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Unfair Bahrain Trial Sentences Sixteen Minors to Fifteen Years in Prison
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[The following statement was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 29 March 2013.] The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern over the detention and sentencing of 16 Bahraini citizens to 15 years imprisonment without clear evidence of the charges brought against them. The authorities in Bahrain have been arbitrarily arresting, detaining and sentencing citizens from protest areas in sham trials. The Ministry of Interior claims that in July ...
Keep Reading »LA Event -- Return of the Brothers: Student Activism and Islamic Politics in 1970s Egypt (10 April 2013)
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Return of the Brothers: Student Activism and Islamic Politics in 1970s Egypt Co-sponsored by the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies, the UCLA Department of History, and the Arab Studies Institute (ASI). 10 April 2013, 4:30 pm 10383 Bunche Hall, UCLA Los Angeles, California This talk examines the means by which the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt was reconstituted during the turbulent decade of the 1970s, following a lengthy period of dismantlement and ...
Keep Reading »'What Good Are Free Elections When A Country Is Destroyed?'
![[A Syrian-Kurdish boy during Nowruz celebrations. 19 March 2013. From Lens of a Kurdish Young.]](/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2013-04-04at8.45.27AM.png "[A Syrian-Kurdish boy during Nowruz celebrations. 19 March 2013. From Lens of a Kurdish Young.]")
[More than two years into the uprising in Syria, important questions remain about a number of a dynamics concerning the present situation and future prospects in Syria. Below, Muhammad Dibu interviews Baderkhan Ali on the trajectory of the Syrian uprising, the aspirations of Syria's Kurdish community, and the prospects for the post-uprising period in Syria. The interview was first published on correspondents.org on 27 March 2013.] Muhammad Dibu (MD): There ...
Keep Reading »Look at Us With a Merciful Eye: Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen
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[The following report was issued by Human Rights Watch on 4 March 2013.] Look at Us With a Merciful Eye: Juvenile Offenders Awaiting Execution in Yemen Summary I want the world to know that here they are executing [juvenile offenders]. No one cares or checks these juvenile cases.… If you don’t have anybody [to help you,] they just execute you, whether you are young or not. — Qaid Youssef Omar Al-Khadamy, on death row in Sanaa Central ...
Keep Reading »Symposium: The Political Economy of the New Egyptian Republic (6 April 2013, Cairo)
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Cairo Papers in Social Science Annual Symposium: The Political Economy of the New Egyptian Republic 6 April 2013, 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Cairo, Egypt Program 9:00-9:30a.m. -- Coffee 9:30-9:45a.m. -- Opening Remarks 9:45-10:30a.m. -- Keynote: What Happens to a Dream Deferred? The Political Economy of Egypt from Adjustment to Revolution, Ellis Goldberg (University of Washington) 10:30-10:45a.m. -- ...
Keep Reading »Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Fifth Report
[The following report was issued by Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team on 9 March 2013. This is the fifth in a year-long series of reports covering the actions of Libya's General National Council. This issue focuses on the period from 15 February to 1 March 2013. Click here to access the previous report.] Eye on the General National Congress: Fifth Report Introduction These sessions preceded the second anniversary of the February 17 Libyan Revolution. The ...
Keep Reading »Media Mea Culpas and The Iraq War: Co-Editor Sinan Antoon and Others on AJE (Video)
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Looking back over the ten years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, what was the role of the US media in the war on Iraq and how has it portrayed that role since? The following segment from Al Jazeera's "Listening Post" features a number of commentators and analysts, including Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon. Central to the discussion therein is a questioning of how much of mainstream US media's conduct was a mistake, which of those mistakes has it owned up to, and ...
Keep Reading »Trial Observation Report: The United Arab Emirates 94
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[The following report was issued by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 25 March 2013.] Trial Observation Report: "The United Arab Emirates 94" Executive Summary The first two hearings in the trial of ninety-four intellectuals, activists, and human rights defenders, took place before the Special Security Court within the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 4 and 11 March 2013. A coalition of four human rights ...
Keep Reading »البناء المعرفي للسياسات الإعلامية في البلدان العربية أثناء المرحلة الانتقالية
تقوم برامج تدريب القيادات العليا بكلية الشؤون الدولية والسياسات العامة بالجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة، بتنظيم برامج تدريبية وندوات لنقاش الاحتياجات الراهنة في مصر والمنطقة. وقد قدمت عدة برامج عن الإصلاح الإعلامي، بما في ذلك، دور وسائل الإعلام في تغطية العملية الانتخابية؛ الإعلام والانتخابات؛ برنامج BRIDGE للإعلام والانتخابات؛ وتغطية الأخبار المالية والاقتصادية. برنامج "البناء المعرفي للسياسات الإعلامية في البلدان العربية أثناء المرحلة الانتقالية" تنظمه برامج تدريب ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (March 30)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Fourth Report In the fourth of a series of reports, the Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team monitor the actions of Libya's General National Congress, including legislation, statements, and other decisions. Urgent Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja's Life at Imminent Risk The Bahrain ...
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