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DemocracyHuman RightsPalestine November 8, 2009

Families in Al-Khalil appeal for transferring political prisoners from Jericho

Five families of Palestinian political prisoners in the city of Al-Khalil appealed to all officials and human rights organization to intervene with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah and get
DemocracyEye on IOFHuman RightsPalestine November 8, 2009

IOF troops open fire at farmers in northern Gaza

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian farmers while tending to their lands north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, local sources reported.
Palestine November 8, 2009

Bahar calls for endorsing Goldstone report at UNSC

Dr. Ahmed Bahar, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, has asked the Arab and Islamic countries to exert more efforts when the Goldstone report is tabled at
Human RightsMB NewsNews releases November 8, 2009

5 MB High-Ranking leaders in Upper Egypt released

Security Services released five of the Brotherhood’s high ranking figures from Upper Egypt following the Cairo Criminal Court’s decision to release them on November 1st, 2009. The detainees had been
DemocracyHuman RightsReform IssuesTorture November 8, 2009

Police officer served 5 years prison sentence demonstrating sweet justice

Justice is served after the judiciary in the Criminal Court in Alexandria announced the 5 year sentence for Police officer Akram Soliman. Investigations proved that the officer had inflicted bodily
DevelopmentOther Issues November 8, 2009

227 Swine Flu Case in Egypt’s schools and Universities

Egypt’s Health Ministry today announced the detection of 72 additional swine flu cases. 52 cases alone were detected in schools and universities in the governorates of Cairo, Helwan, Giza, Kafr
DemocracyEye on IOFHuman RightsPalestine November 8, 2009

Rabab’ah: Israel’s future wars will be over water resources

Dr. Ghazi Al-Rabab’ah, a professor of political science at the university of Jordan, stated Saturday that Israel’s future wars against Arab countries would be over water resources.
DemocracyHuman RightsObamaReform Issues November 8, 2009

Hollow Victory

-- The conventional wisdom among most Republicans is that while the United States had serious difficulty in Vietnam during the early years, by the early 1970s things were turning around,
DemocracyHuman RightsPalestineReform Issues November 7, 2009

Breaking the Australian Silence

In a speech at the Sydney Opera House to mark his award of Australia's human rights prize, the Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger describes the "unique features" of a political
DemocracyObamaReform Issues November 7, 2009

The Evil Empire

The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect