On June 5, 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a report on a rare and deadly illness affecting five young, gay men in Los Angeles.
In many countries it's still a shame. Here comes the story of Magid.
An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV and AIDS across the globe. Many do not even know they have it, but of those who do more than nine million are still not getting vital treatment.
That ratio is particularly bad in countries where the virus is stigmatised, such as Egypt. The UN estimates that about 11,000 people there have HIV, but only 400 are seeking treatment.
But now one man is trying to change that. Magid is the first HIV positive person to speak out in Egypt about his experience. He told Al Jazeera his story.
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Censorship. Show all posts
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Iran players keep hijab on, FIFA cancels qualifying match
Ruling soccer body FIFA canceled Friday's game in Amman and declared Jordan 3-0 winners after the Iranian authorities refused to allow their players to remove their full headscarves in accordance with the FIFA dress code. FIFA's article 4 says that players are not allowed to wear religiously or politically associated clothing.
Well, rules are rules but I guess, in this case, they had been written by a westerner. We have already big problems with muslims because of cultural differences and this doesn't seem the right way to solve them. Strangely, the decision was made in the name of freedom!
Why let anyone else choose what you're allowed to wear?
If Iranian women are happy with that, what's the matter?
It only seems very uncomfortable to play wrapped in that way in the heat of the Middle-East but this is another matter.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Generation 2.0: Duma intern fired after whistleblowing blog
A college student who blogged about State Duma deputies playing cards and surfing the Internet during sessions has lost his Duma internship.
Some politicians even tried to give their identities to friends and so forth and fly for free where they weren't supposed to.
Some politicians even tried to give their identities to friends and so forth and fly for free where they weren't supposed to.
The sharp-eyed blogger posted a raft of time-wasting and expense fiddling violations on his “Diary of a Democratic Extremist”.
The blogger's angry blast was reported in Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, but while his blog was still accessible at LiveJournal, the incriminating pages were unavailable on Tuesday morning. Russia is not the only country to experience expenses scams among its lawmakers. In 2009 Britain's parliament was rocked by an expenses scandal, which saw MPs claiming inappropriately for housing expenses and led to criminal charges and public uproar.
The blogger's angry blast was reported in Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, but while his blog was still accessible at LiveJournal, the incriminating pages were unavailable on Tuesday morning. Russia is not the only country to experience expenses scams among its lawmakers. In 2009 Britain's parliament was rocked by an expenses scandal, which saw MPs claiming inappropriately for housing expenses and led to criminal charges and public uproar.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Generation 2.0: List of Demands by March 15 in Dar'a, Syria
This statement was originally issued in Arabic by Dir'a's Youth of March 15. The English translation was made available by The Angry Arab News Service.]
Leadership of the Glorious Revolution of the Youth of 15 March, Diraa – Syria
To the Syrian people; to the descendants of Salih al-Ali, Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, Ibrahim Hananou; to all the free people of Syria in all the provinces of Syria; to all the sons of the proud Arab tribes; to the Kurdish brothers; and to all the sects and nationalities with whom we share life on the land of this nation.
We promise you to continue our revolution until this criminal regime which kills its sons in cold blood is brought down. We hope all the brothers will come out tomorrow God willing in million-person demonstrations and announce civil disobedience and refusal to go to work centers and to join your brethren in this glorious revolution and to support your brethren in the province of Diraa, Latakia, Homs, az-Zabdani, Douma, Daria, al-Kiswa, Damascus, at-Tal, and the rest of the provinces revolting until the regime is brought down and the goals of the revolution are achieved which are:
Leadership of the Glorious Revolution of the Youth of 15 March, Diraa – Syria
To the Syrian people; to the descendants of Salih al-Ali, Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, Ibrahim Hananou; to all the free people of Syria in all the provinces of Syria; to all the sons of the proud Arab tribes; to the Kurdish brothers; and to all the sects and nationalities with whom we share life on the land of this nation.
We promise you to continue our revolution until this criminal regime which kills its sons in cold blood is brought down. We hope all the brothers will come out tomorrow God willing in million-person demonstrations and announce civil disobedience and refusal to go to work centers and to join your brethren in this glorious revolution and to support your brethren in the province of Diraa, Latakia, Homs, az-Zabdani, Douma, Daria, al-Kiswa, Damascus, at-Tal, and the rest of the provinces revolting until the regime is brought down and the goals of the revolution are achieved which are:
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
French entrepreneur offers to pay veil fines
A businessman is offering to sell properties to help Muslim women pay any fines that they may receive for wearing the full veil in public if a law is voted through the French parliament.
The man, Rachid Nekkaz who tried to run French presidential election in 2007 , has set up an association, ‘Hands off my Constitution’, which fights banning the veil in the street as unconstitutional.
Critics see the bill as unconstitutional and difficult to enforce and say only a tiny minority of Muslim women wear the full veil, and that the legislation is a step towards tighter restraints on individual freedom.
Supporters of the ban argue that wearing garments which hide women’s faces violates the republican ideals of secularism and gender equality.
In this story everyone has his reasons and the Truth is always somewhere in the middle.
In this story everyone has his reasons and the Truth is always somewhere in the middle.
I myself do support individual freedom but at the same time I must also remember that France already bans any other religious symbols from schools and voters have indicated support for a ban of the full veil.
In brief, Law must be respected in the same way as people do in the rest of the world.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Swiss TV channel censors the Simpsons
The Swiss channel SF has decided to suspend all those episodes of the Simpsons which are set in the Nuclear Power Plant where Homer uses to work without care. The network judged it as offensive because of the recent and dramatic news from Japan.
Should anyone be allowed to decide what we must think?
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Generation 2.0: "Anonymous" attacks Berlusconi's journal and television networks
“Operation Italy”, this is the codename of the Distributed Denial of Service attack which hit the Italian Government’s Websites and Berlusconi's networks.
In a manifest appeared some days ago, the "Anonymous" group denounced the Italian Government and its leader of having led the country into an untenable political and economic situation. In particular, today Berlusconi's journal, "Il giornale.it", has been attacked by the hackers, although it didn't shutdown completely, and the owner accused of web censorship, encouraging prostitution, dealing with the Mafia, corruption and media manipulation.
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