisoners September 16, 2015—Labor activist Shahrokh Zamani died of a stroke on September 13, 2015, at Rajaee Shahr Prison in the Iranian…
WORLD
UN inspectors said to accompany Iranians on inspections
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thehill.com – United Nations inspectors will accompany Iranian officials to take samples at a key military facility under the terms of a secret bilateral deal, according to a Reuters report on Friday. Teams of t…
WORLD
Migrants reach Croatia seeking new route to EU
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usatoday.com – A first busload of migrants arrived near Serbia’s border with EU member Croatia hoping to circumvent a razor-wire fence erected by Hungary. Video provided by AFP Newslook The first group of migrant…
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Iran: Arab Anger Becoming A Problem
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strategypage.com – The Arab League is increasing its public criticism of Iranian interference in Arab countries. While Iranian involvement is appreciated when it involves fighting ISIL (Islamic State in Iraq and the …
ART & ENTERTAINMENT
Be Not Afraid
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catholicgentleman.net – Fear. Have you felt it? There are few things that can control us so profoundly as real fear. We can be afraid of many things, even things we know are good: a commitment, a person, guilt, the feelin…
BUSINESS
Rising number of employees reporting mental health issues
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theguardian.com – The number of employees speaking up about mental health problems is on the rise. More than two fifths of employers say they have seen an increase in cases reported by staff of conditions such as de…
WORLD
Press freedom violations recounted in real time January 2015 – Reporters Without Borders
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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of two bloggers in the past six weeks, Arash Zad of Weblogina and Arashzad, one of Iran’s best-known new technology websites, and Mohsen Sadeghinia, w…
WORLD
Afghanistan: The other refugee crisis – Al Jazeera English
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aljazeera.com – In 1919, a British agent in Kabul complained in a letter to the Raj that the Afghan monarch “has always shown much kindness to the Germans and Austrians and has frequently entertained them and visi…
WORLD
The Iran Deal: Power to the People
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huffingtonpost.com – Since the beginning there was opposition to the Iran Deal from members of Congress, television ads, and even commentary from the former Bush administration. On Thursday, however, it was casted asid…
ENVIRONMENT
SDGs Will Only Succeed If They Can Succeed in Africa
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huffingtonpost.com – The new international targets to improve people’s lives and protect life on the planet, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), do much more than just extend for another 15 years the remit of the…
huffingtonpost.com – Once in a while in the U.S. we hear about a bill or a law that seems like it must be a joke. For example, in Florida it is illegal for a single woman to parachute or skydive on a Sunday. This week …
markgeoffreykirshner.com – Being a highly international community, CEU is creating a database of translators from among its students, faculty, staff and alumni to support Migration Aid and other organizations in their effort…
kashmirmonitor.in – Ahmedabad: Jammu and Kashmir Tourism Department showcased the state’s beauty to travel enthusiasts in Gujarat at the Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) Ahmedabad in a bid to draw more tourists. “Despite t…
hollywoodlife.com – Just days after the release of her Galore magazine cover, Kylie Jenner, 18, was the guest of honor at the mag’s New York Fashion Week party on Sept. 14. The reality star was photographed heading to…
ncr-iran.org – Selon les rapports reçus d’Iran, Atena Farghadani a observé une grève de la faim pendant 3 jours pour protester contre les mauvais traitements qu’elle a subis en prison. Elle a souligné que si ces …
asafeworldforwomen.org – By Courtenay Forbes, Global Correspondent for Safeworld The political tension in Syria and the subsequent civil war is a story that dominated headlines across the globe several years ago. Now, howe…
gridirongrannyfootballfanatic.blogspot.com – Amber Schamel is a multi-published author of Christian Historical Fiction. Her passion for history and culture has led her to travel extensively throughout the United States, Europe, and the Holy L…
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journals.worldnomads.com – “The only impossible journey is the one you never begin” – Anthony Robbins It happens pretty often that you back out from a trip, which you have been planning for years, only because your boyfriend…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com – NEW DELHI: The overall average percentage of pending cases under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) in children’s courts in Delhi between April 2013 and March 2014 was 85% with…
nytimes.com – ATHENS — Since the beginning of Greece’s financial crisis in 2010, two prime ministers have been swept from office after they were forced to adopt an unfeasible package of austerity measures in exc…
en.radiozamaneh.com – A funeral was held in Tabriz on Tuesday September 15 for Shahrokh Zamani, the labour activist who died in prison. The Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) reports that security forces were pr…
iranhr.net – Iran Human Rights, Monday September 14 2015: Close sources in Iran have confirmed the sudden and suspicious death of Shahrokh Zamani, an imprisoned house painter and union activist. On the afternoo…
Generations later, survivors in Tibet continue to seek the world’s acknowledgement that acts of genocide did take place.
This month, our blog has featured voices of survivors of past genocides and mass atrocities. In so many of these cases the world failed to call the atrocities genocide while they were taking place. In some cases, even generations later, survivors continue to seek the world’s acknowledgement that acts of genocide did take place. What are we afraid of acknowledging in these cases?
Mark Geoffrey Kirshner 