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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 ...
Keep Reading »Torture vs. Torture Euphemisms: Language of Torture in U.S. Media 2010-2012
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[The following infographic was issued by Covering Torture.] Do we call torture by its name? Torture is legally defined by the UN Convention Against Torture and that definition includes acts of abuse that have occurred as part of U.S. and allied interrogation policies. Nevertheless, euphemisms like "enhanced interrogation," "harsh interrogation," or "special techniques" are used widely by U.S. media to describe practices that are more accurately ...
Keep Reading »Saudi Arabia: Prominent Human Rights Defender and Judge Arrested
![[Shaykh Suliaman Al-Rashudi. Photo from gc4hr.org]](/content_images/3/sm_Sulaimanal-Rashudi.jpg "[Shaykh Suliaman Al-Rashudi. Photo from gc4hr.org]")
[The following report was issued by the Gulf Center for Human Rights on 16 December 2012.] Saudi Arabia: Arrest and detention of prominent human rights defender, lawyer and former judge, head of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) Sheikh Suliaman Al-Rashudi On the morning of Wednesday, 12 December 2012, prominent human rights defender, lawyer, former judge, and head of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA), Sheikh Suliaman ...
Keep Reading »Bahrain: Police Violence and Arrests
![[Arrest of a Female Protestor in Manama. 17 December 2012. Photo from bahrainrights.org]](/content_images/3/sm_BahrainWOmanarrested.jpg "[Arrest of a Female Protestor in Manama. 17 December 2012. Photo from bahrainrights.org]")
[The following report was issued by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights on 18 December 2012.] Bahrain: Peaceful Protests Violently Disrupted by Police, Twenty-seven Arbitrary Arrests, Including BCHR Acting Vice-President Sayed Yousi * This comes just one day after Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa gave a speech stating that: “Bahrain is a country of Law and Freedom” yet repression continues. The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses grave concern with regard to the ...
Keep Reading »UC Berkeley's New Chancellor Endorses the Falsehood: Criticizing Israel is Anti-Semitic
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[The following statement was issued on 19 December 2012 by a group of Columbia University professors in response to recent comments by the newly appointed chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, Nicholas Dirks, wherein he equated the criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.] A recent interview conducted by UC Berkeley’s Public Relations office and timed with the appointment of the new university Chancellor, Nicholas Dirks, begins, “Floating around the ...
Keep Reading »Syrian Refugees: Reliance on Camps Creates Few Good Options
![[Syrian refugees at Reyhanli refugee camp in Antakya, Turkey. Image by Syria Freedom via Flickr]](/content_images/3/sm_syriarefugees121812web.jpg "[Syrian refugees at Reyhanli refugee camp in Antakya, Turkey. Image by Syria Freedom via Flickr]")
[The following report was issued by Refugees International on 5 December 2012.] Syrian Refugees: Reliance on Camps Creates Few Good Options Summary The civil war in Syria has forced large numbers of Syrians from their homes, and in many cases from the country entirely. Refugees continue to flee in record numbers, and there are currently almost 400,000 registered or waiting for registration in Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey ...
Keep Reading »Lebanese Security Agency's Request Threatens Citizens' Right to Privacy
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[The following statement was issued by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an interim member of the International Freedom of Expression Exchange, on 7 December 2012.] A controversy arose in Lebanon this past week over revelations that the country's Internal Security Forces (ISF) demanded the content of all SMS text messages sent between 13 September and 10 November of this year, as well as usernames and passwords for services like Blackberry Messenger and ...
Keep Reading »Adalah Q&A on Representation/Participation of Palestinian Citizens of Israel in Knesset Elections
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[The following resource on the participation of Palestinian-Israelis in the upcoming Israeli parliamentary elections was issued by Adalah on 11 December 2012.] Election Q&A: The 2013 Israeli Elections and Arab Parliamentarians When and for what purpose are the elections being held in Israel? Parliamentary elections will be held in Israel on 22 January 2013. They will determine the composition of the 19th Knesset, Israel’s unicameral (single-house) parliament ...
Keep Reading »Arab(ic) Media Workshop: Framing the Revolution (Munich, 17 & 18 January 2013)
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Arab(ic) Media Workshop: Framing the Revolution 17 & 18 January 2013 Munich, Germany After the first two workshops on censorship in Arab(ic) satellite news channels (term 2011), and on the effects of those on (an) Arab public sphere(s) (term 2011/12), the present workshop (term 2012/13) concentrates on the revolutions of the “Arab Spring” and their (re-)presentation by the satellite channels. Based on considerations of revolutionary theories and the ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (December 15)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Jadaliyya Co-Editor Sinan Antoon Longlisted for Arabic Booker Prize Antoon's third novel, Ya Maryam (Ave Maria), has been longlisted for the 2013 International Prize for Arabic Fiction. Themed Issue of International Review of the Red Cross: The Future of Humanitarian Action This periodical discusses a variety of ...
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