Jian Ghomeshi was born in 1967 in London, England to Frank Ghomeshi, and is of Iranian descent. His family moved to Canada when Ghomeshi was seven and lived in Thornhill, Ontario. Ghomeshi attended York University, where he was president of the York Federation of Students, subsequently graduating with degrees in political science and history. On October 24, 2014, Ghomeshi announced he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the network to deal with personal matters, following the death o
Edward Snowden has been revealed as the whistleblower who provided The Guardian (UK) with information for its groundbreaking new report on the NSA. The man who controversially outed the National Security Agency’s surveillance practices to the newspaper unexpectedly outed himself on Sunday. He’s been working with the NSA for four years and copied the last set of documents he intended to leak three weeks ago at his Hawaii office. Snowden, 29, is a Booz Allen Hamilton employee who requested a two-week leave of absence, told his girlfriend he had to leave and flew to Hong Kong. Why there? “Because he believed that it was one of the few places in the world that both could and would resist the dictates of the US government.” Snowden, who previously worked at the CIA after being discharged from the U.S. Army, has now been holed up in a Hong Kong hotel for three weeks. He’s seemingly at peace with the consequences his actions could bring, although he is “intensely nervous” about being spied on, according to reports. “I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions,” he tells the Guardian . “I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant.” “The only thing I fear is the harmful effects on my family, who I won’t be able to help any more. That’s what keeps me up at night,” he added. Snowden’s motivation for leaking NSA documents and information are rooted in a desire to check what he considers government’s abuses of power: “The government has granted itself power it is not entitled to. There is no public oversight. The result is people like myself have the latitude to go further than they are allowed to.” Snowden will likely draw comparisons with that against Wikileaks source Bradley Manning , though Snowden, as a civilian, will not face a military tribunal. Just the same, several lawmakers have already called for him to be prosecuted. The Guardian also published a video interview with Snowden came as the paper was under increasing pressure this weekend to be more transparent. After doubts were cast on its original reporting about the NSA’s surveillance programs, Snowden’s choice to reveal himself immediately turned heads.
Late Tuesday night it was announced that right back Sheanon Williams of the Philadelphia Union would be the 20th player called into US camp ahead of Thursday’s first Olympic Qualifying match. Even though the US Federation did not officially send in their roster to CONCACAF until Tuesday the US team, minus Williams, was already known as training before qualifying group play was already underway in… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : Opposing Views Discovery Date : 20/03/2012 17:15 Number of articles : 2
Posted onNovember 26, 2010byBenny Hollywood|Comments Off on The return of neo-Nazism in Latvia – Latvian veteran found guilty of fighting again nazism in WWII
The international human rights movement World Without Nazism consider the decision of the ECHR’s Grand Chamber as a review of the results of the Nuremberg Trials at the level of European justice. “It is a very dangerous trend,” the movement's deputy council head Valery Engel said. He took part in a video link-up between Riga and Moscow with Kononov’s participation on Thursday. The event was organized by the Russian Public Chamber. The Kononov case is another sign of the revival of neo-Nazism in Latvia, believes World Without Nazism presidium member Iosif Koren. As former Soviet partisans are persecuted in the country, people “linked to the Waffen SS” are elected to the parliament, he noted. The ECHR should take “an objective, not politicized” decision while reviewing the case, Aleksandr Brod, a human rights activist and the chamber’s member, said. Kononov’s lawyer Mikhail Ioffe is now busy filing an appeal against the Strasbourg court’s decision. There have been few cases in history when such complaints have been considered by the court. “I never thought that in my old age I would be accused by [Latvian and Strasbourg] courts of committing crimes which never took place,” 87-year-old Kononov said during the video link. According to the veteran, the ECHR was “under unprecedented pressure.” This case is being considered as West European countries show their loyalty to “the return of neo-Nazism and rehabilitation of SS forces,” Kononov said. The veteran asked the Russian leadership and “millions of ordinary people” to help him fight against the unjust accusation. The Public Chamber has promised to help Kononov in the future. The Moscow international conference on “World without Nazism – the global goal of the entire humankind” due to be held at the upper chamber of the Russian parliament, the Federation Council, on December 17, will also discuss the case of the Latvian veteran. added by: MotherForTruth
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