Category Archives: USA
Stupid Movies, Dumb Moves
Today there is a big conference [ar] starting, organised by Mauritania’s Tewassoul party, with high-level delegates in attendance from many Arab states, including Tunisia, Kuwait, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Morocco and Algeria. I’d expect increased security in and around Nouakchott, but have not seen the usual reports of any. Last night, the political opposition coalition held a licensed event which tens of thousands attended, but they were denied […]
#Mauritania: Sex, Lies and Videotape
Let’s break with tradition and do the sex part first. Yes, it has been suggested that there is a sex angle to the accidental shooting story of president Aziz in Mauritania! This is a quandary, as everyone is adamant that they do want the truth, but at the same time, no one wants it to […]
News from Iran – Week 40 – 2012
Prisoners’ News A- Transfers Political prisoner Fayzollah Arabsorkhi has launched a hunger strike protesting denied medical care; he stopped when transferred to hospital. Imprisoned Journalist Mohammad Reza Pourshajari (Siamak Mehr) taken to hospital after heart attack. Keyvan Rahimian transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr prison. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Mohammad-Ali Dadkhah, prominent Human Rights lawyer, has gone […]
News from Iran – Week 39 – 2012
Prisoners’ News A-Transfers Kurdish political prisoner Shahram Elyasi, servinglife imprisonment, transferred from Evin prison to Rajai Shahr prison B- Arrests/Incarcerations Nursing mothers Zahra Nik-Aein and Taraneh Torabi sent to prison to serve their sentences along with their infants Mehdi Rafsanjani arrested after being summoned to court on return from spending 2 years in the UK […]
The Two Worst Rogue States in the United Nations
My transcript of part of a public lecture “The Emerging World Order: its roots, our legacy” given by Noam Chomsky at Politeama Rossetti in Trieste, Italy on September 17, 2012. The basic reason for the concern [over the possibility of Iran building nuclear weapons] has been expressed succinctly by General Lee Butler, the former head […]
