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News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2008

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

“It seems Washington and European governments will accept even the most dubious election so long as the ‘victor’ is a strategic or commercial ally”. The statement belongs to the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth.

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J’ai 10 ans et je travaille!

January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Selon un article paru le 16 Janvier 2008 au journal de Rosalyoussef no. 759, “le gouvernement égyptien vient de lancer à Sohag, Assyout et Bani Sweif (trois gouvernorats au Sud de l’Egypte), un projet d’entrainement professionel graduel pour limiter le phénomène du travail des enfants. Selon la Ministre de la main d’oeuvre et de l’immigration […]

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Tags: Human Rights · Society · Youth

Bhutto, another victim of freedom

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Today is a tragic day for the world and for all those who support democracy, freedom and human rights. Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan’s opposition leader, was shot in the neck today before being bombed in a suicidal attack, 2 weeks before the elections. 20 were killed and many injured in this attack. Another sad bloody page in the […]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · History · Politics · War & Conflict

Shahinaz story on Greek Tv

December 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments

In Egypt, blogging has evolved within the past years to a shaper of the political agenda. Hundreds of Egyptian bloggers are trying to raise their voices of opposition via the internet, eluding government’ s censorship and embarrasing the regime. One of them, 29 years old Shahinaz Abdel Ibrahim Salam spoke in the camera of NET, […]

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Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Technology · Video · Youth

“Torture by proxy”

December 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

 
In the Holy “War on Terrorism” the USA performed kidnapping for persons that seems to be related to Al-Qaida or any Islamic Radical movement.
The USA then renders them to a country where they were tortured in order to get information.

“Rendition”, is a new American movie in theaters since the nineteenth of October.
The movie […]

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