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ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine March 21, 2009

IOF troops wound two US activists and one Palestinian in weekly Bil’in protest

Three protesters including two US activists were wounded when IOF troops shot rubber-coated bullets at them and many others suffered suffocation as a result of inhaling tear gas during the
ActivitesHuman Rights March 20, 2009

Our Shame

I remember sitting in my living room, six years ago, watching the "Leader of the Free World" announcing that the United States military had just embarked in "shock and awe"
Human RightsPalestine March 20, 2009

Israel’s Dirty Secrets in Gaza

Israel was last night confronting a major challenge over the conduct of its 22-day military offensive in Gaza after testimonies by its own soldiers revealed that troops were allowed and,
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine March 20, 2009

British MP Galloway Barred from Canada Over ’Supporting Hamas’

Outspoken British anti-war member of parliament (MP) George Galloway Friday denounced as "outrageous" a decision by the Canadian authorities to refuse him entry on the grounds of national security.
Human RightsPalestine March 20, 2009

UN Envoy: Gaza Op Seems to be War Crime of Greatest Magnitude

A United Nations human rights investigator said on Thursday that Israel’s offensive against Hamas in densely populated Gaza appeared to constitute a war crime of the "greatest magnitude."
ActivitesHuman RightsYouth March 20, 2009

New Security Escalations Against MB Students

Security forces have increased the violations against MB students, where arrest and security attacks became the norm in dealing with students, in addition to the dismissals and transfer to disciplinary
ArtsHuman RightsPalestine March 20, 2009

War On Terror Within: The End of Jewish History

The issue I am going to discuss today is probably the most important thing I’ve ever had to say about Israeli brutality and contemporary Jewish identity. I assume that I
Human RightsIslamic Issues March 20, 2009

Sharia: practice of faith, politics of modernity

The logic and application of sharia law needs to be understood in its theological and historical context if intense controversy is to be succeeded by calm and constructive debate
ActivitesHuman RightsPalestine March 20, 2009

Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, President of the Government of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President Jorge Sampaio, High Representative for the Alliance
Human Rights March 20, 2009

Democracy-support and the Arab world: after the fall

An appeal to Barack Obama to reinvigorate the United States’s democracy-promotion efforts in the Arab world is based on flawed understanding both of political Islam and the real needs of