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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Saturday August 01, 2009 18:50 by Yassamine Mather
Yassamine Mather gives an update on the situation in Iran and analyses how the supposed leaders of the opposition are failing to confront the Iranian Regime. Full text at link. Some of the founding ideologues of the Islamic Republic of Iran are currently in exile, having fallen foul of the current leadership, and, together with royalists, they represent the most backward sections of the opposition. Yet they have been given unprecedented coverage by the international media, including, worst of all, sections of the Farsi-speaking media. First we have Akbar Ganji, promoter of a New York hunger strike and a man portrayed in the US media as a “human rights activist” who talks of Islam and democracy. An ironic description for someone who founded, and was a commander of, the dreaded Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guards) and who played an active role in some of the worst mass executions of leftist and socialists under the Islamic regime. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Saturday August 01, 2009 16:24 by Laura Broxson
Let's get fur out of Ireland! read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 31, 2009 20:42 by Susan Boyle
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Bolivia has broke ground in the articulation and assertion of rights many times in the last years & not only since Evo Morales was elected as popular leader of a Bolivarian style regime. & this week, in what must be welcome news to Irish Animal rights activists, law have been passed which define the use of animals in circus as "cruel & unusual". read full story / add a comment
cork / racism & migration related issues / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 20:30 by Joe Moore
Civil Rights for Asylum Seekers-The Case against Deportation. A meeting to discuss this issue will be held on Friday 21st August at 8.00pm in the Victoria Hotel, Patrick St. Cork. The meeting will be addressed by Rosanna Flynn, Residents against Racism Dublin, Joe Moore, Cork Anti Racism Network and Theresa Obi, Cork Anti Racism Network. The proceedings will be chaired by Marie Claire Kah. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Friday July 31, 2009 18:36 by Brendan Butler
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The Transnational Chiquita company was actively involved and not for the first time in the overthrow of a Central American democratically elected Government . With its powerful allies in Washington the Obama Administration has not formally declared the ousting of President Zelaya as a Coup D'Etat which would require it under U.S. law to suspend all economic and military aid to the regime. read full story / add a comment
galway / miscellaneous / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 15:41 by Amnesty Galway
The Freedom Café is hosting a special FamilyFun Day with chocolate fondue, circus, live music, workshops and more! Chocolate dipped goodies in overflow, circus shows, loads of live music,kids workshops on how to have fun recycling your packages, face painting,raffles and much more happening - all this you can find in the Freedom Caféon Sunday 2nd August from 2pm till 7pm. A whole day of fun for the entirefamily! read full story / add a comment
national / history and heritage / other press Friday July 31, 2009 15:18 by history buff
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An article on Irish anarchism in the 1880s by historian Fintan Lane that was published in the March/April 2008 issue of History Ireland. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Friday July 31, 2009 14:42 by Hypatia
Here are extracts from a statement by 42 Arab Human Rights Organisations. They make clear their solidarity with the Iranian People and their opposition to the repression carried out by the Iranian Regime. Full text at link. We, the undersigned human rights organizations and advocates from the Arab region, express our condemnation of the brutal repression undertaken by the Iranian authorities against the Iranian people involved in peaceful demonstrations and protests against the course and outcome of the Iranian presidential elections. The repressive acts led to the death of dozens and the detention of thousands, including members of political opposition, journalists, workers and human rights defenders. The detainees have been subject to maltreatment and torture intended to force them to make false confessions or to give statements to be broadcast by the state media to distort the image of the popular uprising. The Iranian government has used the latter statements to support its fallacious claim that any dissonance or upheaval around the elections is merely the result of a foreign ploy to target Iran. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Friday July 31, 2009 14:41 by Namgyal Damdul
Venue: RUA RED, Tallaght (near Luas last stop) (www.ruared.ie) Saturday 15th August, 2009 2.35 - 3 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins) 3.15 - 4.03 pm: Undercover in Tibet (48 mins) 4.35 - 5 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins) Saturday 29th August, 2009 2.35 - 4.33 pm: Dreaming of Tibet (58 mins) 4.45 – 4.37 pm: Tibet's Cry for Freedom (52 mins) 4.45 – 5.10 pm: Leaving Fear Behind (25 mins) These films contain challenging images. Parental guidance is advised for Under 15s. Note: Screening times are subject change. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday July 30, 2009 20:49 by Free Honduras
We, a group of Senior and Junior Officers (we do not mention names for obvious reasons and not because of cowardice) facing the situation in which politicians in collusion with commanders have involved the armed forces and that have deteriorated the good image that we had to the Honduran people we speak and we denounce the following: • read full story / add a comment
international / miscellaneous / other press Thursday July 30, 2009 16:13 by Bazooka Joe
Fighting continued for a second day on Wednesday between Iraqi soldiers and members of an Iranian opposition group whose camp was stormed Tuesday on orders from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.The US is obligated to the MEK (People's Mujahedin of Iran, Mujaheddin-e Khalq) because it provided information about Iran's nuclear program and because US officials promised to protect them after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. MEK member Behzad Saffari said that Iraqi troops were stopping injured people going to hospitals outside the group's camp Ashraf. read full story / add a comment
fermanagh / rights, freedoms and repression / press release Thursday July 30, 2009 15:30 by PRO
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éirígí general secretary Breandán MacCionnaith has expressed deep concern at the activities of the British army in Fermanagh after it emerged they had been involved in the recent harassment of people in the county. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Thursday July 30, 2009 13:34 by Committee for protection of Ashraf
On Tuesday, Iraqi police attacked Camp Ashraf in Iraq, where 3500 Iranian opposition live. They are unarmed and have no way of defending themselves. The Iraqi police have opened fire on the residents as well beating them with batons, sticks and running them over with humvees donated by the coalition forces. read full story / add a comment
national / consumer issues / opinion/analysis Thursday July 30, 2009 12:38 by Sean Crudden
"We will set the standards for delivering health and social care services and we will continuously inspect to ensure that these standards are being met." "We will help deliver value for your money by monitoring that the resources in our health and social services are used in a way which delivers the best outcome for the patient or service user." The above lines taken from the front page of HIQA’s web site strike me as being rather gung-ho. It appears that HIQA is setting itself up like some martinet intent on squeezing performance out of unwilling minions. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Thursday July 30, 2009 10:13 by Sean Clinton
On the 22nd and 23rd of July the Irish Times published two articles, by Northern Editor, Gerry Moriarty reporting from Israel where he spent the best part of a week with a group of other Irish journalists embedded at the invitation of the Israeli Ministry of foreign-affairs, politicians, charity workers, community activists, religious, business and medical people and ordinary civilians. Reading the articles his hosts must have been well pleased with their efforts to rehabilitate Israel’s tarnished image in the wake of its latest massacre in Gaza. Anyone familiar with Israel’s brutal subjugation of the Palestinian people would be forgiven for thinking that Mr. Moriarty must have enjoyed a little too much of his hosts hospitality before writing the articles. read full story / add a comment
dublin / animal rights / event notice Wednesday July 29, 2009 23:27 by Laura Broxson
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Horses are not ours to use for competitions, races, or bloodsports! read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism / opinion/analysis Wednesday July 29, 2009 21:48 by Billy Wharton
With every disaster a new opportunity emerges. Respectable capitalists swoop in quickly– operating in complete legality but equally willing shake down as many people for as much money as possible. PwC has employed the amazing hubris and grotesque efficiency typical of capitalism. No carcass to slim; no pocket book too picked. read full story / add a comment
national / animal rights / news report Wednesday July 29, 2009 21:03 by Laura Broxson
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Hi, CAFT Ireland launched the country's first ever 'Fur Farm Exposé Tour' on Saturday 4th July. This was to highlight the recent undercover exposé on Irish fur farms, which can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/naracampaigns We travelled to every county that has a fur farm, tabled and leafleted in the major town near each farm, and protested outside all 5 mink farms - something that has never been done before, and something that we pledge to keep doing on a regular basis. read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech / press release Wednesday July 29, 2009 12:47 by Andrew Carson
This is it! The finale, the show to end all shows. We intend to fill every single surface with art! How many artists can you exhibit in one fifty-three foot room? Wall to wall creativity, the biggest independent gallery show this summer. Opening: 5-8pm Friday 7th August 2009 Then: Thursday - Saturday 10am - 4pm and Sundays 11am - 4pm Until: Friday 28th August 2009 Closing party: 4-7pm Saturday 29th August 2009 read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday July 29, 2009 12:11 by Eli Mcbett
FRIDAY 31ST JULY 2009 @ THE SHED - REPTILE CABARET 8a Henrietta Lane (rear of King's Inn pub in Henrietta street) Dublin 1 (top Capel Street) Doors @ 9,00 pm till late Suggested Donations: 8,00 Euro @THESHED read full story / add a comment |
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