Displaced Libyans Still Dream of Home
Tripoli, Libya—Nostalgia for the past is painfully evident for 11-year-old Abdul Aziz Omar - one of 400 students at a school holding classes in the rubble of a former naval academy in western Tripoli. "The labs,
Published : 26 November 2013
UN: International Day to End Impunity
Just days following the culmination of this year’s International Day to End Impunity campaign, IFEX welcomes the news that the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly has passed by consensus a resolution on
Published : 26 November 2013
Yemen: Govt Sets Southern Victims’ Fund
Southern Movement leader Brigadier Nasser Al-Taweel said he was happy with the launch of a trust fund to compensate Southerners who were unfairly dismissed from military and civil service posts and those who had their
Published : 25 November 2013
Dirty Secret behind Cairo’s Development Dreams
Egyptian lawyer Abdel Nasser Ahmed Mohamed Alsayed still struggles to live with the memories of the day he was forced out of his house in Old Cairo. It was March 2009. Riot police showed up, beat
Published : 14 November 2013
Ayşe Gökkan Speaks from Ground Zero
NUSAYBIN—On a day that headscarf-wearing deputies entered Parliament for the first time and female deputies from various political parties took the floor, I was talking to the female mayor of Nusaybin of the southeastern province
Published : 02 November 2013
Palestinians Threaten Suit over Colonies
JERUSALEM: Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki on Thursday denounced Israeli plans to build hundreds of new settler homes in east Jerusalem, threatening to pursue international legal action in response. Israel announced on Wednesday it would build
Published : 02 November 2013
Palestine: Israel Announces E. J`lem Colonies
JERUSALEM: Israel on Wednesday announced plans to build 1,500 new homes in east Jerusalem, the part of the city claimed by the Palestinians, just hours after it freed a group of Palestinian prisoners as part
Published : 31 October 2013
Iran: Backlash over VP Karoun`s Ahwaz Visit
Ahwaz environmentalists and protesters hit back at Vice-President Masoumeh Ebtekar`s fleeting visit to the Karoun River today with Khuzestan governor Abdolhoseyn Moqtadai, claiming they were not invited and that the "protesters" on display for the
Published : 28 October 2013
Egypt: NGOs Call for the Right to Adequate Housing
A group of NGOs said on Sunday that the constitution, which is currently being amended, should include a set of comprehensive economic, social and cultural rights related to urbanisation and housing. A statement signed by eight
Published : 27 October 2013
