Amnesty International censures KSA over controversial law 4 February, 2014 – Shia Post Amnesty International has censured Saudi Arabia over a controversial counter-terrorism law, calling it the kingdom’s new tool to crush peaceful expression. The UK-based rights body says the new Saudi law legalizes a range of ongoing human rights violations. In a Monday statement, more »
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American Disphoria – Obama remakes Al Qaeda as the 'Good Guys'
“True to its origins as a Western intelligence asset, al-Qaeda is helping to create an illusion in Syria that will enable US weapons supply to the militants to continue,” Re-inventing al-Qaeda as ‘good guys,’ huh? 4 February, 2014 – By Finian Cunningham – PressTV The titular head of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has reportedly disavowed the more »
Bahrain: Abducted, Beaten and Threatened by Police with Impunity
Bahrain: Abducted, Beaten and Threatened 3 February, 2014 – Bahrain Center for Human Rights The Bahrain Center for Human Rights expresses concern about the continuation of grave violations including abduction of civilians, severe beatings and leaving them in a stranded area. These actions appear to come as a form of punishment and threat for those more »
Manufacturing Dissent
From Egypt, Ukraine, the Turkish-Syrian border, Cuba and Thailand Manufacturing Opposition Movements by Andre Vltchek – 3 February, 2014 – Dissent Voice Government buildings are being trashed, ransacked. It is happening in Kiev and Bangkok, and in both cities, the governments appear to be toothless, too scared to intervene. What is going on? Are popularly more »
Syria and Sorting Out A New Balance of Power in the Middle East
The war against Syria and the illusion of compromise By Ghaleb Kandil – 2 February, 2014 – Voltaire.net Some politicians believe that Russia and the United States agreed on compromises in the region, and that everything that happens politically and militarily in Syria is part of a scenario to implement these arrangements. In fact, international more »
Activist Surrenders after Saudi's Terrorise his Family
Shia wanted over Saudi protests surrenders: Police 2 February, 2014 – ABNA A Saudi man wanted in connection with peaceful protests in 2011 among the Shia Muslim minority in the conservative, Sunni-majority kingdom has handed himself in, police said on Sunday. Musa Jaafar Mohammed al-Mabyuq surrendered to police in the mostly Shia district of Qatif, more »
Bahrain Court of Injustice jails 13 activists defending against Police Violence
Bahrain high court jails 13 anti-regime activists 3 February, 2014 – Islamic Invitation Turkey Bahrain’s high court has handed long jail terms of up to 15 years to 13 activists, as the Al Khalifa regime steps up its crackdown on demonstrators. The court issued the verdicts on Monday after convicting the defendants of allegedly possessing more »
Zainab Al-Khawaja's unending Sentence from Cruel Court of Injusice in Bahrain
Bahrain: strong> Amnesty Int’l: Bahrain: Woman activist sentenced again in Bahrain: Zainab Al-Khawaja 31 January 2014 – Amnesty International URGENT ACTION Bahraini activist Zainab Al-Khawaja was sentenced to a further four months in prison by a Criminal Court in relation to two new cases brought against her for “destroying government property”. On 27 January Zainab more »
Nabeel Rajab chose to return, change Unjust System that keeps him in chains
Bahrain: Nabeel Rajab’s request for early release from prison denied by Bahraini authorities 28 January, 2014 – IFEX The Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) have expressed grave concern regarding the Bahraini authorities’ treatment of Nabeel Rajab, the imprisoned president of BCHR and the general secretary of more »
Vain Attempts at Crushing Religious Freedom Intensify Resistance in Bahrain
The regime in Bahrain is continuing its vicious attacks against the religious freedoms in Bahrian by continuously forbidding citizens from praying in the historic mosque of Al-Barbaghi. Non-stop attacks against religious freedoms in Bahrain 2 February, 2014 – ABNA The regime in Bahrain is continuing its vicious attacks against the religious freedoms in Bahrian by more »