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Open Letter to Formula One Racers on Human Rights Abuses in Bahrain
![[Ferrari Formula 1 line up, 2005. Image by Edwin van Nes via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_form1thumbweb.jpg "[Ferrari Formula 1 line up, 2005. Image by Edwin van Nes via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following letter was issued by the undersigned group of human rights organizations on 10 April 2013.] Dear driver: In light of your participation in the upcoming Formula One race in Bahrain, we are writing to bring your attention to the ongoing human rights abuses and the more than one dozen prisoners of conscience currently detained in Bahrain, and to ask you to publicly support the Bahraini people in their peaceful calls for justice, freedom, and ...
Keep Reading »Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon
![[Image from cover of below report by ANERA]](/content_images/3/sm_041313.jpg "[Image from cover of below report by ANERA]")
[The following report was issued by American Near East Refugee Aid (ANERA) in April 2013.] Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon A Vulnerable Community Following their expulsion from Palestine in 1948, many Palestinian intellectuals, businessmen, and craftspeople fled to Syria and established themselves as an integral part of Syrian society. Today that life has been broken and many Palestinian refugees from Syria have joined the ranks ...
Keep Reading »Reports Roundup (April 13)
[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.] Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon American Near East Refugee Aid reports on the state of Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon after having fled Syria, many of whom suffer from lack of employment, hunger, and poor housing conditions. Yemen's Military-Security Reform: Seeds of New Conflict? International ...
Keep Reading »FIDH Condemns Crackdown on Freedom of Expression in Egypt
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[The following statement was issued by the International Federation for Human Rights on 3 April 2013.] FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights) deplores the increasing crackdown against freedom of expression in Egypt and is alarmed to recall that if under the thirty year rule of former president Hosni Mubarak, four cases were filed for “insulting the President”, during the first six months of President Morsy’s rule alone, at least twenty-four cases and complaints ...
Keep Reading »Long Beach Event -- The Arab Uprisings: Between Continuity and Change (17 April 2013)
The Arab Uprisings: Between Continuity and Change Panel Discussion and Book Event 5pm on Wednesday ,17 April 2013 Cal State University Long Beach, MMC 200 Co-Editor Ziad Abu-Rish and contributor Aslı Bali, of The Dawn of the Arab Uprisings: End of An Old Order?, will discuss the Arab uprisings, focusing in particular on the comparative nature of the trajectories of the different uprisings, as well as the changing nature and effect of international and US ...
Keep Reading »Open Letter to Bahraini Parliament Regarding Potential Reform to Law of Associations
![[Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders logo. Image via Google Images]](/content_images/3/sm_obslogoclearweb.jpg "[Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders logo. Image via Google Images]")
[The following letter was issued by the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders on 8 April 2013.] Excellencies, Dear members of Parliament, The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deepest concerns regarding the Draft Law on Civil Associations and Organisations currently before Parliament, ...
Keep Reading »Statement from Sami Issawi: Palestinian Prisoner On Hunger Strike for Over 240 Days
![[Samer Issawi. Image by Abdhijji via Wikimedia Commons]](/content_images/3/sm_Samer_Tariq_Issawiweb.jpg "[Samer Issawi. Image by Abdhijji via Wikimedia Commons]")
[The following statement was issued in late March by Samer Issawi. It was posted on his Facebook page by his lawyer Fawwaz Shloudy and translated into English by Shahd Abusalam.] Regarding the Israeli Occupation offer to deport me to Gaza, I affirm that Gaza is undeniable part of my homeland and its people are my people. However, I will visit Gaza whenever I want or I feel like it as it is within my homeland of Palestine, which I have the right to wander through whenever I ...
Keep Reading »Turkey: Decriminalize Dissent
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[The following report was issued by Amnesty International in March 2013.] Decriminalize Dissent: Time to Deliver on the Right to Freedom of Expression Introduction Freedom of expression is under attack in Turkey. Hundreds of abusive criminal prosecutions are brought every year against political activists, human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers and others. These prosecutions represent one of the most deeply entrenched human rights problems in ...
Keep Reading »Nabeel Rajab's Letter From Prison
![[Nabeel Rajab in an opposition rally, Budaiya Highway, 30 December 2011. Image by Saeed Saif.]](/content_images/3/sm__ISA2570.jpg "[Nabeel Rajab in an opposition rally, Budaiya Highway, 30 December 2011. Image by Saeed Saif.]")
[The following letter from Nabeel Rajab was originally published on Freedom in Bahrain. Click here for an Arabic version of the letter.] To all HR activists and defenders in all local, regional and international HR groups and organizations March 2013 Dear friends and colleagues, I write to you from Jaw prison in Bahrain to express my gratitude and sincere appreciation for all your persistent and unrelenting efforts to advocate for my case in which I am facing unjust ...
Keep Reading »Event: Roger Owen on The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life (11 April, Fairfax, VA)
![[Crop from cover of Roger Owen's The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life]](/content_images/3/sm_arabpresforlifecover.jpg "[Crop from cover of Roger Owen's The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life]")
The Middle East Studies Program, Global Interdisciplinary Programs, and the Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University present: The Rise and Fall of Arab Presidents for Life A talk by Roger Owen Thursday 11 April 2013 4:30pm (Food and drink will be provided) Room F Johnson Center, 3rd Floor George Mason University
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