Paul Foreman, the Dutch head of the charity Medicins Sans Frontieres in Sudan was arrested and released on bail yesterday for "crimes against the Sudanese state", and the
African Bullets & Honey offers a very different perspective on the African "brain drain" issue. The writer is a "stressed doctoral candidate" in the UK of
It is reported today that Iranian minister of internal affairs-which is the organizing body of the election- has announced a warning on what he mentioned as unlawful approach of military
When I read "this article":http://news.ft.com/cms/s/05e6eb14-cf14-11d9-8cb5-00000e2511c8.html from the Financial Times, I was reminded of the extraordinary courage of Iranian women and
This from the BBC bq.
Mr Rafsanjani, who says he is against extremism, has been trying to dispel the widely held belief that he is one of Iran's
We learned today that Moin would run as a candidate. Contrary to what he said before in protest against the Guardian Council.
He has released a "statement":http:
It is always a wonder for many who have been in favor of reform why reformists are facing such a decline in public support while the need for change has
Referendum leader and former Revolutionary Guard founder Mohsen Sazegara spoke to an audience at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy the other day about the upcoming Iranian elections. He
Laura Secor has an interview in the Boston Globe Ideas section with Gene Sharp, the author of a pamphlet, From Dictatorship to Democracy, that has been used by pro democracy
Today is a turning point in European history and I find myself in disagreement with Neal Ascherson AND Will Hutton AND Timothy Garton Ash AND Danny Cohn-Bendit! The first two
It is hard to think what Moeein should do considering this situation. Hoder has made a very interesting survey (Link to his post) with the e-pool he designed that gives
Over the past weeks, I've been helping to coordinate openDemocracy's blog on the Iranian elections, Iran Scan 1384. It's piqued my curiosity for the
