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Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked to learn of the death two days ago of the netizen Sattar Beheshti, six days after he was arrested and taken into custody in Tehran. His family learned of the tragic news in a message to his mother asking her to collect the body the next day. Beheshti was believed to have died under torture while he was being interrogated. Reporters Without Borders urges the Iranian authorities to clarify the exact circumstances of the netizen’s death and calls on the international community not to allow this crime to go unpunished. “The Tehran government is an egregious example of the triumph of impunity,” the press freedom organization said. “Up to now, no-one responsible for the deaths in detention of any journalists or netizens has been brought to justice. “We ask that the special UN rapporteur on human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, be allowed to enter Iran to conduct an independent investigation into this death and other similar cases.”

Jailed netizen Sattar Beheshti dies after prison interrogation - Reporters Without Borders

The wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule may have entered a new phase following a record number of burnings last week. The failure to contain the fiery protests, experts say, poses a major challenge to Beijing, which has tried a combination of strategies to douse the Tibetan campaign - from offering cash rewards to Tibetans to tip off potential burnings to tightening security clampdowns on monasteries. There were seven self-immolations from October 20 to Saturday, making it the deadliest week of burnings since the fiery protests intensified in March last year against Beijing's rule in the Tibet Autonomous Region and Tibetan-populated areas in Chinese provinces. Two burnings per day were reported twice in the previous week - another record - as the number of self-immolations which began in February 2009 rose to 62. The protests are continuing despite calls to end them by a special meeting of Tibetan exile groups convened on the advice of Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in India's hill town of Dharamsala, where he lives in exile.

China powerless to prevent rising tide of Tibetan self-immolationsTibetan burnings reach new level

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Since February 2009, 69 Tibetans inside Tibet set fire to themselves. All those Tibetans have demanded the restoration of freedom in Tibet and the return of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to his homeland.

The Tibet Bureau - Geneva

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More than 2,000 members of China’s Community Party are gathering in Beijing over the next several days to begin the once-a-decade leadership transition. Vice President Xi Jinping is predicted to succeed party secretary Hu Jintao, in what the Chinese hope will be a powerful historic moment on...

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The small town of Tremseh has suffered what may be the single worst atrocity of the Syrian uprising, say eyewitnesses

A video still said to be of a funeral for victims of the assault on the town of Tremseh. Photograph: AP

Residents of the battered Syrian town of Tremseh...

THIS IS NOT A MOVIE TRAILER! THIS IS SYRIA! - YouTube PLS RT!! #syria

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Huge Anti-governmental March during F1 in Bahrain - YouTube

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#Operation Bahrain

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Greetings from Anonymous

For over one year the people of Bahrain have struggled against the oppressive regime of King Hamad bin Al Khalifa. They have been murdered in the streets, run over with vehicles, beaten, tortured, tear gassed, kidnapped by police, had their businesses vandalised by police, and have tear gas thrown in to their homes on a nightly basis.

Still the regmine persists to deny any meaningful reform and continues to use brutal and violent tactics to oppress the popular calls for reformation. Not only is the Human Rights situation in Bahrain tragic, it becomes more drastic with each passing day. For these reasons the F1 Grand Prix in Bahrain should be strongly opposed. The Al Khalifa regime stands to profit heavily off the race and has promised to use live ammunition against protestors in preparation. They have already begun issuing collective punishment to entire villages for protests and have promised further retribution "to keep order" for the F1 events in Bahrain. The Formula 1 racing authority was well-aware of the Human Rights situation in Bahrain and still chose to contribute to the regime's oppression of civilians and will be punished.

We demand the immediate release of human rights worker Abdulhadi Alkhawaja who has spent over 70 days on hunger strike. He has committed no crimes and is being punished by the regime for advocating people's basic human rights. Free him and all other political prisoners in Bahrain. End torture. Deport all mercenary police and stop the use of tear gas against civilians.

We Do Not Forgive. We Do Not Forget. Expect Us.

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FBI seizes Riseup.net server

FBI seizes Riseup.net server providing anonymous remailer and many other services from colocation facility. http://ow.ly/apgri

Assads’ Inbox: On blaming U.S., not Al-Qaeda #Syria

Subject: Fwd: who is behind the explosions – it is not Al Qaeda as Syria claims From: Mac X Date: 12/24/2011 8:26 AM To: [email protected]

Please read the email that represents a lot of people’s opinions saying that al-Qaeda is behind the explosion after ONLY 5 minutes from when it happened and without waiting for the results of any investigations. This is not is our interest. Begin forwarded message:

From: hosein mortada Subject: who is behing Date: December 24, 2011 9:52:27 AM GMT+02:00 To: “[email protected]” Reply-To: hosein mortada [email protected]

It is not in our interest to say that al-Qaeda organization is behind the operation because this would acquit the American administration and the Syrian opposition because America is fighting al-Qaeda and will therefore condemn the operation.

We should say that based on the facts that we witnessed yesterday, the execution was precise and accurate and we should say that the American administration along with the opposition and the states that brought arms inside the country are responsible for the operation until we begin our attack. Speaking only of al-Qaeda would never help because the organization is active since tens of years and this is not something new. As the director of several Iranian and Lebanese channels, I even received calls from Iran and Hezbollah in which they instructed me not to mention al-Qaeda as the side responsible for the incident because it is a media error and a huge tactical mistake that does not serve our interests. We should rectify the matter as quickly as possible and I will not announce on my channels any news about al-Qaeda. This detail is for your own good and serves your interests so please take advantage of it.

via english.alarabiya.net

#al-Qaeda #leaks #USA

PREVENTION OF ALL MEDICINES ENTERING HOMS

On Tuesday an order was issued to the security forces and the army at all checkpoints around the city of Homs, to prevent the introduction of any medicines into the city. In the past few days they confiscated medicines from 5 cars that transport medicines to pharmaceutical laboratories located in Homs. There is currently little medicine and Homs is now facing great medicines crisis which will lead to a complete lack of generic medications for heart disease, inhalers for asthma, insulin for diabetes etc. Homs needs urgent humanitarian intervention

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Video - Breaking News: Syria: Torture captured on video - CNN.com #humanrights #torture #Syria

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