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international / gender and sexuality Sunday December 09, 2007 - 22:12 by Houzan Mahmoud
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This is an article on the situation of women in the Middle East. It was first published on open democracy blog for international day against violence against women. The undeclared war on women continues to victimize women worldwide on a daily basis; the Middle East is no exception. Women in our region are amongst the most oppressed and terrorized in the world. The Islamic law upheld in many Middle Eastern countries has turned women into slaves with invisible chains. In Saudi Arabia in March 2006, a woman was abducted with a friend and was raped by 7 men. In October, the men were sentenced to 2-3 years in prison, but the woman herself was sentenced to 90 lashes. Saudi Arabian Islamic law forbids a woman to meet with a man to whom she is not related. The woman and her solicitor appealed the sentence; the men's sentences were increased from 2 to 9 years in prison, but the woman's sentence was also increased as a result to 200 lashes and 6 months in prison. ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Sunday December 09, 2007 - 21:18 by Sean Melman
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A Galway company Composites Testing Laboratory does materials testing for Raytheon, Lockheed and Cessna. ... read full story / add a comment
national / anti-capitalism Sunday December 09, 2007 - 18:51 by Red Banner
Issue 30 of Red Banner is out now. €2 / £1.50 from bookshops, sellers or the address above. Articles: ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-capitalism Saturday December 08, 2007 - 00:47 by Karl Quigley
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Bush's neocon Irish envoy, Paula Dobriansky, has hailed the N.I. solution as an exemplar for other world trouble spots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Dobriansky ... read full story / add a comment
international / crime and justice Friday December 07, 2007 - 17:27 by staring at goats
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The New York Times has run a story which immediately has been taken up globally on the destruction of video tapes by the CIA of an interrogation despite those tapes being potential evidence in Congressional inquiry, hearings or other such grand jury activity. Thus, we see the issue of torture, CIA use of extreme interrogation techinques & the Bush regime allowance of said placed on the table of forthcoming review of that agency & the other 15 intelligence services of the USA during the next presidency. But for the moment it's just a story about "Al Qaeda" suspect Abu Zubaydah being subjected to the notorious water boarding data extraction sicko kicks of the CIA in 2002. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / anti-war / imperialism Friday December 07, 2007 - 14:53 by Hamid Taqvaee
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Here is a statement from the Worker-comunist Party of Iran which outlines the reality that the people of Iran face: a struggle against both US Imperialism and the Iranian Dictatorship. The threat of a US attack and the devastating consequences of economic sanctions are looming over the people of Iran. US’s war with the Islamic Republic is not the war of the people. People of Iran and their interests are not represented in this conflict. They want neither the Islamic Republic, nor a military attack, nor economic sanctions. For years, they have been fighting the Islamic Republic and the unbearable conditions that this ultra-reactionary regime has imposed on society. ... read full story / add a comment ![]()
international / gender and sexuality Friday December 07, 2007 - 12:10 by Mina Ahadi
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This brutal judical murder of a young man whose only crime was to be gay is further proof that Iran is ruled by a Fascist Dictatorship. The news has just reached us. Makwan was executed last night (local time) in Dizel Abad Prison in the city of Kermanshah. Makwan's family have just collected his body and are on their way to the city of Paveh. Around 200 cars are following in procession the car carrying the body of a youngster murdered in cold blood by a bunch of criminal thugs. This crime must be recorded in history. Not only that the criminals in power in Iran must be indicted through international courts. Makwan had not committed any crime. He was executed for a sexual relation with a class mate when they were both 13. He was executed for homosexuality. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday December 06, 2007 - 16:35 by rogy
Recently, there was a debate on the excellent and always lively Vegan Freak Forums between what may generally characterized as “postmodern feminists” and “radical feminists.” ... read full story / add a comment |
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