:( On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 9:09 PM, amar kanwar <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Jafar Panahi Sentenced to 6 Years in Jail, 20 Years of Silence* > > Shocking and terrible news from Tehran today. Farideh Gheirat, a lawyer > representing several of the politicians, journalists and artists detained > during the protests that immediately followed the disputed 2009 Iranian > presidential election, has told the ISNA news agency (as reported by Reuters > and the AFP) that Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in jail and > that his "social rights," including "making movies, writing scripts, foreign > travel and giving interviews to domestic and foreign media, have been taken > away for 20 years." > > "Panahi, an outspoken supporter of Iran's opposition green movement, was > convicted of gathering, colluding and propaganda against the regime," > reports Saeed Kamali Dehghan. "Hamid Dabashi, a professor of Iranian studies > at Columbia university, told the Guardian the sentence showed Iran's leaders > could not tolerate the arts. 'This is a catastrophe for Iran's cinema,' he > said. 'Panahi is now exactly in the most creative phase of his life and by > silencing him at this sensitive time, they are killing his art and talent. > Iran is sending a clear message by this sentence that they don't have any > tolerance and can't bear arts, philosophy or anything like that. This is a > sentence against the whole culture of Iran. They want the artists to sit at > their houses and stop creating art. This is a catastrophe for a whole > nation." > > Gheirat has announced that she will appeal this decision, so we do have > some hope that this incredibly harsh sentence will not stand. Panahi was one > of several mourners who'd gathered near the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan in a > Tehran cemetery who were arrested in July 2009. So, too, was filmmaker > Muhammad Rasoulof, who has also been sentenced to six years today. When > Panahi was released that summer, his passport was revoked and he was > forbidden to leave the country. In March of this year, he was arrested again > because, as the Iranian culture minister put it, he "was making a film > against the regime and it was about the events that followed election." > Throughout the ordeal, prominent filmmakers, film societies and festivals > formally protested Panahi's detainment, and finally, in May, he was released > on bail. > > *The speech he delivered during his hearing in November has been widely > cited and quoted, and you can read it in full at Current Conflicts. Here's > just a bit: "You are putting me on trial for making a film that, at the time > of our arrest, was only 30 percent shot. You must have heard that the famous > creed, 'There is no god, except Allah,' turns into blasphemy if you only say > the first part and omit the second part. In the same vein, how can you > establish that a crime has been committed by looking at 30 percent of the > rushes for a film that has not been edited yet?... I, Jafar Panahi, declare > once again that I am an Iranian, I am staying in my country and I like to > work in my own country. I love my country, I have paid a price for this love > too, and I am willing to pay again if necessary. I have yet another > declaration to add to the first one. As shown in my films, I declare that I > believe in the right of 'the other' to be different, I believe in mutual > understanding and respect, as well as in tolerance; the tolerance that > forbid me from judgment and hatred. I don't hate anybody, not even my > interrogators.*" > > Earlier this month, TIFF Cinematheque ran a retrospective of Panahi's work: > "With five critically acclaimed and copiously awarded features to his name, > Panahi is one of the major figures of the New Iranian cinema; once the > protégé to Abbas Kiarostami, Panahi has forged a style and path all is own. > His cohesive body of work owes much to Italian neo-realism, with his > documentary style and preference for mostly non-professional actors, and a > fierce belief in human and social rights." > > One of the films screened was The Accordian, a short that's Panahi's > contribution to Then and Now: Beyond Borders and Differences, an omnibus > film supported by the United Nations; the film premiered at the Venice Film > Festival in September. Panahi: "The Accordion is the story of humankind’s > materialistic need to survive in a pretentious religion. In it, a boy is > prevented from playing for reasons of religious prohibition, which he > accepts in order to survive. But the main character of the film is the girl > or, perhaps, in my view, the symbol of the next generation." > > http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/2671 > > > On 20 December 2010 12:14, Ghulam Muhammed <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Monday, December 20, 2010 >> >> >> >> *A Jew is a Jew is a Jew* >> >> >> >> *It is time the world should recognize and acknowledge a Jew as a Jew, >> first and last. World should acknowledge the tremendous good Jews, >> individually and collectively had contributed to humankind in practically >> every facet of human existence, especially in modern societies. At the same >> time, the world should beware of the tremendous potential of damage they >> could inflict on the world and had been in the past in history. Like with >> special children, the best way to keep them in sight is to keep them under >> constant surveillance, for the good they do to the world and to their own >> kind and for the damage they can do to the world and even to their own kind. >> * >> >> * * >> >> *New York Times writer, Thomas L. Friedman is first and last Jewish. He >> carries all the positives and negatives that converge on his Jewish >> intellect. His analysis of the world around us has been singularly brilliant >> and eye-popping. In his latest article in The New York Times: We’ve Only Got >> America A (Dec.14, 2010), he rightly expresses alarm over how his country, >> the USA is slipping in world affairs. * >> >> * * >> >> *It is the remedy that he suggests shows that even a most liberal of Jew >> could only fall back on his own kind’s existential propensities to find a >> solution for America’s survival. He wants America to go back to the American >> Jewish Neo-con model of War War rather than Jaw Jaw. He writes: “…it >> will be a lot easier with a healthier America committed to its core values, >> powerful enough to project them and successful enough that others want to >> follow our lead ---- voluntarily.” * >> >> * * >> >> *According the American Jewish Neo-con, to project America’s power, it >> has to pick an Iraq here, an Afghanistan there and the world will be struck >> with shock and awe, for America to subdue the recalcitrant and force them to >> come to it voluntarily. * >> >> * * >> >> *It is clear that even with America in decline like the Great Britain >> after the World War II, its Jewish thinkers are determined to prove that >> since there is no more any other America to save the world, as they had >> jumped from Europe to America as their survival strategy, they finding a >> dead end of further colonies, America itself should rearm itself and stand >> up to claim the title of the lone superpower of the world. * >> >> * * >> >> *It is not that the US does not have the military power to bomb the >> entire planet many times over. It’s the fragility of the world in which >> Americans too have to make a living that forces them to compromise and >> resort to token warfare. They are now gearing up to take on North Korea. >> That will once again give them a chance to show the world that America is >> still alive and kicking.* >> >> * * >> >> *Friedman warns his countrymen, that if America goes weak, though, and >> cannot project its power the way it has, ---“your kids won’t just grow up in >> a different America. They would grow up in a different world.” On the face >> of it, this means that the different world, if it is dominated by >> non-Caucasians, like China and India, would be a disaster for the Americans. >> Both China and India are not yet Zionist proxies. * >> >> * * >> >> *A constant theme in Science Fiction literature and children’s comic >> books in America conjures up how Aliens from different galaxies where their >> survival is threatened, invade earth and how we the earth people deal with >> them. * >> >> * * >> >> *The constant refrain shows how thinkers in literature and comics have >> been preparing the American children, for decades, when their survival on >> American soil will become difficult and they will have to invade other >> countries and find new colonies to settle. * >> >> * * >> >> *Jews who have a history of moving from countries to countries, for any >> number of reasons, will be the first to jump the ship and the two countries >> that they would like to descent on, are China and India. * >> >> * * >> >> *China** is a difficult place to penetrate. India is a soft target and it >> is possible that America and its vanguard Jewish troopers will try to >> colonize India. * >> >> * * >> >> *India**’s extremist fascism oriented Hindutva political party’s >> President is now visiting Israel and openly asking Israel to help them in >> internal security of India. That is good enough entry point for Zionist Jews >> into India. Others will follow. India already has been propped up as the >> next ‘superpower’ in the making and is being offered goodies of all spurious >> kind, like a seat at UN Security Council. However, the moment India is >> embroiled in any of harebrained scheme of joining the next war, say against >> it’s neighbor China, India’s own economy is bound be ruined and the loss of >> Indian blood will blot the country’s future for all time to come. * >> >> * * >> >> *India** at best will be a reluctant imperialist power. Its mutinous >> millions will not easily succumb to American Neo-con maneuvering to engage >> them in a Third World War on Asian soil. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s >> current visit with 400 Chinese business leaders offering doubling of mutual >> trade to US$100 billion by 2015, is a visionary approach to keep India >> engaged in its Asian neighborhood, without getting entangled with West’s >> machinations. However, a jingoist Brahmin minority is on the same wave >> length as the Zionists and would do anything to perpetuate its stranglehold >> on India, even though their minority has organized a manufactured majority >> that is bound to disintegrate if the fruits of economic progress is >> monopolized by an easily identified oligarchic community and not available >> to the deprived rest. Unlike US, India is prone to internal violent strife. >> It therefore cannot unite to mount a foreign adventure, especially where >> nuclearly armed neighbours are involved.* >> >> * * >> >> *It is therefore difficult to figure out where Thomas Friedman would like >> the US to go to show its military might that could translate in rejuvenation >> of its economy.* >> >> * * >> >> *Friedman has identified two potent developments that are threatening the >> current world order. One: the emergence of China as an economic power. >> Second: the anarchy unleashed by whistleblower Wikileaks that is now a >> permanent threat to America’s secret war on its friends and foes. But >> emerging facts about Zionist connection, in censoring Wikileaks postings, >> challenge his pious lamentation on world anarchy.* >> >> * * >> >> >> >> >> >> *Ghulam Muhammed, Mumbai* >> >> *[email protected]* >> >> *http://ghulammuhammed.blogspot.com * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "humanrights movement" group. >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. >> > > > > -- > AMAR KANWAR > New Delhi > India > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "humanrights movement" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<humanrights-movement%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. 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