"Neda"
nedaspeaks.org - Join us. To purchase on iTunes (All proceeds benefit Amnesty International): idj.to In the UK: itunes.apple.com Take action now with Amnesty International at: nedaspeaks.org To learn more about the project: nedaspeaks.org Neda Agha-Soltan, whose brutal murder at the hands of the Iranian regime during the protests in Tehran last year, has become a symbol of human rights the world over. We believe that the viral video of Neda's death was a sea change in political power in the world. It was the first viral video to change the course of history, a symbol that the power of broadcasting is no longer simply in the hands of governments and corporations, but in the hands of people. It is in the hands of anyone with a cell phone camera and an internet connection. It is in your hands right now. Iranian state-run television would have never broadcast the footage of Neda's death. It took a person with a cel-phone camera and an internet connection to do that. This is a new era and a new type of democratic power. That said, there is also something about Neda herself. About the simplicity of her request and the violence of the response her government gave her. She represents the most fundamental decency of the human spirit standing in the face of the most base corruption of that spirit. All she wanted was for her vote to be counted. For that, she was shot through the heart in the street in broad daylight holding a sign that said simply "freedom." Many others died that <b>...</b>
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