Drawing Repression by Touka Neyestani

"Drawing Repression": New Book Illustrates 52 Weeks of Human Rights in Iran

Drawing Repression: A Year in Cartoons by Touka Neyestani 
© International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran

Year of the Horse

painting by Xu Beihong

July 19, 1895 - September 26, 1953

Xu Beihong
Chinese painter 

♥♥♥♥ Magiccccccc Chinese Lunar New Year 4712 ♥♥♥♥
***^-^*** & mom

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Hadi Rashedi & Hashem Shabani Presente

Two Ahwazi activists, Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani, have been executed
© Iran Human Rights

♥ Pete Seeger Presente ♥

There is hope for the world.

- Pete Seeger -

May 3, 1919 - January 27, 2014

American folk singer and activist Pete Seeger dies at 94
© Reuters

"We Shall Overcome": Remembering Folk Icon, Activist Pete Seeger in His Own Words & Songs

© Democracy Now!

» with video

Death Penalty's Latest Mutation: Experimenting on Human Beings

Death Penalty's Latest Mutation: Experimenting on Human Beings
© FlaglerLive

Photographer Emily Kinni's series 'Where Death Dies' reveals sites of executions in US

Photographer Emily Kinni's series 'Where Death Dies' reveals sites of executions in US

From gas chambers to department stores: Haunting images reveal execution sites across 18 states where the death penalty was dealt out.
© Daily Mail

Holocaust Day

Never Again ???

Everywhere All Days !!!!!

Contrary to Obama's promises, the US military still permits torture

Contrary to Obama's promises, the US military still permits torture
by Jeffrey Kaye
© The Guardian

Assad's soldiers in Syria starved and tortured executed rebel prisoners, new images reveal

Assad's soldiers in Syria starved and tortured executed rebel prisoners, new images reveal
© Daily Mail

Photos reveal devastation in Syria's Yarmouk camp

"Don't forget us here": Photos reveal devastation in Syria's Yarmouk camp
© The Electronic Intifada

World Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

World Marks Holocaust Remembrance Day
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Iran » English Translation of Draft Citizenship Rights Charter

English Translation of Draft Citizenship Rights Charter 
© Iran Human Rights Documentation Center

Russell Means, the Movie

Russell Means, the Movie: Watch 20 Minutes of 'Conspiracy to Be Free'
© ICTMN - Indian Country Today 

On Monday, January 27, a preview of the film will screen 
at the Classic Stage Company in New York City.

Syria is my Heart

photo » Local Coordination Committees of Syria

63 dead from hunger, medical shortages in Damascus camp: NGO

11,000 reasons for real action on Syria
© ZAMAN ALWSL

Rest on Shame Humanity !!!!!

These are the 29 foreign nationals executed in the US since 1976

These are the 29 foreign nationals executed in the US since 1976
© Ukiah Daily Journal

Anaya meets with Peltier

Meeting with Leonard Peltier
© UNSR James Anaya

Anaya's Visit to Peltier Boosts Clemency Efforts
© ICTMN - Indian Country Today 
  
UN Special Rapporteur Meets with Leonard Peltier in Prison
© Native News Online

Iraq: Another spike in executions with 38 hanged in last four days

Iraq: Another spike in executions with 38 hanged in last four days
© Amnesty International

Edgar Tamayo murdered by AmeriKKKa

Texas executes Mexican national in defiance of international law
© World Socialist Web Site

Edgar Arias Tamayo & the Cost of Killing
© AI USA blog

Texas Shouldn't - BUT JUST DID - Execute a Mexican National
© American Civil Liberties Union

Ohio lawmakers move forward with bill to end death penalty

Ohio lawmakers move forward with bill to end death penalty
© Dayton Daily News

I witnessed Ohio's execution of Dennis McGuire. What I saw was inhumane
by Lawrence Hummer
© The Guardian

Which to Execute: A Prisoner or a Treaty?

Which to Execute: A Prisoner or a Treaty?
by Alex Glashausser
Professor of Law, Washburn University
© Huffington Post

Iran: UN rights experts 'alarmed' at sharp increase in hangings, urges halt to executions

Iran: UN rights experts 'alarmed' at sharp increase in hangings, urges halt to executions 
© United Nations News Centre

UN rights experts urge the Iranian authorities to stop the executions
© Iran Human Rights

World Report 2014 » HRW

World Report 2014: War on Syria's Civilians Unchecked
© Human Rights Watch

States pressured to end death penalty after 'horrifying' execution

USA
States pressured to end death penalty after 'horrifying' execution
© Al Jazeera

Evidence of 'industrial-scale killing' by Syria spurs call for war crimes charges

Evidence of 'industrial-scale killing' by Syria spurs call for war crimes charges

Senior war crimes prosecutors say photographs and documents provide 'clear evidence' of systematic killing of 11,000 detainees

Read the Syria report in full
© The Guardian

EXCLUSIVE: Gruesome Syria photos may prove torture by Assad regime
© CNN

Syrian regime 'torture' photographs could be tip of iceberg, human rights experts warn
© Daily Mail

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words

SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in His Own Words
© Democracy Now!

Honoring Dr. King by Ending Capital Punishment
by Diann Rust-Tierney
Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty
© Huffington Post

today is MLK Day .... in USA, of course ....

cry

 
© luisa brehm 

i always knew poppies are the cry of the soul ... 
they grow and fly on the wind like magic butterflies ... 
when we break this cry it just lays in our hands in shape
of tears and smiles ... 

my poppies have this power, to keep my cry of revolt alive !!!!! 
lu

Egypt's photojournalists exhibit 'scars' from revolution

Egypt's photojournalists exhibit 'scars' from revolution
© Al-Monitor

U.S. states could turn to firing squads if execution drugs scarce

U.S. states could turn to firing squads if execution drugs scarce
© Reuters 

outrageoussssssssssssssssssssssss, AmeriKKKa !!!!!

Death penalty expert explains executions in US

Death penalty expert explains executions in US
© USA Today
» video

VA - Committee supports bill that would allow forced electrocution

Death penalty: Committee supports bill that would allow forced electrocution
© Daily Press

Moratorium on Ohio executions NOW

Moratorium on Ohio executions NOW
MoveOn Petitions

Petition | Place an immediate moratorium on executions in Ohio
Change.org

sign & share !!!!!

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni blocks anti-gay law

Uganda President Yoweri Museveni blocks anti-gay law
© BBC

Dennis McGuire botched execution

Ohio prisoner suffers horrific death in botched execution
© World Socialist Web Site

A horrible execution has taken place in Ohio
© Examiner 

Kill Death Penalty NOWWW !!!!!

McGuire family files suit to stop executions in Ohio
© Dayton Daily News

New Execution Methods Can't Disguise Same Old Death Penalty Problems

New Execution Methods Can't Disguise Same Old Death Penalty Problems
© American Civil Liberties Union

Iran: 21 executed in 2 days, 40 in first two weeks of the new year

Iran: 21 executed in 2 days, 40 in first two weeks of the new year
© Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Death row inmate Hakamada Iwao has been waiting 45 years to die

Death row inmate Hakamada Iwao has been waiting 45 years to die
© News.com.au

sign the petition on my sidebar !!!!!

Chilling Testimony Of Death Row Executioners Casts Dark Shadow Over Entire System

Chilling Testimony Of Death Row Executioners Casts Dark Shadow Over Entire System
© PolicyMic

Interview with Ai Weiwei

Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei Discusses Efforts in China to Monitor Him
Interview with Ai Weiwei: 'My Virtual Life Has Become My Real Life'
© Der Spiegel

MLK Birthday

If you can't fly, then run
If you can't run, then walk
If you can't walk, then crawl
But whatever you do
You have to keep moving forward.

- Martin Luther King -

Dying of Hunger in Syria

Dozens die of starvation in Damascus after being 'denied food'

Photo: Syrian detainees die of Hunger in Security Chambers
© Zaman Alwasl

» with photos & video ....

Rest on Shame, Humanity !!!!!

The Forgotten Victims of Haiti's Earthquake

The Forgotten Victims of Haiti's Earthquake
© AI USA Blog

Jan Palach Remembered 45 Years After Self-Immolation

Czech Student Jan Palach Remembered 45 Years After Self-Immolation
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

How the Nazis slaughtered 16,000 people by guillotine

How the Nazis slaughtered 16,000 people by guillotine: Found in a Munich cellar, the death machine that reveals a forgotten horror
© Daily Mail

Iran: 19 executed in one week, including minors

Iran: 19 executed in one week, including minors
© Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

12 Prisoners Executed in Rajaishahr Prison (West of Tehran) Today 
© Iran Human Rights

12th anniversary of the opening of GTMO

Day 6-Words Exhibit H
Originally uploaded by Witness Against Torture

Day 6-Detainees Lit Up Flag H
Originally uploaded by Witness Against Torture
 

Week of actions in DC to close Guantanamo on the 12th anniversary
of the opening of GTMO.
Photographs by Palina Prasasouk and Justin Norman

Make Guantanamo History - Smithsonian Infiltration

by Witness Against Torture
Published on Jan 11, 2014 

The 12th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay at the National Museum of American History

ACLU Statement on the 12th Anniversary of Guantánamo

ACLU Statement on the 12th Anniversary of Guantánamo
© American Civil Liberties Union

Make Guantánamo History: Rally on January 11th

Make Guantánamo History: Rally on January 11th

Press Advisory – For Immediate Release, January 10, 2014
© Witness Against Torture

Close Guantanamo
© Center for Constitutional Rights

'12 years too many': US activists to mark Gitmo anniversary by rallying for closure
© RT News

» with video 

Free Them All !!!!!

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014)

Amiri Baraka (1934-2014): Poet-Playwright-Activist Who Shaped Revolutionary Politics, Black Culture
© Democracy Now!

Jan. 11 Day of Action Against Guantanamo

JANUARY 11
DAY OF ACTION AGAINST GUANTANAMO

Rally and procession to mark the 12th anniversary of Guantánamo and to demand its closure. 

WHERE:
White House (1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW., Washington, D.C.) 

Noon - Gather for rally and witness at the White House 
(1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW) 
1 p.m. - Procession leaves from White House, ends at 2:30 p.m. 

This January 11, 2014 marks the unacceptable 12th anniversary of indefinite detention without charge or trial at Guantánamo. Join us in Washington, D.C. to witness this anniversary together, and to call on President Obama to finally fulfill his broken promise to shut it down. Obama has the power to close Guantánamo, and the new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA 2014) just approved by Congress makes it even easier for him to do so. 158 men remain detained at Guantánamo; most should never have been detained in the first place and are entering their 13th year of being deprived of their liberty without any charge or trial. They must be tried in a fair court or released; Guantánamo must be shut down.

Events | Witness Against Torture

Witness Against Torture

Center for Constitutional Rights

"It Was Time to Do More Than Protest"

"It Was Time to Do More Than Protest": Activists Admit to 1971 FBI Burglary That Exposed COINTELPRO

From COINTELPRO to Snowden, the FBI Burglars Speak Out After 43 Years of Silence
(Part 2)
© Democracy Now!

» with video

UN Decides to Stop Updating Syria Death Toll

UN Decides to Stop Updating Syria Death Toll
© ZAMAN ALWSL

Shameeeeeeeeeeee, United Nations !!!!!

Tunisia to maintain capital punishment in future constitution

Tunisia to maintain capital punishment in future constitution
© The Tunis Times

Turkey - Children tortured in prison

Child prisoner's cry: Mum, they are threatening to kill us

Children tortured in prison: We were beaten with truncheons and pipes

© ANF - Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê

More than 4,000 Native Children Died while Attending Indian Residential Schools

More than 4,000 Native Children Died while Attending Indian Residential Schools
© Native News Online

The Art of Amanda Cass

 



















I'll take care of you by Amanda Cass


Amanda Cass
New Zealand Artist

we just love her art/heart work !!!!!
  


Music: Dustin O'Halloran - Prelude

tears reflexions

© luisa brehm

Iran - 2013: 660 executions, two thirds under Hassan Rouhani

Iran - 2013: 660 executions, two thirds under Hassan Rouhani
© Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Zapatista Uprising 20 Years Later

Zapatista Uprising 20 Years Later: How Indigenous Mexicans Stood Up Against NAFTA "Death Sentence"
© Democracy Now!

got it today ....

Because if you believe in something,
and believe in it long enough,
it will come into being.

- Rolling Thunder -

Cherokee Medicine Man
1916 - 1997

Notable Opinion Art of 2013

Notable Opinion Art of 2013 - Interactive Feature
The Year in Illustrations
© The New York Times

2013 In Review: Power, Politics and Resistance

2013 In Review: Power, Politics and Resistance
© Democracy Now!

'Children in cages': Human rights group accuses Israel of torture

'Children in cages': Human rights group accuses Israel of torture
© RT News - TV-Novosti

Israel put Palestinian children in outdoor cages during winter storm
© The Electronic Intifada

Counting Down to the End of the Death Penalty

Counting Down to the End of the Death Penalty
© American Civil Liberties Union

Silver Lining: The Year 2013 in Human Rights

Silver Lining: The Year 2013 in Human Rights
© Human Rights Watch

Lynne Stewart is Free !!!!!

BREAKING: Lynne Stewart Freed From Prison, Granted "Compassionate Release"
© Democracy Now!

Civil rights attorney Lynn Stewart 'compassionately released' from prison by federal judge
© AllVoices

Lynne Stewart on her impending freedom!
© Freedom Socialist Party 

we are soooooooooooo truly happy !!!!!

Exclusive: Dying Lawyer Lynne Stewart's Jubilant Return Home After Winning Compassionate Release
© Democracy Now! » published Jan. 2