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Urge Egyptian Authorities to stop returning Eritrean asylum seekers to Eritrea

Submitted by salamander on سبت, 2008-06-14 08:23

Amnesty International issued a request for an urgent action and calls upon its members and non members to write to the Egyptian authorities to stop forcibly returning Eritrean assylum seekers to Eritrea where they will be at risk of torture and other ill treatment. 

 

For more information on these cases and on how to take action, read below:  

                    

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Amnesty International: Assault on human rights defender a further obstruction to effective investigation of torture

Submitted by salamander on جمع, 2008-05-02 17:54

PUBLIC STATEMENT

AI Index: MDE 12/008/2008 (Public)

Date: 02 May 2008

Egypt: Assault on human rights defender a further obstruction to effective investigation of torture

The assault on a human right defender and doctor denouncing torture in Egypt two days ago is a disturbing development at a time when the Egyptian authorities purport to be combating torture.

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Amnesty International calls for investigation of police killings during Mahalla Demonstrations

Submitted by salamander on جمع, 2008-04-11 18:37
PUBLIC STATEMENT
AI Index: MDE 12/006/2008 (Public)

Date: 11 April 2008

Egypt: Arrests of Kefaya movement leaders, investigation needed into police killings

The arrests of Kefaya movement leaders George Ishak and Fathi al-Hefnawy following protest demonstrations this week in which two people were killed by police, represents a deeply disturbing development, Amnesty International said today.

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قلبي معك يا مصر ... وحقك تغضب يا مصري

Submitted by salamander on ثلث, 2008-04-01 14:44

لن أكون في مصر يوم 6 إبريل لأشارك في الاضراب ولكن قلبي معك يا مصر ومع كل مصري يعاني من هذه الأيام التي اتمنى ان تشهد في نهاية هذا النفق المظلم نوراً يضئ لنا مستقبلنا ويحيي آمالنا ويعيد لنا مجالاً لنحلم من جديد ونسعى لتحقيق احلامنا الجميلة

بحبك يا مصر اوي

 

 

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Children are being slaughtered while we silently observe

Submitted by salamander on اثن, 2008-03-03 10:17
Another day passes by, I wake up, drink my cup of coffee, have my shower, get dressed, go to work.
In another continent; another country, somewhere far away from home, scores of people are being killed. Children are assassinated in cold blood and there is nothing for someone so powerless like me to do.
In the past few days over a 100 people in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces. Israel is defending itself, they tell me. But can someone explain to me how a 12 years old girl could have threatened the life of Israelis? Or was it Salsabeel Abu Jalhoum, the 21 months infant, that was the threat?
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Egypt’s Problem and Its Challenge: Bread Corrupts

Submitted by salamander on خمي, 2008-01-17 11:02
I was in Egypt on a holiday a few weeks ago. The only thing Egyptians talked about was the issue of subisdized bread. It was heartbreaking listening to people down the economic ladder talk about their daily suffering to ensure bread for their families. As I sat in the beauty salon, my traditional treat in Cairo, one of the women working there was complaining.
 
"We are a family of 6. I have 4 children who all go to school. To be able to feed them daily I have to get the subsidized bread", she explained.
 
"I stand in a queue forever and in the crowd. What can people do?
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The doctrine of revenge... Desmond Tutu's position on death penaltly

Submitted by salamander on ثلث, 2007-11-13 11:02
Desmond TutuDesmond Tutu There seems to be no logic behind death penalty . Last weekend a dear friend of mine told me that Death Penalty was essential as it is a strong form of punishment. I automatically responded saying it was revenge, only to find today while reading the guardian , that Desmond Tutu , sees it the same!
Please read the following article published in the Guardian today
The doctrine of revenge
I have seen the horror of the death penalty and the violence it propels. It is time for a global ban

Desmond Tutu
Tuesday November 13, 2007
The Guardian
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هذه المدونة محجوبة تضامناً مع الصحافة الحرة في مصر This blog is on strike in solidarity with free press in Egypt

Submitted by salamander on أحد, 2007-10-07 00:48
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Hunger strike by leaders of the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party

Submitted by salamander on أحد, 2007-09-23 20:16

 

I received the statement below from a Tunisian activist friend on new crackdowns on human rights in Tunisia

 

Hunger strike by leaders of the Tunisian Progressive Democratic Party

They came first for the Communists,

I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;

Then they came for the trade unionists,

I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;

Then they came for the Jews,

I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;

And then . . . they came for me . . .

There was no one left to speak up.

Martin Niemöller

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An appeal for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty

Submitted by salamander on خمي, 2007-09-13 15:54
As we all know, death penalty is useless and a violation to human rights:
Death penalty
- Violates the universally affirmed right to life;

- Constitutes the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment;

- Constantly risks the irreversible error of the execution of an innocent person;

- Provides no added value to the deterrence of crime;
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