Dhondup Wangchen: Voices for Freedom

Free Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen 

This beautiful animated video from our friends at Amnesty International Portugal illustrates the case of Dhondup Wangchen, who is serving 
a prison sentence in China for "subversion of state power" -- simply because he dared to speak out about Tibetan human rights through 
his filmmaking.

Take Action Now - Amnesty International USA

Mary Timney: the last woman hanged in Scotland

Mary Timney: the last woman publicly hanged in Scotland

© BBC

Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks from Prison on Life After Death Row and His Quest for Freedom

Exclusive: Mumia Abu-Jamal Speaks from Prison on Life After Death Row and His Quest for Freedom

© Democracy Now

check out the video !!!!

Conn. bans Death Penalty !!!!

Conn. governor signs bill to repeal death penalty
© GreenwichTime

Gov. Malloy on Signing Bill to Repeal Capital Punishment

For Immediate Release: April 25, 2012

© Office of the Governor

Connecticut has become the 17th US state to abolish capital punishment !!!!

Connecticut Death Penalty Abolished! (California Next?)

© Amnesty International USA Blog

fight for Freedom once again, my country !!!!

José Mário Branco + Sérgio Godinho + Fausto 
2009 concert

lyrics & music by José Mário Branco 

check the lyrics' english version in my comment,  
too big to be right here ....

"Abril Não Desarma"

"Abril Não Desarma" 

Vasco Lourenço Associação 25 de Abril Apela Mobilização Povo Português  

for the first time since 1974, the Associação 25 de Abril will not 
take part in the revolution official celebrations, in protest of the new government anti-democratic politics.

Associação 25 de Abril

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

- Charles Dickens -
 
opening of A Tale of Two Cities

Tribute to Mário Botas

Mário Botas

Portuguese Artist

23 December 1952 - 29 September 1983


music by Béla Bartók

fantastic painter & illustrator, a tragic destiny !!!!

Mário Botas portuguese biography » pdf file
© CM - Lisboa

I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic
than to love people.

- Vincent van Gogh -

the parrots - os papagaios

© joão & luisa brehm

pop art - 1978

pintura - painting

End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement: Justice for the Angola 3

reposting ....
last days to add your name !!!!
the signatures will be delivered to Louisiana Governor
next April 17 !!!!

End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement: Justice for the Angola 3

40 years spent in solitary confinement is cruel, inhuman and degrading.
Demand justice for Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace,
the two "Angola 3" who remain behind bars.

Take Action Now - Amnesty International USA

Conn. lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty

Connecticut lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty

Connecticut's governor says he will sign a bill abolishing the death penalty, making it the 17th state to abandon capital punishment.

© CNN

Governor Malloy Statement on Final Passage
of Capital Punishment Repeal Legislation

For Immediate Release: April 11, 2012

© Office of the Governor

Amnesty International Praises Connecticut Lawmakers on Death Penalty Repeal; Urges Governor to Sign Bill Following House Vote

© Amnesty International USA - press release

US: Momentum Against the Death Penalty
With Connecticut Repeal Imminent, US Trend Against Capital Punishment Accelerates

© Human Rights Watch

greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat news !!!!!

IHRDC Releases Latest Report

IHRDC Releases Latest Report –
“On the Margins: Arrest, Imprisonment and Execution of Kurdish Activists in Iran Today”

© Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Mana Neyestani: The Kafkaesque World Of An Iranian Cartoonist

Mana Neyestani:
The Kafkaesque World Of An Iranian Cartoonist 

© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

i love Mana cartoons !!!!!

we are going home !!!!

© luisa brehm

Cora Indians - Jesús María, Sierra del Nayar, Nayarit

evil masks from
"La Judea", the week-long Semana Santa (Holy Week),
the most important Cora ceremony.

1982 - this year it was not allowed to take photos,
only time for some masks before being destroyed in the river ....

Everything begins in water and returns to water.

Jané tiles at Lisboa... (A)mar

Lisboa... (A)mar 
Exposição Colectiva de Azulejos

n' A Arte da Terra até 6 de Maio
diariamente das 11h às 20h 

Azulejos - Tiles collective Exhibit
at A Arte da Terra till May 6 
all days » 11 am - 8 pm
 
A Arte da Terra
R. Augusto Rosa, 40 - Alfama, Lisbon 

JANÉ Portuguese Tiles
 
congratssssssssssss and lots of success, my dear Paulo !!!!
beijosssssssssssssssss grandes

Saif Gaddafi » trial

Hand over Saif Gadhafi, court tells Libya
 © CNN » published April 5

Libya will not hand Saif al-Islam to ICC - justice minister 
© The Star » published April 8

Saif Gaddafi 'wants to be tried in Libya' 

© The Telegraph » published April 11 

Saif Gaddafi should go on trial in Libya, war crimes tribunal told
© The Guardian » published May 1

post updated May 1

Guantanamo » 5 charged for 9/11

Five Al-Qaeda Suspects Formally Charged In 9/11 Attacks
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Accused Sept. 11 plotters to face death penalty trial at Guantanamo
© Los Angeles Times

Shame Shame Shameeeeeeeeeeee AmeriKKKa !!!!!

End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement: Justice for the Angola 3

End 40 Years of Solitary Confinement: Justice for the Angola 3

40 years spent in solitary confinement is cruel, inhuman and degrading.
Demand justice for Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace,
the two "Angola 3" who remain behind bars.

Take Action Now - Amnesty International USA

Connecticut Senate Poised to Vote on Death Penalty Repeal

Connecticut Senate Poised to Vote on Death Penalty Repeal

The Connecticut Senate is expected to vote as early as Wednesday (April 4) on a bill to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life without parole. The bill, which would only affect future sentencing, passed the Judiciary Committee on March 21 and needs at least 18 votes to pass in the Senate. If it passes the Senate, it is considered likely to pass the House, and Governor Dannel Malloy has pledged to sign the bill into law.

© Death Penalty Information Center

full text of the bill »
AN ACT REVISING THE PENALTY FOR CAPITAL FELONIES.

Europeans Shame US on Secret Prisons

Europeans Shame US on Secret Prisons
© Amnesty International USA Blog