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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 158
Fourth year 19 April 2007 - 25 April 2007 Tunisia ======== Report Human Rights Watch Organization presents an open letter to the Tunisian President Zine el- Abidine Ben Ali to order the authorities to release Daniel Zeroq and regard all prisoners prosecuted in one crime. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia ========================== Sudan ======== Report Reporters without Boarders issues a report under the title "Darfur: Investigation about the Forgotten Activists", it is about the dilemma of West Sudan inhabitants after the investigations done about Sudan's active press which reflects the picture of Sudan society. The report ends with the government's demands to take serious procedures to provide more freedom for the civil society and press. Moreover the report calls upon the international organizations to eye seriously on the incidents happening, support Sudan's civil society and reform the communication system. In addition, it calls upon international mass media to spot on Sudanese activists in order to improve the country with all its contradictories. Welcoming and Regret Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies issues a statement welcoming the UN Human Rights Council decree about human rights conditions in Darfur Sudan. At the end of March, the council signed the decree and all members accepted it. CIHRS is concerned because the decree did not mention the responsibility of the government and armed forces towards human rights violations in Darfur and it did not condemn them. Despite the remarks, CIHRS thinks that it is a positive step to continue concerning and taking action about human rights conditions in Darfur. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/sudan ========================== Syria ======== Prosecutions Do more court sessions and change sessions' date, human rights organizations will not be able to monitor and examine. This was the golden advice presented by the Syrian authority to confront the members of the International Committee for Supporting Michel Kilo. As a result, prosecution session of Michel Kilo and Mahmoud Eissa deleted and postponed to 7 April. Five years imprisonment to Anwar el Bounni and a bill costs 100,000 lira paid to the Ministry of Social Affairs. The prosecution violates all international instruments for human rights signed by the Syrian government and lacks any legal evidences. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/syria ========================== Iraq ======== Condemn The Arabic Organization for Human Rights condemns the bombings, which seek to hundreds of victims in Baghdad - Iraq, more than 100 murdered and 300 injured due to local fights between the civilians. However, The AOHR renews its support to United Nations' initiative in order to convene an international conference about Iraq's future to stop this catastrophe affecting the Iraqi people. Death Penalty and Torture Amnesty International report refuses the Iraqi authorities' verdicts of death penalty, issued on a wide range, the news declared after a TV conservation, which, sheds light on torture cases did not witness investigation and the prosecution was unjust. After the execution of 65 persons in the previous year, Iraq became the country no. four in the world in death penalty cases after China, Iran and Pakistan. Journalists and Media Workers Journalistic Freedoms Observatory issues two statements monitoring an abduction case held by an anonymous armed group in Ba'qouba City - Center of Diali Governorate, the victims are a reporter and a photographer working in the satellite channel "Al-Baghdadia". Moreover, in Al-Salmania City the security forces broke into the work place of Al-Fayhaa Channel, hit violently ten workers, and arrested them for twenty-four hours without legal evidence. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq ========================== Palestine ======== Opinion and Expression Five statements issued this week, monitoring the violations against media workers and institutions. Two statements issued the abduction of BBC correspondent Alan Johnson, Reporters without Boarders and the Arabic Organization for Human Rights. The first statement called upon the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abu Mazen to order the abductors to announce whether the journalist is alive or dead after 40 days of abduction. The second statement condemns the abduction and states the accident a violation to freedoms of opinion, expression and exchanging information. The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada) issues two statements, the first one condemns the Israeli occupied forces' violations against media workers in the occupied land. Last week and it was a clear witness in the weekly demonstration for combating the racial separation barrier in Bal'in Village. The second statements condemns an assault done against the journalist Ashraf el Agramy, he was hurt in his forehead by a fragment manual bomb fired by a group of armed Palestinians. Notice: the accident mentioned also in a statement by the National Organization for Democracy and Law. . Security Disorder In light of the project entitled "activating NGOs to abolish security disorder and protect human rights", eleven human rights organizations declared establishing a network of NGOs to abolish security disorder and protect human rights, held in Rafah Governorate. Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights monitored many disorders and denounces the increasing number of victims, ruining the citizens' properties and the transgressions on private and non- governmental associations. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine ========================== Lebanon ======== Journalists and Media Workers In the 11th anniversary of Qana first massacre in the Year 1996, committed by Israel against the Lebanese people and the result was the death of 105 civilians including 33 children, the Arabic Organization for Human Rights renews a call for investigation to Qana first massacre and arresting the officials who committed it. It also mentioned the report issued by UN Secretary- General about the massacre. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/lebanon ========================== Egypt ======== Civil Society The Egyptian administration office started a campaign against civil society organizations starting with the Center for Trade Union and Workers' Services. The campaign ends with closing CTUWS headquarter in Helwan district by using the same instruments in closing the other two branches in Nagaa Hamady and Al-Mahala. The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information issued six statements this week about procedures done by the government and human rights organizations' responses. International Justice The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights' delegation to Geneva calls upon UN committee for migrated workers - during its sixth session- to open the files of the Sudanese refugees' massacre [30 December 2005]. In which, the prosecution did not investigate or punish any official responsible for this crime and the Prosecutor- General in June 2006 decided to close investigation in the incident and denied any criminal suspect under the pretence that the 27 victims died because of the crowd and suffocation. Torture Bab Sharq Misdemeanor Court in Alexandria issued verdicts on three torture victims while it released the accused torturers. Al-Nadeem Center for Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture regrets the verdicts issued against the torture victims and issued a statement under the title "prisons for victims and compensations for torturers". It justified this contradictory to the law's ignorance to identifying the torture crime, the restrictions in criminal procedures laws, the prosecution's lack of independence and the police officers' wide authorities without any charges. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt ========================== Please feel free to contact HRinfo for any quiries, suggestions or input
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