August 25, 2006
Today, we take a moment to recognize a good deed done. In fact the
only
affiliation
this
online
gambling
news
article
has
to
do
with
playing
at
online
casinos
is
that
the
woman
featured
in
this
article
is
an
artist
on a
popular
online
gambling
company’s
music
label.
We find this story to be encouraging and any online gambling site’s
news
article
section
should
cover
this
news
in
order
to
draw
more
attention
to
humanitarian
efforts
being
made
by
everyday
heroes.
Iranian native Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who many know to be a Former
Miss
Canada
and
runner
up
in
the
Miss
World
contest
is
also
humanitarian
who
we
believe
to
be a
true
hero.
In
fact,
she
will
be
receiving
a
human
rights
award
today
in
New York City
for
her
work
she
has
done
in
order
to
help
save
the
life
of a
young
Iranian
woman
who
is
just
17
years
old.
She will be receiving the Hero Award for Human Rights. While
accepting
this
well
deserved
award,
she
will
talk
in
depth
about
her
efforts
in
order
to
draw
more
attention
to
the
fact
that
women
and
young
females
need
equal
rights
in
countries
such
as
Iran
where
the
young
girl
is
from.
She essentially saved the 17 year old Iranian girl from being executed
for
defending
herself
and
a 16
year
old
relative
from
being
brutally
raped.
She
was
merely
trying
to
stop
three
men
from
raping
herself
and
her
niece
who
was
with
her
at
the
time.
In
Iran,
women
cannot
defend
themselves
from
men
in
this
manor.
Doing
so
is
considered
to
be
illegal
and
punishable
by
hanging.
This sad travesty unfortunately happens frequently in
Iran
and
other
countries
where
woman
and
young
females
do
not
have
equal
rights
as
men.
We
applaud
such
activists
and
humanitarians
such
as
Afshin-Jam
who
do
what
they
can
and
use
their
notoriety
to
bring
such
issues
to
light.
The young woman will not be executed at this time due a commuted
sentance;
however,
she
will
be
retried
next
week.
After
today’s
award
ceremony
at
the
UN
headquarters
in
NYC,
there
will
be a
celebration
concert
in
Union
Square
Park.
Any
online
gambling
enthusiasts
in
the
area
should
head
to
the
park
and
take
advantage
of
the
celebration
and
attend
the
free
concert.
Being an artist on the online casino brand Bodog’s music label,
Afshin-Jam
will
be
dedicating
her
first
single
and
title
track
from
her
new
album
Someday
to
oppressed
youth
in
Iran.
Handing the award to this selfless patron to human rights will be
Actors
Anne
Archer
and
Jenna
Elfman,
who
are
actively
involved
in
the
organization
as
well.
As far as the concert goes, it will be held in
Union
Square
from
7-9PM tonight. Anyone and everyone is free to attend. No word on
Bodog’s
stance
on
these
efforts,
but
we
think
a
nice
donation
to
efforts
would
be
called
for.
In an effort to create better rights for oppressed human beings, Afshin-Jam
was
responsible
for
obtaining
over
210,000
signatures
on a
Humanitarian
petition
striving
to
beat
unfair
treatment
to
women
and
children.
She
received
recognition
by
the
UN
and
will
move
ahead
with
further
efforts
in
this
area
in
her
future.
She
was
born
in
Iran
and
wishes
to
keep
getting
more
signatures
on
her
petition.
She
is
determined
to
keep
the
young
woman
from
death
by
hanging
and
with
the
resources
she
is
scaring
up,
we
think
a
positive
outcome
is
on
its
way.
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