Saturday, 31 October 2009

Sand story - Ukrainian artist conjures up war story in sand

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I have just watched the amazing sand animation by Ukrainian artist Kseniya Simonova for Ukraine’s Got Talent. She uses a giant light box, h...
Thursday, 22 October 2009

Iran - petition against the execution of five protesters

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The media’s attention has moved away from the aftermath of the post-election unrest in Iran, but hundreds of protesters remain in prison, s...
Monday, 12 October 2009

N0 waiting for Copenhagen – African children say, Act Now

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In the run-up to the UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December, I wanted to look at the point of view of children in Africa....
Saturday, 3 October 2009

My Neighbour Goes to the Zoo - violence and its legacy

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In my last post, I wrote about “ The Tree That Remembers,” a moving documentary by Masoud Raouf about political prisoners wh...
Tuesday, 22 September 2009

The Tree That Remembers

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This weekend I went to “Iran – 21 st Anniversary Seminar” in London, a seminar commemorating the thousands of political prisoners execute...
Wednesday, 16 September 2009

Never Forget Us - In Memory of Iran's Election victims

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Just as Amnesty International is sending out warnings that victims of rape and torture by Iranian security forces are facing renewed risk,...
Sunday, 6 September 2009

"I want the world to know" - 21st anniversary of the 1988 massacre in Iran

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In the coming days, families will gather on a derelict plot next to the cemetery of religious minorities in the district of Khavaran, in s...