Tag Archives: Human Rights

08Jun/08

Iran : enfants et bombes nucléaires

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Source Jerusalem Post (Israël)
Référence « Iran : children and nukes », par Nir Boms et Reza Bulorchi, Jerusalem Post, 3 novembre 2004.

Auteurs Nir Boms, Reza Bulorchi

Résumé Alors que le monde cherche la réponse appropriée au programme nucléaire iranien, Téhéran poursuit sa politique : enrichir de l’uranium, développer des missiles à longue portée et promouvoir le respect de la loi. Par respect de la loi, il faut comprendre respect du type de justice défendue par les mollahs, une justice qu’ils appliquent chez eux et qu’ils veulent exporter au monde.

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02Jun/08

Slavery and Freedom on the Internet

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By Nir Boms, The Jerusalem Post

Aug. 21, 2007

The Internet – the free and open Web of ideas – has become the new symbol of freedom, or at least one of its more visible prophets. Howard Rheingold, a scholar of the early Internet era, predicted a utopian vision where the “electronic agora” would change the public space and create a free, global society, or an “Athens without slaves.”

But Rheingold’s vision remains utopian. Research shows that outside the Western hemisphere, it is the terrorist groups that have gained the upper hand on the Internet as they use its free virtual space to support radicalism and extremism rather than democracy and freedom. Today, there are more than 5,000 Internet sites affiliated with terrorist groups. Continue reading →

01Jun/08

Inside Syria’s Gulag

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By Nir Boms
FrontPageMagazine.com | May 26, 2004

On May 11, in accordance with the Syria Accountability Act, President Bush imposed new political and economic sanctions on Syria. The Syrian government, not surprisingly, was quick to condemn this move, calling the sanctions “unjust and unjustified,” and portraying Syria as a “democratic country that fights terrorism.”

While this sort of pro-democracy rhetoric has been a staple of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s four-year tenure, the story of Aktham Na’eesah-a lawyer, activist, and the recent laureate of the prestigious “Ludovic Trarieux” award for his distinct human rights work-provides a glimpse into the Syria’s “democratic” reality. Continue reading →

26May/08

Iran’s Summer Persecution

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By Nir Boms and Reza Bulorchi
The National Interest | Tuesday, June 15, 2004

In recent years, summer in Iran has been marked by uprisings, strikes, public protests and the government’s harsh crackdown against them. There are signs this summer will be no different.

As the anniversary of the anti-government uprising of July 1999 approaches, widespread arrests of students and women are taking place. Some students are nabbed from their dormitories by plainclothes Revolutionary Guard agents, while many others are served arrest warrants. The US International Bureau of Broadcasting’s Radio Farda reported on May 29 that, “the persistent summoning and detention of students all over the country has caused fear and insecurity in universities.”

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