What kind of government systematically jails, tortures, disappears and harasses large numbers of its own people who dare to speak out in favor of democracy, justice and truth? RN Board Member Dr. YANG Jianli, internationally well-known dissident and former political prisoner in China, will present an open letter 4 June 2011 to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon […]
ملاط لـ «الراي»: مستقبل العلاقات بين دمشق وطهران رهن بالداخل السوري الثائر | بيروت ـ من ريتا فرج | أكد أستاذ القانون الدولي في جامعة هارفرد الدكتور شبلي ملاّط ان التوتر في العلاقات العربية – الايرانية لا يعود الى اللحظة التاريخية الراهنة، لافتاً في حديث الى «الراي» الى ان «النزعة المهدية» في ايران مقابل «التطرف […]
Right to Nonviolence is honored to announce as new advisory board member Dr. Mansoor Al Jamri. A prominent Bahraini publisher, writer, and human rights activist noted for his relentless support for non-sectarian moderation and enlightened thinking on harmonizing Islamic principles with contemporary democracy, Dr. Al Jamri was a founding member in 2002 of the leading Bahraini […]
In an interview with senior PBS correspondent Margaret Warner that aired 20 May 2011, Mansoor Al Jamri, founder and former managing director of Bahrain’s leading independent daily Al Wasat, affirmed that the issue in Bahrain is one of reform and is not a Sunni-Shia divide. He noted that the majority of Bahrainis, Sunni and Shia, want […]
This winter, as protests erupted throughout the Middle East, Harvard Law School student Jason Gelbort ’12 was one of the many obsessively watching the news, wondering if there was anything he could do to help. Then, on March 2, he went to a talk by Chibli Mallat, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Visiting […]
Presentation by Chibli Mallat, Right to Nonviolence: Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires = Sahat Marja, Damascus The Middle East nonviolent revolution, if it is to succeed, needs a future. It will have one naturally in the Middle East, and as part of world history, as I have recently argued, it must include in that future the Nonviolent revolution in China. The […]
