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Zimbabwe - Journalists still being harassed as elections loom
 
Reporters without borders
The new Zimbabwean constitution that President Robert Mugabe promulgated three days ago guarantees more democracy and freedom of expression, on paper at least, and Reporters Without Borders hopes that it will reduce the negative effect of the draconian laws currently in effect. As a result of Zimbabwe's repressive legislation, criminal charges are often brought against journalists just for doing their job. This has been seen yet again in recent cases of arrests and harassment. The new (...) (Full Story)
Bolivia - Community radio destroyed in clashes between rival peasant groups
 
Reporters without borders
Reporters Without Borders condemns the destruction of Radio AM 1080 La Voz de las Mayorías, a community radio station based in Caranavi, 160 km northeast of La Paz, on 21 May. Affiliated to the network of Radios of the Original Peoples (RPO), the station was destroyed in clashes between two rival peasant groups, the Provincial Agrarian Federation of Peasants of Caranavi (FAPCA) and the Special Agrarian Federation of Peasants of Carrasco. Accusing the station of biased reporting, a group of (...) (Full Story)
DRC - Censorship reigns in Nord-Kivu areas under M23 rebel control
 
Reporters without borders
Fighting between M23 rebels and government forces has intensified near Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord-Kivu, since 20 May. As well as causing new civilian casualties, the clashes and the actions of some rebels are endangering many journalists and the availability of diverse, freely-reported news and information. Reporters Without Borders has conducted a series of interviews with Nord-Kivu journalists and has spoken by phone with two M23 officials, Bertrand Bisimwa, the (...) (Full Story)
The disparaging manifesto by the Church of Scotland
By Jerrold L. Sobel
 
Along with traditional terrorism and political recalcitrance, the Palestinian Arabs, their fellow Islamists, and a recognizable cadre of their sympathizers continually develop additional pressure tactics to erode the sovereignty of Israel.  (Full Story)
Morocco. Atheist activist faces threats
By Maryam Namazie, Iran Solidarity
 
Since 22 year old Imad Iddine Habib founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of Morocco (the first public atheist organisation in a country with Islam as the state religion), he has received numerous threats. (Full Story)
Canada. Troubling new anti-terror provisions pass into law
 
By Matthew Behrens

In what some critics called an opportunistic move, the Harper government swiftly scheduled debate on, and passed, new anti-terrorism provisions (Bill S-7) in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing and the subsequent Canadian arrests of two men alleged to be involved in a plot against VIA Rail. (Full Story)
Let women pray like men at Jerusalem’s Western Wall
By Rajan Zed, president of Universal Society of Hinduism
 
As a Hindu, I urge protesters in Jerusalem to let Jewish women pray freely at the venerated Western Wall using religious rituals like men.
Women deserve equal and full participation and access in religions. (Full Story)
More than 20% of Canada's population is foreign-born
 
New data from the National Household Survey (NHS) show that Canada was home to about 6,775,800 foreign-born individuals in 2011.  (Full Story)
Israel attacks targets in Syria
 
JERUSALEM — Israel has attacked targets in Syria, raising fears that the Syrian civil war could spread into a broader regional conflict. (Full Story)
Netanyahu’s Visit to China: Opportunities beyond Iran
 
By Yoram Evron,  

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to make an official visit to China in early May 2013. This would be the first visit by an Israeli prime minister to China in over six years, and given the rarity of the meetings between the two heads of state and China’s increased influence internationally, the trip is important. (Full Story)
Popular Chinese talk show host makes disparaging remarks about Mongolians
 
Over the past few days, Southern (Inner) Mongolian netizens strongly protested disparaging comments about Mongolians by Mr. Gao Xiaosong, a well known Chinese talk show host, musician and composer. Strong statements and comments from angry Southern Mongolian netizens went viral via Chinese major social media sites including Sina Microblog (“xin lang wei bo” in Chinese), Ren Ren, Baidu, and You Ku. (Full Story)
USA. Internet spying bill - CISPA - passed the House
 
The privacy-shredding Internet spying bill - CISPA - has passed the House. The only chance is now to STOP IT in the USAmerican Senate. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian also urges us to contact Google, Facebook and Twitter and demand that they stand up to defeat CISPA. (Full Story)
RCMP Arrests Two Individuals for Terrorism-related Charges
 
Ottawa – The RCMP arrested two individuals on April 22, 2013 and charged them with conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack against a VIA passenger train. (Full Story)

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Jerrold L. Sobel

The disparaging manifesto by the Church of Scotland

Along with traditional terrorism and political recalcitrance, the Palestinian Arabs, their fellow Islamists, and a recognizable cadre of their sympathizers continually... (Full Story)
Maryam Namazie

Morocco. Atheist activist faces threats

Since 22 year old Imad Iddine Habib founded the Council of Ex-Muslims of Morocco (the first public atheist organisation in a... (Full Story)
Rajan Zed

Let women pray like men at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

As a Hindu, I urge protesters in Jerusalem to let Jewish women pray freely at the venerated Western Wall using religious... (Full Story)
In Quebec, voters support parties that favour compromise
By Yannick B. Vallee, B.A. Political Science
Quebecers have always used elections to support political parties that would bring discussions and compromise. Political parties do not influence the people of Quebec, but rather get influenced by the electorate. (Full Story)
Addressing Tolerance
By Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Editor, Tolerance.ca®
Algerian-born Albert Camus once said that his homeland was the French language:« Ma patrie, c’est la langue française ». In a certain way, we belong to a language more than we do to a country. While writing La Lente Découverte de... (Full Story)
Declaration of Principles on Tolerance
Proclaimed and signed by the Member States of UNESCO on 16 November 1995. (Full Story)
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