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The editorial - by Gariwo

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:05:24 -0400

Is International Justice useful?

written by Ulianova Radice and Annamaria Samuelli, founding members of Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee 20 July 2011

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Gariwo.net under construction - waiting for the new Website

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:13:10 -0400

In a few days we will publish the new daily devoted to the Righteous, with articles, insights, reviews and much multimedia content.

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Creation of a new Garden of the Righteous - in Genoa

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:18:54 -0400

Liguria's administrative centre is the third town in Italy, after Milan and Padua, to remember the figures of civil courage who have opposed totalitarianism and genocides.

The Righteous in Genoa - for the international rights week

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:48:39 -0400

The Gardens of the Righteous Committee takes part in the international Rights week in Genoa at Palazzo Tursi, with meetings and theatrical shows. Full event programme prepared with Gariwo inside.

The banality of Evil refuted - Gabriele Nissim's editorial in the Corriere della Sera

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:14:08 -0400

The chairman of Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee recalls the great figure of Moshe Landau and the debate about Hannah Arendt's idea of "banality of Evil".

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Why wasn't Auschwitz bombed? - the answer of David Silberklang of "Yad Vashem Studies"

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:30:25 -0400

The Israeli scholar tried to explain why the Angloamericans did not bomb the Holocaust's symbolic place. Starting from the runaway of two Slowakian Jews, his reconstruction dares tackle uneasy topics such as the presence of anti-Semitism among the Western liberators and the importance for Jews to have a State entity for themselves.

The Righteous against the Mafia - a Ga.Ri.Wo. document

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 07:05:24 -0400

The Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide Committee reflects on the Mafia as an anti-State entity and on its relationships with politics and civil society.
In order to fight the Mafia it is important to spread the example of the Righteous who have been able to reject the criminal logics and defend the moral integrity and the legality of their personal and public deeds. This is why "We need to tell their stories by developing an educational memory and honouring them in all usual and unusual ways", including the Gardens dedicated to their courage.

The Garden of the Righteous is on iPhone! - walk in Monte Stella with our free app

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:04:08 -0400

Now you can discover Milan's Garden of the Righteous Worldwide also with the iPhone.

You just need to download our free application to discover who the Righteous with dedicated trees are, watch the videointerviews and the testimonies.

http://itunes.apple.com/it/app/giardino-dei-giusti-di-milano/id432689604?mt=8download the app from iTune

The weak foundations of Arab democracy - Op-ed in the New York Times

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:42:30 -0400

"The preconditions for democracy are lacking in the Arab world partly because Hosni Mubarak and other Arab dictators spent the past half-century emasculating the news media, suppressing intellectual inquiry, restricting artistic expression, banning political parties, and trying to silence dissenting voices" writes Timur Kuran in the American newspaper. Article inside.

The uses and abuses of the G-word - genocide definition discussed by The Economist

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 06:24:44 -0400

"Many people, faced with any of the scenes created by systematic slaughter during the 20th century would simply say: �I may not be a lawyer, but I know genocide when I see it.� The reality of genocide may be easy to grasp at a gut level, yet its definition is complex". Article inside.

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Anna Politkovskaya's killer arrested - but masterminds are still unknown

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:02:33 -0400

Jailed in Checnhnya Rustam Makhmoudov, charged with murdering Anna Politkovskaya. The Russian journalist who used to criticize Putin and the Kremlin has a tree dedicated to her in the Milan Garden of the Righteous Worldwide. She was assassinated in Moscow on October, 7 2006.

Istanbul remembers Metz Yeghern victims - ceremony with hundreds people

Mon, 30 May 2011 06:45:25 -0400

Memorial stone for the victims of the Armenian Genocide unveiled in the Turkish capital. Hundreds citizens rallied in Taksim square to light candles and bring flowers in memory of the over 250 Armenian leaders and intellectuals captured by the Ottoman government on April 24, 1915 and then executed. Video inside.

Mladic is jailed in The Hague - trial starts

Fri, 27 May 2011 06:05:07 -0400

Ratko Mladic is detained in Sheveningenm prison, also hosting Radovan Karadzic. In the first court hearing his lawyer said he "defended his people" during the war in Bosnia.

30 May
Demonstrations against Mladic arrest
his son: "He rescued many women"
Protests against the arrest of Srebrenica executioner. His son defends his presumed innocence by claiming "he has nothing to do" with the massacre.

27 May
Seizure of Ratko Mladic, Srebrenica executioner
testimony by Svetlana Broz
Jail doors open for the ex Bosnian Serb leader Ratko Mladic, detained in the Serbian town of Lazarevo. The arrest of the perpetrator of the Srebrenica massacre could be a step forward for the entry of Serbia in the EU. Comment by Svetlana Broz inside.

Who are Syria's opponents - the faces of the anti-Assad struggle

Wed, 25 May 2011 11:01:07 -0400

Nidaa Hassan is a Syrian journalist who, under pseudonym, offers the Guardian the profiles of the prominent opponents in the Country.

5 years handed down to Sannikov - a dissident and Lukashenko opponent

Fri, 20 May 2011 07:14:06 -0400

Andrei Sannikov was sentenced for oranizing protests against the reelection of President Lukashenko. Two years jail with probation were handed down to his wife, journalist Irina Khalip.