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Archives for 2012

Senator Carl Levin (D-MI): A Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

August 23, 2012 by ncpda

August 1, 2012
Letter by Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about Camps Ashraf and Liberty

View letter at: http://iacsmichigan.org/ashraf.pdf

Filed Under: Congress, Human Rights, Letters & Statements Tagged With: Armed Services Committee, Ashraf, August 1, Carl Levin, Chairman Of Senate Armed Services Committee, Hillary Clinton, Liberty View, Secretary Of State, Senate Armed Services, Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Carl Levin

Former UN human rights chief in Baghdad Tahar Boumedra: Why I Quit the UN in Iraq

August 23, 2012 by ncpda

August 22, 2012

Filed Under: Iraq & Camp Ashraf Tagged With: Adviser, Assistance Mission, Baghdad, Camp Ashraf Iraq, Camp Liberty, Exiles, Half Years, human rights, Human Rights Office, Humanitarian Rights, Humanitarian Situation, International Norms, Iraq, Iraq Government, Pdf, Presence, Refugee Status Determination, Relocation, Secretary General, Tahar, Unami, united nations

Syria crisis: Tremseh ‘massacre’ and more – an update as of Friday 13 July 2012

July 13, 2012 by ncpda

Syria crisis: Tremseh ‘massacre’ – Friday 13 July 2012
• Assad forces kill more than 200 near Hama, say activists
• State media blames “terrorists” for the killings
• Annan critical of regime using heavy weapons in Tremseh
• UN security council stuck in gridlock over Syria

Filed Under: Regional Security Tagged With: 13 July, Activists, Assad, Friday 13, Gridlock, Hama, Killings, Regime, Syria, Terrorists, Un Security Council, Weapons

H.R.1905: Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012

July 13, 2012 by ncpda

Filed Under: Congress, Legislation, Sanctions Tagged With: Accountability, Act, human rights, Iran Sanctions, Tag

Iranian Americans Support Letter by 44 Senators to Obama, End of Fruitless Dialogue With Iran

July 13, 2012 by ncpda

Click to read more in an article in the Foreign Policy magazine

Filed Under: Iran, Regional Security Tagged With: Dialogue, Foreign Policy Magazine, Iran, Iran Gallery, Iranian Americans, Nbsp, Pdf, Reuters, Senators, Tag

Thousands Demonstrate in Support of the Iranian Opposition in Paris, France

July 13, 2012 by ncpda

Thousands Rally in Support of the Iranian Opposition
Saturday 23 June 2012.: 100.000 people gather in Iranian opposition’s largest-ever gathering outside Iran, calling for a democratic change in their country. The event was held in Parc des Expositions Villepinte, north of Paris

Filed Under: Iraq & Camp Ashraf, Rallies Tagged With: 000 People, Democratic Change, Expositions Paris, Iran, Iranian Opposition, Parc Des Expositions, Paris France, Thousands Rally

Boehner warns of Iranian threat to democracy in Americas

May 10, 2012 by ncpda

The Hill
5/08/2012
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Tuesday warned that Iran’s “global ambitions” are a threat to democracies in Central and Latin America.
The Speaker told members of the Council of the Americas he wants to see “the entire Western Hemisphere [become] a free enterprise zone — free markets, free trade and free people,” but cautioned that […]

Filed Under: Congress, Regional Security Tagged With: Council Of The Americas, Democracies, Democracy, Free Enterprise Zone, Free Markets, Free People, Global Affairs, Global Ambitions, Iran, John Boehner, Latin America, Members, Western Hemisphere

Congressional Record

April 19, 2012 by ncpda

Filed Under: Congressional Record Tagged With: Congressional Record, Congressional Records, Cr, Nbsp, Pdf, Showcats, Tag

WSJ Op-Ed: Obama and the Eisenhower Standard

April 3, 2012 by ncpda

When crafting foreign policy, the late president didn’t ‘give a damn how the election goes.’
The Wall Street Journal
April 1, 2012
By FOUAD AJAMI
On Nov. 6, 1956, Election Day, to be precise, President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent a brief message to British Prime Minister Anthony Eden: “We have given our whole thought to Hungary and the Middle […]