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Joint Statement on Iranian Opposition Leaders Under House Arrest
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[The following statement was issued by a group of human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch, on 14 February 2013.] The Iranian authorities should immediately release from arbitrary house arrest two former presidential candidates, Mehdi Karroubi and Mir Hossein Mousavi, and Mir Hossein Mousavi's wife, Zahra Rahnavard, an author and political activist, the Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, and six leading human rights groups said today. The authorities ...
Keep Reading »Gerrymandering in Bahrain: Twenty-One Persons, One Vote
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[The following article was issued by Bahrain Watch on 11 February 2013.] With the the start of yet another “National Dialogue” arranged by the Bahraini government yesterday, the Bahrain Watch team thought it would be appropriate to highlight the issue of gerrymandering which will certainly be brought up during the talks. The question of gerrymandered voting districts has been one of the major sticking points between the government and opposition since 2002, when ...
Keep Reading »Tunisia: Violence and the Salafi Challenge
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[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 13 February 2013.] Tunisia: Violence and the Salafi Challenge Executive Summary The assassination of Chokri Belaïd, a prominent opposition politician, has thrown Tunisia into its worst crisis since the January 2011 ouster of President Ben Ali. Although culprits have yet to be identified, suspicions swiftly turned to individuals with ties to the Salafi movements. Founded or not, such beliefs ...
Keep Reading »The Silence of the Law: Khaled Fahmy on Shari'a and the Origins of the Egyptian Legal System (Video)
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What does it mean to implement shari'a today? Khaled Fahmy, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the American University in Cairo, tackles this question by examining Egypt's encounter with modernity in the nineteenth century and the origins of the Egyptian legal system. The interview was produced the by the American University of Cairo Office of Communications.
Keep Reading »London Event: 'Syria Through a Lens' Screening (28 February 2013)
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Syria Through a Lens A documentary on the life and works of slain Syrian filmmaker and activist Bassel Shahade. Thursday, 28 February 2013 7:00 PM G3 Main Building The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG London Syria Through a Lens highlights the life, activism, and films of the late Syrian filmmaker Bassel Shahade. On 28 May 2012, Bassel was killed during a government assault on Homs, where he had been ...
Keep Reading »Human Rights Organizations Demand the Release of Omani Activists
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[The following statement was originally published by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 20 February 2013.] Oman – Release Immediately and Unconditionally all Detainees of Human Rights Defenders and Activists The undersigned human rights organizations declare their full and complete solidarity with all Omani human rights defenders who are currently in detention, especially those undertaking hunger strikes. Twenty-four defenders and activists (including Basma Al-Kiyumi, ...
Keep Reading »SJP National Voices Support for University of California Organizers
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[The following statement was issued by Students for Justice in Palestine on 5 February 2013.] Nearly fifty years ago, students at the University of California fought to win the right to free speech on their campuses. It is deplorable that today, pro-Palestinian students must find themselves fighting once again for their basic rights. As the Ad Hoc Steering Committee for the National Students for Justice in Palestine Conference, we write to express our solidarity with ...
Keep Reading »Statement on FJP Endorsement of Repressive NGO Law
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[The following statement was issued by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies on 14 February 2013.] On February 13, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) participated in a second meeting at the Ministry of Justice to discuss the new NGO law. During the meeting, CIHRS representatives received a copy of the draft law submitted by the Ministry of Local Development, overseen by Mohammed Ali Bishr, a member of the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) and a ...
Keep Reading »Call for Applicants: Summer Arabic & Politics Exchange (14 June - 12 July, Tunis)
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Mideastwire.com and its partners - Université Paris-Dauphine I Tunis, Tunisia Live and the Bosphore Academy - are pleased to announce the first Summer Arabic & Politics Exchange June 14-July 12, 2013, in Tunis, Tunisia. The four-week course will immerse our participants in the language and politics of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), with a particular emphasis on direct engagement with some of the leading academic, political, intellectual and religious ...
Keep Reading »تظاهرات عالمية من أجل الديمقراطية والتضامن والعدالة
[تم إصدار هذ البيان من مجموعة من الناشطين والباحثين الدوليين في ١٥ شباط، ٢٠١٣] نداء ١٥ شباط لتظاهرات عالمية من أجل الديمقراطية والتضامن والعدالة منذ عشر سنوات، قال ملايين الناس حول العالم "لا" للحرب في 15 شباط من عام 2003. والآن، فإننا نقول "نعم" للسلام؛ "نعم" لنزع الأسلحة وللحياة الكريمة، بما في ذلك الحياة الاقتصادية التي تحددها المبادئ الديمقراطية. بدأ احتلال العراق بالرغم من احتجاجات عام 2003، ولكن العنف الذي أحدثه بوش كان أضيق من العنف ...
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