Month: June 2009

Italian Interior Minister defends patrols with “Fascist and Nazi-like symbols”

(Italy) Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni defends citizen patrols with “Fascist and Nazi-like symbols on its uniforms”
— Interior Minister Roberto Maroni
— “Italy’s interior minister defended plans Monday to allow citizen patrols to beef up security amid outrage over a new right-wing guard that has put Fascist and Nazi-like symbols on its uniforms.”
— “The Italian National Guard was launched at a news conference over the weekend, sparking outcry from the center-left opposition, Jewish groups, police unions and others that it evoked Italy’s fascist-era paramilitary Black Shirts.”

Iran Reports – June 16, 2009

(Iran) Hamas members helping Iran crush dissent, protesters claim
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1245184848467&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Iran’s Elections — A National Show Designed to Delay Democracy – by Walid Phares
— “no candidate opposing the ‘Islamist ideology’ can be granted the authorization to run.”
http://foxforum.blogs.foxnews.com/2009/06/14/phares_walid_iran_election/

Iranian Blog: Photo essay: Iranians in Los Angeles support protests in Iran
http://www.iranian.com/main/albums/rage-against-vote-rigging

Iranian Blog: “Islam and Freedom incompatible; Mousavi=Ahmadi”
http://www.iranian.com/main/node/67665

Iran Fails Again – by Melik Kaylan
— Kaylan: “This is no Islamic reformation.”
http://www.forbes.com/2009/06/15/iran-election-ahmadinejad-mousavi-opinions-contributors-islamic-reformation.html?feed=rss_news

(Iran) Obama Skeptical on Iran
— “President says difference between Ahmadinejad, challenger Mousavi ‘may not be as great as advertised'”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/16/obama-disputed-iran-election-reveals-changed-expectations-voters/

Iran Human Rights Documentation Center
— “As numerous examples have illustrated, the removal of an authoritarian regime does not necessarily lead to an improved human rights situation if institutions and civil society are weak, or if a culture of  human rights and democratic governance has not been cultivated.”
http://www.iranhrdc.org/httpdocs/English/homepage.htm

Iran’s supreme leader calls for national unity
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371116282&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(Iran) 7 civilians killed in Tehran during anti-Ahmadinejad rally
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/7-civilians-killed-in-Tehran-during-anti-Ahmadinejad-rally/articleshow/4660932.cms

(Iran) ‘Age of empires has ended’, Iran’s Ahmadinejad tells Russia summit
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Middle-East/Age-of-empires-has-ended-Irans-Ahmadinejad-tells-Russia-summit/articleshow/4662205.cms

(Iran) Rival demonstrations fill Tehran streets
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.protests/index.html?section=cnn_latest
— Iranian protesters duel in streets, online
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31380861/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/
— Thousands rally for, against Iranian government
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— ‘Mass opposition rally’ in Tehran
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103577.stm
— Iranians defy regime in second day of protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552851/Iranians-defy-regime-in-second-day-of-protests.html
— Iranians use Twitter to spread news of protests
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552158/Iranians-use-Twitter-to-spread-news-of-protests.html
— Eyewitness: A tale of two protests in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5552498/Eyewitness-A-tale-of-two-protests-in-Iran.html
— Iran to media: no cameras allowed
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/06/16/1967136.aspx

Iran bans foreign press from covering ‘unauthorised’ rallies
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Iran-bans-foreign-press/articleshow/4663539.cms

Iran rules out full recount as protests build again
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5550925/Iran-rules-out-full-recount-as-protests-build-again.html
— Iran to recount disputed election votes
—- “Thousands of Ahmadinejad supporters crowd streets of Tehran”
—- “Opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi rejects partial recount”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/16/iran.elections.protests/index.html
— Limited recount possible in Iran’s disputed vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090616/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Iranians suspicious of recount offer as Tehran goes on unofficial strike
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6510663.ece

(Iran) Shooting reported at mostly peaceful Moussavi protest rally
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/15/iran.elections.protests/index.html
— Hardliners open fire as tension grips Tehran
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6505842.ece
— Gunfire Erupts at Iranian Pro-Reform Protests, At Least 1 Killed
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526363,00.html
— Huge pro-reform rally defies crackdown threats
— “Gunfire from a compound used by pro-government militia killed one demonstrator”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
— Opposition leaders join thousands protesting in Iran
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5542075/Opposition-leaders-join-thousands-protesting-in-Iran.html

(Iran/U.S.) Lugar: American arms-length stance on Iran proper
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/kmsb20090616jc-lugariran-proper-arms-race.87d1ef7e.html
— September 26, 2008: Lugar’s promotion of the U.S. Muslim-Engagement Project calling for engagement
with the Extremist Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/rgl_us_muslim_engagement_dear_colleague.pdf
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html

Vermont: Professor linked to white pride

(U.S.) Vermont: Professor linked to white pride
— “Civil rights group says Griffin is a neo-Nazi; others disagree”
— “For more than 30 years, Robert S. Griffin has taught education courses at the University of Vermont.”
— “But when he is not in the classroom, Griffin is a prolific writer on the topic of white pride — and his books and essays are extremely popular among the white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements in the United States.”
— “Griffin, a tenured professor at the Burlington university, is the writer of a fawning biography of William Pierce, the late leader of the pro-white National Alliance movement, whose book, “The Turner Diaries,” an apocalyptic race war novel, inspired Timothy McVeigh.”
— “Griffin could not be reached for comment this week, by phone and e-mail, although he has defended his views to media outlets in the past. Nine years ago he told the Village Voice that he did not agree with Pierce and was simply a ‘conduit’ for his views.”
— But others take a far different perspective. ‘Dr. Griffin is a neo-Nazi,’ said Heidi Beirich, the director of research at the Southern Poverty Law Center, a civil rights organization that also tracks hate groups across the country. ‘Because of his writings, he’s a major player in the white supremacist and neo-Nazi movements.'”

Iran Reports – June 15, 2009

Iran protest cancelled as leaked election results show Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came third
— “Iran’s reformist presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi has called off a major rally to protest last Friday’s election results, amid claims police had been cleared to open fire on protesters”
— “In an effort to quell the rising tensions, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has ordered an investigation into claims of fraud in Friday’s disputed vote, according to Iranian state television”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5540211/Iran-protest-cancelled-as-leaked-election-results-show-Mahmoud-Amadinejad-came-third.html
— Iran supreme leader orders probe of vote fraud
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090615/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6502374.ece
— Ahmadinejad defiant as defeated rival protests vote
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090614/wl_afp/iranvote

(Iran) Tensions build in Teheran. Pro-Moussavi demonstrations “illegal”
http://www.asianews.it/index.php?l=en&art=15513&theme=5&size=A
— Hatred, chaos and savage beatings in Tehran
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.eyewitness/index.html
— Mousavi protest rally postponed in Tehran
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSEVA14340720090615
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3427665108
— Ahmadinejad Opponents Shout Protests From Rooftops
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526276,00.html

(Iran) Tear gas and Twitter: Iranians take their protests online
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.twitter/index.html

(Iran) Tehran Bureau Blogger News
http://tehranbureau.com/category/reporting-essays/
— Video of Tehran Riots
http://tehranbureau.com/video-tehran-riots/
— Twitter Web Site
http://twitter.com/tehranbureau
— Facebook Web Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRAN/18297877889

(Iran) Anti-Ahmadinejad supporters to protest today
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25637237-23109,00.html
— Mousavi supporters to rally in Tehran
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE55D04V20090615?rpc=401&
— Clashes in Iran reveal deep divide
— “Anti-Ahmadinejad protests appear to trigger counterreaction from his supporters”
— “International media prevented from covering demonstrations”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html
— Protests around world
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto
— Ahmadinejad defends re-election as violence continues in Teheran
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_390466.html
— Defeated Iranian reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for more protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html
— Poll rioters rip Iran apart as Ahmadinejad rounds up opposition leaders while insisting election wasn’t rigged
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192958/Poll-rioters-rip-Iran-apart-Ahmadinejad-rounds-opposition-leaders-insisting-election-wasnt-rigged.html
— Unrest challenges Iran’s republic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099884.stm
— ‘Anti-Ahmadinejad protests will die out’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371097557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

(U.S.) Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage Passed in House of Representatives

(U.S.) Legislation to Eliminate Child Marriage Passed in House of Representatives
— “The International Protecting Girls by Preventing Child Marriage Act of 2009, an initiative to end child marriage in developing countries, passed in the House of Representatives on a 235-187 vote last week as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act.”