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national / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 13, 2008 - 18:52 by G F Eh
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éirígí analyses the Good Friday Agreement ten years on. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Sunday April 13, 2008 - 12:56 by redjade
Washington high court rules inmate has no right to starve himself ... read full story / add a comment
international / anti-war / imperialism Saturday April 12, 2008 - 22:28 by pat c
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All is not as it appears at surface level. Iran condemns Israel as Zionist butchers but at the same time sells oil to Israel. Oil which fuels the tanks and jets that slaughter the Palestinians and Lebanese. Full story of the Iranian Regimes treacherey at the link. If you've ever wondered about the definition of hypocrisy you'll find the answer right here. Last month the Swiss signed a multi-billion euro contract for Iran to supply Switzerland with natural gas over the next 25 years. The US State Department condemned the deal and said it would be investigating whether it breached the Iran Sanctions Act. Israel complained too, describing the Swiss minister's visit to Tehran as an "act unfriendly to Israel".On March 30, the Swiss newspaper Sonntag retaliated with the revelation that Israel, supposedly observing an ironclad boycott of all things Iranian, has been buying Iranian oil for years. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / miscellaneous Saturday April 12, 2008 - 19:21 by Bazooka Joe
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A picture that was spread all over the international media purporting to show the stoning of and Iranian woman has been exposed as a fake. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / gender and sexuality Friday April 11, 2008 - 18:53 by pat c
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Another Womens rights activist has been detained in Iran. Her only crimes was to demand equality of treatment for Women. Full text at the link. On April 8th, security police forcibly entered the home of Khadijeh Moghaddam, women’s rights activist and member of the One Million Signatures Campaign and arrested her. Khadijeh Moghaddam who is a member of the Mother’s Committee of the Campaign was transferred to Eshrat Abad Security Police, where she was interrogated for several hours She was them brought to court and interrogated by Sobhani an Investigative Judge and charged. Bail was set at 100 Million Tomans (roughly $110,000). Moghaddam was then transferred to Vozara Detention Center. ... read full story / add a comment 
kildare / rights, freedoms and repression Friday April 11, 2008 - 16:04 by Sharon.
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"RESIDENTS of the Usk area, just outside Kilcullen, are continuing their campaign against the siting of a so-called superdump in their area. The proposal by Greenstar was originally turned down by Kildare Co Council because it contravened the county plan but, following an An Bord Plean·la hearing, the board over-turned that decision and gave permission for the landfill project to go ahead. This was despite the fact that, after a hearing lasting four and a half days, the An Bord Pleanála inspector actually recommended against the siting of the dump at Usk...." http://archives.tcm.ie/kildarenationalist/2006/10/12/st...1.asp ... read full story / add a comment
international / politics / elections Thursday April 10, 2008 - 12:25 by tomeile
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The British National Party is urging its members to drop anti-semitism in favour of Islamophobia in order to win votes ahead of May’s assembly elections in London . Its leader ,Nick Griffin ,has written in favour of “adopting an 'Islamophobic' position that appeals to large numbers of ordinary people”. Targeting Zionist voters and former supporters of the ,now largely defunct , UK Independence Party , the BNP expects to pick up the necessary votes to win at least one seat in the election . One of its councillor , Pat Richardson , is quoted in today’s Guardian saying : "I'm in the BNP because no one else speaks out against the Islamification of our country." ... read full story / add a comment |
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