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Aug 10 2009 11:06PM
Rape as means of torture in the Iranian prisons

Mehdi Karubi , the defeated presidential candidate has recnetly wtitten a letter to Ayattolah Hashemi Rafsanjani demanding an investigation into the cases of rape of young men and women in detention. Karubi has mentioned that his...

Aug 10 2009 8:44PM
Paris event

25 juillet 2009 Paris, Champs de Mars A two kilometers long petition against the Iranian regim Rassemblement contre l'élection d'Ahmadinejad Déploiement de la plus grande banderole du monde Green Scroll… Paris Iran : A global day of...

Aug 10 2009 3:00PM
Talking about torture

The man was completely immersed in the water. When he emerged he gasped for air. He looked frightened. Was I watching waterboarding that method of torture in which a detainee is made to think they are drowning? Actually no, this was...

Aug 9 2009 3:02AM
Final Document of the 2009 Sino-Tibetan Conference Finding Common Ground

Final Document of the 2009 Sino-Tibetan Conference ‘Finding Common Ground’ In Chinese Version: 2009年日内瓦汉藏会议共识

Aug 7 2009 11:38PM
The power of thousands of people singing

I have read on the internet about a film, The Singing Revolution . The documentary, by James and Maureen Tusty, shows how the power of song helped to free the people of Estonia from oppression. I would certainly like to see the film...