Petition Tag - freedom

The state of New York has passed the NY SAFE Act, which has banned "high capacity" magazines, as well as "assault weapons", such as AR-15's.

See http://www.governor.ny.gov/2013/gun-reforms

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The Liberia National Police (LNP), acting on behalf of the Government of Liberia, arrested journalist Darlington C. Pelenah on July 29, 2012 and charged him, along with Benjamin Bokie Gbar and William Randolph, with the crimes of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.

The three were charged based on a complaint by an alleged victim Weeks Thomas that he and two others were held at gun point by the defendants and robbed of US$17,000.00. Weeks Thomas reported that one of his boys, Edwin Thomas was shot in the head by journalist Pelenah on the night of the alleged armed robbery.

Journalist Pelenah and the others were subsequently indicted by a grand jury on 12 counts and have been in detention at the Monrovia Central Prison since their arrest in July 2012.

Since the arrest and detention of journalist Pelenah and co-defendants, their trial has been suspended and postponed several times on flimsy excuses. Many people, including media practitioners, the defendants, and family members believe the repeated suspension and postponement of the trial is a deliberate violation of the right of the defendants to a fair and speedy trial in keeping with due process of law.

The action by the state puts the lives of journalist Pelenah and co-defendants at risk, as armed robbery is a capital office punishable by life imprisonment or death based on its degree.

Journalist Pelenah, Benjamin Bokie Gbar, and William Randolph are now in prolonged detention, crying out for freedom and justice.

Every single document and statement that the police and prosecution have issued so far in relation to the case lacks consistency, relevance and reliability. None of the defendants was arrested on the alleged crime scene. There are no forensic reports or on-the-scene photographs linking the defendants to the commission of the crimes for which they’ve been charged.

Accounts by the alleged victims, which formed the basis for the charges brought against journalist Pelenah and co-defendants, have also been grossly inconsistent.

Since journalist Pelenah’s arrest in July, 2012, the Government of Liberia has had many opportunities to prove its case beyond every reasonable doubt but have failed miserably. The government has employed every known legal trick to delay his trial, ranging from unexplainable postponement and suspension to disbandment of trial jury. By so doing, the Government of Liberia continues to deny him the right to a fair and speedy trial in keeping with due process of law.

Journalist Pelenah and co-defendants have all denied the charges and pleaded not guilty to the alleged crime. And, from all indications, the Government of Liberia does not have a case against and will go to great length to apply every known legal trick to delay their trial and keep them in detention for the rest of their lives.

As the government continues to fail to prove its case beyond all reasonable doubt, we request the unconditional release of journalist Pelenah and co-defendants.

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The Bill of Rights of 1688 contained, as its leading term, the right to bear arms. Back when Canada was technically still under English rule they allowed the citizens the right to bear arms for protection, so why not now?

According to the Canadian Charter of Rights And Freedoms, under the Constitution Act of 1982, under Legal Rights, Section 7; Life, Liberty and Security of Person: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice." Under Section 12; Treatment or Punishment: "Everyone has the right not to be subject to any cruel and unusual treatment or punishment."

When you read those 2 sections of the Canadian Charter of Rights And Freedoms, how can you argue that openly carrying a firearm is not safe? Would people commit crimes if they knew everyday citizens have the ability to stop them? I don't think so. We in Canada have what is called an "Authorization to Carry" license, however, the Provincial Chief Firearm Officers (CFO's) have agreed not to issue such licenses. The law in Canada says you can defend your life with equal force of your attacker, it also says the law acknowledges the possibility of an individual requiring a restricted handgun for protection from other individuals when police protection is insufficient.

It seems as if the government doesn't find human life valuable enough for Canadian citizens to obtain a legal permit to open carry. How can you defend your life with "equal force" if the person threatening your life has a gun & you don't? It seems like a double standard to allow Police, Attorneys, Judges, & Money couriers the right to bear arms for defensive purposes, but as private citizens, we don't have the right to do the same.

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OVER 1200 + SIGNATURES ON 1st PETITION
to view 1st petition click here: http://www.richarddiguglielmo.org/sign-letter/name-list-1

LETS GET THIS 2ND PETITION EVEN HIGHER

THE COALITION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, LABOR UNIONS, CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR THE RELEASE OF IMPRISONED NYPD OFFICER RICHARD DIGUGLIELMO

We are requesting your support for a clemency application of Richard DiGuglielmo, a veteran of the New York Police Department who was convicted of depraved indifference murder after a series of tragic events in which Officer DiGuglielmo shot and killed a man who had struck Officer DiGuglielmo's father with a metal baseball bat. Additional information about Officer DiGuglielmo and his case is available at http://www.richarddiguglielmo.org/

As you may know Officer DiGuglielmo was convicted of a murder stemming from a 1996 off-duty incident where he effectively saved his father's life. A New York State Supreme Court Justice subsequently released Officer DiGuglielmo in 2008 only for Officer DiGuglielmo's conviction to be re-instated after 20 months of freedom by a NYS Court of Appeals decision. A recent and probably final decision by the United States Court of Appeals has affirmed the NYS Court of Appeals decision. In the courts opinion they effectively stated that Officer DiGuglielmo's gun was a more serious threat than the baseball bat used to strike his Officer DiGuglielmo's father with TWICE! The court further opined, that Charles Campbell lacked intent to use the baseball bat as a deadly weapon because he never struck DiGuglielmo Sr. near the head or other vital area!

Article 35 of the NYS Penal Law effectively states: A person may use physical force upon another person when and to the extent he or she reasonably believes such to be necessary to defend himself, herself or a third person from what he or she reasonably believes to be the use or imminent use of unlawful physical force by such other person.

In People v. Talbert, the court held that an object as ordinary as a broom handle could be considered a weapon under the Penal Law if there exist the requisite intent to use the object unlawfully against another. The object in question was a broom handle…in Officer DiGUGLIELMO 'S CASE IT WAS A METAL BASEBALL BAT!

We have effectively come to a point of critical mass in relation to this case. The rulings by the NYS and Federal Appeals Courts in relation to this case have enormous ramifications nationwide for Police Officers, Peace Officers, and Citizens who may have to use deadly physical force. At this point there are no legal options left. We need your support in our effort to petition the NYS Governor Andrew M. Cuomo for clemency. We eagerly await your response.

ACT NOW….

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Iran is imprisoning and abusing an American pastor because of his faith. Iran, home of one of the world’s most radical Islamic regimes, is holding American Pastor Saeed Abedini because he is a Christian, refusing to release him, and subjecting him to unspeakable abuse.

At the ACLJ, we are launching an international campaign to free Pastor Saeed, and we need Americans to mobilize for religious liberty.

Urge the President, the State Department, and every Member of Congress to take a stand for an American Christian.

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Vermont criminal council web site shows that we have little to no murders by firearms. That no murders where from a person what got the firearm legally.

We are one of the safest states in the union. That gun bans only hurt the law abiding persons.

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Enough is enough! Aderonke Apata is a leader and fighter for women from all over the world and we stand together.

With a deep belief and care for the rights of women to liberty, dignity and respect, Aderonke - a lesbian woman from Nigeria - helped women know how to fight for their rights in Yarl’s Wood. A group of gay women including Aderonke, started a Movement for Justice group to bring women together – lesbian and straight – to tell the world the truth about the brutality of detention, the denial of justice, the mental torture, the lack of real healthcare.

In October 2012 the women witnessed a detainee (Chirstine N) being dragged by male guards screaming and naked through the corridors to be deported. It lead to a protest, in which the a mass meeting was called in the canteen, and Adreonke read out the demands the MFJ group had drafted. The demands told about the terrible conditions in Yarl's Wood, the lack of justice, and added the demand for Christine's return from the airport, and were voted for unanimously. Women in the canteen, and more who were held in the corridors outside - over 200 - took this stand for the dignity and humanity of all.

Aderonke has since been beaten, and moved to a prison on no charge, to separate her from the other women and disrupt their unity.

In Yarl’s Wood there are women of every background: gay and straight, young and old, disabled or ill, pregnant, trafficked, raped, tortured, beaten, forced into marriage, mothers and grand mothers. Being sent back to home countries means being sent into the hands of oppressors and abusers, it is a death sentence.

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The war on cannabis began in the United States in the early 1900's and has proven to be a failed policy that has shown no progress and has only resulted in the arrests of millions of U.S. citizens and labeled them as "criminals" causing lifelong social consequences, thus exacerbating a problem that belongs in the category of public health and not law enforcement.

Medical marijuana is now legal in 18 states and Washington D.C. and marijuana has been fully legalized in 2 more states. Legalization is overwhelmingly supported by people under the age of 40 who have seen firsthand accounts of the social consequences that result from the arrests of so many people because they use a relatively harmless substance when compared to other potentially harmful substances such as fast food, sodas, alcohol, hard drugs etc.

Congress has continually shown no interest in addressing this issue due to the fact that re-election is more important these days than addressing the real problems that our country faces and they are simply too afraid of being seen as "soft" on drugs even though the public is increasingly sick and tired of wasting resources on this losing battle.

The most common sense way that we, the people, can solve this issue is to use our constitutional right of jury nullification when we are called on to serve in a jury related to potential marijuana convictions.

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Sam Lloyd is being deported for a crime he has already served time for. Sam has lived in the U.S. for 25 and knows no other life.

Sam legally entered the U.S. from England when he was 7 years old. Sam's crime was not a violent offense. Nor was it drug related. Sam has a daughter that was born in the U.S. His family is here. He has nothing left for him in England.

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The Declaration of an Independent Internet
Drafted July 4, 1995 and updated December 3, 2012 to Guide Us to a Safe Internet without Censorship.

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Mrs. Obama has been very serious to get children to eat better and healthier school lunches, going as far as trying to regulate what children are forced to eat in school is a violation of human basic freedom of choice.

The social indoctrination is dumbing down children by telling them what they must pick and eat from the lunch cafeteria by masking it by a choice they have to make, have one or the other and no other choice. Does this mean that parents are not able to teach their children what is good for them? Is the Government the way to go that knows what is best for us?

Don’t misunderstand this petition, we are not trying to remove healthy foods from school cafeteria, but our children should be able to choose whether they want to get vegetables, fruits or neither. Dictating a child to pick one or the other is not a choice but coerce a child to do something against their will, another form of indoctrination by giving a “choice”; a painted illusion of freedom of choosing not the children’s term or their own free will. When the government gets involved with people’s affairs there is always money wasting, abuse, stifling peoples freedom/rights, and corruption. If you force someone to take the vegetable or fruit without a third choice they will end up in the trash, needless to say that is money wasted that can be used for other educational purpose. What is next? Have a “garbage police” to ensure the children will eat and not waste the vegetables or fruits.

The government has grown crafty by painting a picture that we have freedom but what people don’t understand is the government is manipulate people through fear and other tactics. Here is one good example, 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Patriot Act was initiated and our privacy rights were taken for the good of “freedom” aka “Freedom through Fear Tactics”. The new fear is child obesity that needed to be addressed and force a child to eat what the big government says is best for them. This is another right and freedom a child/human being no longer has to enjoy, needless to say, one less parent right to educate their child on what is healthy or not.

Our concern is that the United States of America has started to become more like a Nanny State since the cold war has been over. Our freedom have been under constant attack not by enemy forces but by the malignant cancer that the government have formed by systematically taking our freedom away with fear tactics, dividing people in many labeled groups, i.e. liberals, conservatives, religious fanatics, crazies, encouraging and advocating multiculturalism, and no assimilation. This is the best way to keep all Americans dumbed down and divided therefore the government will not fear people because we are not one voice but many confused people running around like “a chicken with its head cut off”.

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This film provides incredibly important insight into the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the political philosophy from which it sprang, and its inevitable results.

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It has come to light that Northwestern University is severing its ties with the Tannenbaum Chabad House. During a meeting this July with Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin, he was told to “resign from [his] position at Chabad House and leave Evanston,” and that if he did not heed this warning, that Northwestern would end its association with him and Chabad house.

The University’s stated reason, having to do with violations of Northwestern’s alcohol policies, has yet to be backed by any proof or evidence. Despite the unfounded nature of these claims, Rabbi Klein is now cut off from the Northwestern community. It is likely that he will be forced to leave his posts as faculty adviser at Alpha Epsilon Pi, faculty fellow at the Communications Residential College, and University chaplain. As a result, this page was made to support Rabbi Klein’s struggle to stay a part of Northwestern’s community.

The University’s decision to end its relationship with Chabad House and Rabbi Klein will have a purely negative impact on not just the Northwestern Jewish community, but also the Northwestern community as a whole. As a university chaplain, Rabbi Klein worked to foster understanding between faith groups across campus, while as a faculty adviser/fellow at Alpha Epsilon Pi and the Communications Residential College he has improved the lives of countless students with his wisdom and experience at Northwestern. In addition to these University posts, Rabbi Klein also lobbied for the creation of the kosher station at Allison, where students who keep kosher, halal, or simply enjoy eating kosher food can eat as a part of their University meal plan.

However, Rabbi’s accomplishments go far beyond his various posts at Northwestern. The Tannenbaum Chabad House is not just a normal house; it is a second home for Northwestern’s Jewish students, as well as a place of prayer, celebration, meditation, and happiness. Similarly, Rabbi Klein is not just a Rabbi or chaplain; he is a role model, an adviser, a mediator, a teacher, and most importantly a friend, who has positively influenced students, both Jewish and non-Jewish, over the past 27 years.

Northwestern’s disassociation will bring his nearly three decades of service to Northwestern to a screeching halt, making it much more difficult to continue his great and noble work at Northwestern and in the Evanston community. Join this page to show your support for Rabbi Klein and his struggle to stay a part of the Northwestern community.

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It has come to light that Northwestern University is severing its ties with the Tannenbaum Chabad House. During a meeting this July with Vice President of Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin, he was told to “resign from [his] position at Chabad House and leave Evanston,” and that if he did not heed this warning, that Northwestern would end its association with him and Chabad house. The University’s stated reason, having to do with violations of Northwestern’s alcohol policies, has yet to be backed by any proof or evidence. Despite the unfounded nature of these claims, Rabbi Klein is now cut off from the Northwestern community. It is likely that he will be forced to leave his posts as faculty adviser at Alpha Epsilon Pi, faculty fellow at the Communications Residential College, and University chaplain. As a result, this page was made to support Rabbi Klein’s struggle to stay a part of Northwestern’s community.

The University’s decision to end its relationship with Chabad House and Rabbi Klein will have a purely negative impact on not just the Northwestern Jewish community, but also the Northwestern community as a whole. As a university chaplain, Rabbi Klein worked to foster understanding between faith groups across campus, while as a faculty adviser/fellow at Alpha Epsilon Pi and the Communications Residential College he has improved the lives of countless students with his wisdom and experience at Northwestern. In addition to these University posts, Rabbi Klein also lobbied for the creation of the kosher station at Allison, where students who keep kosher, halal, or simply enjoy eating kosher food can eat as a part of their University meal plan.

However, Rabbi’s accomplishments go far beyond his various posts at Northwestern. The Tannenbaum Chabad House is not just a normal house; it is a second home for Northwestern’s Jewish students, as well as a place of prayer, celebration, meditation, and happiness. Similarly, Rabbi Klein is not just a Rabbi or chaplain; he is a role model, an adviser, a mediator, a teacher, and most importantly a friend, who has positively influenced students, both Jewish and non-Jewish, over the past 27 years.

Northwestern’s disassociation will bring his nearly three decades of service to Northwestern to a screeching halt, making it much more difficult to continue his great and noble work at Northwestern and in the Evanston community. Join this page to show your support for Rabbi Klein and his struggle to stay a part of the Northwestern community.

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Miguna Miguna, former adviser to Prime Minister Raila Odinga on matters of the coalition government, has written a book called Peeling Back the Mask that is critical of his ex-boss.

Over the last few months since the book came out, we've witnessed a brazen attempt to silence Mr. Miguna, with supporters of Raila Odinga resorting to violence against Miguna and even his family.

Prime Minister Odinga has not spoken to his followers to urge restrain and neither has President Mwai Kibaki acknowledged that we're witnessing a fundamental infringement on a citizen's right to free speech in broad daylight.

It's a upon you to lend your voice to this. Whether or not you agree with Miguna, please sign this petition. This level of intolerance has no place in a democracy;

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We are being lied to in our faces. Our planet is being used up because it is cheaper for them to do so. We have the means and the will. Now it is time to request what is rightfully ours.

OUR PLANET.

This is the Future Manifesto.

It only asks for a chance.

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To whom it may concern,

My name is Mike Freedman. I am a husband, and a father of two girls under the age of 7. Through a series of events, I became disabled with nerve damage in my lower back and left leg. I am consequently left unable to walk a single step or stand. The intense pain I feel every minute of every day is only mildly kept down by a host of drugs, most of which are morphine based.

Due to my disability and its nature, I have been privileged to have been loaned a car under the Uk’s Motability scheme. Thanks to this my life and thus my family’s life, has been greatly improved. I am able to get to appointments, get hospital attention when I need it, see my friends, visit my family and basically – have a life.

As it is the end of the car’s lease, it has to go back. It is normal procedure, however, that towards the end of the lease you ensure that another Motability car lease is in place to enable continuity of service. We, however were told a few months ago by Motability that although they would allow me to have another car, they would not let my wife drive it due to Motability not willing to insure her. So far, despite our best efforts, we have been unable to reinstate my wife. My wife is my main carer and driver and we so desperately need her back with a car as life without this necessity is unthinkable.

We are looking for support from the community in the hope of getting Motability and their insurers RSA to revoke their decision. We are looking to get as many signatures / emails as possible. Every single offer of support is exactly what we urgently need as the car is due to go back this Friday (27/07).

Thanking you in advance,

Mike Freedman

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حجاب چیست!؟

[ حجاب ] عبارت است از؛ [ اتهام به مردان ]، که به
محکومیت و اشدّ [ مجازات برای زنان ] منتهی‌ میشود!
در نتیجه [ حجاب ] ، [ توهین ] مستقیم به مردان، و
نهایت [ بی‌ عدالتی ] نسبت به زنان است ...!

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چرا "نه" به حجاب!؟

[حجاب] مانند دیگر لایه‌ها و بخش‌های ادیان، به ویژه [مجموعه قوانین ضّد انسانی‌ اسلام]، دروغی بیش نیست!
در [دمکراسی]، [دروغ] جایگاهی نداشته و هرگز پرورش نمی‌یابد، [روشنگری] یکی‌ از پایه‌های دموکراسی محسوب شده که از جمله وظایف [افراد دمکرات]، برای پدید آوردن یک [جامعه دمکراتیک] است...

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افشای استراتژی رهبران حکومت اسلامی درباره حجاب:

"حجاب، اتهام مردان، محکومیت زنان"

با توجه به ماه‌های پایانی دولت دهم، حکومت اسلامی برای پایداری بیشتر، دوباره محتاج رأی مردم خواهد بود. پس در اندیشهٔ ساز و کاری دیگر است، تا به ویژه ذهن جوانان شتاب زده را اسیر و منحرف کرده تا به اهداف ضّد انسانی‌ و ضّد میهنی خود که برآیندِ چپاولِ ثروت‌های ملی‌ است، بپردازد.
از سال ۱۳۵۷ تا سال ۱۳۸۸ یعنی افزون بر سه‌ دهه، متأسفانه فریب دادن مردم، برای رژیم، با وجود جنگی که به راه انداخته بود و نیز رشد باورهای ابلهانه مذهبی‌، کار چندان سختی نبود. حتما خیلی‌‌ها به یاد می‌آورند که تا قبل از دورهٔ آخوند محمد خاتمی، گاهی برای جذب مردم به پای صندوق‌های رأی، حتا با اعلام چند کوپنِ پی‌ در پی‌ و یا افتتاح تعدادی پروژهٔ نیمه کاره، به اصطلاح، موفق به حضور ملت، در صحنه می‌شدند. در دورهٔ هفتم که مردم به ستوه آمده بودند و از طرفی‌ حکومت به واسطه عملیات‌های تروریستی برون مرزی، دخالت‌ها و تهدید‌ها در منطقه، وجه سیاسی بسیار نامناسبی را در دنیا به خود گرفته بود، این جانیان از حیله‌هایی‌ به نام تشکیل دولت اصلاحات برای فرو کشیدن خشم مردم، در داخل و طرح دروغین گفتگوی تمدن ها، در فراسوی مرزها برای سر پوش گذاشتن بر نقض گسترده حقوق بشر، بهره گرفتند، که شوربختانه عملی‌ هم شد.

اما سال ۸۸ وضع کمی‌ متفاوت بود، پس مجبور بودند از روش‌های تازه تری مثل تأیید صلاحیت و رقابت میر حسین موسوی به عنوان گنجشکک اشی مشی‌ با حوضی‌ سبز رنگ و خلاصه چند شب آزاد‌ی سطحی و ابتدایی دادن، که باعث تحریک جوانان میشد، سود جویند تا ماجرا را به مرحله‌ای که میخواهند، برسانند، یعنی "افزایش تعداد رأی دهندگان به حکومت اسلامی"... .
البته صرف نظر از انتخاب کاندیدای مورد نظر ملت، که در حقیقت، فرق چندانی هم نداشت، چرا که حکومت تبهکار اسلامی در راس دولت قرار دارد، بنابراین فرد یک مهره است، حال به فرض محال که نیک‌ باشد، مانند عروسکی میماند فاقد مغز، که سیستم آن را هدایت می‌کند. بدیهیست وقتی‌ خواست مردم جامعه در برابر رهبر یا ولایت مطلقهٔ فقیه بی‌ اعتبار باشد، مسلما دولت، فرمایشی و نمایشی تشکیل میشود. در حقیقت این ساده لوحی صِرف است که افراد جامعه‌ای با داشتن حکومت ولایتی، سی‌ سال، هر بار به امید بهتر شدن اوضاع، بین بد و بدتر یکی‌ را انتخاب کرده و به شکل خودکار رژیم را حمایت کنند! این نکته جای کمی‌ تامل دارد!

به هر جهت تردیدی نیست که به زودی شرایط برای دستگاه حکومتی، کمی‌ پیچیده تر شود. با گذشت ۳ سال از تمام تلخی‌ ها، فشار‌ها و ناکامی ها، امروز جوانان بیشتری نسبت به دو نکته که عبارتند از؛ حقوق خویش و فریبکاری‌های حکومت، آگاه شده‌اند به همین منظور عوامل حکومتی با استفاده از بازوان خود، یعنی "اصلاح طلبان" که من آنها را "فرصت طلبان" خطاب می‌کنم، برای جذب مردم، مقاصد شوم دیگری را در پیش گرفته اند، از جمله "حجاب اختیاری"، که از موضوعات حساس و در عین حال مورد پسند جوانتر‌ها به شمار میرود. با وجود اینکه پوشش‌های غیر عادی و بیجا، خود از مهمترین راه‌های سرکوب زنان است، همچنین یکی‌ از دلایل موثر در عدم برابری و تبعیض جنسیتی محسوب میشود، با این حال طرح این مسئله ''حجاب اختیاری'' از طرف حکومت و توسط بخشی از اپوزیسیون که ساخته و پرداخته حاکمیت است، تنها ترفند تازه ایست تا ضمن سرگرم کردن جوانان نسبت به موضوع و بازی گرفتن چند مهره جدید، در نهایت مشروعیت و بقای بیشتری به دستگاه ضّد بشری خود ببخشند!

اساسا حجاب، یک الزامیست برای زنان، در مقابل مردان! در چنین ایدئولوژی مردان، خطا کار و مجرم شناخته میشوند. اما به جان آنان، این زنان هستند که به اشد مجازات می رسند.
به زبان ساده تر می‌توان گفت؛ حجاب، محکومیتِ زندان برای زنان به لحاظ اتهامی است که به مردان وارد میشود، پس حجاب اوج بی‌ عدالتی نسبت به زنان و توهین مستقیم به مردان است. حال حتا اختیاری نامیدن آن، تنها واپس گرایی و بی خردی محض بوده و شیوهٔ دیگری برای نشر جهالت است. مهم تر آنکه عدم یا اختیاری بودن آن به طور کلی‌ با اساس قوانین اسلامی که تغییر ناپذیر است، تناقض شدید دارد. بنابراین به سادگی‌ می‌توان دریافت که مطرح کردن پوشش اختیاری، صرفاً یک استراتژی بوده که بی‌ شک، تاریخِ مصرف خواهد داشت. مثل تمام وعده‌های سردمداران رژیم اسلامی، که اندک زمانی‌ پس از رسیدن به هدف، فراموش میگردد، و گاه بازگو کردن آن جرم قلمداد میشود! حجاب اختیاری هرگز نمی‌تواند گرانی، فقر، فحشا، دزدی، بیماری و بیشمار مشکلات عمده که مسبب آنها خود حکومت است، را از بین ببرد.

مردم ایران نباید بیش از ۳۳ سال جنایات اسلامی را از یاد ببرند. کشتار خادمان راستین به ایران در آغاز انقلاب جاهلان، سوزاندن مردم در سینما رکس آبادان، قتل عام هم وطنان در کردستان، اعدام صد‌ها آزادی خواه در جریان کودتای شاهرخی، شکنجه، تجاوز و کشتار ده‌ها هزار زندانی سیاسی یا عقیدتی‌، به خاک و خون کشیدن صد‌ها هزار تن‌ از مردم در ایجاد توطئه جنگ با عراق، آسیب‌های غیر قابل جبران یا مرگ سالانه هزاران نفر به خاطر بی‌ کفایتی در مدیریت، نارسایی‌ها و انواع فشار‌ها در جامعه و موارد بی‌انتها که فقط گوشه‌ای از ابتکارات و افتخارات رهبران اسلامیست. در این جا این پرسش به میان می‌‌آید که چگونه می‌توان از این همه فجایع و ویرانی گذشت و در برابر آن سکوت اختیار کرد...!؟
اینک بایستی همگان خود را مجهز به سپر خردمندی کنیم، که من آنرا پیش از این "رزم نوین" نامیدم. خرد برترین راهیست که سرانجام دشمن را به زانو در خواهد آورد و به طور قطع، رزمی که با تکیه بر نیروی اندیشه راه گشاید، بهای کمتری می‌پردازند.
امید است تا ایرانیان به خصوص جوانان از هم اکنون ضمن تحریم انتصابات، در مسیر راه ده‌ها هزار نفر ایرانی‌ که با شجاعت و روشن بینی‌ برای آزادی و بازستانی میهن، جان سپرده اند، گام بردارند و "نه" به حکومت اسلامی را بانگ سر دهند.

زنده باد هوشیاران، یاران

کاسپین ماکان
تیر ماه ۱۳۹۱

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به کمپین بین المللی نه به حجاب بپیوندید و تصاویر خود را نیز برای همراهی با ما به آدرس زیر ارسال کنید:
notohijab@gmail.com

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The Congress of America has and is failing to legislate effectively due to partisan politics, back door deals, corruption, and the entrenchment of incumbent representatives who are aided by unlimited money donations from special interest groups and Big Business. We have a government that is of the people, but no longer is it for the people.

The book: Throw Them All Out; by Peter Schweizer, published in 2011, clearly documents the corruption in the Congressional Ethics Committee.

The massive government deficit is in danger of destabilizing the entire global economy and for four years our representatives have done nothing.

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I was a regular Cafe Nero Customer until today.
They have now twice restricted my ability to view web pages which their Cloud Web Provider blocks for containing Alternative Spiritual Beliefs.

So there is no surprises that they deliberately restrict any viewpoint that they consider as differing from their own.

Please See here:
http://www.ishtarsgate.com/forum/showthread.php?2866-Is-Cafe-Nero-owned-by-the-Vatican

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The Government paid the banks money to help the people out on the loans and we have not seen any help.

I have ask Wells Fargo to work with me on my loan they told me they could not help me. I pay when I can and they just keep charging late fees to my loan and I keep paying.

We need to stand up and fight for our rights to have a home and stay in it. Help me with this.

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الشاب البطل علي محمود عثمان المعروف "بالجد", ذو الأربع وثلاثين ربيعاً صاحب القلب الطيب, الأخ الأكبر لنا ...
كان بائعاً للخضار قبل الثورة يعتاش من عمله المتواضع في السوق في بابا عمرو, كان من أوائل الثائرين ضد الظلم والطغيان في سوريا, وأول عمل له في الثورة السورية كان كمتظاهر أمام نيران القناصة ودبابات النظام السوري .
ثم قام الناشط علي عثمان بمشاركة أصدقائه بالعمل في مجال الإعلام وكمصور ميداني لتصوير المظاهرات في حي بابا عمرو والأحداث فيها .
ومن اشهر واقوى ما التقتطه كميرته هو اول فيدو للقصف حيث علق فيه قائلا:
باباعمرو تقصف ...أين أنتم يا عرب
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jipWA3nCmsA
باباعمرو تقصف أين أنتم يا عرب :اول فيدو قصف يلتقط

وحياته أثناء الثورة كلها كانت خطراً بخطر ... وأشدها حين تم قصف المكتب الاعلامي في حي بابا عمرو مرتين ..
القصف الأول:قصف المكتب الاعلامي وعلي عثمان موجود وصوته واضح وهو يقول طفو كميرة البث المباشر كشفو المكان
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-Muq7q58H4
فيديو اثتاء قصف المكتب الأعلامي
وساعد بأسعاف جرحى ونقل قتلى ناتجة عن قصف المكتب الاعلامي
http://www.mediafire.com/?988ci7utpkc76mt

في القصف الثاني للمركز الاعلامي الذي أدى لمقتل الصحفيين ماري كولفن وريمي اوشليك وجرح اثنين من الناشطين من المكتب الاعلامي في الحي .
حيث عرض نفسه للخطر الكبير بأنقاذ الجرحى وتصوير مقتل الصحفيين (ماري كولفن-ريمي اوشلك) بعد دقائق من مقتلهم غير مكترث بالقصف المستمر
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW4ixWz4qhg
مقتل الصحفيين بعد قصف المكتب الاعلامي

الناشط الاعلامي والصحفي علي محمود عثمان من المكتب الاعلامي تم اعتقاله في حلب
بعد ان خرج من باباعمرو مجبرا ونحن في المكتب الاعلامي نناشد المنظمات الحقوقية والانسانية
في جميع انحاء العالم كما اتحاد الصحفيين العرب والأمم المتحدة بالتدخل السريع لأنقاذ حياة الناشط علي عثمان
الذي تعرض لأشد انواع التعذيب منذ اعتقاله الى الان وكما نحمل المسؤولية الكاملة للنظام السوري
عن أي مكروه قد يصيبه علما أن الصحفي علي عثمان كان يساعد بأسعاف الجرحى وله دور كبير بأنقاذ حياة الصحفيين:
ايدت بوفييه
باول كونري
ويليام دانييل
خافيير
كما انه معروف لدى الصحافة الذين دخلوا حي باباعمرو بما أنه كان يرافقهم بجولاتهم في الحي.
و قام الصحفي علي عثمان بعمل بطولي وعرض حياته للخطر الكبير بأن قام بنقل المجزرة التي
حصلت بالصحفيين الى وسائل الاعلام العربية والاجنبية بعد قصف المكتب الاعلامي بالصواريخ بدقائق قليلة :
ماري كولفن
ريمي اوشلك
والنشطاء الذين كان وباقي الصحفيين بداخل المكتب الاعلامي.

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The arrest of Rachid Nini was unfair as it was clearly a political message of punishment sent by those who wish anything but to see Morocco develop into a truly democratic and modern country.

By attacking one of the freest and boldest voices in the Moroccan national media, some public are deeply challenging the spirit of reforms initiatives undertaken by the Moroccan highest authority.

It is totally incomprehensible and just wrong to witness in the twentieth century especially in Morocco, a journalist that stands for values of freedom and justice, being pursued under the criminal code while the profession has its own code, the code of the press that governs it.

The Moroccan authorities had the option of conducting any kind of investigation related to Rachid Nini under the press code without having to take him in custody and treat him as a common criminal.

Rachid Nini was accused of “criticizing the head of the Moroccan security services” and “locating the secret detention center of Temara” and therefore charged with “representing a threat to national security”.
It’s clear that the Moroccan law is crying out for some serious reforms: criticizing security services should not be considered a violation of law, especially when the purpose of doing so is to enlighten the public opinion in the context of transparency and good governance.

The historic royal speech of March 9th was warmly welcomed by other countries, who admired Morocco’s initiative of changing into a more democratic system without any bloodshed or major revolution. In fact, many signs led to believe that Morocco has truly entered the era of change through anti corruption control, a new architecture of human rights, as well as the release of several political prisoners. However, the arrest of Rachid Nini and the serious accusations and the unfair sentence is clearly showing the influence of some key figures who are trying at all costs to prevent the positive change from taking place for fear of losing their personal acquisitions or comfortable positions.

In Morocco Rachid Nini is famous for being one of the few courageous voices in the media, daily reporting in his column "tchouf tchouf" the injustice, repression and the corruption within the government.

His custody was simply due to the publication of numerous articles in which he has published information on Hammouchi Abdellatif, Head of the Moroccan National Security. His articles also criticized the abuses suffered by detainees kept in the secret detention center. His columns also attacked corruption in the judicial system. Also, among the charges held against him was his request the authorities to repeal the anti-terrorism law.

Rachid Nini was pursued under the criminal law instead of the press code that should have been applied but was unfortunately put aside for political reasons.

On January 19th 2011, Rachid Niny, received the 2012 Oxfam Novib/PEN Award honoring his courage in journalism.

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The Western Cape has existed as a province of South Africa since it was coerced into the union in 1910. Since then oppressive legislation such as Apartheid, BEE and many more brought on by both the NP and the ANC. We have finally had enough!

Experts have surmised that not only is the Cape economically viable to survive on its own, it would also become much more successful. Cape governments have also proven that they are much more capable of governing the Cape than the current regime.

The Cape does not only desire to secede, it needs to. If we are to create a better society, we need to do it within a new nation: a Cape Federation.

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We all know that Super Junior and Girls' Generation have a wonderful relationship between them, but their fans, SONE and ELF not.

They fight if they don't win the award, when a Suju member or a Soshi member talk to each other, but the one who started the fanwar are the TROLLS. So please, can't we just stop the war and start our relationship new?

And anyways, all other people hear always bad things about out relationship and it is bad for us too, they don't want to join the fandom because they hear they fight a lot...

Don't you want to fight together? SM entertainment together? Super Generation together? You all know that Super Junior and Girl's Generation are the most successful k-pop group, but when we work together we will be unreachable.

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The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act of 1901 is a foundation document enacted by the British Parliament.

Only 8 referendums have been successful in over the 110 years the Constitution has operated. The Constitution today had been marginalized by legislative superiority.
[R v Kirby; Ex parte Boilermakers Society of Australia (1955-56) 94 CLR 254; (1956-57) 95 CLR 529; (1957) AC 288]

The Constitution contains may archaic and incompatible sections to Common and Natural laws.

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Occupy Nelson started as a community response to the call for world wide action in solidarity with thousands of Occupy camps around the world to demand the end of global economic injustice.

As corporations record massive profits, more and more of us are in debt, living pay check to paycheck, are unemployed or underemployed, living in shelters or on the street. At the same time governments are gutting social services and refusing to protect the environment. We are in unity with the growing consensus that the top 1% of the world should not control and dominate the remaining 99%! We are all the 99%!

Recently, as there has been pressure to close down the encampments all over Canada, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association has sent out a press release stating that "Freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association are core democratic rights that are protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Without robust protection for these rights, many other rights become meaningless."

We believe we must allow the movement and the camp to continue in order defend the rights of all Canadians.

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The Palestinian people need our unconditional support. If you visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestinian_State, you can find many countries and people are ready to declare their support for a Palestinian State.

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It is the civic duty of every citizen to hold their government accountable when it betrays the public trust and when it demonstrably fails to exercise its prescribed powers. When those elected behave as though they are above the law and abandon their Oath of Office to uphold and defend the Constitution, it remains for the people to demand justice for the wrongs committed against them.

The Indian Trail Town Council, and staff, have continued to engage in unethical, unlawful, immoral, and illegal actions. The following list of offenses provides sufficient probable cause to investigate the culture of corruption that pervades local government, which endangers the people's unalienable rights to “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The intent of this petition is to begin the process of restoring an open and transparent government to the Town of Indian Trail, North Carolina.

Citation of Offenses

Inspection and Examination of Records: Repeated secreting, tampering, editing, manipulation, and mishandling of official documents pertaining to alleged embezzlement of up to $400,000.00 by a former staff member.

Defrauding the Public: Deliberate misrepresentation of facts regarding said embezzlement, characterizing it as a payroll discrepancy where no such evidence exists.

Racketeering: Undocumented payments to a former mayor.

Coercion: Former staff member intimated or directly threatened civil action against anyone on the council who divulged criminal activities.

Bribery: Former staff member was paid, and gag ordered, to remain silent.

Usurpation of Authority: Council members unlawfully attempted to evict the mayor from a meeting by ordering a Sheriff's deputy to forcefully remove him.

Acts of Intimidation, Defamation of Character, and Reckless Endangerment: Council members engaged in malicious slander and libel via social media, like Facebook, and on a regional radio program. Council members condoned acts of violence against resident(s) by poisoning drinks and use of guns.

Manipulation of official meeting recordings: Town Clerk deleted a section of publicly posted recording of a meeting at the instruction of a councilman.

Contempt toward residents: Council members used condescending and derogatory comments via official town email.

Boycotted Meetings: Council members boycotted duly announced meetings.

Secret meetings: Council members attended unannounced, private meetings where they accounted as a quorum or where the public had a right to be present.

Conflict of Interest: Council members have an appearance of impropriety whereby business before the Council may be unduly influenced to benefit select constituents.

Undue Influence: Council members campaigns and business ties funded by developers.

Closed Sessions: Voting on actions and closed-door discussions regarding personnel for questions of character that must be publicly exercised in Open Sessions.

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