Persecution

Top 10 Persecuted Artists

TIME | Posted 06.12.2011

Read More: Caravaggio, Persecuted Artists, Illegal Art, Chinese Artist Ai Weiwei, Paul Klee, Charlie Chaplin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Artists, Owen Maseko, Ai Weiwei, Political Art, Persecution, Arts News

On Sunday, artist Ai Weiwei -- best known for helping design the "Bird's Nest" Olympic stadium in Beijing -- was detained by Chinese authorities as pa...

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Peaceful Lives, Violent Deaths: The Silent Cries of the Ahmadis

Joseph K. Grieboski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ahmadis Muslims, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty, Persecution, World News
Joseph K. Grieboski

On March 13, three Ahmadiiyya Muslims were brutally attacked in the Banten province of Java, Indonesia. Video footage taken during the ambush demonstrates the victims being beaten to death by sticks.

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Witch Hunt Against Gays Faces New Foe

Emma Ruby-Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cameroon, Police, United Nations, Police Brutality, United States, Gay, Lgbt, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Human Rights, New Jersey, Africa, LGBT Rights, Uganda, Gay Issues, Persecution, Politics News
Emma Ruby-Sachs

The International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission has its work cut out for it. But its actions won't be effective without a widespread movement calling for an end to persecution based on sexual orientation.

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U.S. Aid Funding Colombian Oppression?

Human Rights First | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arbitrary Detention, Human Rights Activists, Colombia, Human Rights, U.S. Aid, Persecution, Carmelo Agamez, World News
Human Rights First

By Andrew Hudson, Manager, Human Rights Defenders Program Exposing links between local politicians and paramilitary death-squads normally doesn't sou...

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Watching Inglourious Basterds In A Room Full of Jews

The Candler Blog | Jonathan Poritsky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jewish Identity, Holocaust, Bible, Hitler, Inglorious Bastards, Judaism, Revenge Fantasy, Inglorious Basterds, Jewish Culture, Film, Jewish Theological Seminary, Ww2, Cinema, Religion, Wwii, Gore, Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino, Persecution, Entertainment News

Dr. Kalmanofsky, no stranger to Judeo-Chrisitian-pop deconstruction, opened the discussion with some fascinating points about the concept of the reven...

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Montazeri's Limited Tolerance of Non-Muslims

Jamsheed K. Choksy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, Jews, Christians, Religion, Ayatollah, Minorities, Ayatollah Khomeini, Religious Minorities, Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Dhimmi, Tolerance, Iran, Zoroastrians, Intolerance, Islamic Republic of Iran, Hossein Ali Montazeri, Shiites, Persecution, Bahais, Grand Ayatollah, Montezari, Jannati, World News
Jamsheed K. Choksy

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri's opinion was characterized by one Iranian Christian clergyman as "rubbing salt into our wounds."

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Canada Grants Asylum To White South African Man

AP | ROB GILLIES | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South Africa, Refugee, Race, Brandon Huntley, Persecution, Apartheid, Canada, Post-Apartheid, Asylum, Refugee Status, World News

TORONTO — A white man from South Africa has been given refugee status in Canada after claiming persecution, his lawyer said, angering many in hi...

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Keep Housing Fair

Lonnie Nasatir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mezuzah, Stereotyping, Judaism, Jewish, Discrimination, Religious Persecution, Housing Discrimination, Fair Housing Act, Persecution, Politics News
Lonnie Nasatir

Minorities will not have access to fair housing in the future if condominium associations can hide their intentional discrimination behind facially neutral rules.

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