MENA Rights
Egypt submitted its conclusions about the 300 recommendations it received during the Universal Periodical Review (UPR) proceedings in November 2014. The government of Egypt provided the Human Rights Council with its responses in an addendum which the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner made available through the document referenced (A/HRC/28/16/Add.1) and dated 2 March 2015…
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat statements upon the announcement of Israel elections results, regarding Palestine pledge to the International Criminal Court (ICC) provides another opportunity to examine where the pledge currently stands. On the immediate outset, Mr. Erekat’s remarks establishing links between Netanyahu’s victory in the Israeli election and “accelerating” efforts to pressure at the ICC, are…
On eve of 16 March, I rushed to studio to take part in a live TV program dedicated to the 7th anniversary of the “Arab Human Rights Day”. Being very transparent and honest about the fact that I hardly remembered this occasion, I have taken the liberty to discuss failure to protect basic rights in…
أظهرت دراسة تحليلية حديثة نشرها معهد بروكينغز في مارس/آذار 2015، أن عدد حسابات تويتر التي يملكها أعضاء المجموعة الإرهابية المعروفة باسم تنظيم الدولة الإسلامية أو “داعش” لا يقل عن 46،000 حساباً على الأقل. وحملت الدراسة عنوان احصاء نشاط داعش على تويتر: تعريف وتحديد مجتمع أنصار داعش على تويتر (ترجمة غير رسمية لعنوان الدراسة). وقام معدا…
A recent analytical study released in March by the Brookings Institute estimated the number of Twitter accounts operated by the terrorist group ISIS to be at least 46,000. The two authors of the study titled The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and describing the population of ISIS supporters on Twitter carried out a methodological study of…
The terrorist group known as the “Islamic State”, has been committing atrocities in the scale of war crimes and crimes against humanity not only since it transformed itself from “Islamic State in Iraq and Syria” into a brand that is loaded with reference to “State”- and also not only since it captured the city of…
On July 12, 2012 the Time magazine published a story titled “In Saudi Arabia, Dissent Is Alive and Well, but Only Online or in Private”. The video that accompanied the story shows Saudi rights lawyer, Waleed Abu al-Khiar, on frame 43 second, saying “Every day I say to myself they will arrest me”. On 15…
Probably the family of American journalist, Steven Sotloff, murdered by ISIS in September 2014 in Syria, gave the clearest definition of justice they believe must be served for perpetrators of the beheading of their son. Quoted in a report published by the Daily Mail on 26 February 2015, Sotloff parents say that Mohammed Emwazi, known…
International Women’s Day on March the 8th is yet another opportunity to bring back into perspective some stories of women who will not have the luxury to access related celebratory festivities across the globe. Of those particularly, young women imprisoned for their views or opinions or simply because of their involvement in peaceful action within…
Two Global Press Freedom Reports and Bitter Choices for Journalists Two international reports came out this week, not surprisingly reminding us of the high cost journalists are paying up for the practice of the profession. The New York based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) say that 220 journalists have been jailed worldwide in 2014. Top…