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by Azadi #FreeIran twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #humanrights     The Iranian Kurdish minority is again – bravely – protesting against regime’s oppression. Their protest arrived after two important facts: the execution of three Kurdish prisoners on September 8. The three were condemned to the death penalty and executed, despite serious concerns regarding the use of torture and forced ...

by G.G. #Trumpberries twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Midterm     Democrats are confident about having House – and maybe the Senate – back. Republicans are less. Their president is tweeting on everything. Especially on hurricanes in Puerto Rico. Midterm campaing is over there but Mr. Trump doesn’t care about it and Republicans are at the verge of a ...

by G.G. #Trumpberries twitter@gaitaliacom_eng #hurricane     Donald Trump did “look bad”. As ever. In a tweet from his official account U.S. president wrote that the death toll from the summer 2017 storms in Puerto Rico, which has been revised to nearly 3,000 deaths, is a ploy builded my Democrats to make him “look bad”. According to ...

by Gaiaitalia.com English #womenrights twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Iran     We would like to share with you an article first published on women.ncr-iran.org‘s official site based on recent prosecution of women’s rights activists in Iran’s theocracy. Arrest of women’s rights activists signal crisis in Iran human rights. Amnesty International issued a statement on September 3, 2018, warning that the arrests ...

by Gaiaitalia.com English #Venice twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Arts     The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe are pleased to invite you to the YTAA – Young Talent Architecture Award 2018 Debates and Granting Ceremony. The event will take place on Thursday, 20th September, at Palazzo Michiel (Strada Nuova, 4391, 30121 Campo Santi Apostoli, Venice) from 14:00 to 18:00h. ...

by G.G. #Politics twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Midterms     Potus 44 Barack Obama is back to join Democratic Party’s Midterm battle, starting in California and Ohio. According to NYT, after avoiding campaign activities since he left the White House, former US President Obama is ready to fight to win the Republican power in California and Ohio, prime democratic ...

by Gaiaitalia.com English #FreeIran twitter@gaiaitaliacom_eng #FreeIran     According to Amnesty International‘s official site Iranian authorities ordered the arrest of Reza Khandan, husband of prominent jailed human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh. In perfect “Ayatollah’s style” Iranian authorities firstly harass, intimidate and threaten huamn rights lawyer’s family and friends and then they proceed to arrest her husband. Nasrin Sotoudeh is under ...

by HRW #Africa twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Politics     According to HRW official’s site news Government’s security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo used live ammunition and teargas to disperse largely peaceful political opposition rallies during candidate registration in early August 2018. Authorities also restricted the movement of opposition leaders, arrested dozens of opposition supporters, and prevented one presidential ...

by G.G. #Terrorism twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #Terrorist     According to information provided by officials U.S. forces on Aug. 20, Al-Qaeda’s chief bombmaker Ibrahim al-Asiri is been killed during a drone attack last year. Ibrahim al-Asiri was the inventor of bombs that could slip past airport security measures. It’s not possibile to know why official communication is been given to ...

by Gaiaitalia.com English #Asia twitter@gaiaitalia_eng #India     The heaviest rain in almost a century forced over a million people to leave their houses and move to relief camps in the Indian state of Kerala.  Deaths have been around 400. The record floods’ damage will cost about $3 billion, as early roughfly estimated. Several nations ...