“Jasmine Revolution”
Symbol of peace: Flowers placed on the barrel of a tank
in very much calmer protests than in recent days in Tunisia

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011

'The Protester' - Time Person of the Year 2011
Mannoubia Bouazizi, the mother of Tunisian street vendor Mohammed Bouazizi. "Mohammed suffered a lot. He worked hard. but when he set fire to himself, it wasn’t about his scales being confiscated. It was about his dignity." (Peter Hapak for TIME)

1 - TUNISIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


How eyepatches became a symbol of Egypt's revolution - Graffiti depicting a high ranking army officer with an eye patch Photograph: Nasser Nasser/ASSOCIATED PRESS

2 - EGYPT Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)


''17 February Revolution"

3 - LIBYA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

5 - SYRIA Democratic Change / Freedom of Speech (In Transition)

"25 January Youth Revolution"
Muslim and Christian shoulder-to-shoulder in Tahrir Square
"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) -
(Text version)
(Subjects: Egypt Uprising, Iran/Persia Uprising, Peace in Middle East without Israel actively involved, Muhammad, "Conceptual" Youth Revolution, "Conceptual" (without a manager hierarchy) managed Businesses, Internet, Social Media, News Media, Google, Bankers, Global Unity,..... etc.)
"The End of History" – Nov 20, 2010 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)
(Subjects:Abraham, Isaac, Ishmael, Muhammad, Jesus, God, Jews, Arabs, EU, US, Israel, Iran, Russia, Africa, South America, Global Unity,..... etc.) (Text version)

"If an Arab and a Jew can look at one another and see the Akashic lineage and see the one family, there is hope. If they can see that their differences no longer require that they kill one another, then there is a beginning of a change in history. And that's what is happening now. All of humanity, no matter what the spiritual belief, has been guilty of falling into the historic trap of separating instead of unifying. Now it's starting to change. There's a shift happening."


"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll)(Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.

They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."



African Union (AU)

African Union (AU)
African Heads of State pose for a group photo ahead of the start of the 28th African Union summit in Addis Ababa on January 30, 2017 (AFP Photo/ Zacharias ABUBEKER)

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela
Few words can describe Nelson Mandela, so we let him speak for himself. Happy birthday, Madiba.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kenya's parliament votes to withdraw from the International Criminal Court

Deutsche Welle, 5 Sep 2013


Kenya's parliament has voted to tell the government to withdraw from the International Criminal Court. The vote comes before the country's president and deputy president face trial in The Hague.

The parliament in Nairobi, which is dominated by the alliance that brought President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto to power in a March vote, made its decision after several hours of debate.

The move is a direct snub to the ICC ahead of the trials of Kenyatta and Ruto, who are accused of fomenting post-election bloodshed more than five years ago.

Introducing the motion to leave the ICC, parliamentary majority leader Aden Duale said doing so would "redeem the image of Kenya." He also proposed a bill to request a withdrawal within 30 days.

Kenya's withdrawal will be the first in the court's history. However, it will not affect the upcoming trials, as legal proceedings have already begun.

Bloody unrest

On Tuesday, Vice President Ruto will come before the court to face three counts of crimes against humanity for allegedly organizing post-election unrest in 2007-2008 in which at least 1,100 died and hundreds of thousands were displaced.

Kenyatta is to go on trial some two months later, facing five charges of crimes against humanity including murder, rape, persecution and deportation.

Both men have denied the charges against them, but say they will cooperate fully with the court.

Kenya's 2007 elections were followed by ethnic killings and reprisal attacks that saw the country experience its worst violence since independence in 1963.

Kenyatta and Ruto were rivals in the 2007 poll, but have since teamed up and were elected in March in a peaceful vote.

The Hague-based International Criminal Court was set up in 2002 to try the world's worst crimes. Countries voluntarily sign up to join. Any actual withdrawal requires a formal request by the government to the United Nations, a process that would take at least a year.

tj/ccp (AFPE, AP)
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