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By Demdigest on September 2, 2010

Thursday, September 7, 2010- 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. “Mission Transformed: Antony Blinken on the U.S. Policy Towards Iraq”
President Barack Obama on August 31 announced the end of U.S. combat operations in Iraq and made it clear that the responsibility for Iraq’s future is now firmly in Iraqi hands.  At the same time, Vice President Joe Biden [read full story]

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Debating ‘moderate’ Islam

By Demdigest on September 1, 2010

The debate over Islam, democracy and modernity continues in this insightful Wall Street Journal symposium on moderate Islam.
Muslims need not discard their beliefs and traditions in order to embrace pluralism and modernity, writes Anwar Ibrahim, opposition leader in Malaysia.
Holding fast to the principles of democracy, freedom and human rights, these hundreds of millions of [read full story]

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Turkey’s turning, but which way?

By Demdigest on August 31, 2010

Will Turkey become more or less democratic following the September 12 referendum on proposed constitutional amendments?
The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) insists that the changes are designed to democratize the constitution and introduce European-style rights for women, children and minorities.
But their critics contend that the reform will politicize the judiciary and undermine the country’s [read full story]

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Democracy: Iraq’s vital ingredient?

By Demdigest on August 30, 2010

 
Our friends at POMED draw our attention to  an op-ed in The Guardian by Hayder al-Khoei, a researcher at London’s Centre for Academic Shi’a Studies, which disputes the consensus that Iran has emerged as the strategic victor following the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
To the contrary, he argues, Iraq is the ultimate winner since there is [read full story]

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Challenges of change: religion, secularism, rights

By Demdigest on August 26, 2010

In a world plagued by ethnic and religious clashes, where some strive to impose their beliefs and lifestyles on all, women leaders from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and the Middle East will speak to the challenges of accommodating diversity while striving for human rights at this forthcoming conference:
Challenges of Change: Religion, Secularism & Rights, organized [read full story]

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Basij catching them young: Iranian insights from Persian Letters

By Demdigest on August 26, 2010

Iran’s domestic turmoil and Green opposition appears to have moved beyond the mainstream media’s goldfish attention span.
But Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty continues to offer insightful reporting on Iran, not least from their blogger, Golnaz Esfandiari, whose latest item examines the new “Family Protection Bill” – a misnomer if ever there was one –  that allows [read full story]

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From Belarus to Iran? Sanctions can work

From Belarus to Iran? Sanctions can work

By Demdigest on August 25, 2010

Belarus is vastly different from Iran, but the lessons from the sanctions imposed against Europe’s last dictatorship are worth heeding, David Kramer argues.
Even optimistic estimates claim only a 34 percent success rate for what can appear to be a pretty blunt weapon against unsavory regimes. But sanctions worked against South Africa’s apartheid regime, the Communist [read full story]

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Rights groups demand release of Iranian activist

Rights groups demand release of Iranian activist

By Demdigest on August 25, 2010

The fate of jailed Iranian activist Shiva Nazar Ahari is prompting renewed concern after her lawyer confirmed that she faces a death sentence when her trial reconvenes on September 4.
A leading member of the Committee of Human Rights Reporters, Ahari is accused of mohareb (rebellion against God), a capital offense in Iran, as well as [read full story]

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Iran: political prisoners’ hunger strike ends in success

By Demdigest on August 20, 2010

The hunger strike by 17 Iranian political prisoners has ended after 18 days following concessions by the Islamic Republic’s prison authorities.
The hunger strike began in protest against prison guards’ abusive behavior, insanitary conditions, and their incarceration in solitary confinement. The Evin Prison authorities had moved the prisoners from section 350 – the worst part of [read full story]

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Iran’s Green movement: a latent force – or proof that ‘despotism works’?

By Michael Allen on August 18, 2010

Has Iran’s Green Movement “effectively ceased to exist as a visible political force“? Or is it well-placed to re-emerge and take advantage of growing fissures within the Islamic Republic’s ruling conservative bloc?
Observers suggest that feuding within the dominant conservative cliques reflects the growing power of  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his supporters in the Revolutionary Guards [read full story]

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