MENA Rights
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…
Late night on Thursday the 27th of January 2011, I called my wife who was attending a conference in Cairo. I had a brief moment of panic when a man answered in a rough Egyptian tone “what do you want?”. Eventually I was able to talk to her and she mentioned that telephone communications are not…
وليد أبو الخير وأنا، لم نلتق أبداً. ونحن من جيلين، يفصل بيننا أعوام، وتفرقنا حدود وإجراءات وسياسات، ومنعٌ من السفر سلطه الحاكم على وليد معظم الوقت. إلا أنني أعرف عن وليد ما يلزمني أن أعرفه، وأدرك أن ما أعرفه تعرفه تماماً سلطات الحكم في المملكة العربية السعودية: في بلد يبحث فيه بعض الناس، على قلتهم،…
Assad at a moment of `Equilibrium` Not losing or winning is ideal state of conflict to regime War, and peace, by no mean wear the same fashion as the world of business, although there are elements of business in both. But you might grow fascinated by the applicability of some of the aspects in which…
الانسجام ليس يافطةً تُعلقُ على مدخل منزل ناشط أو مبنى منظمة غير حكومية (ومنها ما هو حكوميٌ بصيغة تآمرية). الانسجام يعني ان لدى هذا أو ذاك، هاته أو تلك، تفسيرٌ يقوم على محاور جوهرية ثابتة، دائماً وفي كل الظروف، وأحياناً في وجه موجة من الاحتقانات، والانفجارات، المجتمعية والسياسية. ان فسر، مثلاً، حادثةً ما باعتبارها ‘انتهاكاً…
ان شئت تسميتها بالمعركة، فأنت حر.. لكن ما لا تدركهُ هو شيءٌ جوهري؛ وهو ان القوى الكبرى التي زحفت ببطء باتجاه نصف موقف بشأن استخدام السلاح الكيماوي في سوريا، لم تنجز ربع موقف بشأن الخسارة الموجعة لما فاق مائة ألف حياة بشرية راح معظمها نتيجة لجرائم ارتكبها نظام بشار الأسد الحاكم في سوريا. وهذه القوى،…