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Stand by them, but leave them alone

These days I am following the news from Iran with great concern. From one side we see the Iranian people who have stood up for their rights accepting all sorts of danger, from the other side we have some governments and organizations, who follow their own interest in the name of “solidarity with the Iranian [...]

Observer from far

am restless. I watch the TV without being able to sit down. I am online constantly. I am in admiration of what I see: the sea of brave people flooding the street for five consecutive days, those women who block the riot police without fear, those men and women, rich and poor, old and young, [...]

Citizen journalism

Now that journalist are banned from reporting on the events in Iran, people themselves are writing their observations and sending them, along with pictures, to international news broadcasters. Here is the last paragraph of one of such posting on BBC Persian about today’s manifestation in Tehran: ?? ???? ??? ???? ? ???????? ???? ?????? ???? [...]

Home

I finished watching Home, the movie about environment made by Yann Arthus Bertrand. The message is not what will surprise the readers of this note, but it is a movie with beautiful sceneries and music. Some statistics disturb, and make the citizens of wealthy countries feel guilty (talking about myself). My first reaction while watching [...]