The Mockery and Barbarism of Iran’s “Judiciary” by Jose Mario De Vega I refer to “Iran: Death Sentence for Facebook Posts”, the Human Rights Watch, December 2nd with regard to the “imminent risk of execution” of a 30-year-old man for “insulting the prophet”. I concur with the Human Rights Watch’s position that “Iran’s judiciary should…
A Solution for Syria-www.avaaz.org Dear friends, Just weeks ago the kids in this image were gassed to death in their sleep. There is one peaceful way to stop these massacres – if Iran and the US sit down to talks and bring the warring parties to the table to get a ceasefire. For the first…
Sports and Humanity I refer to the article of Joey Ramirez’ “Are Filipinos Racists?”, Rappler, August 12th and the “2014 FIBA World Cup Cancelled to Avoid More Derogatory Remarks in Case of Gilas Defeat”, sowhatsnews.wordpress.com, August 12th. Though, the latter is a fictionalized article, a spoof and a satire, it also shows in a certain…
This Is Not a Film is an Iranian documentary film by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb. The film was smuggled from Iran to Cannes in a Flash-Drive hidden inside a birthday cake. It was specially screened at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It also took part in the International Competition of the 27. The film,…
