Posts Tagged ‘Human Rights’

M.I.A. Still Using Twitter to Support Tamil People

In Crime, Hip Hop, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter, fame on 5 November 2009 tagged @_M_I_A_, BBC, EU, European Commission, European Union, Human Rights, M.I.A., Mathangi Maya Arulpragasam, maya arulpragasam, Sri Lanka, Tamil, Tamil Tigers, Twitter with Comments

Speaking to Tavis Smiley earlier this year Sri Lankan Hip Hop artist, M.I.A. spoke about her obligation to bring forth the plight of the Tamil people in the Western media.
Being the only Tamil in the Western media, I have a really great opportunity to sort of bring forward what‘s going on in Sri Lanka.

Always [...]

Video : 7 Year Old Girl on Green Revolution

In Crime, History, Internet, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, citizenship, fame on 1 November 2009 tagged #Iranelection, Azadi, Election, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini, Human Rights, Iran, Iranian election, Persia, Salaam, Sea of Green, Supreme Leader, theocracy, Twitter, Video, Youtube with Comments

آزادی
“[the Supreme Leader] Who has selected the President and Parliament Members“

Speech by 7 year-old girl about #Iran & Greens [Twitter]

Video : Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Daily Show

In Crime, History, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, TV, War, citizenship, religion on 29 October 2009 tagged Anna Baltzer, Arab, audience interaction, books, Christian, Comedy Central, Desmond Tutu, Disney, Divestment, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, exclusives, Fatah, Hamas, History, Human Rights, international affairs, Interview, Iran, Islamic, Israel, Jerusalem, Jewish, Joe Wilson, Jon Stewart, Judaism, Liar, Mahatma Gandhi, media, Mickey Mouse, Middle East, Minister of Information, Mustafa Barghouti, Nelson Mandela, Palestine, Palestinian National Authority, Peace, Sanctions, segregation, Settlements, The Daily Show, United States of America, Video, Violence with Comments

In a completely un-edited interview, Anna Baltzer & Dr. Mustafa Barghouti sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss Palestinian-Israeli non-violent cooperation groups and the future of both Israel and occupied Palestine.
Stewart did not let down on Baltzer and Dr. Barghouti addressing specifically Palestinian propaganda, Israel as an Arab scape goat, and the the disproportionate [...]

Video: Katie Couric Interviews Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, Internet, Iran, Iraq, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, TV, citizenship, fame on 1 October 2009 tagged #Iranelection, #UNGA, allah hu akbar, Associated Press, BBC, CBS, CBS Evening News, Concentration Camp, Democracy, Europe, Gaza, genocide, Germany, Green Revolution, Holocaust, Human Rights, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Iranian election, Israel, Katie Couric, law, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Marwa Ali El Sherbini, Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, Mourning, Mousavi, NATO, Neda Agah Soltan, Neo-nazi, New York, NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, nuclear energy, Nuclear Weapons, Palestine, protest, Sea of Green, Texas, The Sea of Green, United Nations, United Nations General Assembly, United Nations Security Council, United States, UNSC, Video, Voice of America, World War 2, Youtube, Zionism with Comments

Before he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric:
“The world needs a new system. Today‘s conditions cannot go on the way they are, in other words, the status quo cannot keep. The economic conditions around the world, cultural problems, as well as [...]

Video : Life in Lebanese Refugee Camps for Palestinians Not Much Better Than Israel

In Crime, History, Internet, News, Opinion, Palestine, Politics, Racism, Twitter, citizenship on 31 July 2009 tagged A-Films, Beirut, Elkosh, Fatah, Football, Hamas, Human Rights, Human Rights Declaration, Israel, Jordan, Khawla, Lebanon, Mar Elias Camp, Minister of Labour, Palestine, refugee camp, Refugees, Sabra, Settlements, Shatila, Syria, Video, Youtube with Comments

Watching this two-part short documentary on the lives of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, the viewer learns that life as refugees in Lebanon, as opposed to Syria and Jordan, is almost as constricting for the Palestinian people as it is in the Israeli occupied lands that used to be Palestine.
In Lebanon, like in Israeli occupied Palestine, [...]