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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 165
Fourth year 8 June 2007 - 14 June 2007 Bahrain ======== Violence and Torture The Bahraini security forces intensively fired tear gas bombs and rubber bullets, near Al-Malkia region's coasts, during dispersing a peaceful assembly, authorized by the Ministry of Interior. Moreover, they broke the bones of one of the demonstrators on purpose and systematically, in which he went to a surgery, in addition the act of disperse resulted in clashes between the demonstrators (youth, aged people and children). More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/bahrain/byshr/2007/pr0612.shtml Sources ========================== Tunisia ======== Arrest Reporters Without Boarders issued a release calling the Tunisian authorities to put an end to the journalist Abdallah Al-Zawary's forced exile, far away from his family. The authorities extended the punishment to 26 months, while it supposed to end in June, 5, 2007 and it didn't give any justification, answering to the orders of high officials. On the same context, he has been freed on June, 6, 2002, after imprisonment for 11 years. Later, in October, 2003 he was convicted and sentenced to 13 months in prison. On the other hand, the International Association for Defending Political Prisoners issued a release on the arrest of the former political prisoner, Maatok el Aire after a series of harassments he subjected to lately. Siege The authorities insist on practicing security force with the civil society organizations. They put their force on the Tunisian Alliance for Defending Human Rights and the Tunisian Public Union for Work. It was witnessed when security forces lay siege on the location of the Public Union for Work and put a encompassed all entries of Al Qairawan City with a great number of armed forces, in addition it prevented a large sum of the alliance's members from leaving their homes and country, in order to prevent convening a seminar held for the 30s anniversary for the establishment of the alliance, which was supposed to be convened on June, 10, 2007. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia ========================== Syria ======== Opinion and Expression Defense Committees for Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria and the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression issued two separated releases on the forced disappearance of the journalist Salar Ossy, who was headed to the Journalists' Club in Damascus on June, 3 at 6 pm. They call upon the authorities to work hard to find the disappeared journalist and send him back again to his family as soon as possible, and investigate with those responsible. Prosecutions The defense committee for the Syrian oppositionist Dr. Kamal Labwany, founder of the Liberal Democratic Assembly, presented an appeal to the court order no. 230, on (10/5/2007) issued by the Criminal Court in Damascus. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/syria ========================== Iraq ======== Opinion and Expression Reporters Without Boarders issued two releases on the conditions of journalists in Iraq. The first release on the assassination of two new journalists in Baghdad, with the second on an Iraqi announcer returned to conscious, in which she has received fire shots in an assassination process in April 29, 2007. On the other hand, the Press Freedoms Observatory issued a release on the assassination of "Sahar el Haidary", the reporter in the independent agency for news (Iraq Voices), the Iraqi national agency for news (Nina) and Press Institute for War and Peace (IWPR) in Iraq, by anonymous gun men. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq ========================== Palestine ======== In a consequence to the Israeli attacks to Rafah region, on June, 9, 2007 ten military tanks broke into the region of Al-Nahda district in Al-Shawka, with fires and forced its authority all over the place. Moreover, it ordered the males aged more than 14 years to join all in Al- Nahda district, and then they transferred in trucks to Karam Abu Salem boarder. 50 of them detained and many of them subjected to field investigation maintained by the occupation forces. Most of the detainees freed while 8 of them arrested again. The National Association for Democracy and Law urges the countries signed Geneva Fourth Convention to force the Israeli occupation to respect and apply the convention respecting the Palestinian civilians, moreover it urges the international society especially rights organizations to condemn the assaults against civilians and expose the practices of the occupation forces before the world, who has no ability to force the occupation government to respect human rights. In another attack, the military occupation forces broke into Rafah governorate. The association in consequence, urges the occupation government for an immediate stop to practicing violent attacks against the Palestinian civilians and to respect the international human law in their treatment with Palestinian civilians, especially the Geneva Fourth Convention, which works on protecting civilians during war. Protecting Civilians Gun men in all sections of Gaza Strip purse to attack all Palestinians. They did immediate executions, physical torture, throwing people from the high buildings, executing the injured in front of the hospitals, broke into houses, mosques and the headquarters of security apparatuses and ministries, moreover the civil society and national organizations, and hospitals turned to be an area for killing between the two sides. The number of dead turned to be 19 while the injured turned to be more than 100 some in a critical state. Non-Governmental Organizations Network against Security Disorder and Protecting Human Rights, which joins 26 Palestinian rights organizations, urge the national and Islamic authorities and men of religious and reformation for an immediate response to stop the harsh practiced violations against all values and principles and prohibit fights. They urge also the national and Islamic authorities to drive away the gun men from the entries of hospitals, to treat the injured in side them without interference. Moreover, they call upon the public to announce a state of mourning for the victims of inner fights, lifting up black flags and hanging the Palestinian flags, in addition to opening consolation halls in all governorates, to mourn victims of inner fights. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine ========================== Lebanon ======== Refugees Amnesty International Organization expressed in a release, its deep concern for the thousands of civilians subjected to siege in Nahr al- Bared camp for refugees, located near Tarablus - Northern Lebanon. The civilians living in the camp, whom are Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon for a long time, are subjected to ill-treatment due to the fighting between the armed group Fatah al- Islam and the Lebanese army, who laid siege on the camp. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/lebanon ========================== Egypt ======== ُElections Some Egyptian human rights organizations issued 16 reports covering Shoura Council's elections, which was done away from any censorship by the judiciary and the high committee for observing elections. The reports stated the security directorates' restrictions in accepting candidates' papers, the interference to prevent some candidates from presenting their papers, the committee chooses the candidates of the parties according to its opinion and arresting some candidates and their supporters. Moreover, the trouble makers tear out the bill board of candidates, halted advertisement assemblies and cut off the electric current on villages visited by the candidates, on the other hand, the government's security forces and its party's trouble makers made great efforts to prevent voters from getting into the poll stations. The government's buildings were used for the sake of the ruling party's candidates and banishing Muslim Brothers' representatives. Moreover, they prevented civil society observers from doing the observatory and beating them. In addition, they prevented candidates' representatives from entering poll stations, but only the representatives of the Ruling Party's candidates. Violence and trouble makings affected the electoral process, in which the poll stations were closed before the voters by the ruling party candidates and security forces, the return of the collective voting phenomenon for the ruling party's candidates in most of the poll stations. Finally, the voters didn't use the phosphoric ink, the stations were void from curtains and distributing the electoral bribes (financial and material), which leads to returning the phenomenon of blackening cards. It reminds with the incidents happened during the referendum on the former constitutional reformations. Then, does all what has been monitored in the reports, is it called elections? Does the facts in these reports, gives the elections its legality or even declare that it is called elections? Protecting Civilians Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies presented a file on the conditions in Darfur; Peace keeping forces in Sudan and world nutrition program hang out their activities in Tshadia city after their workers have been attacked. More information about the file, please visit: http://www.cihrs.org/prog_Activity_details_ ar.aspx?act_id=165&prog_name=الصراعات%20و%20حقوق%20الإنسان Execution The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights issue a release stating that the African Committee for Human Rights and the people related to the African union asks again the President Mubarak to postpone the execution verdicts issued by the Emergency Court, for convicting three people in the case of Taba bombings, until the committee finishes its study to the litigation presented for violating the rights of the convicted. It leads also to tear out confessions by torture and prosecute them before an exceptional court, not permitted to appeal its verdicts. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt ========================== Morocco ======== Arrests The Moroccan Association for Human Rights continues its campaign for freeing the prisoners in the anniversary of the first of May, by doing some activities and peaceful assemblies. Moreover, it calls for sending letters to the Minister of Justice and the Prime Minister demanding the freedom for the political prisoners and stop all judicial inquiries related to Fateh May arrests. Moreover, all the lawyers members in the association and public democratic lawyers demands defending all Fateh May prisoners, starting by defending Akadeer prisoners on June 19 court session and the ten prisoners prosecuted in Beny Malal on June 18 court session. On the same context, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) issued a release declaring its complete liability with the Moroccan Association for Human Rights and the Moroccan civil society activists. Though, it calls for their freedom with the other prisoners, convicted for practicing their right to organization and free opinion. In consequence, HRinfo expresses its fear for a drawback of democratic openness hasn't been clear yet. In addition, it brings to mind the harsh years, witnessed by the Moroccan activists in their democratic struggle, which mustn't return again. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/morocco ========================== The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information ======== The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (HRinfo) issued a release urging the Algerian government to drop the defamation charge suited against the Algerian blogger Abd el Salam Baroudy, administrator of the blog "Bilad Telmesan - http://bilad-13.maktoobblog.com ", for publishing an article on (February 2007), criticizing an Algerian responsible. He was prosecuted on Monday, June 11, 2007 in Telmesan Court of First Instance. More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/2007/pr0609.shtml More information about HRinfo releases, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/ ========================== HRinfo is a legal organization that defends the freedom of opinion and expression of the press and the right to exchange information.
Moreover, it works on collecting the publications of nearly 140 Arabic human rights organizations from 18 countries across the Middle East and North Africa, which are published in Arabic and presented in one website. It also provides human rights sources in the Arab world for media workers, journalists, activists and the public in an attempt to increase the number of internet users and those interested in human rights issues in the Arab speaking world. Though one of many human rights groups serving the Middle East and North Africa, it is the only one in the Arab world devoted exclusively to protecting the freedom of expression across the region. For more information, suggestions or membership in the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, please contact HRinfo at: Address: second floor, flat 10, 5,105 St, Horriya Square, Maadi, Cairo, Egypt. Phone Number: (00202) 5249544 Email address: info@hrinfo.net |
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