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Entries from August 2011

Tales of riots and human rights

August 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Iran, Middle East

Nir Boms and Shayan Arya                                                                         Following a week of riots across England, the Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a warning to its citizens not to visit the UK. The Foreign Ministry advised Iranians to avoid troubled areas and Sardar Naghdi, the head of Basij units, even offered to send Basiji Brigades to England to help restore [...]

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The Jewish Spring

August 28th, 2011 · 9 Comments · Israel, עברית

    Anatolia Daily Over 300,000 Israelis came out to the streets last week to demonstrating in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tel Aviv with a call for social justice. Over 1,000,000 others followed live on their TV’s . First page headlines continue to cover what appears to be the strongest protest movement ever to be seen [...]

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