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IRAN: Grim fates for prisoners with ties to foreigners » No mercy for those accused of trying to topple the Islamic Republic.Britain on Thursday protested a four-year jail sentence apparently imposed on one of its senior employees at its embassy in Tehran accused of spying and fomenting violence. Hossein Rassam, 44, who served as chief political analyst at the British Embassy in Tehran was sentenced in a closed courtroom earlier this week, according to The Times of London. British authorities were informed of the sentence Tuesday and have summoned the...
Palestinians to Ask for UN Recognition » Palestinians have marked Nov. 15 as their Independence Day since 1988, when the Palestine National Council unilaterally declared statehood in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)"We have reached a decision ... to go to the UN Security Council to ask for recognition of an independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital and with June 1967 borders," chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat told AFP. He was referring to the West Bank, Gaza Strip and mostly Arab e...
Iran accused of blocking opposition communications » The US has accused Iran of seeking a "near-total information blockade" to silence anti-government protesters. The allegations came after opposition supporters clashed with security forces as Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 revolution.The US government said it had information that the telephone network was taken down, SMS messages blocked, and internet communication "throttled".China and Burma have also been accused of blocking internet communication.Analysts say some governments make str...
Iran Rulers More Brutal Than Shah, Opposition Says » TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's embattled opposition leaders accused the government of becoming more brutal than the shah's regime in Web statements Saturday, and authorities announced a new Internet crackdown aimed at choking off the reform movement's last real means of keeping its campaign alive.Two of Iran's top pro-reform figures said police used excessive force against anti-government protesters who took to the streets last week on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversar...
Gandhi Meets Monty Python: The Comedic Turn In Nonviolent Tactics » On October 3rd, protesters at Occupy Wall Street failed to march. Instead they clumsily lurched. With white painted faces, glazed looks and dollar bills hanging out of some mouths, protesters chanted “I smell money, I smell money…” It was Corporate Zombie Day. Scenes like this and the sight of Guy Fawkes masks, clown suits, drumming circles and surrealistic posters all over the country have left many commentators scratching their heads. Is this protest or carnival? Maybe we should tell them. The...
Tibet Protests Spread » Violence spilled over from Tibet into neighbouring provinces today as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help. Supporters of the Dalai Lama said 80 people were killed during the protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with at least 72 others injured. It was the latest negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.
Necessary Gesture Or Bad Decision? U.S. Cuts Funds To Iran Rights Group » WASHINGTON -- The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center specializes in collecting data on human rights abuses that it says the government of Iran has been perpetrating against its own people, ranging from unlawful detentions to torture to assassinations. In the past five years, the group has received about $3 million from the State Department's U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID. Rene Redman, the group's executive director, reportedly was ready to ask for $2 million more for th...
Ahmadinejad gets cabinet boost » Iranian legislators have approved most of the cabinet nominees proposed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, including Iran's first female minister and a man linked to the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.Parliament on Thursday rejected only three of Ahmadinejad's proposed new 21-member cabinet, signalling only a limited setback for the president as he enters his second term.Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's new defence minister, received overwhelming backing from the parliament, garnering 227 out...
Honduras imposes State of Siege in South » Honduran national police have clamped a state of siege on the southern department of El Paraiso and blocked roads from Tegucigalpa to the Nicaraguan border. Thousands of Hondurans who caravanned from the capital to the border yesterday to support the return of President Manuel Zelaya are stranded in trucks, cars and buses along the road.“People could be arrested, imprisoned or shot for being out of their houses, but we have no houses here to return to,” said California-based journalist Clifton R...
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