Sudan should immediately rescind its decision to shut down four civil society organizations in Khartoum in December 2012. The government should allow independent groups to operate freely and conduct peaceful protests. International donors, diplomats, and organizations involved in Sudan, including the United Nations’ independent expert on Sudan, should all insist the government halt its crackdown [...]
Sudan: End Crackdown On Civil Society, Says HRW
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Haiti: The Earthquake, Cholera And Hurricane Sandy – OpEd
By Ama Biney What has become of Haiti and the Haitian people since the earthquake of 12 January 2010? It is three years since the catastrophic earthquake that killed over 300,000 Haitian people in 35 seconds; followed by the devastating loss of more than 7,800 people who have died of cholera due to UN Nepalese [...]
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Iran Stages ‘Modern Warfare’ Drill In Strait Of Hormuz
Iran claims its capability to defend itself is growing and the Islamic republic is “prepared for any threat”. The statement follows tests of “modern warfare” capabilities and exercises to hone battle tactics in the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The naval force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which is in charge of maintaining security [...]
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Iraq Finance Minister ‘Escapes Assassination’
Iraq’s finance minister, who has been locked in dispute with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, escaped an apparent assassination attempt on Sunday when his convoy was struck by a roadside bomb. Rafa al-Essawi’s convoy had been travelling between the towns of Fallujah and Abu Ghraib, west of Baghdad, when the bomb went off at around 7:00 [...]
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Yemenis March For Independence In South On Anniversary Of Coup
Thousands of separatist demonstrators in southern Yemen on Sunday rallied in Aden to mark the anniversary of the outbreak of civil war in South Yemen in 1986. Supporters of the Southern Movement organized the demonstration in the port city, calling for “reconciliation and tolerance” and the separation of the south. A series of demonstrations have [...]
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Afghan Peace Volunteer: Drones Bury Beautiful Lives – OpEd
By Kathy Kelly (Below is a transcript of an interview with Raz Mohammad, an Afghan Peace Volunteer, with questions prepared by Maya Evans of Voices for Creative Non Nonviolence UK.) Raz Mohammad: Salam ‘aleikum. I am Raz Mohammad. I’m from Maidan Wardak province and I’m Pashtun. Kathy Kelly: Raz Mohmmad, what do you think about [...]
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Pakistan: Shia Anger Against Kayani – Analysis
The genocide of the Shias continues unabated in different parts of Pakistan— particularly in Balochistan, Gilgit, the Kurram Agency and Karachi. The security forces and the intelligence agencies have been unable to prevent frequent massacres of the Shias in these areas and to crush the activities of the Sunni extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LEJ), which has been [...]
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Brooklyn Woman Wins Miss America Crown
A woman from Brooklyn, N.Y., is the new Miss America, winning the title after tap dancing to a James Brown tune, deftly dealing with a question about guns, and raising the issue of child sexual abuse in her contestant platform, Associated Press reported. In addition to dancing to “Get Up Off of That Thing,” 23-year-old [...]
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A Turbulent Year For Transitional Justice In The Balkans – Analysis
With four key verdicts delivered by the Hague Tribunal, 2012 proved to be turbulent year for transitional justice in the former Yugoslavia; one that threatens to further endanger already damaged regional co-operation. By Marija Ristic The year started promisingly for Croatia-Serbia relations, as the newly-formed socialist government in Croatia announced the possible withdrawal of the [...]
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European Airlines Cut Flights To Tehran
Two European airlines, KLM and Austrian Airlines, have announced that they will stop their flights to Tehran due to a decline in ticket sales. Reuters reported on Saturday January 12 that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which currently flies to Iran four times a week, will halt all flights to Tehran as of April 2013. Austrian [...]
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Iran: MPs Line Up Behind Supreme Leader On Election Issue
219 Iranian MPs have issued an announcement to express their support for the recent statements of their Supreme Leader and to once again remind people that, as Ayatollah Khamenei has stated, any insinuation that Iran’s elections are not free is a boon to the country’s enemies. In a statement read in the Iranian Parliament on [...]
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Egypt Court Orders Retrial Of Mubarak, El-Adly
Egypt’s Court of Cassation has ordered a retrial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak and former interior minister Habib El-Adly, who were convicted for failing to prevent the killing of protestors during the January 25 Revolution. The retrial was order after the appellate court accepted appeals lodged by the two former regime figures. Last June, Mubarak [...]
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Islamists Threaten France Following Troops Deployed To Mali, Somalia
Islamists in France on Saturday warned the French government that it risks the security of its citizens “wherever they find themselves in the Muslim world” after supporting military intervention in the Muslim terrorist attack on the African country of Mali, according to an Israeli counterterrorism expert who monitors Islamic terrorism in North Africa. According to [...]
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U.S. Shores Up Its Waning Influence In Iraq By Bolstering Kurdish Superiority – OpEd
By Zayd Alisa Iraq, on the first anniversary of US withdrawal, is struggling to cope with, not merely a raging sectarian crisis between the Shia-led Central Government (CG) and an increasingly resentful Sunni-minority, but more alarmingly an ethnic crisis with a heavily armed and increasingly defiant Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Although, Obama, USA president for [...]
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Arab League Urges Members To Ease PA Financial Crisis
Arab foreign ministers agreed Sunday to form a delegation to press member states to fulfill their financial obligations to the Palestinian Authority, a statement said. The delegation will be comprised of PA prime minister Salam Fayyad, Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi, the Iraqi foreign minister, and Lebanon’s foreign minister, Adnan Mansour. The Arab League [...]
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Bab Al Shams Takes Palestine By Storm – OpEd
On January 11, hundreds of Palestinian activists set up protest tents in the so-called E1 corridor between the settlement of Maaleh Adumim and Jerusalem in one of the most creative nonviolent resistance movements against Israel’s continued settlement expansion. Residents of the Palestinian areas of Al Tour, Essawiyeh, Al Zaim and Anata have been handed eviction [...]
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Trampling On People, Environment, Science And Ethics – OpEd
Environmental policies and practitioners often hurt people and values they supposedly protect By Paul Driessen Policy integrity. Ethical culture. Environmental protection. Environmental defense. Friends of earth. Defenders of wildlife. Ethical investing. Not just their names, but their charter, culture and policies – their very being – represent a commitment to these profound values. Or so [...]
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Morocco: Amazigh New Year 2962, A Cultural And Civilisational Heritage – OpEd
The writer-researcher Ahmed Assid was chosen during a tribute ceremony Saturday night in Tiznit, “Man of the Year 2962″ by the Association Tiri N Wakal (Love the earth), a sign of gratitude for the services he has rendered to the language and to the Amazigh culture. “The organization of this ceremony in my honor shows [...]
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Outrage As India Police Arrest 6 In Another Gang Rape Case
Police in India say they have arrested six men accused of raping a woman after abducting her on a passenger bus, weeks after a similar gang rape of a female student shocked the nation. Authorities say the 29-year-old victim was the only passenger on the bus as she was travelling to her village in northern [...]
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Review Of “Iron Curtain: The Crushing Of Eastern Europe 1944-1956″
Review of Anne Applebaum, Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956, USA: Doubleday, 2012. The period following WWII in eastern Europe is considered to be a black one, best forgotten. All the pre-war governments had been quasi-fascist dictatorships which either succumbed to the Nazi onslaught (Poland) or actively cooperated with the Germans (Hungary, Romania, [...]
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