Jadaliyya Reports

Palestine and the Uprisings: SOAS Palestine Society Annual Conference (London, 17 March 2012)

Palestine and the Uprisings: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Palestine Society 8th Annual Conference 17 March | Brunei Gallery | SOAS – London Hosted by London Middle East Institute and the Centre for Palestine Studies (SOAS)   Program  9:00 – 9:30: REGISTRATION 9:30 – 9:45: OPENING REMARKS Hassan Hakimian  – London Middle East Institute 9:45 – 11:45: MAPPING FORCES CONFRONTING THE UPRISINGS Chair: Laleh Khalili ...

Palestine Awareness Week at UCLA (Los Angeles, 27 February - 1 March, 2012)

On Monday 27 February through Thursday 1 March, Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) will be hosting a series of activites as part of the 2012 UCLA Palestine Awareness Week. For full program details, see flier below.

Statement on Hunger Strike of Khader Adnan by Palestinian Human Rights Organizations

[The following statement was issued by the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations on 15 February 2011.] To: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights CC: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Khader Adnan at Risk of Death on 60th Day of Hunger Strike  Urgent Call for Action 15 February 2012 As Palestinian organizations dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt), we reiterate our ...

Immunity, Accountability, and the Arab Uprisings: Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat Discusses the Role of the Human Rights Community

On 14 February 2012, Jadaliyya Co-Editor Noura Erakat participated in an American University Law School's 2012 Founders' Celebration entitled "The Impact of the Arab Spring Throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa: Building the Rule of Law and the Role of the International Community in Domestic Conflicts." Noura was invited to speak on immunity in international law as it relates to the already deposed and prospectively deposed heads of state of ...

Anthony Shadid Is No Longer with Us

Anthony was a dear friend and colleague to so many of us at Jadaliyya. We are shocked and devastated by this loss. We have very little to say at this point, except to offer our deepest condolences to his family. Jadaliyya Editors   From the New York Times (Thursday Evening): At Work in Syria, Times Correspondent Dies Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning newspaper correspondent whose graceful dispatches for both The New York Times and The Washington Post covered nearly ...

From Greece: Declaration for the Defense of Society and Democracy

[The following statement was issued by a group of Greek academics regarding the ongoing crises in Greece.] Greek society is suffering both from the crisis and the responses to it, which have reached a dead-end. Major social and political institutions that were created with enormous struggles and sacrifices in post-War Greece—social security, the public health care system, public education, public transport, the natural and urban environment, the right to live a safe ...

Video: "Down with Hamad" Chanted at 10 February 2012 Protest in Bahrain

Symposium: Law, Human Rights, and Revolution: Transitions in the Wake of the Arab Spring (Los Angeles, 16-17 February)

Law, Human Rights, and Revolution: Transitions in the Wake of the Arab Spring University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), 16-17 February 2012 The Annual Symposium of the UCLA Law School Journal of International Law and Foriegn Affairs (JILFA) co-Organized with the G.E. von Grunebaum Center for Near Eastern Studies has support from the University of California Humanities Research Intiaitive and UCLA International Institute. It's agenda follows.   Thursday, ...

Palestinian Intellectuals to Syrian Regime: Not in Our Name!

[The following statement was issued in Arabic by Palestinian intellectuals offering their solidarity with the Syrian people and applying for members to the newly established Syrian Writers Union. It was translated into English and published as such by/on Wadiqratiya. See also the Palestinian rights organization Adalah’s condemnation of the Syrian regime.]   It is our honor, as Palestinian writers and signatories to this statement, to request as a group to be ...

خريطة مسيرات وزارة الدفاع الجمعه 10 فبراير 2012