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Reports Roundup (January 5)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Calls to Boycott Qatar and the UAE for Labor Violations The International Trade Union Confederation expresses its intent to organize a boycott of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar and the UAE (if selected to host the 2024 Olympics) unless these nations improve their subpar working conditions for migrant laborers. United ...
Keep Reading »An Eye-Witness Account of Yemeni Students Protesting Campus Militarization
![[Students protest the militarization of college campuses at Sanaa University in Yemen. Image from womanfromyemen.blogspot.com]](/content_images/3/sm_wfy010413web.jpg "[Students protest the militarization of college campuses at Sanaa University in Yemen. Image from womanfromyemen.blogspot.com]")
[The following account was published by Woman From Yemen on 23 December 2012.] Yesterday, a large crowd of students and activists met at the gate of Sanaa University then marched to the prime minister's office near the cabinet to protest the continued militarization of the campus. The protest was organized by Sanaa university students to demand an end to the presence of the military in the education facility. Soldiers control the entrances of Sanaa ...
Keep Reading »Access Denied: Bahrain Restricting Entry to Limit International Exposure
![[Bahrain Flag. Image from public-domain-image.com]](/content_images/3/sm_flag-of-bahrain_w725_h434.jpg "[Bahrain Flag. Image from public-domain-image.com]")
[The following press release was issued by Bahrain Watch on 3 January 2013.] BAHRAIN GOVERNMENT SHUTS OUT THE WORLD More Than 200 Journalists, Observers, Aid Workers Kept Out Since February 2011 [Manama] Bahrain’s government stands accused of serious and ongoing human rights violations, and has made many commitments to reform. However, the Government is keeping out journalists, members of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers, politicians, activists, and ...
Keep Reading »Jadaliyya's Maghreb Page Echoes in France
![[Screenshot of Jadaliyya's profile on Courrier International's website.]](/content_images/3/sm_ScreenShot2013-01-02at12.40.13PM.png "[Screenshot of Jadaliyya's profile on Courrier International's website.]")
Paris-based weekly newspaper, Courrier International, has translated and featured a couple pieces from Jadaliyya's Maghreb Page. They include an interview with Moroccan-born artist, Lalla Essaydi, conducted by Maghreb Page co-editor, Samia Errazzouki, and an overview of the current situation in Morocco, written by Maghreb Page intern, Allison L. McManus. Below are snapshots of the French versions as they appear in Courrier International's print edition. [Courrier ...
Keep Reading »Call for Papers: German Oriental Studies Conference (Münster, 23-27 September)
![[Image from dot2013.de]](/content_images/3/sm_dot2013web.jpg "[Image from dot2013.de]")
German Oriental Studies Conference (Deutscher Orientalistentag) 23 - 27 September 2013 Münster, Germany Since 1921, the German Society for Oriental Studies (Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft) has organized the German Oriental Studies Conference (Deutscher Orientalistentag), normally once every three years. In 2013, the DOT will take place for the first time in Münster. The panels and individual presentations will be grouped into the following ...
Keep Reading »Israel's Worldwide Role in Repression
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[Researched, written, and edited by members of the International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network, this twenty-eight-page exposé focuses on the role of Israel’s government, military, and related corporations and organizations in a global industry of violence and repression. The states most involved with this industry profit from perpetual war and occupation across the globe while maintaining vastly unequal societies of their own. Click here to learn more about this booklet and an ...
Keep Reading »Joint Statement Condemning IOF Raid on the Offices of Palestinian NGOs in Ramallah
![[Addameer logo. Image from addameer.org]](/content_images/3/sm_addameerlogoweb.jpg "[Addameer logo. Image from addameer.org]")
[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council on 12 December 2012.] The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC) strongly condemns yesterday morning’s raid by Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) on the office of a number of Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Ramallah. At about 3am this morning, IOF raided the offices of Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, the Palestinian NGO Network and the ...
Keep Reading »Reporters Without Borders Condemn Arrests in Bahrain
![[Bahraini human rights defended Sayed Yousef Al-Muhafda. Image from en.rsf.org]](/content_images/3/sm_sayed122912web.jpg "[Bahraini human rights defended Sayed Yousef Al-Muhafda. Image from en.rsf.org]")
[The following statement was issued by Reporters Without Borders on 28 December 2012.] Reporters Without Borders condemns the Manama prosecutor-general’s 25 December decision to hold human rights defender Sayed Yousef Al-Muhafda for another two weeks on a charge of posting false information on Twitter. Arrested on 17 December, Muhafda is currently being held in an isolation cell in a police station in the northeastern suburb of Hoora. One of the accusations ...
Keep Reading »United Nations Periodic Update on Syria
![[Damaged street in Homs, Syria, November 2012. Image by Freedom House via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_sryia122912web.jpg "[Damaged street in Homs, Syria, November 2012. Image by Freedom House via Flickr]")
[The following report was issued by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic of the United Nations on 20 December 2012.] Introduction The unrelenting violence in Syria has resulted in thousands of deaths; untold thousands of wounded, detained, and disappeared; and physical destruction on a massive scale. Hundreds of thousands have fled their homes, and those that remain struggle to secure basic ...
Keep Reading »Calls to Boycott Qatar and the UAE for Labor Violations
![[Workers in a bus after a day of work in Dubai. Image from Flickr/Eric J Scott]](/content_images/3/sm_3831502576_bed1128e53.jpg "[Workers in a bus after a day of work in Dubai. Image from Flickr/Eric J Scott]")
[The following is a Migrant Rights post on calls to boycott the World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and (possibly) the UAE, if chosen for the 2024 Olympics.] The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) will organize a boycott of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar unless the nation improves migrant worker conditions. The group also plans to boycott the UAE (if selected for the 2024 Olympics) if genuine labor reform is not realized. As both nations will implement intensive labor ...
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