Author: R.E.A.L.

Iran Reports – July 2, 2009

(Iran) AP: “Iran’s reformists call Islamic regime illegitimate”
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090702/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election_625

Iran arrests 7 allegedly tied to exiles in France
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31711133/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran
— “Human rights worker says fear ‘has permeated society’ in Iran”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/02/iran.information/index.html

Iran says arrested Newsweek journalist has ‘confessed’ — Maziar Bahari
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/middleeast/2009/July/middleeast_July44.xml&section=middleeast
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/01/iran.newsweek/index.html?section=cnn_latest
— NEWSWEEK issues Statement on Maziar Bahari and calls for his immediate release
http://www.newsweek.com/id/204899
http://www.newsweek.com/id/203036?tid=relatedcl

India: Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377

(India) Muslim leaders unite against move to repeal Section 377
— a “development that could sap the government’s enthusiasm for a relook at the law criminalising homosexuality”
— India Muslim leaders: “We are shocked to see reports in the media that the Union government is considering the repeal of Section 377 of the IPC, which means making homosexuality legal”

— Related Times of India report

— AP: “‘This Western culture cannot be permitted in our country,’ said Maulana Khalid Rashid Farangi Mahali, a leading Muslim cleric in the northern city of Lucknow.”

— India ends ban on homosexuals
— “An Indian court has overturned a 148-year-old colonial law banning homosexual relationships saying it was an affront to human dignity.”

—  Full text of Delhi HC judgment (PDF)

Communist China and NBC: “The new New York is Beijing” – by “Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer”

(Communist China) NBC: “The new New York is Beijing” – by “Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer”
— NBC’s Adrienne Mong ignores that inconvenient thing called “freedom”
— this is the same NBC that reported the most memorable thing about Tiananmen Square was its size
— NBC: “At 1,000 acres, Tiananmen Square in Beijing is the world’s largest public square – the size as 75 football fields.”

— Other R.E.A.L. news and articles on totalitarianism

Free-Us-Now.com on Women’s Majority on Equal Rights and Misogyny as Hate Crime

Free-Us-Now: states:
“Women don’t all have to agree on All issues but we do have to agree:”
“All women deserve Equal Rights under The Constitution of the US”
“& VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN”
“Is a hate crime and should be adjudicated as such.”
“Here are some web sites where you can get more information, including sample letters- Please urge Congress to fund these organizations.:

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence

National Network to End Domestic Violence

National Center for Victims of Crime

National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators

Family Violence Prevention Fund

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Associated blog by Free-Us-Now
Free-Me-Now Blog

Mississippi: Judge allows Mississippi cold case of black teenagers killed by Ku Klu Klan (KKK)

(U.S.) Mississippi: Judge allows Mississippi cold case of black teenagers killed by Ku Klu Klan (KKK)
— Clarion Ledger reports: “U.S. District Judge Tom Lee has rejected a defense request to throw out a lawsuit filed against Franklin County by the families of two black teenagers killed by the Ku Klux Klan 45 years ago.”
— “It is the first such lawsuit filed to clear the hurdle of the statute of limitations since unpunished killings from the civil rights era since cases began to be reopened in 1989.”
— “‘This is a landmark case — an extremely significant case,’ said Jackson lawyer Dennis Sweet, a lawyer for the families of Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, who were abducted and beaten by Klansmen on May 2, 1964, before being drowned in an old portion of the Mississippi River.”
— “Reputed Klansman James Ford Seale is serving three life sentences for kidnapping and conspiracy in the case. His lawyers are appealing that conviction.”
— “Lawyers defending Franklin County called the killings ‘abhorrent’ but insisted the Klan was solely responsible: ‘There is no genuine evidence which exists linking the sheriff of Franklin County to the events alleged.'”
— “The judge quoted from a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision, which found that the statute of limitations ‘does not run until the plaintiff is in possession of the ‘crucial facts’ that he has been hurt and the defendant is involved.'”
— “The lawsuit brought by the families’ lawyers — Sweet, Warren Martin, Margaret Burnham and Charles Ogletree — said the then-Franklin County Sheriff Wayne Hutto and Deputy Kirby Shell conspired with the Klan to commit these crimes, refused to investigate after and then covered up their evil deeds.”

— See als0 – Jackson Free Press:  Dee, Moore Lawsuit Goes Forward