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ActivitesHuman RightsParliament News March 24, 2009

Horrific Murder Shows Favouring Political Security Over Citizens’ Security

Deputy Saad El-Husseini (Member of MB Parliamentary Bloc), in an urgent statement submitted to Major General Habib El-Adli (Minister of Interior), has accused the Ministry of Interior of focusing on
ActivitesHuman RightsMB NewsPrisoners of Conscience March 24, 2009

MB Activist Detained, Another’s Detention Renewed

Egyptian State Security forces arrested Kafr El-Sheikh MB member Ayman Abdul-Lateef Mohamed, on Monday, March 23, after raiding his house
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine March 24, 2009

Falk to submit to UN human rights council report on Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

Press reports revealed that UN special rapporteur on human rights in Palestine Richard Falk would submit on Monday to the UN human rights council his first report on Israeli war
ActivitesHuman RightsOther Blogs March 24, 2009

Blogging and social networking dominate conference on Arab media

A ONE-day conference on new Arab media held in the Brunei Gallery of London University’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) last week gave the audience the opportunity of
ActivitesHuman Rights March 24, 2009

The US can promote democracy, smartly

There are several levels of discussion when it comes to democracy promotion in the Middle East. On one level, there is the current debate between icons of American think tanks
ActivitesHuman RightsObama March 24, 2009

Will Obama go beyond the superficial?

In his first interview with an Arab television network soon after his inauguration, US President Barack Obama confirmed his intention to "engage" right away with "all the major parties" involved
ActivitesHuman RightsIslamic IssuesIslamic Movements March 24, 2009

Six Experts on Negotiating with the Taliban

Earlier this month, President Obama proposed (NYT) the controversial notion of reaching out to moderate elements of the Afghan Taliban. The idea, favored by some experts and encouraged by Saudi
ActivitesHuman Rights March 24, 2009

POMED: This Week’s Events

7:00-9:00: AUSIS: Alienation and Exile in the Arab World: Tamim Al-Bargouti 7:00-9:00: Politics and Prose: Engaging the Muslim World with Juan Cole
Human Rights March 24, 2009

Book Review: Media Censorship in the Middle East

This slim volume by Jabbar Audah al-Obaidi promises to address questions of media censorship and the techniques used to bring it about in the Middle East. It delivers a spirited
Human RightsTorture March 24, 2009

Six Egyptians Kidnapped, One Paralyzed From Torture

State security forces in Areesh had kidnapped and detained six Egyptian citizens who have no political affiliations from North Sinai since the beginning of last December.