Category: Civil Rights
Posted on February 8, 2012 by Esra'a (Bahrain)
There’s been a series of articles popping up left and right about the inconveniences of having a “demanding” or “expensive” maid. The most recent set of such articles were published by Emirates 24/7, based in the UAE, a country which …
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Posted on January 30, 2012 by Wamith Al-Kassab (Iraq)
The U.S. squad leader accused of having had primary responsibility for the killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005, avoid jail time…people in Iraq can not believe that no justice will be given to the city that still lives in the horrific memory of the killing. Staff Sergeant …
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Posted on January 26, 2012 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
Dear those who celebrate the censorship of RojTV, When an entire people are systematically oppressed and marginalized, small actions to make their story heard can have dramatic consequences. Similarly, small actions to silence their voice can have dramatic and tragic …
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Posted on January 22, 2012 by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)
Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil: – Maspero recruits: Why does the army only try El-Adli and Mubarak in the case of assassinating protesters in 28 January, and not trying Tantawi and Badin in the case of …
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Posted on January 20, 2012 by Esra'a (Bahrain)
Many prominent internet companies brag about offering services that help people “connect” with one another, making information more “open” and “transparent” and that they seemingly promote freedom
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Posted on January 20, 2012 by Ben Lynfield
Jerusalem – An assault on a human rights activist after he voiced extraordinarily blunt criticism of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement has heightened concern about the safety of independent voices in the troubled coastal enclave. The stabbing by three masked men …
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Posted on January 19, 2012 by Laween Atroshi
Throughout history the kurds have been forgotten and stigmatized as having a high record of unemployment, lack of human rights and primitive education. To treat this misperception as Kurdish professionals we have a ethical & moral duty to represent Kurdistan …
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Posted on January 17, 2012 by Maikel Nabil Sanad (Egypt)
(Fragments of letters from imprisoned Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil.) – Half of the period of Kareem Whenever I think of the length of my sentence (2 years), I remember that Kareem Amer was imprisoned for 4 years and he was …
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Posted on January 13, 2012 by Ben Lynfield
Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem – Israel’s supreme court has upheld a controversial law that prevents Arab citizens from living with their Palestinian spouses in the Jewish state, a move that impacts thousands of people and is raising concern over a …
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Posted on January 8, 2012 by Alliance for Kurdish Rights
The death of a Kurdish youth in Harasta on Thursday morning and the injury of three protesters in Qamişlo were a result of the sniper fire of the Syrian regime, which has killed over 5,000 civilians since the start of …
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