Emadoldin Baghi, journalist and emblematic figure in the defence of human rights in Iran, began serving a six-year prison sentence on 5 December. Before turning himself in at Evin prison he said in an interview: In fact neither I nor my lawyers know whether the sentences have been upheld, by what court and in front of which judge! All that happened is that I received a phone call telling me to give myself up at the prison! … All this bears no relation to law and justice”.
According to information obtained by Reporters Without Borders, several other journalists are in exactly the same situation as Emadoldin Baghi: under order to present themselves at the prison certain of being arrested.
With 27 journalists, nine netizens and one media contributor already in jail, Iran is now the world’s third largest prison for journalists.
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December 7th, 2010
Categories: The Site . Author: ChrisRick . Comments: No Comments
I’m reposting this because it’s wrong and should be stopped. It’s time that we, the people, exert power over our governments and not the other way around. Your government is there to serve you, not to control you. This is obviously a case where the government is controlling the corporation. With banks having such strict regulations I’m sure even the minor threat of auditing and the like will send them scurrying and cause them to infringe the rights of others, as they have obviously done here.
Julian Assange, Wikileaks Founder, Defense Fund frozen.
Since when do banks start putting out press releases about freezing assets of private citizens? Does that not constitute some manner of breach of contract and cross some privacy lines? They should be fined as well as audited.
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December 6th, 2010
Categories: corporate greed, politics, wikileaks . Author: ChrisRick . Comments: No Comments
I use Smashwords to distribute my books digitally. Why? Because it’s quite easy to do and they help me do digital distribution to a wide range of platforms including Apple, Barnes & Noble, Sony, Kobo, Diesel and even Amazon (though I do have an Amazon account of course, doesn’t everyone?).
I am getting ready to publish The Journey of Why (Myranda’s Story), later this month or in early January (I am doing editing now) and for those that prefer digital copies of books, Smashwords will be the place to get it. Of course, you will be also able to pick it up in those other ebook stores thanks to their services as well.
December 2nd, 2010
Categories: How I write, Writing projects and updates . Author: ChrisRick . Comments: No Comments
