The entire school curriculum was taught in Russian and teachers who had dared to instruct in Georgian had been dismissed.

In this post, we are showcasing the works of six Syrian artists, who have dared speak up, in no particular order.

Syrian cartoonists are not an exception and have suffered torture, attacks from regime loyalists and even death for daring to speak up.

It is just entertainment. If building snowmen is frowned upon in Saudi Arabia, one wonders what will happen to those who reportedly dared build one in Ar Raqqa, the self proclaimed capital of the IS, in Syria.

Why do we have that belief?

Michael Shermer on strange beliefs

Doubt, like belief, requires justification.

But Malaysian history over the past three decades shows that this belief is mistaken.

The Prescript suggested elements of white supremacist belief.

Afghanistanica disarms the widely held belief that there are Chechen Jihadis on the ground in Afghanistan.

For instance, it assumes that terrorists and their supporters do not understand their own anger.

But, contrary to popular opinion, the two actually have little to do with each other.

We continue to believe that its principal focus should be on the implementation of the goals of the Millennium Declaration.

The traditional belief was that armed conflict had a more substantial effect on such treaties.

The belief is, at the least, unlikely, and out of keeping with the patient's social, cultural and religious background.

In 2010, Europe and the International Monetary Fund extended loans to the insolvent Greek state equal to 44 of the country s GDP. The very mention of debt restructuring was considered inadmissible and a cause for ridiculing those of us who dared suggest its inevitability.

Of course, America has been encouraging Sunni leaders in this belief.

I m just trying to figure out the best way in order to demolish this stigma that all Muslim people are terrorists, he says.

The United States shares the conviction that no single area of reform should be addressed to the exclusion of others.

The liberalization of media is apparently on its way and a new text is expected by mid 2013, Yasmine rejoices.

Plastic litter is increasingly believed to be a source of persistent toxic substances.

But if that belief dominated bankers thinking, they would still worry about their savings.

There must be other reasons to suggest that the person concerned would personally be in danger.

Democracy is a means and an end, and the countries members of the Rio Group offer concrete proof of that conviction.

That game based on a belief in ever spiraling home prices is over.

7.4 In the circumstances, the Committee considers that substantial grounds exist for believing that T.A. may risk being subjected to torture if returned to Bangladesh.

Italians shared the same belief after the disillusion of 1848.

This served to justify the premium placed on female chastity.

That belief lay behind Bush s denial of federal government funds for stem cell research that could encourage the destruction of human embryos.

The belief that they are and the reporting that feeds it is reinforcing widespread stigmatization of those with mental illness, increasing their suffering and preventing them from participating fully in society.

Not everyone shares this belief. An online petition calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Mehdi Khazali

(c) Has access to any official place of detention where there are reasonable grounds to believe that a disappeared person may be present

I mean if I'm a good Darwinist, I've got to believe there's a reason for that.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, globalization is not homogenizing and Americanizing the cultures of the world.

mar3e Morsi in Germany lies and says I respect the people's right to belief.

One may be inclined to think that there is nothing important left to be said.

3.1 The complainant contends that there are substantial grounds for believing that she would be subjected to torture if forced to return to Bangladesh.

That belief was behind China s pressure on Cambodia to block ASEAN s final communiqué this summer.

This belief justified, or rationalized, the de regulation of financial markets in the name of the so called efficient market hypothesis.

In this case, the mistake is to think that Israel can destroy Hezbollah or eliminate it as a political and military entity.

Contrary to common belief, urban systems can be more environmentally sustainable than rural or suburban living.

So, too, with religious values. Backed by evidence from large empirical studies, some claim that belief in religion is good because it boosts economic performance.

(d) Has access to any other place, upon judicial authorization, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that the disappeared person may be present.

But the belief that nothing will change is equally illusory.

Four differences lead me to believe that maybe just maybe the euro will survive.