Most people that know me know that if there is one single issue that makes me move is Human Rights.And that I am a person that tries to use modern technologies as doors that could open opportunities to intervene, opening apparently closed doors.
This is why I leave an invitation! I forward a challenge!
Humans are born with the right to exist, the right to be free, to love and be loved, to respect and be respected.
But, day after day, those rights are taken, by unfair imprisonment, incoherent judicial systems, inequality in treatment, persecution, massacres, and genocides.
This is the reason, this is the goal: to create an active network that shows our general dissatisfaction with this.
On December 10th, International Day for Human Rights, I’d like to have us all working together, as One World, One Life, in such a way that our readers could bear in mind that we are, in fact, One World and One Life.
For those who have a blog and whish to be a part of this, it is very simple: There are no limits to your imaginations (simply because unity should be achieved through diversity!).
- You could chose a specific or general situation;
- Write on economics and human rights, religious perspective and human rights, psychology of human rights, movies on human rights, poems, music videos, paintings, drawings;
- Your imagination is the limit!
Those without blogs, but whishing to have an active participation, should not forget that technology is a means and not an end.
Should one single member of the human body suffer, I'd suffer too.
Because, there is only one world, and there is only one life:Human Life.
Our main goal is to remember that we are all One Body, One Life.
So, if you want to take part of this initiative:
You should choose (at least) one of the logos, developed by Lino Resende, in case you choose to join this adventure for human existence.
Thank you all!
Labels: blogs, human rights, world unity
As some people know, in Iran, Bahá’ís are denied some basic rights. Amongst them the right to access to Universities.
After international pressure, the Islamic Government decided to stop the policy of asking for religion on the exams to enter Universities. This way, Bahá’í youth was able to apply and access the University.
Then, a new process started. Universities didn’t accept them, despite their marks being far superior to others. At the end, from the thousands accepted only approximately 100 got in.
And now? Seventy (after other seventy during this year) of them were expelled! According to the Povo of Bahá (a Portuguese blog), the Iranian Government has denied the allegation of religious grounds on the expulsion! Asked by Reuters (published on February, 28th), a member of the Iranian delegation in the United Nations affirmed: "No one in Iran is stopped of studying because of religion".
But, then again, we also find out information (written, printed, and signed information!) about Iranian Leaders. Issued on November, 2nd 2006 by the direction of the Payame Noor University you can read the following document:
Central Protection Office
Protection Office of Region 5
(Provinces of Fárs [Fars], Búshihr [Bushehr], KahKílúyih [Kahkiluyeh] and Buyr-A:mad
[Boyer Ahmad])
To the honourable directors of all the centres,
Greetings,
With respect, according to the ruling of the Cultural Revolutionary Council and the instructions of the Ministry of Information and the Head Protection Office of the Central Organization of Payám-i-Núr University, Bahá’ís cannot enrol in universities and higher education centres.
Therefore, such cases if encountered should be reported, their enrolment should be strictly avoided, and if they are already enrolled they should be expelled.
Confirmation comes from God alone.
[Signature illegible]
Central Protection Office of Payám-i-Núr University
Protection Officer of Payám-i-Núr University, region 5
[Signature]
(Provinces of Fárs, Búshihr, KahKílúyih and Buyr- A:mad)
[Stamp]
CONFIDENTIAL
Mu‘allim Square-Avval-i-Himmat-i-Junúbí
Samti chap-Payám-i-Núr University, region 5
Post Office Box: 1774
Telephone: (0711) 628323809
Fax: 6283727
The Bahá’í International Community Representative, Ms. Dugal makes the following remark, with which we must agree:
"In its public face, Iran claims that it has finally opened the doors to Baha'i students, after some 25 years of keeping them out of public and private universities in Iran. But, as evidenced by this confidential memorandum from the Payame Noor central office, the real policy is apparently to simply expel Baha'is as soon as they can be identified".
And… The questions lied ahead: What are we doing to stop this Educational Genocide?
Labels: blogs, human rights, reasons, religion, world citizenship
I was thinking in how to justify this blog... But, then again, should it be a reason for converging ideas all across the world? Or should it be a reason to defend every human being's right to exist?This is the space that wants to bring different kinds of peoples and, therefore, different kind
s of visions of the world. All based on one single idea: the respect for human rights and values.
A Psychoanalyst could ask me why I am doing this? A Systemic ask me what for? And, an Existentialist ask for the meaning of this project in my essence...All I can say is that I am another one in the quest, searching for that “one point” that is knowledge, split in so many ideas and world-conceptions. Seeker is how I define myself!
This blog is the sum of many: many writers and collaborators from different cultural backgrounds will (once in a while) write their thoughts in things related to psychology (and not only); different readers (hopefully) from across the world; different experiences and different ways of seeing the same reality.
This blog wants to bring everyone the reflection on what I consider the four human dimensions: the Physical, the Mental, the Noettic and the Social, in all their possible meanings.Please, be welcome
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Labels: blogs, Existentialism, Psychoanalysis, reasons, System-Theory
