Facts Management.

PART I, OTTOMAN EMPIRE CRUMBLES. Genocide The united Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide gives to the word its legal definition in 1948 1) the mental element, meaning the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such", and 2) the physical element which includes five acts described in sections a, b, c, d and e. A crime must include both elements to be called "genocide." In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group;  (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly trans...

--> 1989! Tiananmen Square, China . Did we remember?. December 31, 1988, at 11:59.57, in Times Square . A crowd is gathered, and people are screaming and yelling. Then, the count down 3,2,1… midnight! Happy New Year ! Everyone jubilates, embraces, chants, and dances in the street and all over New York… it is 1989 , a brand new year. What can Americans wish for? Prosper in their enterprise, success, riches? What can we ask for? Liberty ? Justice? Freedom? Written in the constitution, all these essentials to human life were given to us as birthright. The last pillar of injustice was removed during the civil rights movement when thousands gathered in the name of justice to demonstrate the end of segregation in the South. We are the good people, the heroes of WWII; then, in our wake, there are the other countries ruled by  tyrant s , where individuality is suppressed for the benefit of collectivity. The survival of the community passes before the indiv...

Full BBC. Documentary.  The reality of the life of ordinary people in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban. Why is this allowed? What can be done?

Kim Jung II is potentially the most dangerous man in power today. He declared that he will use his nuclear missiles if his regime is threatened. He rules over the most isolated country in the world. Its size is like the state of Mississippi , its population twenty two millions. The isolation of the population is total. No contact with anyone from outside unless priory authorized. North Korea has no industry, its primary supplier is China and Russia. Its agriculture is primitive due to a lack of advance technology, yet his leader has acquired at the beginning of the twenty first century nuclear power. It is know that Kim Jong II would sale his nuclear technologies (plutonium) to anyone who will pay the right price. It is the leverage he needed to guarantee of his regime. North Korean Military is the 5th larger in the world (1, 2 million in uniforms) and it is the largest submarine fleet in the world. You may wonder why when faced ...

Introduction to Islam. Let Baba Ali Explains: Quotations : "The Messenger of Allah said:" "If anyone harms (others), God will harm him, and if anyone shows hostility to others, God will show hostility to him." Sunan of Abu-Dawood, Hadith 1625. "Those who believe in the Qu'ran, and those who follow the Jewish (scriptures), and the Christians (scriptures) ...and (all) who believe in God and the last day and work righteousness, shall have their reward with their Lord; on them shall be no fear, nor shall they grieve." The Qur'an, 2:62 "The best jihad [struggle] is (by) the one who strives against his own self for Allah, The Mighty, and Majestic," by the Prophet Muhammad. A quick overview of Islam . Islam is a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion. The root of Islam means submission and total surrender to God. Followers of Islam are Muslims, and their teachings are in the Qur'an. The "F...

http://www.msf.org/ "Médecins Sans Frontières is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion, and natural or man-made disasters." These men and women have no political affiliation; they do not seek self-serving publicity, book deals, a reality series... fame, and fortune. For a while, they will give themselves entirely to the unfortunate regardless of race, religion, or gender. Today 2 children are born. Because of circumstances, one will live a life of plenty, and the other a life of struggle; the first run in the suburbs of New York 's manicured lawn and 2-car garage housing community, the other in a village in Sudan . Most of us just heard of Sudan when Darfur ! Yet there, a mother is watching over her child, wondering how she will keep him safe from harm, starvation, and disease. We are so desensitized to poverty, famine, ep...