Lebanon: in a book the difficult lives of homosexuals

They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print: a group of lesbian, bisexual, and transgender women have braved law and social taboo in Lebanon with a little pink-and-white book.

“I am Atefeh” ; A Campaign

As the news of heavy sentences handed down to political activists in Iran is filling up the pages of sites and weblogs, one news - one sentence - handed down on Tuesday November 24th , was announced and at first lost amid all others.

URGENT ACTION: Stop Execution of ZEYNAB JALALIAN, a 27 years old Kurdish Prisoner!

ZEYNAB JALALIAN' S EXECUTION SENTENCE IS BEEN CONFIRMED:

Ms. Zeinab Jalalian, a 27 years old member of a Kurdish party (PKK), has received the death sentence based on allegations of “Apostasy” and being a member of Kurdish group “PKK”.

Africa: Global warming could cause civil wars in Africa by 2030

With climate change affecting global food production and economic welfare, it is likely to increase the risk of conflict in African countries over the next 20 years, claims a US study.

UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran

A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections.

URGENT: KILLINGS OF WOMEN IN GOHAR DASHT PRISON IN KARAJ IRAN

Accoding to Activists for Human Rights and Democracy there are evidence from Gohardasht prison reporting on systematic killings of political women prisoners.

West African CSOs plan mass protest against Guinean junta

West African Civil Society Organisations (CSO) on Wednesday initiated moves to galvanise mass social and civil agitation across the region against the military junta in Guinea.

International Comittee Against Execution > Latest on Ehsan Fatahian

They have transferred Ehsan to quaranteen section for the execution of the death sentence. The execution squad has already entered the prison.

Iran: Guards Threaten to Punish Activists Outside Iran

After stressing to identify many protestors inside and outside Iran, Brigadier Masoud Jazaeri, the cultural deputy of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s armed forces joint command, promised that they would be confronted “at the appropriate” time.

Global warming: The nine most affected areas

Here are the nine areas most affected by global warming according to a survey released by the greatest experts in the world.

Blood Diamonds: the Kimberley process under review

The viability of an effort endorsed by the United Nations to halt the trading of the so-called blood diamonds that have fueled conflicts across Africa is on the line this week, and the test case is Zimbabwe.

SADC Call for African troops in Zimbabwe

A new regional report calls for the deployment of observers and military personnel from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Zimbabwe to secure the future of the power-sharing agreement, to fight political violence until a new constitution is in place and to assure civil war does not break out.

“Every Iranian is one media” Documentation of Nov.4th

From Mir Houssein Mousavi - Since the media spread of the historic day of November 4, 2009 is our responsibility, on this page in addition to video footages, photos and news of this day, we gather contact information of all major international news agencies so that with your help we deliver all these video footages, photos and news to them enough times that they broadcast!!!

California Women’s conference: Safe Haven

On Tuesday October 27th, 2009, I went to California Women’s conference, hosted by our first lady Maria Shriver.  It was their sixth year and my second time to attend this female driven conference. Both times I very much enjoyed the energy of empowering women to be the “architects of change”.  Thousands of attendees and speakers, men and women, from all walks of life and countries, gather to celebrate the emergence of a new era of practical equality between men and women. This new century brings with itself new hands to gently challenge the millennia old leadership practices and to mold the status quos into new shapes and forms.  This all sounds splendid one may comment, words are glorious, but what about actually doing something to empower women?