Freedom

Suu Kyi urges freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party shout during a protest outside the house of their leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon November 13, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called for freedom of speech in army-ruled Myanmar on Sunday and urged thousands of supporters to stand up for their rights and…

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi begins long-awaited freedom (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Activists hold portraits of Myanmar's detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon November 12, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi began her first day of freedom in seven years on Sunday with plans to meet her defunct political party after military…

Pope calls for religious freedom in Muslim states (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Pope Benedict Thursday said all states must guarantee the freedom for everyone to practice their faith publicly, a clear criticism of some Muslim countries where religious rights are…

American visits Iran blast site under freedom deal (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Iranian-American businessman Reza Taghavi, 71, speaks at this home a day after he was released from Evin prison in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Taghavi said Sunday he spent more than two years in a Tehran prison despite being innocent — simply for handing over $200 in cash to a man in Iran that an acquaintance in the United States had given him. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - An Iranian-American businessman freed after more than two years in Tehran’s main prison visited survivors of a deadly 2008 mosque bombing as a condition of his release in…

Chile miners start new lives, adjust to freedom (AP)

October 14th, 2010

Elizabeth Segovia, sister of rescued miner Dario Segovia, collects a religious figure as she dismantles a site that was set up in honor of the trapped miners at the San Jose mine, near Copiapo, Chile Thursday Oct. 14, 2010. The 69-day underground ordeal reached its end Wednesday night after 33 trapped miners were hauled up in a cage through a narrow hole drilled through 2,000 feet (700 meters) of rock. (AP Photo/Roberto Candia)AP - The Chilean miners began their unfamiliar new lives as national heroes Thursday and got a taste of what awaits them outside the hospital doors — a deluge of…

S.Sudan could snub north, hold own freedom vote (AP)

October 7th, 2010

Southern Sudanese police perform training exercises during a visit to the Rajaf police training academy by ranking southern officials and a delegation from the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. The United Nations Mission in Sudan has devoted significant resources to training police services in the lead up to an independence referendum scheduled for Jan. 9, 2011. The vote will determine if southern Sudan secedes from the north to form an independent country. (AP Photo/Pete Muller)AP - Southern Sudan’s president told members of the U.N. Security Council that if the Khartoum-based north tries to delay a January independence referendum the south will hold the vote…

Church prays for Sudan peace before freedom vote (AP)

September 21st, 2010

Sister Cecilia Sierra Salcido, left, and a member of her congregation prepare for the launch of the Catholic Archdiocese's '101 Day of Prayer for Peace'  at Kator Cathedral in Juba, sourthern Sudan, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. The Catholic Church is launching a country-wide peace campaign in Sudan amid political tensions 3½ months until a scheduled referendum on southern independence. Southern Sudan is scheduled to vote on independence Jan. 9, but preparations for the vote are behind schedule. The Obama administration has said it is 'inevitable' the south will declare independence, but given the south's substantial oil resources, many here worry the north may not accept an independent south.  (AP Photo/Maggie Fick)AP - The Catholic Church on Tuesday launched a countrywide campaign in Sudan to pray for peace ahead of a scheduled referendum on southern independence that some fear may lead…

In ANC bill, South African media see threat to press freedom (The Christian Science Monitor)

August 17th, 2010

The Christian Science Monitor - During the height (or depths) of South Africaâ??s racist apartheid era, draconian media laws restricted reporters from meeting with members of the then-illegal opposition movement,…

Geert Wilders IFA International Freedom Alliance Interview Subtitled/Translated

July 24th, 2010

Geert Wilders Interview about forming an International Freedom Alliance to defend freedom and stop Islamisation of modern world

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7 Cuban dissidents find freedom in Spain (AP)

July 13th, 2010

Cuban dissidents wave for press photographers upon the arrival at Madrid's Barajas airport on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Seven Cuban political prisoners and members of their families arrived in Madrid on Tuesday, the first of a group of inmates the government in Havana has promised to release, an official said. Together with their families they numbered around 35, the official said.  It was the start of a mass liberation of dissidents promised by Cuba — actions once seemed unthinkable. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Seven former political prisoners from Cuba smiled and gave victory signs Tuesday after they and their families were flown to freedom in Madrid, the first of 52 dissidents…