Iran » Political Prisoners Database

Political Prisoners Database
© United4Iran

Hundreds march to commemorate Wounded Knee occupation

Hundreds march to commemorate Wounded Knee occupation
© Rapid City Journal

♥ Paco de Lucía Presente ♥

December 21, 1947 - February 26, 2014

♥♥ Hasta Siempre, Maestro ♥♥

Paco de Lucia

Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66
© BBC

Renowned Spanish flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucia dies at 66
© Reuters 


Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio.
Composition for classical guitar and orchestra by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. 


Mix of Almoraima & El Panuelo by Mr. Perfect.
Album: Antología & Concierto

Queue for food in Syria's Yarmouk camp shows desperation of refugees

Queue for food in Syria's Yarmouk camp shows desperation of refugees
Huge crowd of Palestinians is photographed waiting for aid 
in Yarmouk, which has been under blockade for month

© The Guardian

And you thought Uganda was bad: Map shows where in the world it is worst to be gay

And you thought Uganda was bad: Map shows where in the world it is worst to be gay 
International LGBT rights groups say there are still countries where homosexuality is punishable by the death penalty
© The Independent

Refugee poet remembers Yarmouk, the "capital of the Palestinian diaspora"

Refugee poet remembers Yarmouk, the "capital of the Palestinian diaspora" 

Iyad Hayatleh, a Palestinian born and raised in Syria, has posted footage of his moving one-man performance The Eternal Refugee, recorded at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow, Scotland in October 2013.

© The Electronic Intifada
» with video

Ugandan President Museveni signs anti-gay bill

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signs anti-gay bill
© BBC

Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill

© Al Jazeera

Outrageoussssssssssssssssssssssssssss !!!!!

Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturns Ring Plane

APOD: Cassini Spacecraft Crosses Saturns Ring Plane
Image Credit: Cassini Imaging Team, ISS, JPL, ESA, NASA
© APOD

wowwwwwWWWWWwwwww !!!!!
♥ thankssssssssssssssssssss, APOD ♥

Life is a journey, not a destination. 

 - Ralph Waldo Emerson -

The Unsustainable Lightness of Freedom

by Gianfranco Uber

THE UNSUSTAINABLE LIGHTNESS OF FREEDOM

Al Jazeera reports that the Iranian poet Hashem Shaabani 
was hanged January 27 at an unidentified Iranian prison.
© Cartoon Movement

great & touching Cartoon !!!!!
thank youuuuuuuuuuuu, Gianfranco !!!!!

Iran: Death sentences for 73 prisoner in Ahvaz confirmed

Iran: Death sentences for 73 prisoner in Ahvaz confirmed
© National Council of Resistance of Iran

Iran: UN human rights office urges death penalty moratorium amid spike in executions

Iran: UN human rights office urges death penalty moratorium amid spike in executions
© United Nations News Centre

Robert Redford's "Death Row Stories" to Premiere on CNN

Robert Redford's "Death Row Stories" to Premiere on CNN
© Death Penalty Information Center
» with video

Portraits: Sons and Daughters of the Wind

Portraits: Sons and Daughters of the Wind
© ONE

» photo essay

Tribute to Anaïs Nin

We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. 
We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present.
We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.

- Anaïs Nin -

February 21, 1903 - January 14, 1977

Anais Nin

Anais Nin

The Official Anais Nin Blog 



A compilation of photos of the author throughout various stages of her life. 
The reading was recorded "Anaïs Nin Reads," in which Nin recounts conversations with Henry Miller and Lawrence Durrell.

Syria Art - Syrian Artists

A Tribute to the Syrian Art - An Homage to the Syrian Artists

Uganda's gays face life in jail » Take Action

Uganda's leader to sign anti-gay bill

Uganda's gays face life in jail: Country's president says he intends to sign bill after 'medical experts' tell him homosexuality 'is a social behaviour'
© Daily Mail

Urgent! Tell Ugandan President to VETO wildly discriminatory Anti-Homosexuality Bill 
Take Action Now - Amnesty International USA

More Than a Quarter of U.S. Presidents Were Involved in Slavery, Human Trafficking

Untold History: More Than a Quarter of U.S. Presidents Were Involved in Slavery, Human Trafficking
© Democracy Now! 
» with video

North Korea: UN Should Act on Atrocities Report

North Korea: UN Should Act on Atrocities Report
New Video Shows Horrors of North Korea Through Eyewitness Testimony

© Human Rights Watch » with video

What's happening in Syria is an abomination

What's happening in Syria is an abomination
We must use our human intelligence to end this war. As a father, I watch the suffering of Syria's children and say: no more.

by Stephen Hawking
© The Guardian

Kurdistan by Abdulla Goran

Kurdistan:
You are my abode,
my abode of thousands of years,
I have been nurtured by these valleys, summits and hummocks,
My breath is full of the fragrant breeze of your highlands,
My lips are satiated by your snow waters,
My gaze is used to the sight of your silvery twilights
Reflecting on evening snows,
My ears are habituated to the music of your waterfalls
Pouring down from high quarters above snow to green landscapes.
My tongue bloomed with your beautiful speech,
With words of your mountain songs,
The words of folk tales told around fireplaces,
The words of your children‘s lullabies.
When blood stirs in my veins,
It does so under the power of your love, I know.
Your love, my mother and mother of my fellow race
Was bequeathed to me from my ancestors,
And it will be inherited by sons and grandsons,
As long as a Kurd survives in these high mountains.

- Abdulla Goran -

1904 - 1962

Kurdish poet

Freedom for Öcalan !!!!!

Millions demand: 'Freedom for Öcalan'

Intellectuals ask freedom for Öcalan
© ANF - Ajansa Nûçeyan a Firatê

Free Öcalan !!!!!

Street Art by Hyuro & Deih

Street Art by Hyuro

Street Art by Deih - In Valencia, Spain
© STREET ART UTOPIA

Hyuro

Deih

just amazing, thank you sooooooooo much !!!!!

Do not feel lonely,
the entire universe is inside you.

- Rumi -

harmony

© luisa brehm

Russian-Language Online Film Tackles Thorny LGBT Issues

Russian-Language Online Film Tackles Thorny LGBT Issues
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

» with video "PUT[IN]LOVE"

John Stanmeyer World Press Photo of the Year

© John Stanmeyer, USA, VII for National Geographic

World Press Photo of the Year 2013: 
26 February 2013, Djibouti City, Djibouti African migrants on the shore of Djibouti city at night, raising their phones in an attempt to capture an inexpensive signal from neighboring Somalia-a tenuous link to relatives abroad.


World Press Photo of the Year 2013
» entire gallery of winners
 © World Press Photo

John Stanmeyer - Photographer

VII Photo's John Stanmeyer wins 57th World Press Photo of the Year
© British Journal of Photography

2014 World Press Photo Contest Winners
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
» photo gallery

Congratssssssssssssssssss to John & All !!!!!

♥ Valentine on earth ♥

loooooooooooooove this ;-))))))))))))))))))))
thanksssssssssssssssssssssss, Anon !!!!!
♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥♥ ♥
Happyyyyyyyyyyyyy Valentine's Day !!!!!

***^-^*** & mum

A poignant tribute to the Palestinians of Yarmouk

A poignant tribute to the Palestinians of Yarmouk
© The Electronic Intifada

I Was Six-Years-Old and Locked in Solitary

I Was Six-Years-Old and Locked in Solitary
© American Civil Liberties Union

US court upholds Guantanamo detainees' right to challenge force-feeding

US court upholds Guantanamo detainees' right to challenge force-feeding
© Uruknet

Washington governor suspends death penalty

Washington governor suspends death penalty
© Associated Press 

Inslee halts executions, will reprieve cases to come before him
© The Seattle Times

Gov. Jay Inslee announces capital punishment moratorium
© Governor's Office

The Day We Fight Back

The Day We Fight Back - February 11th 2014

'The day we fight back': 6,000 websites protest surveillance, honor Aaron Swartz
© RT News - TV-Novosti 

The Day We Fight Back: Activism Sweeps the Internet with Global Action Against Mass Surveillance 
© Democracy Now! 

» with video 

yesssssssssssssssssssssssss, today !!!!! 

sign the petition !!!!!

End the Crackdown in Russia !

End the Crackdown in Russia!
Take Action Now - Amnesty International USA

Syrian artist paints 'human drama' of tragic war

AFP news agency

Published on Feb 9, 2014

Syrian painter and dissident Youssef Abdelke's renowned works, on display in a Beirut gallery, are a stark testament of the terrible suffering of his war-torn country. 

The rebellion against death
Abdelke tells NOW his work has been heavily influenced by Syria’s uprising
 
© NOW News

Human Rights Watch Film Festival

Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The Dramatic Stories, Personal Sacrifices Behind the Headlines

The 18th edition of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival in London will be presented from 18 to 28 March, 2014, with a programme of 20 award-winning documentary and feature films. 
© Human Rights Watch

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil

Far from Guantánamo, Torture Takes Root in American Soil
© Solitary Watch

Poet and activist executed in Iran

Poet and activist executed in Iran
Poet Hashem Shaabani and activist Hadi Rashedi hanged in Iran for waging war on God.
© Malta Today

Putin's Olympic Shame !!!!!

Despite Risks, Sochi Athletes Determined To Protest Russian Antigay Law

Saving Sochi's Dogs From The Olympic 'Cull'
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Dispatches: As Sochi Opens, So Does Russia's Sad Reality
© Human Rights Watch

shameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee on you, Vladimir !!!!! 

We Boycott Boycott Boycotttttttttttttttttttttttttt !!!!!
Period !!!!!

Iran: 107 executed in 5 weeks

Iran: 107 executed in 5 weeks
© Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched as States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails

Execution Chaos: Witnesses Say Executions Are Botched as States Use Untested, Secret Drug Cocktails
© Democracy Now!
» with video

Let's Share This: Stories of Silent Helpers

Let's Share This: Stories of Silent Helpers
© Cartoon Movement

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!

Lakota - The Star People

 
* A Message For All Of Humanity *

 ~ May the Creator bless you all with health and happiness ! ~

Some Natives might think that this doesn't sound old traditional Native to their ears. But these fellows in my Lakota - Star People video are real Native Americans from Lakota tribe and they are part of the Healing World Ceremonies. Many Native artists today are switching from the one way monotone style to more sharing & understanding style which is the key to unite all four colors people to bring the message of the world of sharing and understanding between each other so no more war dance will be ever need to be played anymore.

"We are everybody brothers and sisters and we have to walk away from our shadows to see the beauty of our homes"

Little Crow

After 38 years time to release indigenous leader Leonard Peltier

USA: After 38 years time to release indigenous leader Leonard Peltier

PUBLIC STATEMENT
6 February 2014
© Amnesty International

Syria children maimed and tortured by Assad forces, says UN report

Syria children maimed and tortured by Assad forces, says UN report
© The Guardian

UN decries child abuse in Syria
© ZAMAN ALWSL

Eerie Photos Of Former Execution Chambers Show What Happens To Our Architecture Of Death

Eerie Photos Of Former Execution Chambers Show What Happens To Our Architecture Of Death
Documenting the long-lost execution sites that history has forgotten.
© Co.Exist

Death Penalty By Electric Chair Could Make A Comeback For US Executions

Death Penalty By Electric Chair Could Make A Comeback For US Executions
© The Huffington Post

Death row prisoners may be forced into electric chair if Virginia bill passes
© The Verge

Delay in Virginia's electrocution bill could halt state's executions for now 
© The News Leader » published February 7

updated Feb. 7

14 Women Have Been Executed In The United States Since 1976

14 Women Have Been Executed In The United States Since 1976
© The Huffington Post

2000 dogs and cats'll be killed for the Olympic Games

2000 dogs and cats'll be killed for the Olympic Games (Sochi 2014)!
Please help to stop this.
The Petition Site

sign & share, thanksssssssssssss !!!!!

Exonerations for Crimes Reaches High in 2013

STUDIES: Exonerations for Crimes Reaches High in 2013
© Death Penalty Information Center

America's death penalty debate gets a lethal injection

America's death penalty debate gets a lethal injection
by Neil Macdonald
© CBC News

Iranian executions spiking despite thaw with West, 'moderate president'

Iranian executions spiking despite thaw with West, 'moderate president'
© The Washington Times

Once were warriors

Once were warriors
© The Sydney Morning Herald

More than 1,400 children killed by Israeli soldiers, settlers since 2000

Infographic: More than 1,400 children killed by Israeli soldiers, settlers since 2000
© The Electronic Intifada

350.org & Indigenous Groups Hold Vigils to Block Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline

VIDEO: 350.org & Indigenous Groups Hold Vigils to Block Keystone XL Tar Sands Oil Pipeline 
© Democracy Now!

my little horse

© luisa brehm

;-))))))))))))))))))))))))) i've always loved horses, you see .....
they give me wings !!! to magicland !!!!!

seen it is the year of the wood horse ....
reposting ....
lulu

Grandfather, the flowering stick you gave me and the nation's sacred hoop I have given to the people. Hear me, you who have the power to make grow! Guide the people that they may be as blossoms on your holy tree, and make it flourish deep in Mother Earth and make it full of leaves and singing birds.

- Black Elk -

18th Annual Int. Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier

February 8

Tacoma, WA at Portland Avenue Park

For Immediate Release: 18th Annual International Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier Tacoma, WA
© Last Real Indians

Federal courthouse site of 18th Annual International Day in Solidarity with Leonard Peltier
© Puyallup Tribal News

Free Leonard !!!!!

Black History Month 2014

February is

Black History Month

this year the theme is » 
Civil Rights in America

African American History

Association for the Study of African American Life and History