tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422708735656065922011-11-27T18:46:06.059-05:00While the mainstream media promote their agendas and shy away from asking the difficult but essential questions on human rights, wars and politics you can be assured that I will keep you connected to alternative views on these crucial issues.TruthJournalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523347124657307546noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42270873565606592.post-83383661279194293382010-04-10T04:28:00.006-04:002010-04-11T13:47:46.060-04:00

I don’t know how to sugar coat things and will not be apologetic about my bluntness with regard to the truth. So I hope no political party leader will be threatening me to apologize; and if they are on their toes to come my direction, here’s a piece of advice, “if you don’t like what you hear about yourself, there must be something that needs fixing!” Unfortunately, political participants in

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This is my account of the Feb 13th Terrorist Blast in Pune. I tried to get it published but in vain. The city papers apparently only publish spam! My phone buzzed with calls from friends and family. This was the first that this had happened in a span of thirty minutes. The screams of the crowd and the loud music blaring from the speakers were making it hard for me to hear their words. All I could

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Saturday Afternoon at the Connecting officeHaving had a prolonged break from my blog, I am back. I was struggling to find words to pen, because for the longest time nothing interested me. Now that I am back in Pune, after almost 5 years, I miss Thailand and wish that I was with my students. But due to financial constraints I am compelled to chose my living over happiness. Since my arrival, I was

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Two months since my last post, and after considering all the consequences of having my name associated with writings about Burma, I have come to the conclusion that the benefits far out number the consequences. There is an urgent need to rebut or support the one-sided, poorly researched and exaggerated media reports about this failed military state and the claims by organizations that have been

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"Obviously, you see a regime that represses its own people and spreads terror far and wide. It is a regime whose real nature has been unmasked, and it's been unmasked by incredible acts of courage by Iran citizens. They go into the streets, they face bullets and, I tell you, as somebody who believes deeply in democracy, that you see the Iranian lack of democracy at work, and I think this better

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If you are switching between channels to find reports about the Iranian riots in other cities in the country hope you are ready to get disappointed. I have been monitoring news stations since the days leading to the elections, to perhaps hear something about riots in places other than Tehran, to hear of and from supporters of incumbent Ahmadinejad; I found nothing. So why do we act surprised

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Hope everyone is enjoying the break. I am having a phenomenal time interning with Human Rights Action Center and Nonviolence International in Washington D.C. I have learnt so much about human rights advocacy that it feels as though I have been doing this for years!As part of a fundraiser for the Human Rights Action Center I am selling copies of the "For the Lady" 2- disc set dedicated to Aung San

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So can we focus on Sotomayor's real judicial attributes?

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The global economy is plummeting and thousands of people have been laid off. How unfortunate, but not surprising, that America, one of the world’s most powerful country is going out of business! Overnight people have lost their means of livelihood and all this while there is a way to save the economy? What a shame that the higher ups in the administration have opted for the easy way out. They

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It seemed like yesterday was a day of protests at the White House. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the White House to open dialogue about the Palestinian-Isreali conflict and rabbis came by to have their say. We were obviously amused by this group of anti-Israel rabbis. The WiseThe OppositionThey must know best-Peace for all!

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More photographs from the rallies in D.C. in support of Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners in Burma (Myanmar)

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May 19, 2009While Aung San Suu Kyi was being tried in Insein prison in Rangoon yesterday, her supporters from around the world led rallies on her behalf. The junta, Burma’s oppressive military regime via torture and rape have silenced the Burmese within Myanmar, but they cannot silence those outside their jurisdiction- Burmese immigrants and others living beyond Burma’s borders. The U.S.

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May 14, 2009 The world's most famous political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi has been transferred from her Rangoon residence, where she has been under house arrest since 2003 totaling 13 years of home confinement,to Burma’s most notorious Insein prison today. Her crime is of a bizarre nature and many human rights advocates and her lawyer believe that the Burmese junta is using this as an excuse to

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It is day two of my internship with Non-Violence International in the heart of the nation's capital. Today a fellow intern Olivia and I attended the "Peace and Social Issues" class at a local high school, which I later learnt and to my astonishment, is the best public school in the state, and so I gather that public schools in D.C. are not at par with schools from the rest of the nation. I was

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Early this year, a close friend a.k.a my sister from another mother introduced me to this new networking website that had this expanding network of human rights actvists.It took some convincing on her part, but she assured me that this is a great way to network with people who have similar interests; I wasn't sure if this was for me, it seemed quite pointless to express one's thoughts in 140

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It is Sunday Morning; No, I am not referring to the Maroon 5 song "Sunday Morning", but it is literary Sunday Morning and a very special one indeed! When Anna Javis created the modern Mother's Day holiday, she intended it to become a day where families can honour their mother. But today it is not so much Javis’ holiday, but a Hallmark, Kroger, and Publix holiday! There is nothing wrong with that,

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I have been busy with finals week and could not devote the time to write, but I did keep abreast of the news.Now that I have completed all my finals, I am back in action. If the scales of justice were human, they would hide away in shame when a 20-year old artist, Delara Darabi was secretly executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran early Friday morning at the Rasht prison in the nation's capital.

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Calls of “Chai, cold drink, paani bottle,” echoed as poorly uniformed salespersons frequented the overcrowded second- class compartment of the Howrah- Guwahati train. These constant sales pitches did not bother me as much as a rat I spotted under the berth of the passengers seated opposite me did; I screeched and tried to draw attention to the little rodent; clearly, this was not a novelty for

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Everyone, I hope has heard of Roxana Saberi, a US born, Iranian journalist who was charged with Espionage in Iran and has been sentenced to eight-years in prison on Saturday. Read NPR's weekend edition report here http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103246067. The verdict of the Iranian revoluntionary court is clearly not based upon evidence, but false accusations that are

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Hello, my name is Mariam Abuhaideri, a senior at the University of West Georgia. A human rights activist, I have served as State Outreach Co-ordinator for STAND- A Student Anti-Genocide Coalition and am currently the Student Activist Corp for Amnesty wwwInternational. Please visit http://www.amnesty.org/ for more information about AI's campaigns. Often I have pondered on the purpose of life's

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