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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Wednesday September 02, 2009 16:33 by Yassamine Mather
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This article covers the continuing crisis in Iran, workers struggles, prisoners hunger strikes, the show trials and the Regimes problems in getting a new Cabinet appointed. Full text of article at link below. Over the last few weeks, following the show trials of ‘reformist’ personalities and the imposition of even more severe forms of repression in Iran, the nature of protests has changed considerably. However, demonstrations continue on a daily basis in Tehran and most other Iranian cities, with numbers attending ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Reports from the working class neighbourhoods of Tehran, such as Ekbatan, Apadana and Karaj, and from the white-collar suburbs of Tehran Pars, indicate that anti-government demonstrations take place every night and often lead to confrontation between protesters and Bassij militia. Last week dozens of political prisoners started a hunger strike in Evin prison and on the first day of Ramadan families of those arrested in recent protests gathered outside calling for the immediate release of all political detainees. There are daily protests in factories and workplaces against the political and economic conditions and in some provinces, including Khorassan, there is news of peasants protesting against confiscation of their land by religious authorities. Five hundred peasants from Sarakhss have staged a sit-in for the last week in front of Mashad’s main petrol station, complaining about the use of religious legislation to expropriate their land. read full story / add a comment
national / sci-tech / other press Wednesday September 02, 2009 12:39 by über coinín
Google has added Irish Gaeilge, Yidish, Welsh, Belarussian, Macedonian, Afrikaans, Swahili, Mali and Icelandic to the suite of languages which its free online translation tool supports. The last upgrade to the list which currently offers 51 languages was the inclusion of Persian or Farsi, an update which we remember occured during the "green revolution" and allowed us all to follow events in Iran without paying to much attention to tweeting twits based in US lobby offices. This great news now means we will be able to follow similar events as they happen in Ireland without having to study Gaeilge, understand Hector or even own a copy of the Bunreacht. read full story / add a comment
dublin / arts and media / event notice Wednesday September 02, 2009 11:59 by Eli Mcbett
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FRIDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2009 @ THE SHED – LEMOMO 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 September the 4th to celebrate two different events: 1 Antonine Artaud's Birthday 2 A positive answer: The appeal presented by the Irish Georgian Society and supported by many of you, against the earlied approved by the City Council planning permission for the dismantling of The Shed in order to build a 5 storey building, has now been denied. FILM LA PELICULA DEL REY (A King and His Movie) by CARLOS SORĺN 1986 Argentine - 107min - Spanish language - English subtitles LIVE MUSIC LINE HONOURS www.myspace.com/linehonours DJ and VISUALS CORMAC O'DONOGHUE www.myspace.com/phonographic.funhouse read full story / add a comment
donegal / rights, freedoms and repression / event notice Wednesday September 02, 2009 11:58 by Amnesty Galway
What: My Rights, My Struggle is an interactive exhibition with photos and audio clips from 20 human rights activists living and working in Zimbabwe. Where: Regional Cultural Centre Letterkenny When: From 7 pm September 11th – September 22nd read full story / add a comment |
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