Hamza Kashgari, a young journalist has caused a wide anger among Saudis when tweeting on the Mawlid (the Holy Prophet’s birthday). His tweets included his opinions about the prophet, how he’s equal to him and how he hated some of …
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Censorship, Current Events, Freedom of Speech, Islam, Media, Religion, Saudi Arabia, Society, Taboos | Tagged blasphemy, hamza, prophet, Saudi, Twitter | 8 CommentsDear those who celebrate the censorship of RojTV, When an entire people are systematically oppressed and marginalized, small actions to make their story heard can have dramatic consequences. Similarly, small actions to silence their voice can have dramatic and tragic …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | Tagged Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria, Turkey | 1 CommentA new regulation by the women affairs coordinator in the Iraqi Ministry of Oil has raised many campaigns of protest by Iraqi women and human rights activists. The regulation forbid women working in the ministry of wearing dresses, skirts, modern …
Posted in Activism, Gender, Iraq, Women | Tagged Iraq, iraqi women movement | 1 CommentMany prominent internet companies brag about offering services that help people “connect” with one another, making information more “open” and “transparent” and that they seemingly promote freedom
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Bahrain, Censorship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Censorship, security | 3 CommentsJerusalem – An assault on a human rights activist after he voiced extraordinarily blunt criticism of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has heightened concern about the safety of independent voices in the troubled coastal enclave. The stabbing by three masked men …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Palestine, Palestine/Israel | Tagged Gaza, Palestine | Leave a commentDear Friends of Kurdistan, I have set up an e-petition urging the British Government to recognize the Genocide inflicted upon the Kurdish population by the former regime of Saddam Hussein. If we get 100,000 signatures than they will debate this …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Current Events, Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurds, Middle East | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, Arab, Arabs, Barack Obama, Egypt, Environment, Green Prophet, help, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Jews, Jordan, Kurdish Human Rights, kurdish rights, Kurdish Youth, kurdish youth festival, Kurdistan, Kurds, Lebanon, Maikel Nabil, Maikel Nabil trial, Palestine, peace, petition, Politics, Religion, revolution, Saudi Arabia, Women | 1 CommentThroughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …
Posted in Activism, Afghanistan, Awareness, Civil Rights, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East, Youth | Tagged clean technology, Education, Green Prophet, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Kurdistan, Kurds, Middle East | 1 Comment(Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil.) – Half of the period of Kareem Whenever I think of the length of my sentence (2 years), I remember that Kareem Amer was imprisoned for 4 years and he was …
Posted in Activism, Censorship, Civil Rights, Egypt, Freedom of Speech | Tagged Egypt, jan25, Maikel Nabil | Leave a commentThe death of a Kurdish youth in Harasta on Thursday morning and the injury of three protesters in Qamişlo were a result of the sniper fire of the Syrian regime, which has killed over 5,000 civilians since the start of …
Posted in Activism, Awareness, Civil Rights, Demonstrations, Kurdistan, Kurds, Syria | Tagged Alliance for Kurdish Rights, kurdish rights, Kurds, Syria | Leave a commentAn Assyrian Rights interview with Robel Malki, President, Assyrian Without Borders (AWB): – Please describe AWB: when was it established, by whom, and what is the objective or statement of purpose for the organization? AWB was founded in 2007 by …
Posted in Activism, Assyrians, Awareness | Tagged assyria, assyrian rights, assyrians | Leave a comment