China death penalty

Wang Lijun Suspected in Falun Gong Organ Harvest,
Group Says
© The Epoch Times » published Feb. 28

The Execution Factor:
It was designed as propaganda to deter would-be criminals.
Instead interviews on death row have become China's new TV hit
© Daily Mail Online » published March 3

Death row inmates number one organ donators in China
© DW.DE » published March 9

post updated March 9

Iran: New report finds surge in repression of dissent

Iran: New report finds surge in repression of dissent

Iran: ‘We are ordered to crush you’:
Expanding repression of dissent in Iran

Report » pdf

© Amnesty International

Amnesty: Iran quadrupled rate of public executions
© The Grand Island Independent

Iranian & Pakistani films » Oscar Winners 2012

Iranian 'A Separation' wins best foreign Oscar
© NewsTimes

Pakistan's Oscar triumph for acid attack film Saving Face
© BBC

congratssssss to Asghar Farhadi of Iran,
for Best Foreign Language Film
& Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy of Pakistan,
for Best Documentary - Short,
Oscar Winners 2012 !!!!

Tribute to Jaime Fernandes

Jaime Fernandes
1900, Covilhã, Portugal - 1969

 
the most known portuguese Outsider Artist 

Jaime Fernandes was committed for "schizophrenia" at the age of 38
and interned at Miguel Bombarda Psychiatric Hospital, Lisbon, where he died after 31 years of hospitalization.

Only at the age of 60 he began drawing.
Almost all his art was destroyed.

ART BRUT / collection ABCD :: FERNANDES jaime

The Vanishing Mind - Life, With Dementia

The Vanishing Mind
Life, With Dementia

Dealing With Dementia Among Aging Criminals
© New York Times

Behind Bars and Beginning to Forget
Todd Heisler's Photos of Dementia in a California Prison
© Lens - NYTimes

check out the video too ....

these people deserve to be cared & cherish
and Never be in jail, in Any country !!!!

5 Oscar Winning Films that Stood on the Side of Justice

5 Oscar Winning Films that Stood on the Side of Justice
© Amnesty International USA Blog

A Message To Humanity !

Speech by Charlie Chaplin from the film: The Great Dictator
Music 'Time' from the Inception Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer

Gazing up at the dark sky spangled with its signs and stars,
for the first time, the first,
I laid my heart open to the benign indifference of the universe.

- Albert Camus -

João Brehm exhibit » till March 2

© João Brehm

João Brehm

painting Exhibit

Exposição de pintura

aberta ao público até 2 de Março 2012

open to the public until March 2, 2012

segunda a sexta » 7h - 20h
monday to friday » 7 am - 8 pm

DeliArt
Av. Duque de Loulé, 5A - Lisboa

João Brehm

Poster4Tomorrow 2012

this year the theme is »

Gender Equality Now !
 
More opportunities for women,
more opportunities for us all. 

Call for entries »

March 8 - July 10, 2012

for more info: 
PosterforTomorrow
 
pick uP your imagination & create a poster !!!!!

Saeed Malekpour » imminent execution

Death sentence proceeds for software designer
© Radio Zamaneh

Saeed Malekpour’s Death Sentence to Be Carried Out Any Moment!
« Campaign for Release of Saeed Malekpour

sign & share !!!!!

Be Near Me

Be near me now,
My tormenter, my love, be near me—
At this hour when night comes down,
When, having drunk from the gash of sunset, darkness comes
With the balm of musk in its hands, its diamond lancets,
When it comes with cries of lamentation,
with laughter with songs;
Its blue-gray anklets of pain clinking with every step.
At this hour when hearts, deep in their hiding places,
Have begun to hope once more, when they start their vigil
For hands still enfolded in sleeves;
When wine being poured makes the sound
of inconsolable children
who, though you try with all your heart,
cannot be soothed.
When whatever you want to do cannot be done,
When nothing is of any use;
—At this hour when night comes down,
When night comes, dragging its long face,
dressed in mourning,
Be with me,
My tormenter, my love, be near me.

- Faiz Ahmed Faiz -
1911 – 1984

translated by Naomi Lazard

FAIZ AHMED FAIZ - official site
A Distinct Urdu Poet of Pakistan

Samuel Aranda wins Photo of the Year

Samuel Aranda's Photo from Yemen
Wins the Photo of the Year
 
The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest has selected a picture by Samuel Aranda from Spain as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011. 
© World Press Photo

Samuel Aranda Photographer
 
World Press Photo
 
deeply touching !!!! Congratulations, Samuel !!!!!

Iran changes law for execution of juveniles

Iran changes law for execution of juveniles
© Iran Independent News Service

well, that's true ....
but Iran still has executions for Juveniles in some special conditions.

Too Dumb to Live? Executing People With Intellectual Disabilities

Too Dumb to Live?
Executing People With Intellectual Disabilities
© Truthout

if the US Supreme Court doesn't stay tonight re-set execution
of Edwin Turner in Mississippi ....
once again it's what is happening !!!!

they didn't !!!!

Edwin Turner was lynched this evening by AmeriKKKa !!!!!

Mississippi death row inmate Turner executed
© The Clarion-Ledger


MENTAL ILLNESS:
Mississippi Inmate With Severe Mental Illness Faces Imminent Execution
© Death Penalty Information Center

Zanyar & Loqman Moradi » imminent execution !!!!

Zanyar and Loqman Moradi:
Two Kurdish citizens in Iran awaiting execution
© Alliance for Kurdish Rights

imminent execution !!!! Take Action NOW !!!!

Tribute to Tàpies

Antoni Tàpies

13 December 1923 - 6 February 2012

Genial Catalan Artist passed away yesterday in Barcelona.

6 Feb. Anniversary Message from Leonard Peltier

06 February Anniversary Message from Leonard Peltier
 
posted on behalf of Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee

International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

February 4 is
 
International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

Scheduled Events here 

posted on behalf of Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee

African American History Month 2012

February is

Black History Month

dedicated this year to
Black Women in American Culture and History

check the Events at »

African American History Month 2012

© Library of Congress