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BBC NEWS | Middle East | Iran executes 29 in jail hangingsReports from Iran say 29 people have been executed by hanging in Tehran. Among them were convicts found guilty of murder, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking, state television IRIB reported on its website. All the executions took place on Sunday morning in Tehran's Evin prison, the ...
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Six U.N Human Rights experts condemn Iran for mass arrests | VANCOUVERITETuesday 7th July VANCOUVERITE High Speed News – Powered from Vancouver Home » Six U.N Human Rights experts condemn Iran for mass arrests Information Posted in Iran Special Coverage This post has no comments yet . Write your own ...
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Freedom vs. Firewalls: The Senate can help fend off authoritarian censorship - washingtonpost.comFROM TWITTERERS in Tehran to bloggers in Burma, citizens living under authoritarian regimes depend upon free access to the Internet for information, coordination and the ability to make themselves heard. That's why oppressive governments devote so much effort to online censorship: They, too, ...
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Questions About Iran? Ask a Witness. - Nicholas D. Kristof Blog - NYTimes.comQuestions About Iran? Ask a Witness. I’m delighted to welcome back Roger Cohen, my fellow Times columnist, from Iran. For the last couple of weeks, frankly, I’ve been gnashing my teeth with jealousy, both over Roger’s two-week visa to Iran (which left him there after other reporters had to ...
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Russia Seriously Concerned By Iran's Use Of Force - Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty © 2009News Russia Seriously Concerned By Iran's Use Of Force MOSCOW (Reuters) -- Russia has said it is seriously concerned by the use of force in Iran after a disputed presidential election and urged Tehran to settle all issues in a democratic way, Interfax news agency reported. "We naturally ...
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The Proxy Fight for Iranian Democracy - Renesys BlogIf you put 65 million people in a locked room, they're going to find all the exits pretty quickly, and maybe make a few of their own. In the case of Iran's crippled-but-still-connected Internet, that means finding a continuous supply of proxy servers that allow continued access to unfiltered ...
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Mid-East Arms Market Bucks Recession: Tensions over Iran Propel Regional Weapons SalesThe global economic recession that began with bad loans and an over-inflated U.S. housing market has had a constraining effect on military spending, around the world. But military cuts are not occurring evenly or universally. In the Middle East, regional rivalries, an entrenched insurgency and ...
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Google submits to Beijing porn drive • The RegisterGoogle's attempt to burnish its public image by helping anti-government demonstrators in Iran has been hobbled by its apparent submission to a Beijing anti-porn drive that has even drawn fire from the US government. Last week Google trumpeted its subversive credentials by offering a Farsi ...
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