Amnesty International has urged the Peruvian authorities to drop unsubstantiated charges against a prominent Indigenous leader, who was detained on his return to the country this week after almost a year in Nicaragua. Segundo Alberto Pizango Chota is accused of being responsible for violence between Indigenous rights activists and police, in which 33 people were [...]
NEW YORK: In a landmark decision May 27, Mexico’s Supreme Court required all of the country’s states to distribute emergency contraception and to provide access to abortion for rape victims. The decision affirms women’s rights to health and life by enabling rape victims to avoid forced pregnancies, Human Rights Watch said. “The Supreme Court’s decision [...]
CAIRO: Egyptian archaeologists have unearthed a 3,300-year-old tomb on an ancient mayor just south of Cairo. According to the country’s Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) said that the area had been lost since 19th century treasure hunters first stole some of the artifacts. Ptahmes, the mayor of ancient Memphis also served as army chief, overseer [...]
We Gaza based Palestinian Civil Society Organizations and International activists call on the international community and civil society to pressure their governments and Israel to cease the abductions and killings in Israel’s attacks against the Gaza Freedom Flotilla sailing for Gaza, and begin a global response to hold Israel accountable for the murder of foreign [...]
CAIRO: The crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt continues with security and the prosecution investigating and questioning members of the banned MB. The members have been accused of having links with the Palestinian group Hamas. According to a state security source, police have begun questioning members who they allege have been in contact with [...]
NEW YORK: Sri Lanka’s new Lessons Learnt and Reconciliation Commission, to look into the armed conflict that ended last year, falls far short of minimum standards sought by the United States, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. On May 28, 2010, the Sri Lankan external affairs [...]
CAIRO: It was a peace mission to deliver aid to the impoverished and blockaded Gaza Strip. For the activists aboard the ships headed to Gaza, it was a chance to show the Israeli government that the world would not stand silent as atrocities continue against the 1.5 million Palestinians living in Gaza. Egyptian support for [...]
CAIRO: The Egyptian government regulator has stated it will not approve any attempt by Orascom Telecom (OT) from buying a stake in Vodafone Egypt’s unit even if a deal is confirmed. The regulator said on Sunday after Orascom chief Naguib Sawiris said his company was looking into a possible bid. Vodafone Egypt has not yet [...]
CAIRO: Mount Sinai is one of Egypt’s most popular tourist destinations. Christians, Jews and interested travelers flock to the Saint Katherine church situated at the base of the mountain in preparation for the three hour climb to the top. This is where Moses supposedly received the Ten Commandments and the message of God was transformed [...]
What has BP (the company formerly known as British Petroleum) got to do with PP (the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process)? It provides a comparison for how one might approach another problem of catastrophic proportions. So let’s look at the efforts to deal with the devastating oil spill in the Gulf (no, not that gulf; the other [...]
CAIRO: Egypt’s Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali said that there have been rising interest payments on public debt within the past 10 months ending in April by approximately 30.5 percent to a record 57.8 billion Egyptian pounds compared to 44.2 billion during the same period last year, an increase of 13.6 billion pounds. Ghali [...]
NICE, France: Heads of state attending the France-Africa summit should make a strong commitment to provide justice for victims of human rights abuses and to bring perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said today. The Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France will meet in Nice, France on May 31 and June 1, [...]
Morocco building high-speed train As part of the special interest given by HM King Mohammed VI to large-scale projects undertaken in the Kingdom, the Sovereign endeavored to raise the funds needed to carry out the Tangier-Casablanca high-speed train (TGV), worth 20 billion dirhams (about € 1.8 billion), a statement of the Royal Cabinet said on [...]
CAIRO: The new television is being brought in, boxes of new glasses and the cartoons of drinks are carted into the back area. All for June’s World Cup. Cafe and restaurant owners in Cairo know the importance of the global event: it means lots of customers, money and excitement. Gamal Hassan, a small cafe owner [...]
RABAT: She looks down in disgust, her hands waving in angst as one of the speakers on the sidelines of a Moroccan conference on abortion. Fatima Chakrullah is a 34-year-old medical doctor who spent 10 years working in French hospitals. Her frustration is evident. “We must get beyond these stupid arguments of why or why [...]
NEW YORK: Maternal and reproductive health care across the world is often sub-standard and inaccessible, yet many governments are not doing enough to address grievances and track problems, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch issued a roundup of its reporting on reproductive health issues in advance of the International Day of Action for [...]
CAIRO: Mohamed ElBaradei’s popularity and support seem to be teetering toward oblivion in Egypt, after months of calls for change. Yet, the threat his National Assembly for Change to the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) continues to see government security forces do their best to silence any critics. Over the weekend, four activists who openly [...]
CAIRO: The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) expressed “great surprise” at the request of a Saudi Arabian judge at Diwan AlMazalem (Board of Complaints) from the defense team for Soliman Bin Ibrahim AlRashudi, a lawyer and former judge, to omit the word “constitution” from all defense requests, saying “you are affected by the [...]
Unless you’re a foot soldier in the army of racists and bigots that regularly have their inflammatory comments approved and posted on Yahoo’s message board, You’ll probably find what you’re about to read a little disturbing. I’ve actually chosen some of the less incendiary remarks you come across any day of the week courtesy of [...]
CAIRO: Under the theme “Researching Cairo: Undergraduate Perspectives Across the Disciplines,” The American University in Cairo’s (AUC) recent Fifth Annual Excellence in Undergraduate Research, Entrepreneurship and Creative Achievement conference (EURECA), saw 52 undergraduate students display 38 presentations on various vital topics. The conference hosted students from other universities in Egypt, including The British University in [...]
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