A man believed to be soldier has been beheaded in a barbaric attack by two men on a street outside Woolwich army barracks in South East London. In the shocking scene, one of the killers addressed witnesses saying "you will never be safe."
In broad daylight two men in their mid-20s attacked a man dressed in a military uniform killing him and appar ... Continue reading »
The Evin being referred to is Evin prison, allegedly the scene of the torture, rape and murder of political prisoners. Freeing political prisoners and ending the death penalty feature prominently in Zahra's campaign, along with demands for a transparent and fair voting process. United for Iran's executive director, Firuzeh Mahmoudi, says these are ... Continue reading »
The movie is filled with examples of and references to methods of communication: Books, faxes, cell phone messages, answering machines, intercoms, misunderstood jokes, traffic signals, the honking of car horns. A copy of a famous 1900 Japanese painting titled "Training a Parrot" by Chiyo Yazaki hangs on the professor's wall; the woman in the painti ... Continue reading »
A member of Iran’s constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election. Even before the comments by Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, chances for a woman candidate in Iran’s presidential election wer ... Continue reading »
The cycle of sexual violence that has been churning throughout the eastern half of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has refused to stop, despite all the steps the United Nations has taken over decades to end the epidemic. Just last fall, systematic rapes, committed by the Congolese Army, occurred in an area around Minova, a new report, released ... Continue reading »
If we in the United States truly valued health care as a human right, and began showing it by adopting an improved and expanded Medicare for all system, at least I would know that if I developed another cancer, I could access care just like anyone else would. No doubt the debate about genetic testing for cancer patients and what people may wish to ... Continue reading »
Film Synopsis My confession really damaged me. I can now understand how a woman or a man feels who is raped. ~ Faraj Sarkoohi, Writer Forced Confessions pulls the mask off a regime that brutally extracts lies from its citizens. For the first time on film, six victims of Iran’s torture chambers speak. These are not criminals, but writers, journali ... Continue reading »
The Saudi royal family has generated its fair share of scandal in recent years.
In 2010, one prince made international headlines when he was caught on tape viciously beating his servant — and alleged male lover — to death at a five-star hotel in London. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison but faces harsher punishment back home, where homosexuali ... Continue reading »
BEIRUT — A graphic video allegedly showing a Syrian rebel cutting open a pro-government fighter’s chest and biting into one of his internal organs sparked outrage Tuesday, reviving concerns about the makeup of opposition forces even as the United States warned that it is ready to bolster its support for them.
During a visit to Stockholm, Secretar ... Continue reading »
While the real story of some people’s lives may begin with romance, a scandal, or with love affairs, my mother’s story began conceivably with a marriage devoid of any scandal or adventurous romance. I am pretty sure that my father had not even seen my mother before their marriage; this was not, in fact, unusual at that time nor is it unusual today ... Continue reading »
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