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Video: Checkpoint

by RAINman on 30. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

TheNMCdotcom
An ambulance is stopped, and the sick people inside brought out to explain their ailments. A mother is separated from her very young children. Young Palestinians laugh and throw snowballs at Israeli soldiers, who jovially respond in kind. One Israeli soldier harasses a pretty Palestinian girl. Another refers to the Arabs as “animals,” and suggests [...]

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Uighur Intellectual Who Won’t Back Down in China

by RAINman on 23. Aug, 2010 in Newsletter Links

By ANDREW JACOBS
The New York Times   -  August 20, 2010
Ilham Tohti rarely worries about his personal safety here — at least not at the hands of would-be thieves.
That is because Mr. Tohti, an economics professor and unofficial spokesman for this country’s embattled Uighur minority, frequently has a police escort.
Whether they are looking out for his well-being [...]

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Jerusalem: Accused torturer set to head police- Arab relations

by RAINman on 29. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links

by Brian Ennis
IMEMC & Agencies - July 28, 2010
‘Captain George’ a former military interrogator is head of Arab relations for the police in the tense and divided city of Jerusalem.
The former military interrogator known as ‘Captain George’ has been appointed the director of Arab affairs for the Jerusalem District Police.
The post includes responsibilities [...]

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Amira Hass: The Palestinian Authority is imprisoning Gazans

by RAINman on 29. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links

The same government that includes a call to end the blockade on Gaza, in practice aids in imprisoning the Gazans by preventing them from holding valid Palestinian passports.
Haaretz -    July 28, 2010
Lies and power go hand in hand. But what is considered outrageous in a sovereign state is catastrophic for a society fighting for its freedom. The [...]

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Blank Spaces Fill World Cup’s Crime Scorecard

by RAINman on 13. Jul, 2010 in Newsletter Links

By BARRY BEARAK
The New York Times  - July 6, 2010
JOHANNESBURG — It has been small stuff, mostly. A Swiss man threw a glass of whisky at a Dutch camera crew. A homeless South African stole a blanket from a tourist’s unlocked minivan. A friend of Paris Hilton’s was caught with a marijuana cigarette. A hotel’s [...]

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Is Erdogan Strong Enough to Take on the Generals?

by RAINman on 03. Mar, 2010 in Analysis

By Daniel Steinvorth
DER SPIEGEL -  01 March 2010
Last week’s arrest of military brass amid allegations of a plot against the Turkish government have dealt a serious blow to the country’s secular elite. But some are asking if Prime Minister Erdogan has bitten off more than he can chew.

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Islam Channel CEO back in cell

by RAINman on 26. Jan, 2010 in General

Independent Online – 26 January 2010
The CEO of the UK-based Islam Channel was moved from the hospital to police cells in Pretoria on Tuesday morning, the Media Review Network (MRN) said.
“He was there until this morning [Tuesday] when the doctors discharged him and he was taken back to his holding cell at the Moot [...]

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US accused of ‘occupying’ Haiti as troops flood in

by RAINman on 20. Jan, 2010 in General

France accused the US of “occupying” Haiti on Monday as thousands of American troops flooded into the country to take charge of aid efforts and security.

By Aislinn Laing, and Tom Leonard in Port-au-Prince.
Telegraph - 18 January 2010
The French minister in charge of humanitarian relief called on the UN to “clarify” the American role amid [...]

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Police stop and search powers ruled illegal

by RAINman on 13. Jan, 2010 in General

By Geoff Meade, Press Association
Independent - 12 January 2010

Police stop and search powers under UK terrorism laws were declared illegal by human rights judges today.
The right to question people without grounds for suspicion – granted by the Terrorism Act of 2000 – violates the Human Rights Convention, said the European Court of Human Rights.
The ruling [...]

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Israel accuses Chávez of turning Venezuela into an Iranian outpost

by RAINman on 05. Nov, 2009 in General

El Universal -  CARACAS 3 November 2009
Israeli Foreign Affairs Vice-Minister Dani Ayalon accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez of having turned Venezuela into an “Iranian outpost in the hemisphere.”
“The scope of the Iranian regime does not end in the Middle East. It is global, and also reaches Africa and Latin America,” Ayalon said during a press briefing [...]

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New threat to travellers from al-Qaeda ‘keister bomb’

by RAINman on 07. Oct, 2009 in General

From Times Online     6 October 2009
Travellers in Europe could face intrusive airport security measures in response to the latest ploy by al-Qaeda — suicide bombers who carry high explosives inside their bodies, it emerged today.
French anti-terrorism chiefs are expected to recommend widening examinations already used to catch drug smugglers after President Sarkozy’s new domestic intelligence [...]

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Mosque-Veto

by RAINman on 16. Sep, 2009 in Hard News

Palestine Monitor    September 14, 2009
A Palestinian woman died and dozens more were injured as they attempted to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Incompetent and inhumane policing turned the Qalandia checkpoint into a scene of chaos as worshippers gathered for prayer on the third Friday of Ramadan.
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