War Crimes Are US

War Crimes Are US

Depleted Uranium weapons: Why shouldn't it be a war crime 
to poison civilians with radiation?
© Uruknet

Avoiding US strike, Assad forces occupy universities and public buildings

Avoiding US strike, Assad forces occupy universities and public buildings
© Zaman Alwasl

Assad Plans to use Prisoners as Human Shields

Assad Plans to use Prisoners as Human Shields
© The-Syrian

Stop NOW before it is too Late !!!!!

Hands off Syria !!!!!

Obama should be stripped of his Nobel Peace prize if he starts Syria war
© RT Op-Edge

don't kill more civilians !!!!!
this will be a Genocide !!!!!

Hands off Syria !!!!!

50 Years After March on Washington, 1970 Documentary "King: A Filmed Record" Captures MLK's Journey

50 Years After March on Washington, 1970 Documentary "King: A Filmed Record" Captures MLK's Journey
© Democracy Now!

» with video

50th anniversary: Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech

Today, 28 August marks the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' speech.

50th anniversary: Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
© Firstpost

Let Freedom Ring !!!!!

'I Have A Dream': Visions Of The Future Inspired By Martin Luther King Jr.

'I Have A Dream': Visions Of The Future Inspired By Martin Luther King Jr.
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Tu ne dis jamais rien by Léo Ferré

 
"You don't say a word
you never say a word to me
but you shine in my heart as shine this star ...."

one of our songs, Meu Eterno Amor !!!!!

safe it was you

© luisa brehm

to all Kids who have lost their mothers
and to mine too .....

my Life is You, Mom !!!!!

♥♥ love you sooooooo much ♥♥

♥♥ got this today, Mom ♥♥

Those who live for one another learn
that love is the bond of perfect unity.

- Fools Crow -

200 days of Guantanamo hunger strike

200 days of Guantanamo hunger strike
© RT News - TV-Novosti 
» published August 24

Childhood Dream

Published on Aug 22, 2013

In every part of our world
nations do their best for children
not so in Syria
Syrian children are sent very early to heaven
And this is how

BNANA ART PRODUTION

Syria Chemical Weapons Massacre

UN chief: Use of chemical weapons in Syria would be 'a crime against humanity'
© RT News - TV-Novosti

Syria Chemical Weapons Attack: Russia Joins Call For UN Investigation, As Hague Warns Time Is Short
© The Huffington Post 

Assad Genocide is a Crime Against Humanity !!!!! 
Rest on Shame !!!!!

The anger of Syria's child refugees will be felt for years to come

The anger of Syria's child refugees will be felt for years to come

There are now 1 million Syrian refugee children. More must 
be done to stop the conflict laying waste to the next generation

by António Guterres
© The Guardian

Mass murder in Iran !!!!!

11 People Executed, One in Public. More Than 22 Officially Announced Executions in the Last 8 Days in Iran
© Iran Human Rights

Iran: Over 100 executed including women and minors since election
© Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Palestinian children routinely tortured, some threatened with rape

Palestinian children routinely tortured, some threatened with rape: Israel rights group
© The Electronic Intifada

♥ Youssef Abdelke is Free ♥

we are sooooooo truly happy !!!!!

All the Best, dear Youssef !!!!!

♥♥♥ We Love You ♥♥♥

Youssef Abdelke - يوسف عبدلكي

Bradley Manning » Democracy Now!

Bradley Manning: "Sometimes You Have to Pay a Heavy Price to Live in a Free Society"

"He Wanted To Help America": Manning Attorney in First Extended Interview After 35-Year Sentence 

© Democracy Now!

both with video

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison

Bradley Manning sentenced to 35 years in prison
© RT USA - TV-Novosti 

Free Bradley Manning !!!!!

Commute Bradley Manning's sentence and investigate the abuses he exposed
© Amnesty International

Human Rights Watch Statement on Bradley Manning Verdict
© Human Rights Watch

ACLU Comment on Bradley Manning Sentence
© American Civil Liberties Union

Assad Chemical Genocide

Syria crisis: Rebels claim hundreds killed in government chemical weapons attack - live updates
© The Guardian 

Syria's darkest day? Opposition says up to 1,300 killed in 'chemical weapons attacks by Assad forces' on Damascus
© The Independent

Executions of juveniles since 1990

Executions of juveniles since 1990
© Amnesty International

Iranian regime executes teenager in Kermanshah

Iranian regime executes teenager in Kermanshah
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

Rouhani Should Honor Voters' Demand for Human Rights

Rouhani Should Honor Voters' Demand for Human Rights
© International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran 

» with Report

Doesn't Hurt Anymore by John Trudell

from the album Bone Days
2001

We are human beings
and these memories are trying
to remind us
Human beings Human beings
it is time to rise up,
Remember who we are !

- John Trudell -

Fight the Power: 100 Heroes of Native Resistance

There were many Native heroes and many who resisted;
here are a few from the 1700s and 1800s

Fight the Power: 100 Heroes of Native Resistance, Part 1

Fight the Power! 100 Heroes of Native Resistance, Part 2

© Indian Country Today

Federal judge grants California permission to force-feed inmates on hunger strike

Federal judge grants California permission to force-feed inmates on hunger strike
© RT USA - TV-Novosti

World Humanitarian Day ???

thankssssssssss for the image, Anon !!!!!

Be Love & Support All Days !!!!!

World Humanitarian Day

Islamabad orders stay of executions

Pakistan

Islamabad orders stay of executions
© Arab News

The harsh reality of life inside Guantanamo Bay

The harsh reality of life inside Guantanamo Bay
© Herald Scotland

Guantanamo prosecutors pushing for 2014 trial for 9/11 case

Guantanamo prosecutors pushing for 2014 trial for 9/11 case
© RT USA - TV-Novosti

Parliamentarian, Iranian Style by Neyestani

by Mana Neyestani

Mana Neyestani

thank you soooooooooooo much, dear Mana !!!!!

To The Promised Garden

Call my name!
Your voice is fine.

Your voice
is the chlorophyll
of those strange plants
that can only grow
at the intimacy of sorrow.

In the dimensions of the era of darkness,
I am lonelier than the taste of a soulful chord
played on the wide open palms
of these snowy, deserted lanes.

Come!
Come and I will tell you
how vast my loneliness is.

And my loneliness had never thought
of your massive advent,
inside the defined limits
of its silent rest.

But that is how Love is.

Look! there is no one,
Let us steal life
and then divide it in two rendez-vous!

Come!
Come and let us try to understand
the taste of ashes and dusts, at last.

Come!
Come and let us rush
to the waterfall and the baptism of sands.

Look at the hands of the fountain
above the spinning clock of pool:
They are making a circle out of time.
Come and be water this time!

Come,
Come and be a word to my blunt rhyme.
Come and flow, like a breeze, in my plain line.
Come and melt in my hands
the lightly mass of Love.

Look! there is no one,
Let us steal life
and then divide it in two rendez-vous!

Warm me!
Warm me in these freezing, dark lanes.

I am cold
and I am scared of the product of matches and doubt.
I am cold and I am scared of the cemented face of my sight!
I am scared of the lifeless chant of this night.

Come,
Come and let me not fear these towns!

Open me like a door
to the sacred ascend of metals,
and to the regular descent of fruits.

Charm me asleep!
Charm me asleep
under the dream of the friction of flesh,
and the combustion of matter!

And,
when The One
who carries the bag of dawn comes along
wake me up!

Wake me up!

And then,
Tell me about the bombs that fell when I was sleeping...
Tell me about the tears that flowed when I was sleeping...
Tell me how many doves fled from the trees...

Tell me!
Tell me:
on the day the tank- drove over the dreams of a child
where did the young canaries hang
the golden line of their songs?

Wake me up,
Wake me up and tell me,
tell me about the account of exports,
and tell me about the science of music,
and tell me about the taste of bread
in the stance of prophets.

And then,
As-if an evergreen Tree of Faith,
I will plant you at the gates of the Promised Garden.

 - Sohrab Sepehri -

1928 - 1980

Translated by Maryam Dilmaghani

The poem Beh Bagh-e Hamsafaran (literally meaning: To the Graden
of Co-voyagers) was first published in the anthology Hajm-e Sabz
(The Green Mass) 1967, Tehran.

Photos - Iran: Prisoners hanged in public in three locations in Karaj

Photos - Iran: Prisoners hanged in public in three locations in Karaj - August 18, 2013
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

Iran: Mullahs judiciary confirms stoning to death of a man and a woman

Iran: Mullahs judiciary confirms stoning to death of a man and a woman
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

Executions Of Taliban Militants Risk Provoking A Wider War in Pakistan

Executions Of Taliban Militants Risk Provoking A Wider War in Pakistan
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Nigel Kennedy & Palestine Strings play Vivaldi

Nigel Kennedy plays Spring from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons at the 2013 BBC Proms
Published on Aug 8, 2013

BBC Proms 2013 from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Nigel Kennedy plays 'Spring' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons with Palestine Strings and Members of the Orchestra of Life as part of Prom 34.

Video: Nigel Kennedy and Palestine Strings play Vivaldi at 2013 BBC Proms

Kennedy has refused to play in Israel citing its violations of Palestinian rights.
© The Electronic Intifada

wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Bravoooooooooo !!!!!

brokenpromises

© luisa brehm

broken promises in pieces all over the ground .....
what is this silence ???
is it a cry a whisper or a tear for the fallen ???
no need to light candles, they will not reach the stars
and there is no gods to listen your prayers .....
there is just struggle and an endless survival !!!

luisa

Dozens of California prisoners hospitalized after 40 days of hunger strike

Dozens of California prisoners hospitalized after 40 days of hunger strike
© RT USA - TV-Novosti

China Won't Harvest Organs From Dead Inmates Anymore

China Won't Harvest Organs From Dead Inmates Anymore
© Bustle

Repeated Execution Dates Called Psychological Torture

Repeated Execution Dates Called Psychological Torture
© Death Penalty Information Center

Free Youssef Abdelke !!!!!

Youssef Abdelke - يوسف عبدلكي

فحم أبيض: تحية ليوسف عبدلكي

فحم أبيض: تحية ليوسف عبدلكي from alshare' establishment on Vimeo.

Coal White: A Tribute to Youssef Abdelke

Freedom for Leonard Peltier

Freedom for Leonard Peltier
Avaaz

this petition has been updated and there is a statement
from Leonard now.

sign if you haven't and share !!!!!

Stop the massacre in Egypt!

Stop the massacre in Egypt! 
Editorials

Workers World condemns the latest massacre of Muslim Brotherhood supporters demonstrating in Cairo. It was ordered by the U.S.-trained Egyptian generals who had earlier carried out the military coup that ousted elected President Mohamed Morsi.
© Workers World 

We Condemn !!!!!

Moonset from Taiwan

Image Credit & Copyright: Hung-Hsuan Yen

APOD: 2013 August 14 - Moonset from Taiwan

♥♥ thanksssssssssssssssssssss, APOD ♥♥ ♥

Survivors of Yanomami massacre speak out 20 years on

Survivors of Yanomami massacre speak out 20 years on
© Survival International

Omar Khadr being illegally held as an adult, lawyer argues

Omar Khadr being illegally held as an adult, lawyer argues

Canada complicit in abuse of former Guantanamo Bay detainee by treating him as an adult, his lawyer says in a court filing.
© Toronto Star

Iran: Six prisoners hanged in Khuzestan

Iran: Six prisoners hanged in Khuzestan
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

just starting all over again and .... again !!!!!

Death Penalty Debate Resurfaces in China

Death Penalty Debate Resurfaces in China After Video Posted Claims to Show Public Execution
© China Real Time Report

I have cried so many tears over these three plus decades.
Like the many families directly affected by this whole series
of events, my family’s tears have not been in short supply. Our tears have joined all the tears from over 500 years of oppression.
Together our tears come together and form a giant river of suffering and I hope, cleansing.

Injustice is never final, I keep telling myself.
I pray this is true for all of us.

- Leonard Peltier -

Gael Force Art FREE PELTIER project 2013

 
Gael Force Art FREE LEONARD PELTIER project 2013
Published on Aug 10, 2013

The process of making the artwork for the FREE LEONARD PELTIER project on the Black Mountain Belfast Ireland.

September 12th is Leonard’s 69th birthday !!!!!

Remember to send birthday greetings to Leonard:

Leonard Peltier
#89637-132
USP Coleman I
P.O. Box 1033
Coleman, FL 33521
USA

or send an online birthday card at

Happy Birthday Leonard Peltier!
© KOLA

thankssssssssssssssss, Els !!!!!

Call to Action: Free Peltier !!!!!

Call to Action: Elderly Prisoners.
Contact Attorney General Eric Holder.

posted on behalf of
Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee

US » Holder proposes changes in criminal justice system

Attorney General Holder goes after mandatory drug sentencing with federal prisons overflowing
© The Washington Post

Holder goes after mandatory federal drug sentences
© Associated Press

How to Process Eric Holder's Major Criminal Law Reform Speech
© American Civil Liberties Union

Be humble for you are made of earth.
Be noble for you are made of stars.

- Serbian Proverb -

Perseid meteor shower to brighten sky for two shining nights

Nature's light show: Perseid meteor shower to brighten sky for two shining nights
© RT News - TV-Novosti

According to NASA, around 90 to 100 bright and colorful meteors can be seen per hour during the meteor shower's peak, which will take place August 11-12.

2013 'National Geographic Traveler' Photo Contest Winners

2013 'National Geographic Traveler' Photo Contest Winners

For more than 100 years, "National Geographic" magazine has been acclaimed not only for its important scientific explorations but for the stunning images produced by its stable of talented photographers.
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

» photo gallery

Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr Around The World

photo: shutterstock.com/emirates247.com
image source » Al-Monitor

The crescent moon which marks the end of Ramadan appeared in Saudi Arabia on Aug. 7, 2013, sparking many Muslims to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Aug. 8. Several countries, where the Shawwal moon had yet to appear, celebrated on Friday,
Aug. 9.

Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr Around The World

Muslims worldwide are observing Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Some Muslims observe the holiday for three days, although the first day is typically the most important. Believers attend prayers at their local mosques, share food to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast, and give gifts and money to the needy.

© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
 » photo gallery

UN expert calls for reconciliation with indigenous peoples

Broken treaties must become a thing of the past. UN expert calls for reconciliation with indigenous peoples
by James Anaya

© UNSR James Anaya
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

International Day of the World's Indigenous People

© Domenico Pugliese/Survival

The Awá are Earth's most threatened tribe. They are threatened with extinction due to illegal logging on their land and violent attacks.


Survival celebrates tribes' ingenious skills on UN Indigenous Day

Survival is marking UN Indigenous Day with a gallery featuring tribal peoples' ingenious skills and the threats they face.
© Survival International

Ingenious skills of tribal peoples
© Survival International

Save the Awá » Take Action at
Earth's most threatened tribe
© Survival International

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 9 August
© United Nations

International Day of the World's Indigenous People 2013
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
© UNESCO

Sami Yusuf - Silent Words

   
Download Sami Yusuf's new single "Silent Words" for free
and donate to help save lives in Syria at

Sami Yusuf - Silent Words

Sami Yusuf

Sami Yusuf, born 1980 in Iran, is a British singer-songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist musician. 

The poetry of absence: remembering Mahmoud Darwish five years on

The poetry of absence: remembering Mahmoud Darwish five years on
© The Electronic Intifada

Pakistan to hang first civilian convicts in five years

Pakistan to hang first civilian convicts in five years
© DAWN

Iran: Withdraw Cabinet Nominee Implicated in Abuses

Iran: Withdraw Cabinet Nominee Implicated in Abuses

Investigate Proposed Justice Minister’s Role in Killings
© Human Rights Watch

Political prisoners jailed in Iran challenge Rouhani's depiction as a moderate 
© National Council of Resistance of Iran
» published August 9

Continuation of Human Rights Violations Against Kurds In Iran

Continuation of Human Rights Violations Against Kurds In Iran

Human beings are members of a whole,
In creation of one essence and soul.
If one member is afflicted with pain,
Other members uneasy will remain.

© Alliance for Kurdish Rights

Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers' Stories: Lorenzo Benton

Pelican Bay Prison Hunger-Strikers' Stories: Lorenzo Benton
© Truthout » published August 7

Hiroshima Marks Anniversary Of A-Bomb Attack

Hiroshima Marks Anniversary Of A-Bomb Attack
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Syria: Ballistic Missiles Killing Civilians, Many Children

Syria: Ballistic Missiles Killing Civilians, Many Children

End Indiscriminate Attacks on Populated Areas
© Human Rights Watch

Judge agrees to reduce maximum sentence for Manning to 90 years

Judge agrees to reduce maximum sentence for Manning to 90 years
© RT USA - TV-Novosti

Guantanamo hunger strike hits 6-month mark

Guantanamo hunger strike hits 6-month mark
© RT News - TV-Novosti

In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo

In Afghanistan, a second Guantanamo
© The Washington Post

Who is Mostafa Pourmohammadi? A profile of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's pick for Minister of Justice

Who is Mostafa Pourmohammadi? A profile of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's pick for Minister of Justice
© Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Billy Slagle commits suicide !!!!!

Billy Slagle commits suicide !!!!!

i have no words .....

Kill Death Penalty NOWWW !!!!!

Billy Slagle, Ohio Killer Set For Execution, Found Hanged In Cell
© Associated Press » August 4 

Inmate hangs self in his cell
© The Columbus Dispatch » August 4

♥ Mordillo day ♥

below » for Amnesty International

♥♥ MagicccccccccccC BirthdaY, Mordillo ♥♥
we truly loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeee you !!!!! 

***^-^*** & lulu

Guillermo Mordillo known simply as Mordillo
born August 4, 1932, Buenos Aires, Argentina

The official Mordillo website

Voninha at 17

 
© joão & luisa brehm

Voninha com 17 aninhos

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 

I once asked a bird
"How is it that you fly
in this gravity of darkness?"
She responded, 
"Love lifts Me."

- Hafiz - 

 Persian Poet, 1325 - 1389

Iran » Human Rights & New President

Iran: New President must deliver on human rights campaign promises
© Amnesty International

Iran: A Human Rights Agenda for New President
© Human Rights Watch

Hasan Rouhani assumed office today, August 3 and
he will be inaugurated as the 7th president of Iran August 4.

The Forgotten Mass Execution of Prisoners in Iran in 1988

The Forgotten Mass Execution of Prisoners in Iran in 1988
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

'Gitmo massage': British inmate reveals sexual assaults and Inquisition-style torture

'Gitmo massage': British inmate reveals sexual assaults and Inquisition-style torture
© RT News - TV-Novosti