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Oct 19 2009 3:20PM
Can anybody stop the accelaration of executions?

Rouhi Shafii Two women in different parts of Iran and two juveniles are in danger of imminent execution. Today, I will report the case of one of the women, Soheila Ghadiri who is due for execution on Wednesday 21 on Orumieh in north...

Oct 19 2009 2:39PM
UK asylum removals to Iraq not just a farce, a disgrace

An attempt by the UK Border Agency last week to forcibly remove some 44 refused Iraqi asylum seekers and send them back to Baghdad appears to have been conducted by the Keystone Cops – or rather the Keystone Private Security...

Oct 17 2009 12:56PM
Stop Execution of juveniles and political prisoners!

Saturday, October 17, 2009 Rouhi Shafii The Iranian government has accelerated its reign of executions despite international condmentations. Two categories of prisoners are at the immidiate risk of execution: a number of people who...

Oct 16 2009 10:50PM
I come out against some kinds of music

Regular readers of my blog (well there may be some) will know that I am keen on music. I was shocked though to read on the Guardian's science blog about the military use of music . Some of the soldiers interviewed for a study said that...

Oct 16 2009 10:21PM
Barack Obama and another Nobel Laureate

Looking at the website of the Nobel prize committee I found an interview about why Barack Obama was awarded this year's Peace prize. Like many others I was surprised that Obama was awarded the prize so early and I would like to wait...