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Iranian Green Movement, Mir Hossein Mousavi, ICFHRIN
researcher: Sogol
Person
name: Mir Hossein Mousavi
kind: Presidential Candidate of 2009 Iran's Elections
location: Tehran, Iran
history: In 2009 Iranian Presidential election, Mousavi came out of semi-retirement and ran as one of two Reformist candidates against the Administration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. However he failed to win the election, and following alleged vote rigging and manipulation, his campaign sparked a long protest that eventually turned into a national movement against the Government and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Despite the violent crackdown, he remains the leader of the Green Movement but his movements have remained severely restricted. He chose green as his campaign color, a color which has since become pervasive in Iran. He is currently under house arrest along with his wife and Mehdi Karroubi.
images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Mir_Hossein_Mousavi_in_Zanjan_by_Mardetanha.jpg
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45805000/jpg/_45805312_007298103-1.jpg
videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0yxKpX0iac&feature=related
social networks: http://www.facebook.com/mousavi
external links: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8103851.stm
related crises: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
related orgs: The Human Rights of Iran Campaign
Crisis
name: Iranian Green Movement
kind: Uprising
location: Iran
date and time: May 2009
human impact: In the aftermath of the election, protests were widened and several massive protests were held around the country by the people. The government arrested a large number of the protesters and several were killed by the police and governmental militia forces. Handala, coming and watching the Iranian Green Movement, has become a web mascot. Although the Iranian government prohibited any form of gathering by opposition-supporters in Tehran and across the country, significantly slowed down internet access and censored any form of media agreeing with the opposition, hundreds of thousands of Iranians chanted this motto, defying the law and challenging the Islamic Republic.
economic impact: None
resources needed: World Support
ways to help: Oppose a Military Strike on Iran, Call for the Release of Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest, Call for the release of imprisoned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh!
history: Protests following the 2009 Iranian presidential election against the disputed victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and in support of opposition candidates Mir-Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi occurred in major cities in Iran and around the world starting 13 June 2009. The protests were given several titles by their proponents including Green Revolution, Green Wave or Sea of Green, reflecting presidential candidate Mousavi's campaign color, and also Persian Awakening. The creation of the Iranian Green Movement was developed during these protests. The events have also been nicknamed the "Twitter Revolution" because of the protesters' reliance on Twitter and other social-networking Internet sites to communicate with each other. Islamic politician Ata'ollah Mohajerani blasted the election as "the end of the Islamic Republic". In response to the protests, other groups rallied in Tehran to support Ahmadinejad.
Widespread editorial analyses assert that the 2009 election marks the official end of the Islamic Republic and the beginning of the Islamic emirate or an imamate regime. All three opposition candidates claimed that the votes were manipulated and the election was rigged, and candidates Mohsen Rezaee and Mousavi have lodged official complaints. Mousavi announced that he "won't surrender to this manipulation" before lodging an official appeal against the result to the Guardian Council on 14 June. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared the unprecedented voter turnout and coinciding religious holidays as a "divine assessment" and urged the nation to unite, but later ostensibly ordered an investigation into the claims of voting fraud and irregularities as per the request of the Green movement leaders. Mousavi is not optimistic about his appeal, saying that many of the group's members "during the election were not impartial". Ahmadinejad called the election "completely free" and the outcome "a great victory" for Iran, dismissing the protests as little more than "passions after a soccer match".
Police and the Basij (a paramilitary group) suppressed both peaceful demonstrating and rioting by using batons, pepper spray, sticks and, in some cases, firearms. The Iranian government has confirmed the deaths of 36 people during the protests, while unconfirmed reports by supporters of Mousavi allege that there have been 72 deaths (twice as many) in the three months following the disputed election. Iranian authorities have closed universities in Tehran, blocked web sites, blocked cell phone transmissions and text messaging, and banned rallies.
images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/6th_Day_-_Mousavi_inside_the_Crowd.jpg/800px-6th_Day_-_Mousavi_inside_the_Crowd.jpg
videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quPXg_GoTOk&feature=related
social networks: http://www.facebook.com/Persian.Green.Movement
external links: en.irangreenvoice.com/
related orgs: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
related people: Mir Hossein Mousavi
Organization
name: International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
kind: Campaign
location: Netherlands
history:In late 2007, human rights activists working in the framework of the Dutch nongovernmental organization Foundation for Human Security in the Middle East resolved to found an international initiative focused on the urgent challenges faced by the Iranian people, and in particular civil society and the human rights community.The human rights community in Iran is in an exposed and dangerous position, subject to severe persecution and without effective support from the international community. International tensions provide a pretext for increasing repression within Iran, and remove human rights from the international agenda. The vibrant social movements in Iran—movements, inter alia, of women, students, and workers— work courageously in an un-free environment, subject to tremendous official pressures. They urgently need and welcome international concerns and solidarity, which must be strengthened through more effective support from international civil society and intergovernmental institutions.
contact info
-email: info@iranhumanrights.org
-phone number: 0000000
-location: Netherlands
images: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Ronaghi21-300x2171.jpg
videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-Kmb1Hm0n0&feature=player_embedded
social networks: http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Campaign-for-Human-Rights-in-Iran/49929580840
external links: http://www.iranhumanrights.org/
related crises: Iranian Green Movement
related people: Mir Hossein Mousavi
Libyan Cival War, ICC, Mustafa Abdul Jalil
researcher: Diane Lee
Person
name: Mustafa Abdul Jalil
kind: Chairman of the National Transitional Council of Libya
location: Libya
history:
images:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHBHlck16yA/TqK7Lqeh2TI/AAAAAAAACd0/7OSD4-lQukw/s1600/head+bump.jpg, http://a.abcnews.go.com/images/International/42daef1774e44bd78ea83fd9878c269d.jpg
videos: http://youtu.be/eNLc_OuPVxQ
social networks:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B7%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84/134535143287038?rf=135221043216666, http://twitter.com/#!/mustafaajalil
external links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14613679
related crises: Libyan Civil War
related orgs: none
Crisis
name: Libyan Civil War
kind: Civil War
location: Libya
date and time: Feb 15 2011
human impact: Over 13,000 deaths, 50,000 refugees
economic impact:
resources needed: medicine, fuel, food
ways to help:
history:
images:
http://www.socialistparty.net/images/stories/libyan%20revolt.jpg,
http://fifp.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/2011_middle_east_revolutions_-_libyans_protesting_on_tank.jpg,
http://www.flixya.com/files-photo/r/i/m/rimawi-1965850.jpg,
http://nimg.sulekha.com/others/original700/libya-2011-2-26-12-20-0.jpg
videos: http://youtu.be/8OzwkCGJlAI
social networks: http://www.facebook.com/Liibyan.Revolution,
http://www.facebook.com/Libyan4Life,
external links: http://www.ntc.gov.ly/,
related orgs: International Criminal Court
related people: Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Organization
name: International Criminal Court
kind: International Tribunal
location: The Hague, Netherlands
history:
The International Criminal Court (ICC), governed by the Rome Statute, is the first permanent, treaty based, international criminal court established to help end impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.
The ICC is an independent international organisation, and is not part of the United Nations system. Its seat is at The Hague in the Netherlands. Although the Court’s expenses are funded primarily by States Parties, it also receives voluntary contributions from governments, international organisations, individuals, corporations and other entities.
The international community has long aspired to the creation of a permanent international court, and, in the 20th century, it reached consensus on definitions of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The Nuremberg and Tokyo trials addressed war crimes, crimes against peace, and crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War.
In the 1990s after the end of the Cold War, tribunals like the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda were the result of consensus that impunity is unacceptable. However, because they were established to try crimes committed only within a specific time-frame and during a specific conflict, there was general agreement that an independent, permanent criminal court was needed.
On 17 July 1998, the international community reached an historic milestone when 120 States adopted the Rome Statute, the legal basis for establishing the permanent International Criminal Court.
The Rome Statute entered into force on 1 July 2002 after ratification by 60 countries.
contact info
-email: visits@icc-cpi.int
-phone number: + 31 (0)70 515 8515
-location:
Po Box 19519
2500 CM, The Hague
The Netherlands
images: http://archive2.globalsolutions.org/files/general/icc.jpg, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/International_Criminal_Court_logo.svg/673px-International_Criminal_Court_logo.svg.png
videos: http://youtu.be/zfo7lMnR4O8
social networks:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/International-Criminal-Court/106219979409522, http://twitter.com/#!/IntlCrimCourt
external links: http://www.icc-cpi.int/
related crises: Libyan Civil War
related people: none
Syrian Uprising, Amnesty International, Bashar al-Assad
researcher: Daniel
Person
name: Bashar al-Assad
kind: Current President of Syria
location: Damascus, Syria
history: Bashar Hafez al-Assad ; born 11 September 1965) is the current President of Syria and Regional Secretary of the Syrian-led branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party. His father Hafez al-Assad ruled Syria for 29 years until his death in 2000.
Al-Assad graduated from the medical school of the University of Damascus in 1988, and started to work as a doctor in the army. Four years later, he attended postgraduate studies at the Western Eye Hospital, in London, specializing in ophthalmology. In 1994, Al-Assad entered the military academy and in 1998, Al-Assad took charge of the Syrian occupation of Lebanon. In December 2000, Assad married Asma Assad, née Akhras. Al-Assad was elected as President of Syria in 2000 and 2007, unopposed each time. During the Syrian uprising, activists and protesters have called for President al-Assad's resignation.
images: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Bashar_al-Assad_%28cropped%29.jpg
videos:http://media.smh.com.au/selections/syria-cabinet-sworn-in-amid-violence-3407301.html , http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jun/03/syria-assad-denies-responsibility-houla-massacre-video/
social networks: only official thing found was website: http://sana.sy/eng/article/5.htm
external links: http://sana.sy/eng/article/5.htm
related crises: Syria Uprising
related orgs: is repremended by Amnesty International
Crisis
name: Syrian Uprising
kind: violent internal conflict in Syria
location: Syria
date and time: 2011–present
human impact: 10,537-10,770 killed overall (government claim)*, 15,200\-16,360 killed overall (opposition claims)*, 35,000 wounded overall, 240,000 displaced (180,000 refugees)
economic impact: fuel shortages, currency problems & sanctions
resources needed: recouses for refugees, human rights
ways to help: http://www.wikihow.com/Help-the-Syrian-Revolution-from-Where-You-Are
history: The Syrian uprising, is an ongoing, violent internal conflict in Syria. It began on 26 January 2011 with public demonstrations as part of the wider Arab Spring and developed into a nationwide uprising. Protesters demanded the end to nearly five decades of Ba’ath Party rule, which was then and currently headed by President Bashar al-Assad.
images: http://www.google.com/imgres?hl=en&sa=X&biw=1680&bih=941&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsu&tbnid=6No5lmE413pmDM:&imgrefurl=http://www.supplychaindigital.com/global_logistics/syrian-uprising-deals-ocean-shipping-a-major-blow&docid=JIY78reYqD8B0M&imgurl=http://www.supplychaindigital.com/global_logistics/Syrian%252520Uprising%252520Protests.jpg&w=610&h=335&ei=llvrT9baCMqW2QXm-52wAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=391&vpy=165&dur=163&hovh=166&hovw=303&tx=156&ty=87&sig=105712859579245472816&page=1&tbnh=103&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=35&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:79
videos: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/06/2012627132722216959.html
social networks: http://www.facebook.com/syrianuprising
external links: http://www.focus-fen.net/index.php?id=n281597
related orgs: Amnesty International
related people: Bashar al-Assad
Organization
name: Amnesty International
kind: non-governmental organisation focused on human rights
location: Global, General secretariat in London
history: July 1961 by Peter Benenson in Britain
contact info
-email: Various department emails available at www.amnesty.org.
-phone number: +44-20-74135500
-location: The International Secretariat is responsible for the majority of the organization's research and leads our campaigning work, based in London, UK.
1 Easton Street
London
WC1X 0DW, UK
images: http://www.codoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/amnesty.jpeg ,
videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/AmnestyInternational
social networks: Twitter account: @Amnestyonline , http://www.youtube.com/user/AmnestyInternational
external links: www.amnesty.org, http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/iran-must-avoid-excessive-force-against-green-movement-protests-2012-02-13
related crises: Syrian uprising, Xinjiang Riots, Lybia Civil War(Amnesty International report brands Libya's militias 'out of control), coverage on green movement
related people: Rebiya Kadeer, Mustafa Abdul Jailil, Bashar al-Assad, Mir Hossein Mousavi
Xinjiang riots, Rebiya Kadeer, World Uyghur Congress
researcher: Wonjun Lee
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Person
name:
Rebiya Kadeer
kind:
human rights activist, president of WUC
location:
Virginia, USA
history:
images:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Rebiya_Kadeer_(2).jpg
videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXfxKFd67UI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mohvi4Ov6wY
social networks:
https://twitter.com/#!/rebiyakadeer
https://twitter.com/#!/10ConditionLove
external links:
http://thesnowlionblog.blogspot.com/2009/04/rebiya-kadeer-human-rights-champion-for.html
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2009/0709/p06s15-woap.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4357607.stm
related crises:
Xinjiang riots
related orgs:
World Uyghur Congress
Crisis
name:
Xinjiang riots
kind:
anti-government/ethnic protest
location:
Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China
date and time:
5 July 2009
human impact:
197 deaths, 1721 injured
economic impact:
Uyghur businesses destroyed by Chinese mob
resources needed:
ammunition
ways to help:
supply the locals with weapons?
history:
images:
http://www.farwestchina.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Urumqi-Riots.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072014041872629287.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072014352294282832.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072018061766028774.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072017392257014210.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072017145684313201.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072016482444221649.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072016212332964133.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072015483259527910.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072015165972213332.jpg
http://english.people.com.cn/mediafile/200907/07/P200907072014551663971071.jpg
videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN3gUoWTnkY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AzlgXQaJ3I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3jkr7fsdsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwCHfBfF1m4
social networks:
https://twitter.com/#!/UYGHURS
external links:
http://english.cntv.cn/english/special/0705riots/UrumqiRiots/index.shtml
http://cnreviews.com/life/news-issues/urumqi-riots-western-chinese-narratives-truths_20090708.html
http://forum.globaltimes.cn/forum/showthread.php?t=912
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/5756766/China-riots-Twitter-and-YouTube-frustrate-censorship-attempts.html
related orgs:
World Uyghur Congress
related people:
Rebiya Kadeer
Organization
name: World Uyghur Congress
kind: international org. of exiled Uyghurs
location:
80103 Munich, Germany
history:
The World Uyghur Congress (WUC) is an international organisation that represents the collective interest of the Uyghur people both in East Turkestan and abroad.
The WUC was established on 16 April 2004 in Munich, Germany, after the East Turkestan National Congress and the World Uyghur Youth Congress merged into one united organisation. The main objective of WUC is to promote the right of the Uyghur people to use peaceful, nonviolent, and democratic means to determine the political future of East Turkestan.
The WUC is a democratic organisation. All of WUC leadership was democratically elected by the participants from all over the world in the General Assembly. They all serve a three-year term. WUC has close contacts and working relations with most Uyghur organisations in the world that peacefully promote human rights, religious freedom, and democracy for the Uyghur people in East Turkestan.
On the First General Assembly of WUC in 2004 Mr. Erkin Alptekin was elected as president. He had lead WUC to its second General Assembly in 2006. Mr. Alptekin is a former general secretary of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) based in The Hague, the Netherlands. He has remarkable experience in working with international organisations and governments in lobbying for the Uyghur people’s right to self-determination. He is also a close friend of the Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.
On the Second General Assembly of the WUC, which took place in Munich from 24 – 27 November 2006, all delegates elected Ms. Rebiya Kadeer as the president of WUC.
The Third General Assembly of the WUC was convened in Washington, DC from 21 – 25 May 2009. Delegates and observers from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and the United States attended the Assembly.
The Fouth General Assembly of the WUC was convened in Tokyo, Japan from 14 – 18 May 2012. Delegates and observers from Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Norway, Sweden, Turkey and the United States attended the Assembly. Ms. Rebiya Kadeer, the leader of the international Uyghur human rights and democracy movement, was re-elected unanimously as the president of the WUC.
Before Rebiya Kadeer was elected as the president of WUC, she founded the “Uyghur Human Rights and Democracy Foundation” and headed the Uyghur American Association (UAA) based on Washington DC. She was also the winner of Rafto Prize and the nominee for 2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011 Nobel Peace Prize. She spent nearly six years in Chinese prisons. After her release in 2006, she has been exerting all her energy to fight for freedom, democracy and human rights for Uyghur people. For her great work she is entitled as the “Leader and the Spiritual Mother of Uyghurs”.
contact info
-email:
contact@uyghurcongress.org
-phone number:
0049 (0) 89 5432 1999
-location:
80103 Munich, Germany
images:
http://tibettruth.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/uyghur_xinjiang_flag.gif
videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=877rMmw-7lA&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL08BA542027862B39
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LNuLzqk00c
social networks:
https://twitter.com/#!/UyghurCongress
external links:
http://www.uyghurcongress.org/
http://tibettruth.com/2009/07/07/statement-by-the-world-uyghur-congress/
related crises:
Xinjiang riots
related people:
Rebiya Kadeer