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Pakistan: New Beginnings?

Now, with the process of transition to civilian rule complete, the question many of us have in mind is: have we finally crossed the threshold from convoluted paternalistic military rule

Gaza running on near empty

Ayman Eid stands as motionless as his orange Hyundai taxi. Never mind taking a passenger somewhere, Ayman has no idea how he will ever get home.

Physically-assaulted female prisoner appeals to save her from losing eyesight

A female prisoner in the Israeli Hasharon prison called Shireen Hasan from the Bethlehem city appealed to human and prisoners’ rights organizations to intervene to save her from losing her

Barghouthi: Settlement expansion surged about twenty-fold since Annapolis

Dr. Mustafa Al-Barghouthi, a lawmaker and the secretary-general of the Palestinian national initiative, said on Sunday that the pace of settlement expansion has surged almost twenty-fold since the Annapolis conference,

April 8 Local Elections Annulled in more Cities in Egypt

The Administrative Judicial Court in Fayoum governorate has annulled the municipal elections in all the city’s local constituencies. The court’s verdict issued on Sunday (April 6th) comes after 22 MB

Strike Turns Egypt ’s Main Squares into Military Barracks, Detentions Underway

The Egyptian regime has made preparations, during the past few days, to confront the April, 6th strike called for by political powers to voice their protest at the price hikes.