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Persepolis 2: Safeguard the Innocent

2,500 years ago, Cyrus the Great penned down what is regarded as the first declaration for human rights, affirming the right to freedom of worship. But centuries later, what is the situation of Iran’s largest religious minority?

Note: images for this clip were lovingly borrowed from the feature film, “Persepolis.” Marjane Satrapi’s admirable production. She continues [...]

Oils of War

We did this graphic as a reaction to this New York Times article:
BAGHDAD — Four Western oil companies are in the final stages of negotiations this month on contracts that will return them to Iraq, 36 years after losing their oil concession to nationalization as Saddam Hussein rose to power.

Banned Letters

This news clipping refers to a mayor in southeast Turkey who went on trial for publishing a children’s storybook in Turkish and Kurdish: http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=9905
Opposition to the Kurdish minority continues, even in the form of censorship of the written word. Ray Bradbury, in the original novel “Fahrenheit 451″, presents a future American society in which the [...]