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Iran: Ethnic minorities facing new wave of human rights violations

Tuesday 27 February 2007

As Iranâ€™s ethnic minorities face growing restrictions, Amnesty International is calling on the government to ensure that all Iranian citizens are accorded, both in law and practice, the linguistic and cultural rights set out in Iranâ€™s constitution as well as in international law, and are able peacefully to demonstrate in support of such rights. The Iranian authorities must also ensure that the police and other law enforcement agencies do not use excessive force, that all detainees

APPEAL OF THE CONGRESS OF SOUTH AZERBAIJAN REGARDING 15th ANNIVERSARY OF KHOJALY GENOCIDE

Monday 26 February 2007

What Armenians -participating in the act of genocide they committed in Khojaly, and forces helping them had done, is highly against human rights and international statements such as Geneva Convention, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Pact on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Declaration on the Protection of Women and Children in Emergency and Armed Conflict.

Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike

Sunday 25 February 2007

Israel is negotiating with the United States for permission to fly over Iraq as part of a plan to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities, The Daily Telegraph can reveal. To conduct surgical air strikes against Iran’s nuclear programme, Israeli war planes would need to fly across Iraq. But to do so the Israeli military authorities in Tel Aviv need permission from the Pentagon.

International Mother Language Day Observed for the first time in (Northern) Azerbaijan

Saturday 24 February 2007

In addition to Azerbaijani, Russian and Georgian schools, there are 400 schools for groups such as Avar, Lezgin, Tsachur, Talysh, Kurd and Ingiloy where children are given the opportunity follow the elementary school curriculum in their own language.

Somali peace mission in two weeks

Friday 23 February 2007

“We promise we shall welcome them with bullets from heavy guns, exploding cars and young men are eager to carry out suicide attacks against these colonial forces” the message said.

Somalia’s interim president, Abdullahi Yusuf, says he will hold a national reconciliation conference as a step towards ending the continuing violence in the country.

Azerbaijan looks westward

Friday 23 February 2007

“In response,” he wrote, “we have decided to stop buying Russian gas as well as to stop using the Russian pipeline to export Azerbaijani oil to Europe”- an apparent reference to the Baku-Novorossiisk pipeline that has been utilized for many years. The timing of Gazprom’s – and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s – actions has not been clearly explained, although it is widely assumed in Baku that the origins stem from the breakdown in relations between Russia and its South Caucasus neighbor Georgia.

People were arrested only for peaceful celebration of the International day of Mother Tongue in 2nd Feb 2007

Thursday 22 February 2007

who were arrested arbitrarily and deprived of their liberty only for peaceful celebration of the International day of Mother Tongue. The various reports indicate that this is just a glimpse of the events rolled out in Southern Azerbaijan. Some reports are categorical that at least 100 people were arrested in Tebriz alone. More concerning news is that acid was mixed into water hoses jetted against the participants to

Iran: Azeri Community (Question Taken)

Thursday 22 February 2007

We are deeply concerned by the regime’s continuing repression of Iran’s minority ethnic, including Azeris, Kurds, ethnic Arabs and others and religious minorities such as the Bahais. The regime’s repression affects students, women, labor unions, journalists and academics.

Arrests Mark International Mother Language Day in Iran

Thursday 22 February 2007

Hassan Zarezadeh Ardeshir
Following reports that protests are planned for the International Mother Language Day, on February 21, 2007, a number of Iranian political and cultural activists, and journalists across the country have been detained and then released on bail. There are reports that groups plan to hold peaceful rallies on the occasion in various [...]

Message by Mr KoÃ¯chiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2007

Wednesday 21 February 2007

UNESCO thus endeavours to promote multilingualism, in particular in the education system, by encouraging the recognition and acquisition of at least three levels of language proficiency for all: a mother tongue, a national language and a language of communication. The promotion of linguistic and cultural diversity is supported by commitment to dialogue among peoples, cultures and civilizations. Diversity and dialogue, identity and alterity are indeed the primary elements of functional complementarity that should be ensured, through multilingualism, in its entirety. This requires harmonious use of the various languages that exist at the national and regional levels and strategies and plans that can promote languages in all situations of life.

overview of the various initiatives by the Southern Azerbaijani activists to celebrate the international day of mother tongue on 21 February 2007

Tuesday 20 February 2007

The overview report pools together various information items and aims to project an insight into the ongoing events in the context of the national movement of Southern Azerbaijan. We would like to express our gratitude to your organisations and other similar organisations for their role in defending the national and human rights of the nation of Southern

The History Of James Bond Movies (Agent 007)

Monday 19 February 2007

Connery’s departure led to a high-profile search for a new Bond. The winner was Australian model George Lazenby. No one was quite satisfied with Lazenby as 007, and the movie became his first and last appearance as Bond. The producers begged Sean Connery to return, and he did come back for one more film.

How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish

Saturday 17 February 2007

The memorandum concludes: “Many of the funds appear to have been lost to corruption and waste … thousands of ‘ghost employees’ were receiving pay cheques from Iraqi ministries under the CPA’s control. Some of the funds could have enriched both criminals and insurgents fighting the United States.”

Re: Arbitrarily Detained Southern Azerbaijanis at the Wake of the International Day of Mother Tongue

Friday 16 February 2007

Now we are at the wake of a new campaign for mother tongue organised by Southern Azerbaijani activists with calls to demonstrations and protests in various cities, e.g. Urmu and Erdebil, both provincial capitals of Southern Azerbaijan and Tebriz, the historic capital of Azerbaijan. Yet the Iranian authorities are in full gear towards suppression. For instance, student throughout Southern Azerbaijan are engaged to organise seminars and meetings in relation to the 21st of February Commemoration. The activists detailed below are already confirmed by reliable sources to have been detained:

Azerbaijanis are celebrating the 21st of Feb 2007, International Mother Language Day

Friday 16 February 2007

21st of Feb 2007 – 02 Esf 1385

Tebriz
16:00

Urmu
16:00

Erdebil
16:00

Qosha Chay
16:00

Sulduz
16:00

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