When the way comes to an end, then change -
having changed, you pass through.

- I Ching -

♥♥ & Peace for 2013

♥♥ & Peace for 2013, pleaaaaaaaaaaase ???

thanksssssssssssss, dear Anonymous !!!!!

Notable Opinion Art of 2012

Notable Opinion Art of 2012 

» slide show
A selection of illustrations that reflects on the issues of 2012 using exemplary wit, incisiveness, beauty and provocation.

© The New York Times

The Best Pictures of the Year

The Best Pictures of the Year
© Der Spiegel

Feelings are images,
sensations are like musical sounds.

- Anaïs Nin -

4 Flora ;-)))))))))))))))))))))))

© luisa brehm 

Partyyyyyyyyy Day, Kido ;,-))))))))))))))))))))) 

4 miaumi, mummiiiiiii ???
did u bringi mai little cherry caki ???

mi h♥♥ppiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii !!!!! 
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
miauuuUUUuuuuuuuuuuronronnnnssssssssssssss 

***^-^***

it makes 4 years today Flora found lulu !!!!

as we say, cats find their humans
and humans find their dogs ....

DAKOTA 38

Dakota War - U.S., which left hundreds dead and ended in the Largest Mass Execution in U.S. history.

To Never Forget this Genocide !!!!!

DAKOTA 38 - Full Movie in HD - YouTube

Dakota trailer page

Dakota 38: Documentary Recalls Killing Of 38 Dakota Warriors (Full Movie)
© White Wolf

Dakota War - December 26, 1862

image source


The Dakota War of 1862, also known as the Sioux Uprising, (the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, the U.S.–Dakota War of 1862 or Little Crow's War) was an armed conflict between the U.S. and the eastern Sioux.
It began on August 17, 1862, along the Minnesota River in southwest Minnesota.
It ended with a Mass Execution of 38 Dakota Men on December 26, 1862, in Mankato, Minnesota.

The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862

New documentary remembers largest mass execution in US history
© Minnesota Public Radio News

Remembering the Dakota War: After the hangings, more suffering and deaths
© The Free Press, Mankato, MN

Dakota Indians mark hangings of 1862 with trek on horseback
© Reuters

150 years later, war's wounds still cut deep
© Star Tribune

Photos: The Dakota War, then and now
© Minnesota Public Radio News

"We Are Here:" Native American Artists Explore Pain of the Dakota War of 1862
© White Wolf

Do your little bit of good where you are;
it's those little bits of good put together
that overwhelm the world.

- Desmond Tutu -

Xmas is a lie !!!!!

 
did we feed a Kid today ??? did we help Someone in need ???

Xmas is a lie !!!!!

Wake Up !!!!
Stop consuming and ACT NOW !!!!! 

lu

» as of 2011, 1.3 billion tons of food, about one third
of the global food production, are lost or wasted annually.

Homage to Jean-Michel Basquiat !!!!

 

Believe it or not,

I can actually draw.

- Jean-Michel Basquiat -

December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Manning picked as Person of the Year

Manning picked as Person of the Year
© Workers World

Free Manning NOWWW !!!!

Record vote against death penalty at UN

Record vote against death penalty at UN
© DAWN.COM » published Dec. 21

Guatemala's Mayan people demand an end to doomsday myth, that world will end on Dec. 21

Guatemala's Mayan people demand an end to doomsday myth, that world will end on Dec. 21

© NY Daily News » published Oct. 26 

too much, really !!!!!

The Mayas deserve, at least, a huge Apology !!!!!

Anonymous - The Truth about 12/21/2012

love uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Folks !!!!!

Mapping Iran's Human Rights (Interactive)

Mapping Iran's Human Rights (Interactive)

© International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

5 Who Fought For Justice in 2012

5 Who Fought For Justice in 2012

The five individuals named here represent only a few of those who risked, and are risking, their lives in the ongoing fight for justice, freedom and human rights in all corners of the world.

© Care2 Causes 

check out the videos

Death Penalty In 2012: Seven Significant Signs

Death Penalty In 2012: Seven Significant Signs
© AI USA blog

DPIC's Year End Report

DPIC's Year End Report: Death Sentences Remain Near Historic Low

© Death Penalty Information Center

Falling Behind: The Human Rights Implications of Solitary Confinement in the United States

Falling Behind: The Human Rights Implications of Solitary Confinement in the United States

© ACLU blog - American Civil Liberties Union

Steve Biko day !!!!

image source


The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor
is the mind of the oppressed. 

- Steve Biko - 

from White Racism and Black Consciousness

18 Dec. 1946 - 12 Sept. 1977 

Steve Biko Foundation

South Africa Launches Steve Biko Heritage Centre 
© AllAfrica

Ronald Post granted clemency

Ronald Post, condemned obese Ohio killer, granted clemency

© CBS News » published Dec. 17

got surprisiiiiiii ;-))))))))))))))))))

© joão brehm

looki, mummiiiiiii,
from titiu piupiu ♥♥ ♥ ♥♥

and sooooooooooo mani mori surprisiiiiiii
for miaumi 22222 yummiiiiiii ;,-))))))))))))))))))))))))
wi ari suchi luckiiiiiii gals !!!!!

***^-^***

i'm sexy ;-))))))))))))))))))

hmmmmm Flora ??? eyes really wide .... 60 ???
oh la la ooopppppssssssssss ;-)))))))))))))))))))))))

H♥♥♥♥♥♥ppiiiiiiiiiiiii Birthdaiiiiiii, Mum !!!!!
uuuuuuu ari simpli the best !!!!!

miauuuUUUuuuuumi ronronsssssssssssssss

***^-^***

lulu - 1955
photo by mom

♥♥ Mom

♥♥ Mom, you are my Eternity !!!!!
Adorooooooooooo-te, Meu Amor !!!!!
lu

Maria João Pires, piano
Nocturne No. 1 - Frederic Chopin

Fernando Moleres wins Tim Hetherington Grant

© Fernando Moleres  


The grant was given to Moleres for his project “Waiting
for an Opportunity”, in which he is documenting the harsh realities of juvenile justice in Sierra Leone.

Fernando Moleres Wins Tim Hetherington Grant
© Human Rights Watch

Fernando Moleres receives the second Tim Hetherington Grant
© World Press Photo

Congratsssssssssssssssss, Fernando !!!!!

FERNANDO MOLERES PHOTOGRAPHER

TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2012

by William Daniels

Feb. 22, 2012. A member of the Free Syrian Army rides in the back of a truck in Bab Amr.

see TIME's Best Photojournalism of 2012

Spare obese murderer's life, Ohio Parole Board recommends

Ronald Post »

Spare obese murderer's life, Ohio Parole Board recommends

© The Plain Dealer » published Dec. 14

Harry Belafonte about the concert for Peltier

Eric Holland speaks to Harry Belafonte about the benefit concert on Friday 12/14/12 for Leonard Peltier.

Leonard Peltier's Jailhouse Plea for Long-Denied Clemency

Exclusive: Never-Aired Video of Leonard Peltier; Peter Coyote Advocates for Obama Pardon

© Democracy Now

Testimony on CIA's treatment of 9/11 suspects will be kept secret, judge rules

Testimony on CIA's treatment of 9/11 suspects will be kept secret, judge rules
© The Washington Post

Qatar's Hypocrisy on Freedom

Qatar's Hypocrisy on Freedom
© Consortiumnews

Hakamada Iwao » Story of world's longest-serving death row prisoner told by Jeremy Irons, Amnesty International

Story of world's longest-serving death row prisoner told by Jeremy Irons, Amnesty International
© The Japan Daily Press

Bring Leonard Peltier Home in 2012

Bring Leonard Peltier Home 2012 Concert

Friday, December 14, 7.30 pm
at The Beacon Theatre Broadway at West
74th St., New York City

Join
Harry Belafonte, Pete Seeger, Jackson Browne, Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter and many more for an evening of music
and learning for Leonard Peltier.

Speakers Jack Healey (Human Rights Action Center, former Executive Director of Amnesty International USA) Peter Matthiessesn Tom Poor Bear (Oglala Sioux Tribe V.P.) Bill Means Dorothy Ninham.

posted on behalf of
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee

Homage to Ravi Shankar

 
7 April 1920 - 11 December 2012

Ravi Shankar

USA 2012 - State Killings, commutations & stays

July/December - 2012

December

4 - George Ochoa - murdered by the state of Oklahoma
Oklahoma executes George Ochoa for the 1993 shooting deaths of couple while children at home
© Daily Reporter
5 - Richard Dale Stokley - murdered by the state of Arizona
Stokley executed for 1991 murders of 2 AZ girls

© CBS 5 Phoenix
11 - Manuel Pardo Jr. - murdered by the state of Florida
Florida executes former police officer for killing 9 people during 3-month crime spree in 1986
© Minneapolis Star Tribune
12 - Rigoberto Avila, Jr. - Texas - stayed
El Paso man's execution delayed till 2013
© El Paso Times » published Oct. 28

US ends 2012 with 43 executions for the year, the same total carried out in 2011.

check Rick Halperin page for 2013 scheduled executions.

Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!!

recent State Killings, commutations & stays

July
18 - Yokamon Hearn - Texas - murdered by U.S.
Texas executes its 1st inmate using single drug
© Houston Chronicle 
23 - Warren Lee Hill - Georgia - stayed

State Supreme Court grants stay of execution to killer
© The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

A Tale of Three States: Executing the Mentally Disabled

© ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union » published July 17

26 - John Eley - Ohio - commuted
Ohio governor commutes death sentence for third time in 13 months
© The Star
KASICH COMMUTES SENTENCE OF JOHN JEFFREY ELEY
© Office of Governor

August
1 - Marcus Druery - Texas - stayed
Texas death row inmate has Aug. 1 execution stayed 
© Houston Chronicle
7 - Marvin Wilson - Texas - murdered by U.S.
Texas Stands Alone in Its Unusual Test of Mental Retardation and Exemption from Execution
© Death Penalty Information Center » published July 31
Texas executes man despite lawyers' concerns over his IQ
© Houston Chronicle 
once again, Outrageous AmeriKKKa !!!!

8 - Daniel Cook - murdered by the state of Arizona
Arizona executes inmate for 2 murders in 1987
© The Arizona Republic 
14 - Michael Hooper - murdered by the state of Oklahoma
Okla. Man Executed for Killing Ex-Girlfriend, Kids
© ABC News 
22 - John Balentine - Texas - stayed
U.S. Supreme Court has stopped the execution of John Balentine
© KFDA - NewsChannel 10

September
20 - Donald Palmer - murdered by the state of Ohio
Killer of two is executed 
© The Columbus Dispatch
20 - Robert Harris - murdered by the state of Texas

Texas executes man who confessed to killing 5 
© Houston Chronicle
25 - Cleve Foster - murdered by the state of Texas
Texas executes ex-Army recruiter after 3 reprieves
© Houston Chronicle

October 

3 - Terrance Williams - Pennsylvania - stayed
Pennsylvania judge grants stay in death penalty case 
© CNN.com
10 - Jonathan Green - murdered by the state of Texas
Texas Executes Man In Death Of 12-Year-Old Girl
© CBS Dallas
15 - Eric Robert - murdered by the state of South Dakota (volunteer)
Governor Daugaard won't stop upcoming executions
© The Argus Leader » published Oct. 11
South Dakota executes first inmate since 2007

© CBS News 
18 - Anthony Haynes - Texas - stayed
Houston cop killer Anthony Haynes granted stay of execution
© Houston Chronicle 
23 - John Errol Ferguson - Florida - stayed
Risdon Slate: There is no purpose in our executing the insane
© Tallahassee Democrat » published Oct. 12 
Court grants emergency stay of execution for Florida man who killed 8
© CNN.com Blogs » published Oct. 23
24 - Bobby Hines - murdered by the state of Texas
Texas executes convicted killer for 1991 slaying
© The Associated Press
30 - Donald Moeller - murdered by the state of South Dakota
South Dakota executes Donald Moeller for rape, murder of 9-year-old girl
© CBS News
31 - Donnie Roberts - murdered by the state of Texas
Texas to carry out 250th execution under Governor Rick Perry
© Amnesty International USA
Louisiana ex-con executed for 2003 Texas killing
© Houston Chronicle

November 
6 - Garry Thomas Allen - murdered by the state of Oklahoma
Okla. Inmate Executed for Fiancee's 1986 Killing
© ABC News 
8 - Mario Swain - murdered by the state of Texas
Man Put to Death in Texas for Woman's 2002 Slaying
© ABC News 
8 - Hubert Michael Jr. - Pennsylvania - stayed
Federal appeals court blocks Centre County execution
© Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 
13 - Brett Hartman - murdered by the state of Ohio
Ohio Executes Killer Who Repeatedly Stabbed Woman
© ABC News 
14 - Ramon Hernandez - murdered by the state of Texas
Man Put to Death for Texas Woman's 2001 Slaying
© ABC News 
15 - Preston Hughes - murdered by the state of Texas
Man executed for killing Houston cousins, 15 and 3
© The Associated Press

info by Rick Halperin and i .... thanks, my dear friend !!! 

recent State Killings, commutations & stays

January/June 2012

2011 - State Killings, commutations & stays

Mumia: The Unsilenced Voice of a "Long-Distance Revolutionary"

Mumia: The Unsilenced Voice of a "Long-Distance Revolutionary"

© Truthout

Free Mumia Abu-Jamal !!!!!

I Support Palestinian Human Rights!

I Support Palestinian Human Rights!

© US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

sign & share !!!!!

2012: A year in human rights

2012: A year in human rights
© Amnesty International

Iran executes its citizens at a faster rate

Iran executes its citizens at a faster rate
© Globalization | DW.DE | 10.12.2012

The end of the rope; Canada's last executions

The end of the rope; Canada's last executions
© TheSpec.com

New Government Report Reveals Over 200 Children Have Been Held in U.S. Custody in Afghanistan Since 2008

New Government Report Reveals Over 200 Children Have Been Held in U.S. Custody in Afghanistan Since 2008
© ACLU blog - American Civil Liberties Union
» published Dec. 8

You can chain me,
you can torture me,
you can even destroy this body,
but you will never imprison my mind.

- Mahatma Gandhi -

7 Dec. 2012: Call to Condemn Executions in Iran

For immediate release

Friday 7 December 2012: Call to Condemn Executions in Iran

© National Council of Resistance of Iran

US » Lethal Injection: 30 Years Of Hypocrisy

Lethal Injection: 30 Years Of Hypocrisy

© AI USA blog

30 years ago today !!!!!

Kasha Nabagesera Speak Against Kill the Gays Bill

Kasha Jacqueline Nabagesera is a gay rights activist in Uganda,
a country where homosexuality is punishable by life in prison. Despite a change to the bill in November, campaigners say there is still a very real possibility of facing the death penalty for being gay in Uganda.

WATCH Ugandan Lesbian Speak Against Kill the Gays Bill
© Advocate

In Afghanistan, a 14-Year-Old Girl Is Beheaded

In Afghanistan, a 14-Year-Old Girl Is Beheaded
© The Daily Beast

ohhhhh dear !!!!!

Saeed Malekpour: Lawyer says Canadian resident's death sentence suspended in Iran

Saeed Malekpour: Lawyer says Canadian resident's death sentence suspended in Iran
© The Star

Death sentence rescinded for programmer

© Radio Zamaneh

Saeed could be sentenced to life .....

Whistleblower's treatment exposes dark side of Obama

Whistleblower's treatment exposes dark side of Obama
© Sydney Morning Herald

Welcome .....

Welcome to December !!!!!

the saddest month of all times !!!!!

The Charcoal Children of Manila

© Hartmut Schwarzbach
photojournalist

The Charcoal Children of Manila

© Environmental Graffiti

Tell World Leaders to step up the fight against AIDS

It starts with you | ONE

Tell World Leaders to step up the fight against AIDS

sign & share !!!!!