“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.) -
(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."


“ … 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.

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Morocco releases British tourist jailed for ‘homosexual acts’

Family expresses relief after launching campaign to free Ray Cole, 69, who was arrested at bus stop with local man

The Guardian, Patrick Strudwick, Tuesday 7 October 2014

Ray Cole, pictured with his son Adrian, was forced to sleep on a concrete
floor in the Morocco prison. Photograph: PA

The British tourist held in a Moroccan prison after being arrested for “homosexual acts” has been released and is on his way home to Britain.

Ray Cole’s son Adrian told the Guardian on Tuesday: “It’s all happened much quicker than we could have ever hoped. I just received a call from the consulate saying he is about to board a British Airways flight to London.

“We are incredibly relieved. It seems as though the authorities there responded to the fact that we had gone through all the proper channels, lodging an appeal and working with the ambassador.”

A statement released by the family said Cole, 69, was boarding a flight from Marrakech. “We would like to thank everyone here and in Morocco who has helped our campaign to secure the release of our wonderful father. And we would like to thank the Moroccan authorities for showing clemency and compassion.”

Cole was arrested on 18 September at a bus stop in Marrakech with Jamal Jam Wald Nass, a local man in his 20s with whom Cole had struck up a relationship online several months previously. It was Cole’s second visit to the north African country, after a two-week trip in the spring, and he had planned to stay for five weeks on another sightseeing trip with Nass.

But after posting daily updates on his Facebook page of their visits to souks and other tourist attractions, Cole’s messages both on social media and to his family in Kent and Berkshire stopped. Approached by police who, for reasons that remain unclear, suspected him of homosexuality, Cole was arrested and detained along with Nass.

In custody, the Moroccan authorities found a photo on his phone purportedly providing evidence of “homosexual acts”, which are illegal in the predominantly Muslim country. They then investigated his Facebook page and email account in search of corroborating evidence.

Concerned by the lack of contact, Cole’s family contacted the Foreign Office. Interpol and the consulate investigated Cole’s whereabouts for several days until the Moroccan authorities told them of his location in prison.

After an initial trial was adjourned because Cole had neither legal representation nor a translator, he was eventually tried and found guilty of “homosexual acts” on 2 October, as his family watched from the court. Both he and Nass were sentenced to four months in prison.

Adrian Cole said on Monday that he had launched a campaign for his retired father’s release amid concerns over his health – including a history of heart conditions and a stroke – and the “chaotic” trial and stark prison conditions. Cole, who volunteers as a driver taking elderly people to hospital in his home town of Deal, in Kent, was forced to sleep on a concrete floor throughout his time in prison.

The family set up an online petition for his release and a crowdfunding page to help pay the legal and translator fees. An appeal was lodged last week, which the family had been expecting to take place in several weeks’ time.

The gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell described the arrest of a British tourist on such charges as “extremely unusual”.

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