Hussain Hubail, is struggling to get medical care and survive in Jaw Prison. If he gets a consultant’s appointment the prison refuses to provide transport. Hussain’s Appeal on 20th August against his 5 year sentence was postponed until 21st September. If the US and UK Governments don’t want this young man to die in prison, more »
Month: August 2014
US Militarizes Racism and Neoliberal Violence
The Militarization of Racism and Neoliberal Violence 18 Aug. 2014 15:43 By Henry A. Giroux, Truthout Police form a line during a standoff with protesters in Ferguson, Mo. – Photo: Whitney Curtis – NYT The recent killing and then demonization of an unarmed 18-year-old African-American youth, Michael Brown, in Ferguson, Missouri by a white police more »
Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization
Ferguson Riot Police Stoke Flames of Discord with agitation and violation of Civil Rights
Ferguson, MO enjoys Neoliberal Repression shared by Bahrain
What The Police’s ‘Non Lethal Weapons’ Can Do To Human Bodies by Tara Culp-Ressler – 18 August – Think Progress Police advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd of protesters in Ferguson, MO on Sunday – AP Photo/Charlie Riedel The ongoing unrest in Ferguson over 18-year-old Mike Brown’s shooting has illustrated the more »
Voices Grow Louder Calling for Release of Blind Detainee Jafar Matooq
9 Bahraini Human Rights Organisations Launched a Campaign for the Release of the Blind Detainee Jafar Matooq 18 August, 2014 SHAFAQNA – 9 Bahraini human rights organisations along with human rights activists in Bahrain have launched a campaign for the release of Bahraini blind detainee Jafar Matooq, who is in urgent need of treatment. This more »
Michael Brown Killed 9 August, 2014 – will they ever learn, No Justice, No Peace
Got Gas? Welcome to Revolution's Morning
Around the world in tear gas: Protests stifled in 2014 14 August, 2014 – Al Jazeera As a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, seethes with anger after the murder of an unarmed black teenager over the weekend, images of demonstrations are reminiscent of protest zones across the globe. With security forces lobbing tear gas canisters more »
'Contractual Constitution', latest in rhetorical spin from Bahrain's Reformist Wing
Bahrain opposition: A contractual constitution is a necessity to end the political crisis in Bahrain 18 aug. 2014 – ABNA The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged a mass rally on Friday August 15th , 2014 marking Bahrain’s independence day anniversary from British mandate in 1971. The national democratic opposition parties in Bahrain staged more »
Saudi Injustice toward Sheik al-Nimr addressed by Hezbollah
Hezbollah warns Saudis on Sheikh Nimr’s trial 15 August, 2014 Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has demanded a halt to the prosecution or any legal pursuit of prominent Saudi cleric Ayatollah Nimr Baqer al-Nimr by the Riyadh regime, vowing that continuing with the fabricated legal case against the Shia scholar will further deteriorate the regional situation. more »