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Eyes on Israeli Military Court: A Collection of Impressions
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[The following report was issued by Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association on 4 June 2012.] Eyes on Israeli Military Court: A Collection of Impressions Introduction This booklet encompasses a series of reflections on the experience of Addameer volunteers and associates who visited the Israeli military courts situated in the occupied Palestinian territory from 2009 to 2011. The contributors were asked to write about what they saw ...
Keep Reading »Security Forces Attack Protesters in Kuwait
![[Tens of thousands march in Kuwait on 30 November 2012. Image from Flickr/Kuwait-Ra'ed Qutena.]](/content_images/3/sm_8233046452_1ca3e6205a_z.jpg "[Tens of thousands march in Kuwait on 30 November 2012. Image from Flickr/Kuwait-Ra'ed Qutena.]")
[The following is a Human Rights Watch report on security forces using violence against protesters in Kuwait.] Kuwait security forces have on several occasions used what appears to be excessive force to disperse largely peaceful protesters at a series of demonstrations over participation in the country’s political process since October 2012. Some demonstrators have been wounded, and the security forces have arrested many more. In several statements the Interior ...
Keep Reading »Bahraini Authorities Continue to Punish Opponents By Imprisoning Them
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[The following is a report by the Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) regarding today’s sentencing of Rola Al-Saffar and Ibrahim Al-Demistani.] The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights (BYSHR) expresses its great concern that the Court of Appeal upheld the sentence today against Mrs. Rola Al-Saffar– Head of Bahrain’s Nursing Society– and Mr. Ibrahim Al-Demistani–Secretary General– who is serving a one month prison sentence in a different case related to the ...
Keep Reading »Statement Regarding the Saudi Ban on Migrant Organizations
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[The following statement was issued by Migrante International on 11 December 2012.] Migrante Partylist today raised serious concern over a latest circular released by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to all Embassies and International Organizations prohibiting the establishment of organizations by migrants and expatriate nationals. The circular was dated October 17, 2012 and was released by the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on December 10. The Saudi Ministry of Labor has then ...
Keep Reading »Extreme Makeover? (II): The Withering of Arab Jerusalem
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[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 20 December 2012.] Extreme Makeover? (II): The Withering of Arab Jerusalem Executive Summary For many Arab East Jerusalemites, the battle for their city is all but lost. Settlements have hemmed in their neighbourhoods, which have become slums in the midst of an expanding Jewish presence; trade with the West Bank has been choked off by the Separation Barrier and checkpoints; organised ...
Keep Reading »Extreme Makeover? (I): Israel's Politics of Land and Faith in East Jerusalem
[The following report was issued by International Crisis Group on 20 December 2012.] Extreme Makeover? (I): Israel's Politics of Land and Faith in East Jerusalem Executive Summary Jerusalem no longer is the city it was in 2000, when Israelis and Palestinians first negotiated its fate. In the interval, much has changed, complicating the task of unscrambling the Jerusalem egg based on the formula presented by President Clinton in December of that year: ...
Keep Reading »Censored 2013: Project Censored List of Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2011-2012
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[The following list was compiled and released by Project Censored: Media Democracy in Action and features the top twenty-five censored stories of 2013.] 1. Signs of an Emerging Police State 2. Oceans in Peril 3. Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Worse than Anticipated 4. FBI Agents Responsible for Majority of Terrorist Plots in the United States 5. First Federal Reserve Audit Reveals Trillions Loaned to Major Banks 6. Small Network of Corporations ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain13 Prisoner Group Meets with Delegation from OHCHR
![[Protests in Bahrain in February 2011. Image by Bahrain Viewbook via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_bahrainprotest122112.jpg "[Protests in Bahrain in February 2011. Image by Bahrain Viewbook via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following statement was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 17 December 2012.] A delegation from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights visited "Jaw Prison" and met with the thirteen prisoners also known as "Bahrain13" which they last met in December 2011. During the trip, the delegation also met with other political prisoners. This came at the end of a six-day visit for the delegation to Bahrain from 2 December until 6 ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (December 22)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Adalah Q & A on Representation/Participation of Palestinian Citizens of Israel in Knesset Elections Adalah provides answers to frequently asked questions about the upcoming parliamentary elections in Israel, which are scheduled for January 22, and their effect on Palestinian citizens of Israel. Lebanese Security ...
Keep Reading »New Zealand Superannuation Fund Excludes Three Companies on Responsible Investment Grounds
![[Israel's West Bank Separation Barrier, which Elbit Systems Limited was involved in constructing. Image by Ted Swedenburg via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_separationbarrierweb.jpg "[Israel's West Bank Separation Barrier, which Elbit Systems Limited was involved in constructing. Image by Ted Swedenburg via Flickr]")
[The following press release was issued by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund on 12 December 2012.] The New Zealand Superannuation Fund today announced that it had excluded three companies from its twenty billion dollar investment portfolio on responsible investment grounds. Africa Israel Investments and subsidary Danya Cebus: Africa Israel and its subsidiary Danya Cebus have been excluded because of their involvement in the construction of Israeli settlements ...
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