Archive for December, 2011
Measures of Success
To measure the success of the Arab League Observer mission we first have to know what’s being measured. The protocol, finally signed by Assad, is clear on what the Arab League expects from Syria, a few highlights: Withdraw all heavy weapons and forces from the cities and towns in order to stop the bloodshed. Release […]
Filed under: democracy, detainees, freedom, Syria | Closed
Tags: Arab League, detainees, Homs, Mission, Monitors, syria
Razan is free! 13 days in detention. Welcome home Razan! We demand the release of all our prisoners of conscience. Our freedom from oppressive injustice will never be complete until all of them are free. Lest we forget the many men and women who are still in detention across Syria in the most horrible of […]
Filed under: activist, arab, arrest, bloggers, democracy, freedom, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Tags: Arrest, blogger, democracy, detention, free, syria
We have become the enemy of state. We’ve become the foreign conspiracy, the external agents, the viruses and cancers in our societies; we’ve become the germs the rats and rodents, the parasites that wreck the status quo. We have become the number one raison d’être for our militaries to exist. Syrians have been under no […]
Filed under: arab, army, democracy, freedom, Syria | 2 Comments
Tags: army, conspiracy, egypt, protest, syria, war, zionism
Democracy is often misunderstood in our part of the world. After having been deprived for decades of individual thought and expression people have found their voice. Yet often frustratingly so not aligned with the larger community. Democracy is about the individual voice yet in relation to (not exclusive of) the greater community. I’ll give you […]
Filed under: arab, democracy, freedom, voting | Closed
@RedRazan
@RedRazan – Razan Ghazzawi has been arrested tonight while crossing over to Jordan from Syria. She was on her way to a conference on press freedoms in the Arab World. Only ironically, we can only assume, she’s been arrested for those same freedoms she’s advocated for. Two days ago, Razan and I had a twitter […]
Filed under: activist, Syria | 1 Comment
Tags: activism, activist, bloggers, press freedom, syria, twitter
