Category: Sudan

Sudan: 17 parties calls on a New Government

Posted on by Mahid (Sudan)

The national Alliance which is lead by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Umma Party had lead a group of 17 Sudanese political parties, under the banner of The national alliance demanding the Sudanese government to step down and …

Posted in Democracy, General, Sudan | 2 Comments

STOP Censorship: Sudan Government tries to issue law on journalism

Posted on by Mahid (Sudan)

The Sudanese government started a move last week to issue a law on journalist to require them to register themselves with the government media regulator so that the government would monitor them if they misuse there power as journalist. if …

Posted in Censorship, Civil Rights, Democracy, Freedom of Speech, General, Human Rights, Media, Sudan | 3 Comments

Hello everyone

Posted on by Mahid (Sudan)

Hello everyone. first of all I would like to thank Mideast Youth for allowing me to be part of their bloggers community. I know I was really excited when I got the news from Esra’a that I would be part …

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On the ICC Arrest Warrant for Al-Bashir

Posted on by Leyla (Sudan)

Every media outlet is giving a voice to a plethora of self appointed political pundits, common-sense-loathing activists, and confused citizens of the earth, all trying to make sense of the International Criminal Court’s issuance of a warrant for the arrest …

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Hosts and services in the USA and their policy towards its members from Iran, Syria, Sudan and Iraq

Posted on by Rima (Syria)

In the past we have always dealt with rejections while shopping for hosting, since several of the sites we host are in all of the “sanctioned’ countries within the Middle East that some companies are banned from doing business with. …

Posted in Announcements, Freedom of Speech, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria | 4 Comments

Africa Is Up For Sale, The Middle East is Buying

Posted on by Green Prophet

As African nations sell and lease its land, and birthright, to the world’s super-powers, and arguably “dangerous” countries like Saudi Arabia who support Islamic fundamentalism, we are seeing a brand new kind of neo-colonial land-grab, and it scares me. I’d …

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Israeli expulsions to Egypt: 139 missing refugees-and counting

Posted on by Ben Lynfield

Jerusalem – The UN’s refugee agency has confirmed that ninety one African refugees expelled by the Israeli army to Egypt as part of Israel’s controversial “hot return” policy have gone missing. A spokeswoman in Cairo for the United Nations High …

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UNHCR: Protecting refugees or those who harm them?

Posted on by Ben Lynfield

On Sept. 1, Israeli army Brig.-Gen Yoel Strick said in a deposition to Israel’s Supreme Court that is a matter of public record that Israel had “returned” 91 African “infiltrators”—official parlance for asylum seekers—to Egypt in late August. Yesterday, Israeli …

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"We can hear the Egyptian soldiers shooting"

Posted on by Ben Lynfield

Jerusalem–The Israeli army confirmed today that it has forced more asylum seekers back to Egypt despite warnings from human rights groups that doing so endangers their lives. Meanwhile, Egyptian police shot dead two African refugees seeking to reach Israel near …

Posted in Bad news, Current Events, Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East, Refugees, Sudan | 8 Comments

Israeli soldier: "The officer wanted it done as fast as possible"

Posted on by Ben Lynfield

Ben Lynfield Jerusalem – Some Israeli soldiers have strong misgivings about their unpleasant new task returning African refugees to Egypt, where they are at high risk of being deported back to Sudan, Eritrea or the other regimes they fled. In …

Posted in Egypt, Foreign Affairs, Israel, Middle East, Refugees, Regional Issues, Sudan | 8 Comments