Bedouin Tribesmen Storm Sinai Resort in Land Dispute
1/24/2012
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Gunmen take control of complex on Red Sea coast and demand half a million euros as ransom in exchange for leaving site peacefully.
Jack Shenker, The Guardian more...
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Civil Fact-finding Mission to Libya Reports on Crimes
1/22/2012
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Introduction
The Independent Civil Society Mission to Libya was established by the Arab Organization for Human Rights (AOHR), in cooperation with the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), who provided additional expertise and professional experience. The International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC) subsequently joined the mission, providing further international expertise and insight. The Mission was established in response to allegations of widespread violations of international law committed in Libya since 15 February 2011, and in light of the State’s current transition away from authoritarian rule. more...
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145 Arab NGOs to the LAS: “Withdraw the mission, call for UN action!”
1/19/2012
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Your Excellency, Dr. Nabil El Araby
Secretary General, League of Arab States
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Morocco: Berbers Had Water Management Sorted
1/18/2012
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Green Prophet
In 2009 I travelled to the High Atlas mountain region of Morocco to reach some friends that ran an eco-lodge in a very lonesome village with a wholesome lifestyle. The mother of Houssa, the owner of the eco-lodge, revealed the interesting methods used in the Berber tradition to manage their water supply. Sadly, these indigenous traditions have been falling apart since dam projects funded by the World Bank have disrupted local practices. “Now families are fighting over water, this was never the case in the past, our system was perfect, we don’t know why international organizations have come to help” Houssa’s mother said. more...
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French Parliament Report Accuses Israel of Water “Apartheid” in West Bank
1/17/2012
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Israeli Embassy in Paris had no foreknowledge of the French parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee report, which was published two week ago, and thus did not refute it or work to moderate it.
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz more...
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Israel’s High Court Rejects “Citizenship Law” Petitions (news & opinion)
1/15/2012
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Law prevents Palestinians married to Israeli Arabs from receiving Israeli citizenship or residency.
By Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz more...
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Forgotten Woes of Lebanon's Slum Families
1/13/2012
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By Caroline Anning, BBC News
Hitching up her trousers to escape the pervasive mud, Umm Mustafa surveys the tin-roofed shack she calls home. more...
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Turkey: Government Determined to Protect Women from Domestic Violence
1/8/2012
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Yonca Poyraz Doğan, Today's Zaman
Amid controversy regarding whether a new bill on protecting women and family members against violence has adequate mechanisms to achieve its goal, Family and Social Policy Minister Fatma Şahin, who drafted the legislation, has said that all women will be protected from violence no matter what their civil status is. more...
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More Than 4,000 Stateless in Kuwait Protest for Citizenship
1/6/2012
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AFP
More than 4,000 stateless people in Kuwait demonstrated on Friday for the fourth week, insisting that the only solution to their plight is by getting Kuwaiti citizenship and other human rights. more...
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Call for the WSF Free Palestine, November 2012
1/5/2012
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The Brazilian and Palestinian National Committees
The WSF Free Palestine aims to be a space for discussion, strategizing and planning able to respond to the global challenge represented by the ongoing wars and occupations as well as the ongoing popular struggles in Palestine and the Arab world. more...
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