"Let Them In": Thousands Descend on Nation's Airports to Protest Trump's Refugee & Muslim Ban

"Let Them In": Thousands Descend on Nation's Airports to Protest Trump's Refugee & Muslim Ban
© Democracy Now!

Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez

Looking Back on Six Years of Leadership Against Solitary Confinement With UN Torture Expert Juan Méndez
© Solitary Watch

Iran: Two Juvenile Prisoners Executed

Iran: Two Juvenile Prisoners Executed
© Iran Human Rights

In President Trump’s First Week, ACLU Hands Him First Stinging Rebuke

In President Trump’s First Week, ACLU Hands Him First Stinging Rebuke
by Anthony D. Romero, ACLU Executive Director
© ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union 

Love youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, ACLU !!!!!

No Ban, No Wall, Sanctuary for All !!!!!

United Nations urges Trump to keep door open for refugees
Two UN migration agencies have called on the US to continue helping people fleeing war and persecution. The appeal comes after US President Donald Trump signed measures restricting access for refugees.
© Deutsche Welle .

Trump Temporarily Bans U.S. Visits By Muslims From Seven Countries
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Muslims barred from flights to US, as others detained
© Al-Monitor

there is no words to describe you, Trump !!!!!
going on like this, i guess your destiny is already marked ....


No Ban, No Wall, Sanctuary for All !!!!!

Year of the Rooster

♥♥♥♥ Happyyyyyyy Chinese Lunar New Year 4715 ♥♥♥♥

***^-^*** & mom 

China Post issued this lovely stamp to welcome 
the Year of the Rooster (Dingyou Year).


China Post issues Lunar New Year special stamp
© Xinhua

what more, Trump ???

Trump Signs Executive Orders On Border Wall, Immigrant Crack Down
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

GOP Attack on Women Continues With House Vote to Deny Abortion Coverage
© Common Dreams

Trump Poised to Lift Ban on C.I.A. ‘Black Site’ Prisons
© New York Times

Trump Says Pentagon, CIA Will Decide About Reinstating Waterboarding
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

the apocalypse has just begun !!!!!!

Breaking: Trump Pushes DAPL, Keystone XL Forward With Executive Order

Breaking: Trump Pushes DAPL, Keystone XL Forward With Executive Order
© ICTMN - Indian Country Today

Breaking: Trump Signs Executive Orders Reviving Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines

As Trump Moves to Advance Dakota Access Pipeline, Former VP Al Gore Calls #DAPL "An Atrocity"
© Democracy Now!

We Stand with Standing Rock !!!!!

Declassified reports reveal torture techniques used by Bush-era CIA

Declassified reports reveal torture techniques used by Bush-era CIA
© World Socialist Web Site

Greater than Fear by Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey’s inauguration posters may define political art in Trump era

The posters that have become the voice of protest against Trump

© The Independent


Obey Giant - The Art of Shepard Fairey

Anti-Trump 'Women’s March' Protests Staged Around The World

Anti-Trump 'Women’s March' Protests Staged Around The World

Live Blog: Women's March On Washington

Follow the latest developments as women hold human rights rallies 
in Washington and hundreds of cities around the globe.

© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

in Portugal too !!!!!

Lisbon & Porto ► slideshow
Em Lisboa, a resistência a Trump uniu sexos, famílias, Clinton e até figuras da Disney
© Público

'The Resistance Starts Now': Harsh Crackdown on Anti-Trump Protesters in DC

'The Resistance Starts Now': Harsh Crackdown on Anti-Trump Protesters in DC

The militarized police response—which reportedly impacted both protesters and journalists—was a troubling harbinger of what's to come under Trump.


» This piece may be updated.

© Common Dreams

Leonard Peltier » Clemency Denied by Obama

Clemency Denied But We Will Keep Fighting

© International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

my heart is broken !!!!! but we'll keep fighting, 
we will never give up, Leonard !!!!!
until Freedom is won !!!!!

Love Youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!!

so truly disappointed, Obama !!!!!


Leonard Peltier Denied Clemency by Obama
© Democracy Now!

Ordinary citizens in Iran rally to save death-row prisoners

Ordinary citizens in Iran rally to save death-row prisoners
© Al-Monitor

a must read !!!!!

Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments

Iran: Wave of floggings, amputations and other vicious punishments
© Amnesty International

Iran: 20 Executions in One Day; 57 Executions Since the Start of 2017

Iran: 20 Executions in One Day; 57 Executions Since the Start of 2017
© The Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran

Call to Action for Leonard Peltier !!!!!!

CALL TO ACTION
 
© International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee

Obama, Free Leonard NOWWWWWWW !!!!! 


Activists Call on Obama to Pardon Leonard Peltier, Warning He'll Die in Prison Otherwise
© Democracy Now!

Obama Commutes Chelsea Manning's Sentence

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss ♥♥

Obama Commutes Bulk of Chelsea Manning's Sentence
© New York Times

Manning is set to be freed on May 17 of this year.

Gilmore Execution Sees Death Penalty Reinstated

Gilmore Execution Sees Death Penalty Reinstated

On 17th January 1977, Gary Gilmore became the first person 
to be executed in the United States in almost ten years. 
His death by firing squad marked the end of a ban on the death penalty which had been in place since 1972.

© New Historian

Refugees by Nizar Ali Badr

Nizar Ali Badr
Syrian Artist, born in 1964

amazing powerful touching work !!!!!
thank youuuuuuuuuuu, Nizar !!!!!


Nizar Ali Badr
© Syria Art

Syrian Artist Nizar Ali Badr
© Creative Havens: Syrian Artists And Their Studios


Stepping Stones: A Refugee Family’s Journey
by Margriet Ruurs
This unique picture book was inspired by the stone artwork 
of Syrian artist Nizar Ali Badr.

Orca Book Publishers is donating funds raised from the sale 
of this book to Syrian refugees.


a must !!!!! check it out & buy !!!!!

Refugees freezing to death !!!!!

Help NOWWWWWWW !!!!!

UNHCR calls for help for refugees facing European winter freeze
© UNHCR - UN Refugee Agency

For Many, the European Dream Stops in Serbia
© ABC News

Martin Luther King Birthday

Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
'What are you doing for others?'

- Martin Luther King -

Iran: 26 Prisoners Including Two Women Hanged

Iran: 26 Prisoners Including Two Women Hanged

In the last few days, at least 26 people, including two women, were reportedly executed in various Iranian prisons.
© Iran Human Rights

Prisoners With Physical Disabilities Are Forgotten And Neglected in America

Prisoners With Physical Disabilities Are Forgotten And Neglected in America

with full Report » Caged In

© ACLU - American Civil Liberties Union

World Report 2017 » HRW

World Report 2017: Demagogues Threaten Human Rights

© Human Rights Watch

Anti-Torture Activists Occupy Trump Hotel

by Witness Against Torture

15 years - Close Guantanamo NOW !!!!!

We're inside Donald J. Trump's hotel right now telling him to do what both George W. Bush and Barack Obama said should be done: close Guantánamo for good.

photo by Witness Against Torture

January 11th: Call to Action

Join Witness Against Torture and our coalition partners on January 11th in Washington DC. for our annual rally to close Guantanamo!


Location: Supreme Court
11:30: Rally
12:15: March around Senate Buildings.


Witness Against Torture

Portugal mourns Mário Soares

Mário Soares

Dec. 7, 1924 - Jan. 7, 2017


Three days of national mourning & state honors
just because .... You deserve it, Sire !!!!!


Portugal mourns 'father of liberty and democracy' Mario Soares
© euronews

Mário Soares, o homem que nunca desistiu
(the man who never gave up)
© Público

image credit FOTOTECA

Humble Tribute to Roland Topor

 

Roland by Sophie Bassouls, 1980



Look at me, I'm not worthy of your anger, I'm nothing but a dumb animal who can't prevent the noisy symptoms of his decay, so don't waste your time with me, don't dirty your hands by hitting me, just try to put up with the fact that I exist. I'm not asking you to like me, I know that's impossible, because I'm not likeable, but at least do me the kindness of despising me enough to ignore me. 

- Roland Topor -
from The Tenant

January 7, 1938 - April 16, 1997

French illustrator, painter, writer, filmmaker and actor.

In 1962 Topor creates the Panic Movement (mouvement panique), 
with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal.

 
Topor with his dog, 1980 
by Ferdinando Scianna



Prisoners of Conscience - 1976
for Amnesty International 

♥ On vous aime, Topor ♥


Roland Topor
Covers of works by professor Gilles Methel an his student Marijan Rubesa from E.S.A.V./Université Toulouse II le Mirail

Roland Topor - YouTube

Top prosecutor in Leonard Peltier case urges clemency in 'extraordinary' move

Top prosecutor in Leonard Peltier case urges clemency in 'extraordinary' move
© The Guardian

Obama, Free Leonard NOWWWWW !!!!!

You just have a few days to do what is right !!!!!

Obama: Don’t Leave Guantánamo to Trump

Take Action !!!!!


President Obama: Don’t Leave Guantánamo to Trump
© AI USA

Trump Knows Nothing About Guantanamo Bay – He'll Make Matters Even Worse

Trump Knows Nothing About Guantanamo Bay – He'll Make Matters Even Worse
by Clive Stafford Smith

© Common Dreams

Iran: Seven Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges

Iran: Seven Prisoners Executed on Drug Charges
© Iran Human Rights

Federal judge orders state to provide Mumia Abu-Jamal with hepatitis C treatment

Federal judge orders state to provide Mumia Abu-Jamal with hepatitis C treatment
© Philly.com

Judge Mariani just ruled that everyone with Hep C must get 
the medication.

superrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr news !!!!!

Death Penalty Movie Week to be held at Tokyo theater

Death Penalty Movie Week to be held at Tokyo theater

The annual Death Penalty Movie Week will be held at a Tokyo theater in February, with 8 films from home and abroad providing viewers with an opportunity to think about the "right to life."
© The Mainichi

PH could eclipse China, Iran, Pakistan as world's top executioner

PH could eclipse China, Iran, Pakistan as world's top executioner
© The Manila Times

From a Pennsylvania prison: The torture chair

From a Pennsylvania prison: The torture chair

by Sehu Kessa Saa Tabansi

Sehu Kessa Saa Tabansi is currently incarcerated in the Pennsylvania prison system. He is a founding member of the New Black August Collective and is serving a life sentence after having been wrongfully convicted.
© Workers World

Don't you know yet? 
It is your light that lights the world. 

- Rumi -

don't imagine ....

© flora & luisa brehm 

the universe is a kaleidoscope
so, we created this one for you
to wish many dreams come true 
&, above all, a better world too !!!!! 

don't imagine 2017, make it !!!!! 

♥♥♥ uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu ♥♥ ♥ ♥

***^-^*** & mum