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Entries Tagged as 'Human Rights'

La condition des femmes en Orient, une conférence-débat au goût amer au 16e Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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L’Orient des femmes n’est pas aussi reluisant que l’on pourrait le croire. La conférence-débat organisée dans le cadre du 16e Salon du livre francophone de Beyrouth a été l’occasion pour Nahida Nakad de dresser un constat effarant mais réalistes, des droits de la [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · Gender · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Society · women

WOMEN, ACTIVISM & BLOGS

October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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One month ago I have been invited to a meeting called “Donne tra memoria e futuro” at the Prix Italia in Torino. I was asked to talk about women and new technologies. So News-Lab and also how technology can be a vehicle for women emancipation.
Last [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Video · women

Georgia on my mind

October 29th, 2009 · No Comments

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Je suis maintenant en Géorgie, pas celle de Ray Charles, mais celle de SAAKATCHVILI et de certains Ossètes…. Depuis le début de la semaine, les incidents de frontière se multiplient, une vingtaine de Géorgiens ont été arrêtés alors qu’ils ramassaient du bois pour [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Photo · Society

In Mideast, marriage too can be a battlefield

October 19th, 2009 · No Comments

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By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS (AP) –
NICOSIA, Cyprus — The two couples had never met each other, and probably never would. They had come from opposite sides of a border between longtime enemies.
But Elie Wakim and Nada Ghamloush from Lebanon, and Dimitri Stafeev and Olga Zaytseva from [...]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics · Religion · Society · War & Conflict · women

A signature for free press in Italy

September 20th, 2009 · No Comments

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Tags: Human Rights · Society

Wael Abass detention at Cairo Airport

July 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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Wael Abass at Cairo Airport
It was 7 am on Tuesday 30 June when i got a call from an Egyptian Friend and journalist in Canada , she said “Wael is detained at Cairo Airport” , Wael Abass is an Egyptian blogger and ctivist  his blog [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Personal · Politics · Uncategorized

Swedish parents keep 2-year-old’s gender secret

June 25th, 2009 · No Comments

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Online: http://www.thelocal.se/20232/20090623/
Pop’s parents, both 24, made a decision when their baby was born to keep Pop’s sex a secret. Aside from a select few – those who have changed the child’s diaper – nobody knows Pop’s gender; if anyone enquires, Pop’s parents simply say [...]

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Tags: Gender · Human Rights · Sexuality · Society

Israel has secret plan to thwart division of Jerusalem

May 11th, 2009 · No Comments

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By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent
The government and settler organizations are working to surround the Old City of Jerusalem with nine national parks, pathways and sites, drastically altering the status quo in the city. The secret plan was assigned to the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA).
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Tags: History · Human Rights · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics · Religion · War & Conflict

THE WORST COUNTRIES FOR BLOGGERS

May 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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On the occasion of the World Day for Freedom of Information (today, May 3) the american organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which defends the rights of journalists worldwide, has published a report on the 10 worst countries for bloggers. Have a look at the [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Technology

Egypte: les rebelles de la Toile

March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments

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LE CAIRE ENVOYÉ SPÉCIAL
C‘est une vidéo qui retourne le coeur. Un jeune homme de 21 ans pleure comme un enfant. Il va bientôt hurler sa douleur. Courte barbe noire, cheveux courts frisés, belle gueule, Imad El-Kebir est plié en deux sur un sol taché. Ses [...]

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Tags: Community Development · Human Rights · War & Conflict · Youth