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Reports September 3, 2008

Mauritania coup update – II

Follow-up from the last installment. Mauritania’s post-coup crisis continues to simmer. Among the ingredients, in no particular temporal or consequential order:
Human RightsTorture September 3, 2008

’US troops are committing war crimes’

AN AFGHAN human rights organisation has accused the United States army of committing war crimes in Afghanistan. The Afghanistan Human Rights Organisation (AHRO) said on Tuesday that, according to their
Human Rights September 3, 2008

Foreign troops ’kill four civilians’ in Kabul

FOREIGN forces have sparked more mass protests after soldiers allegedly stormed a residential house in Kabul and killed a husband, his wife and two of their children.
Other Opinions September 3, 2008

I am a Zionist. You Don’t Have to be a Jew to be a Zionist!

“If I were a Jew, I would be a Zionist. I am a Zionist. You don’t have to be a Jew to be a Zionist.” - Senator Joseph Biden
Other Opinions September 3, 2008

“The Wandering Who?”

University historian, Professor Shlomo Sand, opens his remarkable study of Jewish nationalism quoting Karl W. Deutsch:
Palestine September 3, 2008

Palestinian village faces army reign of terror

The window through which Salam Amira, 16, filmed the moment when an Israeli soldier shot from close range a handcuffed and blindfolded Palestinian detainee has a large hole at its
Other Opinions September 3, 2008

In Focus: The Dilemma of Egypt’s Liberals

CAIRO: The Administrative Court in Giza adjourned Monday two cases filed by Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Deputy Chief Khayrat El-Shater as well as 18 detained MB members demanding their release after
Human RightsWorkers September 3, 2008

Al- Hinnawi Factory Of Smoke Fires 32 Workers

Al- Hinnawi Factory of Smoke in Damanhour has fired 32 workers from the factory and banned them from entering work in the morning of last Saturday, Ikhwanweb reporter said.
Parliament News September 3, 2008

Study Praises Parliamentary Performance Of Muslim Brotherhood MPs

A study conducted recently by Rami Hafez Abdul Razeq –a human rights researcher at the Egyptian Democratic Institute for legal and Constitutional Rights Education- praised the parliamentary performance of Muslim
MB News September 3, 2008

Four Muslim Brothers Detained, Two Released in the Nile Delta

On the first day of Ramadan, the Interior Ministry has detained four of Al-Dakahliya governorate Muslim Brothers, despite the decision of releasing on August 25.