Why Bahrain is not Syria

Credit: Asiatimes: By Pepe Escobar How poignant that the first anniversary of a true Arab pro-democracy movement in the Persian Gulf – then ruthlessly crushed – falls on February 14, when Valentine’s Day is celebrated in the West. Talk about a doomed love affair. And how does Washington honor this […]

The Death Penalty for Tweets?

Posted: 02/132012 8:01 am Farzana Hassan, Author- The Huffington Post GET UPDATES FROM FARZANA HASSAN The Death Penalty for Tweets? The sad case of Saudi writer Hamza Kashgiri facing charges for blasphemy The fate of Hamza Kashgiri is now in the hands of rabid and bloodthirsty Saudi clerics. The young […]