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Mimi Writes…….: New Year’s Eve 2015 ~ Praying In The Parking Lot

We illuminate our paths with decorations of peace.Whether or not that’s what we call it, that’s what it is. There’s much more good going on in the world at large than we give ourselves credit for. Keep lighting up your world, your windows, your gatherings. Make a pew anywhere you land.And pray wherever you sit. My New Year’s Peace Prayer was different this year.But I wasn’t alone.And neither are you. I’d say that’s just about perfect.

Source: Mimi Writes…….: New Year’s Eve 2015 ~ Praying In The Parking Lot

Martyr’s funeral postponed till his corpse defrosts

PNN/ Nablus/
The family of martyr Baseem Salah (38) from Nablus on Tuesday night decided to postpone the funeral of their son until his body defrosts, since he was kep in a refrigerator since 29 November, preventing any chance of his burial.

IOF handed the corpse back to the family through the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus city, after over a month of detention.

According to the family, the martyr’s gestures were changed and his body was bended. His feet were bended some one meter above the ground, and so he could not be buried under any circumstances.

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Even though Israeli restrictions dictate that the martyr be buried within one hour of returning the body at night, the family refused to bury him in this condition, saying that he deserves a respected funeral.

Salah was shot dead in Jerusalem last month, under alleged stabbing of a soldier.

Human Rights organizations have exposed that Israeli Occupation Authorities keep the corpses of the martyrs in refrigerators that reach -80 Celcius degrees, in order to prevent any anatomy investigations.

Israel has been accused of harvesting organs and operating other violations. 

Israel has retunred several bodies of martyrs that they willfully killed in the past few months, and still retains some 50 bodies, refusing to give them back.

The bodies are handed back to their families under strict conditions that include time, place, and number of people in the funeral.

Read more:

Palestinian child was beaten to death after shot by IOF, says Qaraqe’ 

 

Winona LaDuke Confirms She Will Run for Chair of White Earth Nation

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke

Published December 30, 2015

WHITE EARTH INDIAN RESERVATION— According to Minnesota Public Radio, well-known American Indian activist Winona LaDuke will run for chair of the White Earth Nation, located in White Earth, Minnesota.

LaDuke confirmed her plans in an email to MPR on Tuesday.

“Basically I want to put my money where my mouth is, she wrote in the email. “I think we can make a great future for White Earth.”

LaDuke is the executive director of Honor the Earth, an organization she co-founded with Indigo Girls in 1993. LaDuke served as Ralph Nader’s Green Party running mate for president in 1996 and 2000.

The White Earth election for chair is scheduled for June 2016. However, given a power struggle the current chair of White Earth is in currently, the position may be open sooner than next June.

The White Earth Nation has over 19,000 scattered throughout the world.

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Exclusive: Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments | Reuters{Umm, err, aah, wouldn’t making better more secure be a better bet? Hotmail has been the most hacked software in history!}

The Hotmail attacks had also targeted diplomats, media workers, human rights lawyers, and others in sensitive positions inside China, according to the former employees.Microsoft had told the targets to reset their passwords but did not tell them that they had been hacked. Five victims interviewed by Reuters said they had not taken the password request as an indication of hacking.Online free-speech activists and security experts have long called for more direct warnings, saying that they prompt behavioral changes from email users.

Source: Exclusive: Microsoft to warn email users of suspected hacking by governments | Reuters