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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 169
Fourth year 6 July 2007 - 12 July 2007 Jordan ======== Civil Society More than fifty Jordanian civil society organizations carries on its behalf a draft of an honor agreement for civil society organizations in Jordan. The project seeks to abide with promoting democracy, human rights, rule of law, fair ruling and justice for all Jordanian citizens. In addition to respecting equality, equivalent rights, fulfilling dignity, promoting social justice and eliminating all sorts of discrimination on religious, racial or sectarian, the necessity to respect work in peace and eliminating all sorts of violence. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/jordan/ ========================== Bahrain ======== The Committee for Liability with Activists and Opinion Prisoners in Bahrain issued a release determines the annoyances and security follow up practiced by Bahraini authorities against the activist "Nabil Ragab", deputy of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, in which he was subjected to a variety of violations. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/bahrain ========================== Tunisia ======== Lifting Siege The Tunisian Interior lifts its siege on the residence of the National Council for Freedoms. As a matter of fact, on May 18, 2007 besiege was covering the resident of the center, which is sectioned by "Kalema" Newsletter, moreover, since this date the members of the center were prevented from getting inside. More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia/cnlt/2007/pr0703.shtml . Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia ========================== Syria ======== Exchanging Information The Syrian security apparatuses despite of their continuous systematic campaign on freedom of opinion and expression and the blocking campaigns against many political, rights and news websites (independent and opposition), in which from a short period, they blocked the websites Kurdish Steamer, Kurdish Future Tendency, the Syrian Scene, the Kurdish Organization (Wedad). Earlier, websites such as the modern dialogue, Middle East (Shafaf) Transparent, the Syrian Democratic Meeting, Damascus Power, East News, Kuwaiti Politics, Middle East in London, Eilaph, Arab Times, Islam on Line and the Future in Lebanon, in addition to the world email (hotmail) website. This week accordingly, they blocked the Kurdish Committee for Human Rights website and the cultural news website "Keskor". Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/syria ========================== Iraq ======== Opinion and Expression On 6 May 2007 Al-Samawa TV station journalist "Ali Watan" murdered while entering the TV building by an anonymous gun man. Moreover, on the same day, a group of anonymous gun men assassinated the journalist "Seif el Dein Beirawgely", editor - in - chef of the literary newsletter "Ayashbaq", in Kirkok City - North Iraq. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq ========================== Palestine ======== Protecting Journalists The Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (Mada) and Balance Center for Human Rights issued two separate releases on the subject of firing on Al-Aqsa station photographer Emad Ghanem by the Israeli occupation forces in which they continued firing even after being injured, in a clear murder attempt. The photographer Ghanem injured badly extended to legs cut off, in another incident also occupation forces fired on the working group of both Al- Arabia station and Reuters Agency, even after being sheltered in a house, while they were covering Israeli forces' devastation to Al-Barbag camp. The release of Balance center ends with a severe denounce to the international society's silence to the war crimes done by occupation forces in the Palestinian occupied territories, in which it will encourage occupation forces to do more crimes. Destroying the Judiciary The Palestinian Center for Human Rights issued a release on the presidential decree which states on featuring military judiciary in the state of emergency, which violates the Palestinian civil judiciary competences to favor the military ones. In addition, the center describes this decree the graver in the series of presidential decrees issued in the subject of the state of emergency and it will destroy the judiciary and civil life to build a military Palestinian society, in active the constitution, confiscating public freedoms and setting military dictatorship. More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine/pchr/2007/pr0710.shtml Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine ========================== Lebanon ======== Prisoners Human Rights Watch issued a release calling the armed groups in Gaza and Lebanon to free immediately the three Israeli soldiers detained as hostages since last summer. Moreover, it calls Israel to free Hamas ministers and parliamentarians whom arrested in a clear revenge act. The release stressed on the point which states that an illegal practice done by a group doesn't give a justification to the other group's illegal practice and it called Israel to stop any illegal practices in order to free Israeli prisoners. Moreover, Jerusalem Post newspaper and some other sources issued subjects that Israel, during the armed dispute in Lebanon Year 2006, had removed the corpses of 13 soldiers belong to Hisb Allah to Israel in order to be an instrument in negotiation with Hisb Allah, describing this act a violation to war laws, which oblige the two dispute foils to honor the dead soldiers' corpses by facilitating their return to their home country and kindred. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/lebanon ========================== Egypt ======== Freedom of Belief The Legal Assistance Organization for Human Rights issued a release determines the death of two citizens inside detention places in police stations. The release calls for the necessity to hold fair investigation in these cases and punish the officials responsible for this default, which ends with the death of detainees inside detention places or during transferring prisoners in deportation trucks. More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt/ahrla/2007/pr0710.shtml Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt ========================== Morocco ======== Dreading The Moroccan Association for Human Rights (Asfi branch) issued a protest release for calling four members of the association by the head of the regional department for judicial police in Asfi, in which the two members were subjected to dread and threatened to be kicked out of the association's membership. They were convicted of provoking, distributing the association's releases and joining liability with the aggravated by the leader of the seventh province. Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/morocco ========================== Yemen ======== Just Prosecution Committee to Protect Journalists issued a release describing its deep annoyance for convicting the journalist Abd el Karim el Kheiwany, editor - in -chef of Shoura Net former website of terrorism. More information about the release, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/ifex/alerts/yemen/2007/0709.shtml Sources More information, please visit: http://www.hrinfo.net/yemen ========================== 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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