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IREX staffer Haratounian wrongly imprisoned for spying in Iran

Forum One

While much of the US media has focused on the recent release of Roxana Saberi after being falsely accused of spying in Iran, other cases similar remain unresolved. Haratounian's family has set up a web site and invited the public to sign an appeal to Iran?s s government using your voice to help Silva regain her freedom.

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Using Twitter for a Global Conversation

Amy Sample Ward

Using Twitter search or other tools, you can watch news and updates about the election in Iran by using #IranElection; or, find interesting people to follow and connect with using #FollowFriday to peruse the recommendations that pile up on Fridays. What do those # mean? There are many opportunities to see hashtags in action!

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Nonprofit Technology News for June 2013

Tech Soup

The leaders in adoption are China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Nigeria, the Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico. They’ll be voice- or gesture-controlled. Before Anonymous's involvement, the Canadian government had closed the case, but after Anonymous whipped up international attention, the case has apparently been reopened.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The story has to be told from a personal POV by someone I can personally relate to who uses an authentic voice. That the POV is from a “detached” observer who is above the situation and outside the story who speaks in an institutional voice. A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there.

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice? Social media may be changing that across the globe. In the U.S.,

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Social Media: Not Just a Revolution, but a Voice for the Silenced

Care2

People have been silenced throughout time by media outlets, governments and authority figures who strive to keep minorities and protestors at bay. Women in Iran and protestors on Wall Street think so. Can social media actually save lives and create a voice? Social media may be changing that across the globe. In the U.S.,

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