Terror network’s message threatens to target all region’s Christians if Camilia Shehata, Wafa Constantine are not released. By Samer al-Atrush – CAIRO Middle East Online First Published: 2010-11-02 A chilling message from an Iraqi Al-Qaeda group warning Egypt’s Coptic Christians to free two priests’ wives it says converted to Islam and are being held against [...]
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UN rights chiefs lead new assault on US
Washington under fire over ‘war on terror’, Iraq-Afghan conflicts, Wikileaks revelations. Middle East Online First Published: 2010-10-27 UNITED NATIONS – UN human rights chiefs and experts launched a new offensive on the US conduct of its “war on terror” and conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The leaking of 400,000 documents on the Iraq war and [...]
Breaking the Silence nominated for EU peace prize
Breaking the Silence documents testimony of soldiers who served in the West Bank and Gaza; right-wing group calls on parliament members not to let it win award. By Nir Hasson Haaretz Tue, October 12, 2010 Breaking the Silence, which documents testimony of soldiers who served in the West Bank and Gaza, has been nominated for [...]
George Soros digs deep for human rights with $100m gift
By Guy Adams in Los Angeles Independent – 8 September 2010 Continuing a lifelong habit of putting money where his mouth is, George Soros has announced a gift of $100m (£65m) to Human Rights Watch, the organisation which seeks to monitor abuses of power and to lobby transgressing governments and companies. The billionaire financier – [...]
Robert Fisk : Egyptians prepare for life after Mubarak
Their President of 29 years is very ill. But with no nominated successor, an uncertain future awaits, writes Robert Fisk in Cairo Independent - Tuesday, 24 August 2010 So here comes the latest Egyptian joke about 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak. The president, a keen squash player – how else could he keep his jet-black hair? – [...]
‘I would gladly kill Arabs – even slaughter them’
In new bid to defend publishing controversial images, former IDF soldier Eden Abergil writes on Facebook ‘In war there are no rules.’ By Haaretz Service Haaretz Fri, August 20, 2010 Eden Abergil, the former Israel Defense Forces soldier who has been criticized for publishing controversial images on Facebook, allegedly wrote on her Facebook page on [...]
Arabs face increased discrimination at Tel Aviv University
Jonathan Cook, The Electronic Intifada, 17 August 2010 Measures designed to benefit Jewish school-leavers applying for places in Israeli higher education at the cost of their Palestinian Arab counterparts have been criticized by lawyers and human rights groups. The new initiatives are viewed as part of an ongoing drive by right-wing politicians in Israel to [...]
Daniel Pearl act identifies violations of press freedom globally
Daoud Kuttab Palestine Note – 21 Jul 2010 With little fanfare in Washington, and with few countries in the world noticing, President Barack Obama signed into law an act that will hold governments all around the world accountable for violations of human rights. The Daniel Pearl Act of 2009, signed into law on May 27, [...]
Israel to UN: Human Rights Obligations Don’t Apply in Occupied Territories
ICCPR Only Applies Inside Pre-’67 Borders, Officials Insist by Jason Ditz Antiwar Forum - July 16, 2010 Addressing the United Nations today regarding its many, many violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Israeli government declared that it believes the treaty, which it ratified in 1991, does not apply in the [...]
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