The earth is standstill

Pilot Nader Jneid
Astronomist & Air Navigator
Theorist Of Earth Standstill Theory
Calendar For The Prayer Times According To Air Navigation
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(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the most merciful)

Believe it or not …!

Twenty (20) Convincing Scientific Evidences Throughout
Aviation Sciences – Physics -Mechanics
And Mathematics
Supported and Sustained by
Eleven (11) Quranic Verses Prove That:
The Earth is Standstill
It turns neither around itself nor around the Sun

Pilot Nader Jneid’s research includes:
Ø The dawn angles and times in the whole world.
Ø The story of the Gregorian and Hegira Calendar.
Ø Terms of inquiring the Hegira month Crescent.
Ø A Special Calendar for the Prayer times
according to air navigation in London

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The First evidence:

Modern Physics and nuclear Physics based on Kipller rules that say all objects in the universe move and they have gravity and also the big object attracts the small one, consequently the Earth turns around the sun by the force of sun gravity, Moreover, the moon turns around the Earth by the force of Earth gravity.
Therefore, the sun gravity is bigger than the moon gravity.
Therefore, if the Earth had turned around the sun by the force of the sun gravity, the affects of sun gravity would have appeared on the Earth such as the ebb and tides.
Where we notice that the ebb and tides happens when the moon is vertical over the Earth, but we do not notice it when the sun is vertical over the Earth, consequently the moon gravity over the Earth is stronger than the sun gravity over the Earth.
As Astronomists said that the distance between the sun and the Earth is approximately (150.000.000) km, where (147.000.000) km in the winter and (145.000.000) km in the summer, consequently the difference of distance between winter and summer is (7.000.000) km.
In addition, Astronomists considered the distance between the spaceship, which turns around the Earth in space, and the Earth is stable, firmed by the centrifugal force, which equals the gravity of the Earth.
In addition, the gravity of the Earth that existed on the spaceship and did not exist inside the spaceship where we see the astronauts inside the spaceship and all objects around move freely.
Moreover, gravity of the Earth cannot isolate it from other things.

The Second evidence:

All Astronomists illustrated the movement of Earth – moon – sun hubs according to Copernicus theory with very strange, imaginative configurative way.

They made sun stable and they made the duration of the day (24) hours, they divided this duration into two parts:

- First part: the Earth turns around itself (360 °) during (23 hours – 56 minutes – 4 seconds).
- Second part: the Earth turns around the sun (2.400.000.000) km with during (3 minutes – 56 seconds) on the said ellipsoid rout of the Earth, so the speed around the sun (2.400.000.000) milliards km/h which is a very imaginative number. In addition, when dividing the distance of the Earth movement all day long (24) hours, then the average of the Earth speed around the sun will be about (100.000) km/h, which is very imaginative according to the Earth.
The Earth turns around itself (0.98) of the degree to conserve of the numbers of the calendar year (365.25) days.
Moreover, they made the moon turns around the Earth once and once around itself every (28) days, the moon moves around the sun (along with the Earth) during its rotation around the Earth during (1 day – 14 hours – 40 minutes to complete the hegira month. As the Earth was turning around itself (360.98 °) and the moon was turning (12 °) during (24) hours, so according to the Mechanics rules, then the shape of the moon face according to the watcher from the Earth would be changed according to the watching angle from the Earth, which is contradicted to the fact; where we see just one shape of the moon face, from moon rise to moon set permanently, clearly shown especially in the night of the middle of the hegira month. This is impossible unless the Earth is stable, firmed and the moon turns around the Earth and around itself with equal angled speed.

The Third evidence:

According to NASA, they considered the Earth and the Moon turn around one mutual centre in the Earth called (Central Bar) counter-clockwise with different angled speed (the angled speed is the performed degrees during certain time), where the angled speed of the Earth around its centre is (15 °) per hour, where it is for the moon around the Earth center (14, 50 °) per hour.
So if the Earth was turning around itself, then its speed would be at the equator about (1667) km/h (because the Earth circumference equals (40.000) km it takes in just one course during 24 hours).
Moreover, the speed of the moon rotation around the Earth center about (80.000) km/h, where the moon is away from the Earth with (350.000) km.

In addition, according to the air navigation rules, the reaching point on the moon surface moves and turns with the moon movement around the Earth; consequently, any spaceship cannot descend on the moon surface when it was closed of its back, because the maximum speed of any spaceship is (27.000) km/h, and then it will collides with the moon and it will explode when it closed to descend on besides its movement.

Thus, America has cheated the whole world when it said that it descends on the moon surface. However, all photos distributed are made in the cinematic Hollywood city.
But the if the Earth is stable, firmed neither turns around itself nor around the sun, so the flight and descending on the moon surface possible according to the air navigation rules, and America has factually descended on the moon surface. This proves the fixation and stability of the Earth, thus it turns neither around itself nor around the sun.

The Fourth evidence:

If the Earth was moving around the sun with speed (100.000) km/h, and the moon was turning with speed (80.000) km/h, consequently the position of the moon and all satellites would Changed according to the Earth, this leads to the moon speed becomes (100.000) km/h when it is behind the Earth.
Moreover, the moon speed will increase to (180.000) km/h when the Earth becomes between the moon and the sun.


In addition, its speed will decrease to (100.000) km/h when the moon becomes before the Earth.


Moreover, its speed will decrease into (20.000) km/h when the moon becomes between the Earth and the sun.

In addition, its speed will increase into (100.000) km/h when the moon becomes behind the Earth.


This study is performed based on that the Earth moves around the sun by a fixed speed of (100.000) km/h. However, according to Astronomists, the Earth moves around the sun by variant speed, therefore this makes the moon and all satellites to change their moving speed permanently, to conserve its position according to the Earth.

It has been assured that the moon and all satellites do not have self-force enables them to increase or decrease of their speed, and the gravity of the Earth cannot control all satellites at the change of the Earth movement. Thus, this proves that the Earth does not turn around the sun.
The Fifth evidence:

According to Copernicus theory, if the Earth was moving around itself and around the sun, then the atmosphere is considered a piece relating to the Earth, consequently this atmosphere and the Earth will move with each other around the Earth center and around the sun. So if we have two planes:

- The first one is normal inside the atmosphere.

- The second is a spaceship outside the atmosphere.
The two are flying from Los Anglos into Damascus by the same speed and direction of the Earth over that height of each plane flies by (when the Earth is turning) and after (12) hours: the first plane inside the atmosphere has been arrived to Damascus. However, the second one outside the atmosphere has been remained over Los Anglos.
Alternatively, if we have two fixed planes over Los Anglos:
- The first one is helicopter inside the atmosphere.
- The second one is a spaceship outside the atmosphere (the satellite). So to remain the two planes over Los Anglos, the helicopter speed must be zero (0) km/h.
Moreover, the spaceship speed must be equal to the Earth turning speed over that height (when the Earth is moving), as the satellite of T.V. such as Nile sat and Arab sat.
This evidence asserts that the Earth and the atmosphere are separated from the space according to the All-Mighty Allah who quoted in (Surah Al Anbiya-30):

" ) أَوَلَمْ يَرَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَنَّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا وَجَعَلْنَا مِنَ المَاءِ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ حَيٍّ أَفَلا يُؤْمِنُونَ ) (الأنبياء30 )
Do not the Unbelievers see that the heavens and the earth Were joined together (as one Unit of Creation), before We clove them asunder? we made from water every living thing. Will they not then believe?

Moreover, according to this truth, the maximum speed of any spaceship, which gets outside the atmosphere (27.000) km/h plus the speed of the Earth movement around the sun at the moment when it gets out of the atmosphere as Astronomists saying.
So if the speed of the Earth movement around the sun on the ellipsoid orbit with minimum at the moment when it gets out of the atmosphere, and the speed around the sun increased, so the spaceship will face big difficulty at returning back to the Earth.
Regarding that, all spaceships get out and return to the Earth through the atmosphere easily, when the travel into the moon took six days.
Thus, this proves the non-rotation of the Earth around the sun.

The Sixth evidence:

The moon is global in shape and after mechanical study, we noticed it has three courses, not two courses as Astronomists described it and that the sunray covers the semi-moon permanently except the eclipse time.

- The first course of the moon is around itself, and its angled speed around itself equals to its angled speed around the Earth. Therefore, we always watch the front face of the moon.
- The second course of the moon is around the Earth, where the moon turns around the Earth every (24 hours) (348 °), or traversed (348) longitude; or the course of the moon decreases about (12 °) or (12) longitude every (24 hours).
- The third course is the outer course of the moon from which we watch the enlightened amount on the moon face, as Allah quoted in (Surah Yasin- 39):

(In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the most merciful)

(وَالقَمَرَ قَدَّرْنَاهُ مَنَازِلَ حَتَّى عَادَ كَالعُرْجُونِ القَدِيمِ) ( يس 39)
And the Moon, we have measured for her mansions (to traverse) till she returns like the old (and withered) lower part of a date stalk.

This course is performed every (29 days – 14 hours – 40 minutes), or (29.6) days which equals one hegira month.
Although, the sun turns (360 °) , and the moon turns (348 °) around the Earth during (24 hours); so this will lead to the retreating of the moon position from the position of the sunset with (12.15 °) daily.

The lighting of the front face of the moon increases but it decreases on the rear face, so we watch the full moon when the angle difference between the sun and the moon (180 °).
Then the lighting decreases on the front face and increases on the rear face until the crescent moon disappears after passing (29 days – 14 hours – 40 minutes) .
The sun and the moon are turning around the Earth clockwise with (a half degree) as an angled speed.
In fact, we notice that the position of the moon gets far away from any position on the earth by (14.5) longitude or degree per hour. So at the full moon it begins to appear at six from the east side, after passing 12 hours it begins to disappear at the west side, or it traversed (180) degree or longitude according to the earth.

The Seventh evidence:

At the equator, the hours of the night and the day equal yearly. Pursuant to that, there found the typical for studying crossing point of the equator and the longitude (Greenwich) because all the cities that locate on the equator, the sunrise and sunset time equals to (12 hours).


Therefore, the full moon will appear at the middle of hegira month at Greenwich at six p.m. from the east, the moon will move toward the west and at six a.m., and after (12 hours) it will disappear from the west.

This is another proof that the earth turns neither around itself nor around the sun.

The Eighth evidence:
There is in each second four main locations to the sun according to the earth during its rotation around the earth are:

(Sunrise–Sunset–Midday Sun “Noon Athan”–Midnight Sun).
The Midday sun times have been loaded over Mile metric papers according to Greenwich between tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn.
In addition, through one calendar year, we noticed that the movement of the sun between the two tropics according to the midday time: it drew the shape of number (8) in English
, and the day duration increases and decreases with (14.5) minutes during a calendar year over its average duration (24) hours.

Thus, the movement of the sun during one calendar year between tropic of Cancer and tropic of Capricorn draws the shape of the number (8) in English

not as said with ellipsoid shape.


The Ninth evidence:

The T.V. satellites are stable according to the earth with a fixed distance from the earth. Within tracks that make the gravity of the earth and the centrifugal force equal as the said thought.

However, if this satellite moves from its track just one meter, so the gravity of the earth is unable to get it back into its location. Therefore, if the earth moves around the sun by speed (100.000) km/h, then the moon and all satellites will leave the gravity of the earth.

The Tenth evidence:

In the vans that convey the liquid oil and water there are bars in their tanks to cool off the violent movement of the water during the varying speed of the van to conserve its balance.

If the earth moves around the sun with ellipsoid orbit by the gravity of the sun according to Kipller, so its movement speed will be changed between acceleration and slowness and the ocean water will then be affected between action and reaction.


Moreover, the wave and the violent movement of the water of the oceans more than (Tsunami).
Not with standing, the oceans do not have coolers to ease the movement of the water vibration.

The Eleventh evidence:

According to the scientific facts that planes are solid objects when they are on the earth as piece of it. When they fly in the atmosphere, they displace the air out of their front during their moving on.

So if the earth moved like the plane in the atmosphere, it would displace the air from its front and it would overpass the atmosphere within (3.5) seconds.
If the earth turns around itself by speed (1667) km/h, so the outer speed of air will be equal to the earth turning speed (1667) km/h but counter clockwise of the earth rotation. Here is evidence that the earth turns neither around itself nor around the sun with an ellipsoid orbit.


The Twelfth evidence:

The atmosphere around the earth is gaseous object and it is variant and compressible, we cannot grasp it unless we seize it.


Therefore, if the atmosphere moves with the earth as said, then the thickness of the atmosphere before the earth movement around the sun on the ellipsoid orbit will be less than at the rear position of the earth.
Moreover, the fact this thickness is equal and harmonised.
This is another evidence that the earth turns neither around itself nor around the sun with ellipsoid orbit.


The Thirteenth evidence:

When the plane overpasses the speed (1200) km/h, so the plane then penetrated the sound wall and a very powerful explosion will be heard


Therefore, if the earth moves around the sun with speed (100.000) km/h, then we will hear very powerful sounds at penetrating the sound wall.


The fourteenth evidence:

If the gravity of the earth had been able to hold and fix the atmosphere during its rotation around itself and around the sun, then it would have prevented the wind especially the tornado wind of the fifth level which its speed reaches to (250) km/h .

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DI Urged Iraq again to sign the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions

Defend International continues its lobbying efforts and congratulates Iraq on the Cabinet’s recent decision to join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions. Iraq's Cabinet recently made a decision to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions.
In the Iraq war of 1991, 24 to 30 million sub munitions were used in Iraq and Kuwait. In 2003, another two million sub munitions were dropped in Iraq. [1] As a country affected by cluster bombs, Iraq’s signature would send a strong signal to the world that cluster bombs are unacceptable weapons and enable Iraq to receive assistance for clearance of cluster bomb remnants and to help Iraqi victims.
Almost one year on from the historic signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Oslo in December 2008, campaigners have today launched a call on governments to stem the flow of money to producers of these indiscriminate weapons. The new CMC campaign is entitled ‘stop explosive investments’.
"The ban will put a stop to future use of these weapons, but true success will be the difference it makes to people in affected countries like Iraq. No one should go through what I went through and the Iraqi authorities now have a real opportunity to make that a reality by signing the treaty." said Ms. Ayat Syleiman Ali, Iraqi cluster bomb survivor and member of the Ban Advocates group of survivor advocates.

Letter to His Excellency Hoshyar Zebari
Norway
29 May 2009

Mr. Hoshyar Zebari
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Opposite State Org. for Roads and Bridges
Karradat Mariam
Baghdad
Iraq

Dear Minister,
I am writing to congratulate Iraq on the Cabinet's recent decision to join the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions and urge swift signature of this important agreement.
This international treaty comprehensively prohibits cluster munitions, requires destruction of stockpiled cluster munitions within eight years and clearance of contaminated land within 10 years, and recognises the rights of individuals and communities affected by the weapon to receive assistance. Since December 2008, a total of 96 governments have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions including stockpilers, former users and producers of the weapon as well as affected countries from every region of the world.
Iraq participated in several diplomatic meetings held to develop the draft text of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, including the negotiations in May 2008. As an affected country Iraq should benefit from the Convention’s provisions on international cooperation and assistance.
Every country wishing to prevent further suffering from the horrors of cluster munitions should join the Convention on Cluster Munitions. This instrument is crucial to ensure the stigmatisation of cluster munitions to make sure this weapon is never used again.

Yours sincerely,

Widad Akrawi
President, Defend International

C.c:
• Dr Narmeen Othman, Minster of Environment
• Dr Ayaad Alsamaraee, Chair of Parliament
• Mr. Mustafa Radhi, Foreign Affairs Committee
• Mr Hadi Alameri, Defence Committee
• Dr. Hamid Al-Bayati, Ambassador, Permanent Mission of Iraq to the United Nations, NY
• Mrs. Ahlam Al-Gailani, Counsellor, Switzerland

President Suleiman's Oath & Our People In Israel

By: Elias Bejjani

In his inaugural speech that was delivered in the Parliament after his election as President for the Republic of Lebanon on 25 May, 2009, General Michele Suleiman promised to bring back our people from Israel who took refuge there in the aftermath of the Israeli army’s unilateral withdrawal from South Lebanon in May 2000. He said: "This day coincides with the anniversary of the national liberation and victory day, let us make it a motive for greater awareness for what awaits us, and to renew our commitment for freedom and democracy, which we offered sacrifices for them in a bid to safeguard the country. In this context, comes the hard work to release prisoners and detainees, disclose the fate of the missing, and to bring back our sons who fled to Israel; our country's lap has room for all of its citizens."

Almost two years have passed since President Suleiman's election, while his promise to bring back our people from Israel has not yet been fulfilled. It is an ethical obligation and a national legitimate right to ask what is hindering the president from taking the needed actions to put an end to this ongoing dilemma?

We wonder if Lebanon and its official decision making process that Hezbollah currently controls by force and terrorism is in fact able and willing to embrace all its citizens including those who are in Israel since May, 2000?

The wicked Lebanese politicians, clergy, officials and leaders who venomously hide behind fake and camouflaged lies of resistance and liberation, and whose conscience is dead, memories rotten and selective, especially the terrorist group, Hezbollah, the Syrian-Iranian mercenary thugs and militias, MP General Michele Aoun who changed his skin to join the axis of Evil and many others all must be reminded that our people who fled to Israel are from the mosaic of all the Lebanese religious denominations, and that they were forced to do so following the notorious deal that was brokered between the Israeli government at that time, with the regional agreement of Hezbollah's masters in Iran and Syria and with international blessings.

The deal sacrificed our southern people, led to a unilateral Israeli withdrawal, gave Hezbollah full control over the South, including the joint border of Lebanon and Israel, and kept the Lebanese army and institutions out of the whole region.

In fact, Hezbollah did not liberate the South and according to MP General Michele Aoun (before he became Hezbollah's ally), who stated: "The Shebaa Farms is a big lie and not Lebanese. Hezbollah did not liberate the South, but on the contrary, it hindered its liberation for 14 years and forced its own residents to leave". Aoun labeled Hezbollah's joy of liberation in the year 2000 as a "drug addicts' ecstasy".

Based on facts, unveiled lies and fabrications, the mercenaries who unjustly accuse our people in Israel with treason, collaboration and betrayal should fear God's wrath and revenge. They need to witness the truth and repent. Our people in Israel were, are, and shall remain patriotic par excellence and totally loyal to their country and land.

We, wonder what is the actual agenda for the sudden re-opening of General Antoine Lahed's judicial (leader of the now defunct South Lebanese Army) case on 28 October 2009 and the issuance of a 15-year hard labor imprisonment verdict against him in absentia on charges of acquisition of Israeli citizenship and collaborating with Israel, although General Lahed was sentenced in 2000 with a death penalty and also in absentia.

Apparently this new verdict has no judicial value at all because Lahed who now lives in Israel, has already has been haphazardly and unjustly sentenced in his absence with a death penalty. So what is the reason now for this questionable judicial reawakening?

The logic of this bizarre maneuver shows clearly that the verdict targets President Suleiman's inaugural speech, and in particular the section in which he promised to bring back our people from Israel. The Hezbollah-tailored verdict is in reality not against General Lahed, but against President Suleiman personally. It puts him on notice that the file of our people in Israel is closed and will remain so as long as he is in office. The two charges that were used in the new sentence against Lahed actually apply to almost all our people in Israel, i.e. acquisition of Israeli citizenship and collaboration with Israel.

We genuinely hope to be wrong in our very serious fears and dire concerns. But the extensive cumulated traumatic knowledge of the mentality and the patterns of Hezbollah and its Syrian-Iranian masters in dealing with all matters since1982 to date allows us to maintain our analysis. All evidence based on past experience with Hezbollah and its two masters is too abundant and all of it consists of tragedies and calamities.

We call on President Michel Suleiman to fulfill his promise and work hard with courage and honesty to bring back our people from Israel with all due respect to their dignity, patriotism, sacrifices and loyalty to Lebanon, the homeland that they will never under any circumstances substitute with any other country.

President Suleiman, who was Lebanon's Army Chief Commander in the year 2000 when our people were forced into exile, is well aware of all the hidden secrets of that era. He knows too that these heroic citizens are more patriotic and more Lebanese in every aspect than those who are accusing them with treason and betrayal. Our people refused to abandon their land and courageously defended their towns and villages against all thugs of terrorism and fanaticism for 25 years while all the successive Lebanese central governments have merely abandoned them.

When the Israeli army unilaterally withdrew from the South in May 2000, our people declined from continuing the fight and chose to leave, not because of fear of combat or death, but to avoid more Lebanese bloodshed, while the central government did not dare to assume its national responsibilities and obligations.

President Suleiman knows more than anyone else in Lebanon that the Hezbollah mercenaries and the so-called resistance are hindering the dignified return of our people from Israel and falsely accusing them of treason and collaboration. It is the Hezbollah who are actually guilty of these charges and not our heroic Lebanese people.

Mr. President, please do not allow those who were behind this bizarre new sentence against General Lahed, and which in fact was a condemnation of your inauguration speech to achieve their schemes and fulfill their evil objectives. You are the guardian and the protector of the country's constitution. Do not back down or retreat from your promises, and do not abandon our people any longer in Israel . Above all, do not let the Israeli government be more concerned and caring for our people than you and the Lebanese authorities.

Mr. President, protect and safeguard the rights of our people in Israel and bring them back to their beloved Lebanon as soon as possible.

Iran: Halt the execution of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan

Widad Akrawi
widad@defendinternational.org

Defend International has been informed by reliable sources that the political activist Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan will be hanged on November 11, 2009. He was accused of being a mohareb ("enemy of God") and "endangering state security".

Name: Ehsan Fatahiyan
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Authorities: Iranian
Category: Death penalty / Prisoners of conscience / Arbitrary detentions / Fear of torture or ill-treatments


The case:
According to the information received on 8 November 2009, the Revolutionary Court of Sanandaj confirmed the date of execution of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan, aged 27. He is supposed to be hanged on November 11, 2009.

Mr. Fatahiyan was condemned to death for his political opinions and is currently detained in the city of Sanandaj. He have been held in solitary confinement, subjected to torture and other ill-treatment and questioned repeatedly to obtain false confessions. He is believed to have been convicted of being a mohareb (“enemy of God”) and "endangering state security".

His sentence was 10 years' imprisonment, but an Iranian appeal court imposed in February 2009 capital punishment instead, which is in violation of the Iranian Criminal Code.

DI Views & Demands:

Defend International expresses its deepest concern about Mr. Fatahiyan’s death sentence, as it is further evidence that Iran will continue its attempt to condemn those to death who fall short of the government’s expectations.

DI urges the Iranian authorities to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a state party. We call on Iran to abolish death penalty; to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout Iran, and to refrain from any unfair or inhumane practice that might violate international human rights standards. We also call for the establishment of a committee of jurists to study the implementation of death penalty and transmit a legislative proposal to abolish the capital punishment in Iran. Moreover, we call upon Iran to ensure respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion. In addition, the international community, namely the EU, should urge the Iranian authorities to “adhere and comply with the relevant international norms and standards” [1].

Defend International is unconditionally opposed to the death penalty, under all circumstances and in all countries, since it is a violation of the right to life and an extreme form of cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. DI is also categorically opposed to torture and other cruel punishments under any condition.

Defend International will continue monitoring the situation in Iran closely.


DI campaign:
Please copy the following appeals, add your signature and address and send them to arrive as soon as possible.

With thanks and appreciation

Defend International

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Leader of the Islamic Republic,
His Excellency Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei,
The Office of the Supreme Leader,
Shoahada Street,
Qom,
Islamic Republic of Iran,
Faxes: + 98.21.649.5880 / 21.774.2228,
Email: info@leader.ir / istiftaa@wilayah.org / webmaster@wilayah.org

Your Excellency,

By this letter, I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the case of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan, a political activist, condemned to death and currently detained in the city of Sanandaj. Mr. Fatahiyan is supposed to be hanged on November 11, 2009. I call upon the Iranian judicial authorities to halt this execution immediately and to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Fatahiyan. I call on you to release him immediately and unconditionally since his detention is arbitrary, as it seems to sanction his opinions.

Furthermore I call for an impartial investigation into the allegations that Mr. Fatahiyan was tortured and inhumanely treated while in custody. I urge you also to ensure that he has access to adequate medical treatment and to put an end to all acts of harassment against all civil society activists in Iran.

As member of Defend International, I am concerned about the death sentences passed against human rights defenders, civil society activists and protestors in general. We strongly urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately stop executions and take steps towards abolishing the death penalty. I call for the establishment of a committee of jurists to study the implementation of death penalty and transmit a legislative proposal to abolish the capital punishment in Iran. I also urge the Iranian authorities to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a state party.

I hope for your urgent attention to this matter.

Yours respectfully,


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President
His Excellency Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
The Presidency, Palestine Avenue,
Azerbaijan Intersection,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran,
Fax: + 98.21.649.5880,
E-mail: dr-ahmadinejad@president.ir


Your Excellency,

By this letter, I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the case of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan, a political activist, condemned to death and currently detained in the city of Sanandaj. Mr. Fatahiyan is supposed to be hanged on November 11, 2009. I call upon the Iranian judicial authorities to halt this execution immediately and to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Fatahiyan. I call on you to release him immediately and unconditionally since his detention is arbitrary, as it seems to sanction his opinions.

Furthermore I call for an impartial investigation into the allegations that Mr. Fatahiyan was tortured and inhumanely treated while in custody. I urge you also to ensure that he has access to adequate medical treatment and to put an end to all acts of harassment against all civil society activists in Iran.

As member of Defend International, I am concerned about the death sentences passed against human rights defenders, civil society activists and protestors in general. We strongly urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately stop executions and take steps towards abolishing the death penalty. I call for the establishment of a committee of jurists to study the implementation of death penalty and transmit a legislative proposal to abolish the capital punishment in Iran. I also urge the Iranian authorities to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a state party.

I hope for your urgent attention to this matter.

Yours respectfully,


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Head of the Judiciary,
His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Hashemi Shahrudi,
Ministry of Justice,
Park-e Shahr,
Tehran,
Islamic Republic of Iran,
Fax: +98.21.879.6671 / +98 21 3 311 6567,
Email: Irjpr@iranjudiciary.com


Your Excellency,

By this letter, I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the case of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan, a political activist, condemned to death and currently detained in the city of Sanandaj. Mr. Fatahiyan is supposed to be hanged on November 11, 2009. I call upon the Iranian judicial authorities to halt this execution immediately and to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Fatahiyan. I call on you to release him immediately and unconditionally since his detention is arbitrary, as it seems to sanction his opinions.

Furthermore I call for an impartial investigation into the allegations that Mr. Fatahiyan was tortured and inhumanely treated while in custody. I urge you also to ensure that he has access to adequate medical treatment and to put an end to all acts of harassment against all civil society activists in Iran.

As member of Defend International, I am concerned about the death sentences passed against human rights defenders, civil society activists and protestors in general. We strongly urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately stop executions and take steps towards abolishing the death penalty. I call for the establishment of a committee of jurists to study the implementation of death penalty and transmit a legislative proposal to abolish the capital punishment in Iran. I also urge the Iranian authorities to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a state party.

I hope for your urgent attention to this matter.

Yours respectfully,


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Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
Chemin du Petit-Saconnex 28,
1209 Geneva,
Switzerland,
Fax: +41 22 7330203,
Email: mission.iran@ties.itu.int


Your Excellency,

By this letter, I would like to express my deepest concern regarding the case of Mr. Ehsan Fatahiyan, a political activist, condemned to death and currently detained in the city of Sanandaj. Mr. Fatahiyan is supposed to be hanged on November 11, 2009. I call upon the Iranian judicial authorities to halt this execution immediately and to guarantee in all circumstances the physical and psychological integrity of Mr. Fatahiyan. I call on you to release him immediately and unconditionally since his detention is arbitrary, as it seems to sanction his opinions.

Furthermore I call for an impartial investigation into the allegations that Mr. Fatahiyan was tortured and inhumanely treated while in custody. I urge you also to ensure that he has access to adequate medical treatment and to put an end to all acts of harassment against all civil society activists in Iran.

As member of Defend International, I am concerned about the death sentences passed against human rights defenders, civil society activists and protestors in general. We strongly urge the Islamic Republic of Iran to immediately stop executions and take steps towards abolishing the death penalty. I call for the establishment of a committee of jurists to study the implementation of death penalty and transmit a legislative proposal to abolish the capital punishment in Iran. I also urge the Iranian authorities to respect the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which Iran is a state party.

I hope for your urgent attention to this matter.

Yours respectfully

Prevent Swine Flu - Good Advice

The only portals of entry are the nostrils and mouth/throat. In a global epidemic of this nature, it's almost impossible to avoid coming into contact with H1N1 in spite of all precautions.

While you are still healthy and not showing any symptoms of H1N1 infection, in order to prevent proliferation, aggravation of symptoms and development of secondary infections, some very simple steps can be practiced

1. Gargle twice a day with warm salt water or Listerine. *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in the throat/nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that Tamiflu has on an infected one. Don't underestimate this simple, inexpensive, and powerful preventative method.

2. Blow the nose hard once a day and swab both nostrils with cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing down viral population.

3. Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin C If you have to supplement with Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost absorption.

4. Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can. Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do any harm.

Australians pay more for food: OECD

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Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are being blamed for Australians paying the fastest growing prices for groceries in the world.

According to new OECD price data, food prices in Australia have increased 41.3 per cent since the start of 2000, News Limited newspapers reported.

Spain has the next fastest rate of increase over that time at 41.2 per cent.

University of NSW associate professor Frank Zumbo said comparing costs over 10 years eliminated variables such as drought, and exposed Australia's "cosy" supermarket duopoly as the main reason for the price surge.

"When you look internationally, it is our market concentration which explains why our grocery prices are rising faster," he told News Ltd.

Earlier this year, the federal government dumped its criticised Grocery Choice website.

A spokesperson for Woolworths rejected the OECD's findings.

Woolworths' James Aylen said there was plenty of competition in the market.

"We don't believe we have too much power," Mr Aylen told the Seven Network.

"We actually think the Australian market is very competitive.

"We know the ACCC had their inquiry last year and they certainly found it to be competitive as well."

Figures released last week showed that Sydneysiders pay the least for groceries.

Australia’s most populous city has the cheapest average price for a case of beer ($39.25), a rump steak ($19.35 per kilo), rice ($2.47 per kilo) and potatoes ($1.45 per kilo).

Based on the combined cost of retail goods including dairy products, meat, fresh fruit and alcohol, Sydneysiders pay the least for their groceries, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), which released data on the average price of retail goods for the September quarter yesterday.

Canberra, which boasts the nation’s cheapest chocolate, is Australia’s second cheapest capital city, with Brisbane coming third.

Tea drinkers and cereal fans in the Queensland capital enjoy the nation’s cheapest milk.

Festival of the Olive Carnival 2009, with performances by "The Cedars of Lebanon Folkloric Group

World Unites To Tackle Global Arms Trade

• Timetable For Arms Trade Treaty Adopted at UN
• Treaty To Be Concluded by July 2012
(New York, 30 October 2009) - Today, after years of discussions and debates, the United Nations agreed a timetable to establish a "strong and robust" Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) with the "highest common standards" to control international transfers of conventional arms.
There is currently no global regulation of the arms trade. In a major reversal of policy, the US - the world's biggest arms trader – voted in favour of the resolution. Russia and China abstained; Zimbabwe was the only vote against. As a result of the vote, the conference to finalise the Treaty is now scheduled for July 2012.
"This is great news," said Rebecca Peters, Director of the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA). "For too long, the world has been complacent about the devastating effect of the unregulated flow of arms."
"All countries participate in the conventional arms trade and share responsibility for the ‘collateral damage’ it produces – widespread deaths, injuries and human rights abuses," said Ms. Peters. "Finally, governments have agreed to negotiate legal controls on this deadly trade."
Today's agreement means that the ATT will be negotiated in a series of meetings concluding at a UN Conference in 2012.
"This is a tribute to the hard work done by campaigners around the world," said Widad Akrawi, President of Defend International. "Now we must build on this breakthrough and make sure a strong and effective treaty is agreed in 2012."
The resulting treaty is expected to require States to strictly regulate international transfers according to principles based on international law, significantly reducing the human cost associated with the proliferation of conventional arms.
"According to UN reports there has been a 30% increase in transfer of arms," said Ms. Akrawi. "Certain conventional arms transfers are of course legitimate and justified, and the proposed legally binding Arms Trade Treaty would just create a regulatory system respectful of national sovereignty, while also providing an international instrument that prevent small arms and light weapons from entering the illicit market."
The resolution on the ATT recognizes that international arms transfers contribute to armed conflict, displacement of people, organised crime and terrorism, thereby undermining peace, safety, security and sustainable development.
Campaigners expressed reservations about the procedure planned for the UN Conference which could give every State the right of veto. "It is vital that governments keep up the pressure for a strong treaty, and do not allow a minority of states to block the process," said DI member Mr. Adham Tobail.
153 countries voted in favour of the resolution, 1 voted against. The States that abstained were: Bahrain, Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, India, Iran, Kuwait, Libya, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, UAE, Venezuela and Yemen.
A list showing how each country voted at the UN is available at http://www.iansa.org/un/1com09-results.htm

CONTACT NUMBERS FOR NGO SPOKESPERSONS:
Defend International, Widad Akrawi, President of Defend International, +47 99 87 45 23
IANSA, Alastair Mckay, London Press Officer IANSA, +44 7900 242869 (UK)
IANSA, Mark Marge, UN rep, NY, +1 646 207 6523

Saudi Women Activists launch the “Black Ribbons Campaign” on November 6th

Wajeha al-Huwaider

On November 6. 1990, 47 brave Saudi women drove their cars publicly in the capitol of Saudi Arabia, Riyadh, to demand their right to drive. They were subsequently detained, their passports were confiscated, and fired from their jobs.

On the 19th anniversary of this event, Saudi women’s activists, led by Wajeha al Huwaider, are launching the “Black Ribbons Campaign”, demanding that:

A) Saudi woman be treated as a citizen just like her male counterpart.

B) Saudi woman enjoys her rights to marry, divorce, inherit, gain custody of children, travel, work, study, drive cars and live on an equal footing with man.

C) Saudi woman gain the legal capacity to represent herself in official and government agencies without the need of a male guardian.

We, Saudi women activists appeal to all those who support Saudi women’s rights, inside and outside the Kingdom, to participate in the campaign by wearing a black ribbon on their wrists as a symbolic and peaceful gesture of their .advocacy to Saudi women’s rights.

This campaign is raising the motto: “we will not untie our ribbon until Saudi women enjoy their rights as adult citizens”.

Please make sure to wear a black ribbon on November 6th.