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Mapping Muslims: NYPD Spying and Its Impact on American Muslims
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[The following press release and report were issued by the Muslim American Civil Liberties Coalition (MACLC), and its partner organizations the Creating Law Enforcement Accountability and Responsability (CLEAR) project of CUNY School of Law, and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF).] New Report Launch: NYPD and Its Impact on American Muslims On March 11, 2013, members of the American Muslim community will release findings from a ground-breaking new ...
Keep Reading »Petition: Stop the "Green Building" Draft Law in Lebanon
![[Building under reconstruction in Furn al-Hayek, Beirut, Lebanon in 8 June 2011. Image by Karan Jain via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_6073083696_fbdf35c343.jpg "[Building under reconstruction in Furn al-Hayek, Beirut, Lebanon in 8 June 2011. Image by Karan Jain via Flickr]")
For the past six months, the Lebanese government has been stalling in implementing the salary adjustment and wage scale for public employees it had approved in September 2012. The last few weeks have seen an increase in workers’ unions' organized strikes across Lebanese cities demanding the immediate application of the authorized salary increase (see Khaled Saghieh’s article in Jadaliyya for more analysis). The government claims it is still looking into sources of revenue to ...
Keep Reading »A Bitter Legacy: Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq
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[The following report was issued by the International Center for Transitional Justice on 4 March 2013.] A Bitter Legacy: Lessons of De-Baathification in Iraq Executive Summary The dramatic collapse of regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has raised many important policy and justice questions. One key question is how to deal with former regimes’ security and government apparatuses. The National Democratic Party in Egypt and the Constitutional Rally party ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (March 9)
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[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] NGO Conference Calls for Regional Human Rights Reform The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights reports on the result of a February NGO seminar focused on strategy for human rights reform throughout the Arab world. Month-by-Month Summary of Developments in Syria (Updated) International Crisis Group issues a monthly ...
Keep Reading »Targeting Women Activists in Bahrain
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[The following report was originally published by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 7 March 2013.] International Women's Day: Bahraini Women Imprisoned, Tortured, Killed, Stripped from Nationality...and Impunity for Abusers On International Women's Day, the Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses its grave concern and condemnation over the continued violations of women's rights in Bahrain. Due to Bahraini women's important role in the Bahraini uprising, calling for ...
Keep Reading »On The Barring of International Observers from Trial Against UAE Activists
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[The following statement was issued by the Alkarama Foundation on 3 March 2013.] Ninety-four peaceful activists are due to be brought before the Federal Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi tomorrow morning, Monday, 4 March 2013, on state security offences. Limited access to lawyers, withholding of evidence and details on the charges by the State Prosecution, no right to appeal the court's decision, detentions in undisclosed locations... before the trial even began, flagrant ...
Keep Reading »Brooklyn College, BDS, and Palestinian Rights
[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) on 2 March 2013.] Earlier in February, a panel held at Brooklyn College on the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel was subjected to relentless vilification, bullying, and unfounded allegations. The campaign against Brooklyn College was so intense that even the New York Times and the mayor of New York intervened to express their ...
Keep Reading »Announcing the Launch of the Arab American Studies Website
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The Arab American Studies Association (AASA) would like to announce the launch of the website www.arabamericanstudies.org. We invite those interested in Arab American studies to visit the website and learn more about AASA. Founded in 2012, AASA is a non-profit, nonpolitical, multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to the study of the history, culture, literature, art, music, politics, religion, and other aspects of Arab American experience. The ...
Keep Reading »Jordanian Held Incommunicado in Saudi Arabia
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[The following call to action was issued by Amnesty International on 26 February 2013.] A Jordanian man has been held incommunicado in an undisclosed location in Saudi Arabia since 6 January. He was last seen being arrested by Saudi Arabian security forces, and has since been denied access to his family and to the outside would. The conditions of his detention may amount to enforced disappearance if the Saudi Arabian authorities continue to refuse disclosing his ...
Keep Reading »Open Letter from Family of Jailed Palestinian Cartoonist Mohammed Saba'na
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[The following update on the status of jailed Palestinian cartoonist Mohammed Abdel Ghani Saba'na was issued by the Committee to Protect Journalists on 1 March 2013. Below the update is an open letter from Saba'na's family, published by Cartoon Movement on 25 February 2013.] Update on Status of Mohammed Abdel Ghani Saba'na A military court in the city of Ashkelon extended the detention of Mohammad Saba'aneh, a Palestinian cartoonist for Al-Hayat al-Jadida, on ...
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