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DRC - Street renamed “Media Freedom Street” by city's mayor
 
Reporters without borders
Reporters Without Borders hails last weekend's decision by the mayor of Butembo, a city in the troubled eastern province of Nord-Kivu, to rename one of the city's streets “Media Freedom Street.” “We welcome this gesture by Butembo's mayor,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is an unusual initiative in a country and even more so a region – Nord-Kivu – where the security situation for journalists is very fragile and media freedom is often flouted. “Apparently intended to encourage news providers (...) (Full Story)
China - Dissident's wife addresses open letter to president after brother is jailed
 
Reporters without borders
A open letter to President Xi Jinping by Liu Xia, the wife of jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was posted by her lawyer on Twitter on 14 June, five days after her brother, Liu Hui, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in the latest evidence of the government's harassment of the families of dissidents. Liu Xia has been under house arrest since October 2010, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to her husband, who has been serving an 11-year jail sentence on a subversion charge since (...) (Full Story)
Niger - Al-Jazeera crew released after being held for three days
 
Reporters without borders
Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that three Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver were released yesterday, two days after being arrested near the eastern city of Zinder for "travelling without accreditation". “We were worried about these four Al-Jazeera employees and we are pleased that a favourable outcome was found,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is shocking that an ordinary administrative problem could result in nearly three days of detention for these journalists, (...) (Full Story)
The Return of Liberal Interventionism?
 
By Owen Alterman  

US President Barack Obama recently appointed Susan Rice as national security adviser and nominated Samantha Power as the next US ambassador to the United Nations. (Full Story)
Iran. Hassan Rowhani’s election can help lessen international pressure
 
by Ephraim Kam,

The election of Hassan Rowhani as Iran's president is surprising – not only in the very fact of his election, but particularly in the large majority he received, which made a second round of voting unnecessary. Prior to the elections, two candidates were considered to lead the race: Saeed Jalili, who is Iran's national security advisor and head of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team, and is very close to Supreme Leader Khamenei; and Tehran’s popular mayor, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. (Full Story)
Insanity: Doing the Same Thing Over and Over
By Jerrold L. Sobel
 
On March 2, 2007, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed an AIPAC foreign policy forum in Chicago, Illinois. Here is what he had to say: We should all be concerned about the agreement negotiated among Palestinians in Mecca last month ... (Full Story)
The Protests in Turkey: Letting off Steam or Engine of Change?
 
By Galia Lindenstrauss, Orit Perlov and Timur Saitov

The protests that started at Taksim Square in Istanbul and have spread to other locations throughout Turkey are among the most interesting developments to have occurred in the country since the Justice and Development Party first came to power over a decade ago. (Full Story)
Canada Employment on the rise
 
Following little change the previous month, employment rose by 95,000 in May, with most of the increase in full-time work. This employment gain pushed the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%. (Full Story)
Can’t cross the Kenya border into Somalia; won’t return to my Britain either!
By Abdul Ghelleh
 
I arrived in London on a drab and rainy Friday afternoon in the spring of 1985. Margaret Thatcher was in her second term as prime minister and Samantha Fox was Britain’s favourite page three girl for The Sun. Michael Jackson had won seven Grammy awards the previous year including one for Thriller which was released in late 1982, and was still one of the top ten singles for club dance in Britain.  (Full Story)
Israeli or U.S. Action Against Iran: Who Will Do It If It Must Be Done?
 
By James Cartwright and Amos Yadlin

It is late 2013 and the prime minister of Israel has just received a phone call from the White House relaying the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence assessment: international sanctions and negotia­tions with Iran have yet to persuade the regime to halt its nuclear drive.  (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)
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)
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)

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Jerrold L. Sobel

Insanity: Doing the Same Thing Over and Over

On March 2, 2007, then-presidential candidate Barack Obama addressed an AIPAC foreign policy forum in Chicago, Illinois. Here is what he... (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)
What is Tolerance ?
Everybody talks about tolerance. Why ? What is so important about tolerance ? Do you have an opinion you would like to share on tolerance ? Why should we be tolerant ? Let us know your opinion. Write your answer directly... (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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