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international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Tuesday June 19, 2012 13:37 by JoeMc
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The Irish Times reported last week that Israel's Deputy Ambassador to Ireland, Nurit Tinari-Modai, is advocating a campaign of intimidation, smears and falsification against Israeli human rights activists who campaign in solidarity with Palestinians . Nurit Tinari-Modai suggests that a good way of undermining opponents of Zionism is to insinuate that "sexual identity problems" motivates those who protest the treatment oif Palestinians . “Israel’s Channel 10 News reported that Nurit Tinari Modai, who is cultural officer at the embassy and is married to ambassador Boaz Modai, advised that the foreign ministry should adopt a new strategy in which it would “try to hit [the activists’] soft underbellies .” read full story / add a comment
international / public consultation / irish social forum / news report Tuesday June 19, 2012 01:23 by Ben Jackson
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Right now the ingredients for a "perfect storm" are developing in Europe. read full story / add a comment
national / rights, freedoms and repression / news report Monday June 18, 2012 00:24 by Truth and Justice 2012
A major public demonstration is to be held in Belfast just days before the British royal visit to the North. The demonstration on Saturday 23rd June will have as its theme “Truth and Justice – not Jubilation” and the organisers say the focus of the protest will be on victims of British state violence. The demonstration will take the form of a silent march, led by a solitary piper, from Dunville Park, Falls Road, at 2.00pm on Saturday and conclude with a rally outside Belfast city hall. The rally will be addressed by speakers from each of the 6 Counties who lost close relatives at the hands of the British state, or who were themselves actual victims of state violence. read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression / opinion/analysis Sunday June 17, 2012 13:28 by uli schmetzer
When two Americans raised their fists in the Black Power salute in 1968 no one paid much attention to the third man. read full story / add a comment |
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