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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 ...
Keep Reading »Call for Applicants: Building Knowledge in Media Policy for Arab Countries in Transition (Cairo, 12-21 March 2013)
![[AUC School of Global Affairs and Public Policy logo. Image from aucegypt.edu]](/content_images/3/sm_aucgappweb.jpg "[AUC School of Global Affairs and Public Policy logo. Image from aucegypt.edu]")
Building Knowledge in Media Policy for Arab Countries in Transition 12 - 21 March 2013 American University of Cairo The School of Global Affairs and Public Policy’s Executive Education at the American University in Cairo, announces the third round of its program entitled "Building Knowledge in Media Policy for Arab Countries in Transition" from March 12 to 21, 2013. The training will be delivered in Arabic for members of civil society organizations ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (December 29)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Letter Concerning Ongoing Pattern of Arrests of Turkish Academics Researching Kurdish Issues The Committee on Academic Freedom of the Middle East Studies Association addresses Turkish Prime Minister Erdoğan with concerns over the recent arrests and detentions of academics focusing on Kurdish issues. Bahrain13 Prisoner Group ...
Keep Reading »Egypt’s Anti-Freedom Constitution: The Borhami Video
![[Salafist cleric leader Yasser Borhami (right) speaks with Morsi's presidential advisor Bassam al-Zarqa during the constitutional marathon vote in the assembly on 30 November. Image by Mohamed Abd El Gany/Reuters]](/content_images/3/sm_borhamy_constitution.jpg "[Salafist cleric leader Yasser Borhami (right) speaks with Morsi's presidential advisor Bassam al-Zarqa during the constitutional marathon vote in the assembly on 30 November. Image by Mohamed Abd El Gany/Reuters]")
“This constitution imposes complete restrictions that have never before been imposed by any Egyptian constitution” and it “places restrictions on freedom of thought, expression, and creativity.” These are the words of Sheikh Yasser Borhami, a leading member of the Constituent Assembly. He was explaining Article 10 of Egypt’s draft constitution during a conference with religious experts and Salafist preachers on 22 November 2012. On this same day, President Mohamed Morsi ...
Keep Reading »Eyes on Israeli Military Court: A Collection of Impressions
![[Image from addameer.org]](/content_images/3/sm_addameereyesonweb.jpg "[Image from addameer.org]")
[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
![[Rola al-Saffar]](/content_images/3/sm_Rula-Al-Saffar-007.jpg "[Rola al-Saffar]")
[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
![[Migrante International protest. Image from migranteinternational.org]](/content_images/3/sm_migrantinternational1221web.jpg "[Migrante International protest. Image from migranteinternational.org]")
[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 ...
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