Every Human Has Rights

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Ever wonder where America gets most of its oil? If you thought it was Saudi Arabia or Iraq you are wrong. America’s biggest oil supplier has quickly become Canada’s oil sands. Located in the Western Canadian region of Alberta, under pristine boreal forests, the process of oil sands extraction uses up to 4 barrels of fresh water to produce only one barrel of crude oil .The used water, laden with carcinogens, is dumped into leaky tailing ponds, some along the Athabasca River, which serves a community 250 kilometers downriver. Downstream, the people of Fort Chipewyan are already paying the price for what will be one of the largest industrial projects in history. When a local doctor raises the alarm about clusters of rare cancers, evidence mounts for industry and government cover-ups. In a time when wars are fought over oil and a crisis looms over access to clean fresh water, which resource is more precious? And what price are we willing to pay?

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The Syrian Emergency Task Force are planning to have a demonstration by the Syrian Embassy in Washington DC this coming Friday August 26^th at 11:00 am.

The Syrian regime’s brutal campaign against our people back in our homeland is still ongoing. Nevertheless, Syrian children, women and men are still paying for the price of freedom with their lives and blood. However, their will to continue their peaceful struggle is growing stronger and becoming more resolute by the day.

Let us show our people back home that we will not stop too, and that we will support them till the end and until they achieve victory.

2215 Wyoming Ave, NW

Washington DC 2008

Please bring with you flags and signs if you have any.

I also would like to give you an advanced notice about a plan to have a big demonstration at the Embassy on the first week after Eid Alfitr, where we will be joined by people from out of our area. It will be during the weekdays not the weekend. The exact date is not decide yet but you will be notified as soon as we set the date.

Thank you for your commitment and dedication!

Tha’er Al Falah

Source: International Campaign for Human Rights, Iran

Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, a blogger arrested after the 2009 presidential election, was beaten by IRGC security forces after writing a letter to Tehran’s Prosecutor detailing his condition in Evin Prison.Ronaghi is currently suffering from severely damaged kidneys and is in need of serious medical attention.In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Zoleikha Mousavi and Ahmad Ronaghi Maleki, Ronaghi’s mother and father, talked about their most recent prison visit with their son and said that the reason for the beating was his letter. Read more...

Syria’s military closed off access to the Mediterranean port of Latakia by land and sea and stormed the suburbs of the city of Homs in an effort to prevent further anti-government protests, activists said.

Anti-government protesters continue to take to the streets across Syria, despite reports of deaths and arrests as the military cracks down on demonstrators.

Rallies were staged in several locations after night prayers on Tuesday, including in Homs, Albu Kamal near the Iraqi border, Binnish in the north and in some Damascus suburbs.

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