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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 155
Fourth year 29 March 2007 - 4 April 2007 Jordan ======== Conditions of Arab Elections This week, the elections' network in the Arab world issues the seventh issue of the electoral observer periodical working on monitoring presidential, parliamentary and local elections done in the countries of the Arab world. Sources Amman Center for Human Rights More information found in the link page:/ http://www.hrinfo.net/jordan/ ========================== Tunisia ======== Report On the margin of the UN Council for Human Rights' fourth concurrence convened in UN palace in Geneva - Switzerland, the National Council for Freedoms presents a report under the title " Protective Judiciary and Political Recruitment", on issues concerning Combating Terrorism Law. More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/ifex/alerts/tunisia/2007/0330.shtml A Strike After 13 days, Mr. Hamady El Ebeidy finished his hunger strike, when security apparatus accepted his demand to move his living to "Hamam Al-Anf" in Tunisia (the capital), where his family is living. Eleven Tunisians sentenced to harsh verdicts in light of Combating Terrorism Law, in a discriminate trial violating defense rights. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia ========================== Syria ======== Arrest Human rights and civil organizations condemn the in human arrest circumstances of the prisoner, Dr. Kamal El Lebwany. In addition, they carry the administration of Damascus Central Prison responsibility of body safety and personal security, and they called the Minister of Interior to stop immediately this unreasonable treatment and guarantee rules of treatment for an opinion prisoner. Verdicts Supreme State Security Court in Damascus, issues verdicts on three arrested subjected from five to seven years, investigates with three arrested and a trial was postponed because there is no lawyers' delegated. Sources ========================== Iraq ======== Journalists and Media Workers In monitoring the series of murdering, the Iraqi Association for Defending Journalists' Rights issues a detailed report on the murder of 18 journalists during the first quarter of the Year 2007. In addition, 2 women journalists murdered and 19 journalists arrested in different places in Iraq. More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq/aadjr/2007/pr0402.shtml Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq ========================== Palestine ======== Land Day Palestinian NGO's Network in the Bank and the Strip and Arabic NGO's Federation - Itijah (Direction) convene a seminar in the celebration of Land Day to discuss land day's rules. They attempt to stand against Israeli politics and violent procedures done against the Palestinian people. Moreover they agreed on the important procedures must be taken into consideration by the Palestinian Authority, in order to stand against these procedures. The participants agreed on the effectiveness of having an organized public opposition to realize obvious proceedings. They also disagreed on the policy of the sole Israeli responsible and planner, who gives orders of forced migration in areas of the Bank, Strip, Al-Naqb and Al- Jaleel, because it leads to the distraction of the Palestinian people and deprive them from being a strong community. Alain Johnson This week, two organizations issued two statements on kidnapping the journalist "Alian Johnson". Al-Mezan (Balance) Center for Human Rights in its statement denounced the incident and assumed Palestinian authority the responsibility and blame of not taking the necessary procedures to check out Johnson's place and release him. Also the statement of the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) with solidarity with the first statement, denounced the assault done by the Prime Minister, Ismaeil Haneya's guards against some Palestinian journalists in Gaza, during their sit-in before the Prime Ministry's head quarter. They demanded releasing the journalist Johnson from the Palestinian kidnappers. On the international level, a statement issued also by Amnesty International Organization, which relied this incident to the series of kidnapping and other violent process which returns to the non existence of laws in Gaza Strip. Amnesty also returns this to lack of punishment rules which the Palestinian government failed to prescribe it according to the power of law. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine ========================== Egypt ======== Civil Society Center for Trade Union and Workers' Services CTUWS subjected to a series of harassment procedures during the past January and February, the Public Federation for Workers' Union shunned a severe campaign accusing CTUWS of holding strikes and demonstrations in some work places at the end of year. The harassment campaign started with different accusations, in which it ends with stimulating state apparatus to take the decision of closing CTUWS branch in (Nagaa Hamady). As a result, 39 Egyptian NGO's issued a solidarity statement to stand with CTUWS's crisis; the statement also condemns severely this attack. Torture The best work done by the police is practicing sexual harassment against their victims. Al- Nadeem Center for Healing and Psychological Rehabilitation issued a statement under the title "Egyptian Police … Non Stop Harassment" according to its mission to clear out torture cases and the victims subjected to the violations done by the Egyptian police. In some sections, a paragraph states: the officers ordered a women and her teenage girl (14 years old) to get off their clothes. When they refused the officers get off their clothes by force, practicing the celebrate slogan ("Police … Servants of the Public"). Then they stole the girl's necklace and started kicking over their naked bodies with more violence, in addition, they ordered both the women and the girl to urinate in the room but they refused again. The kicking was crueler and they forced them to sit on the ground of the water cycle. Link for the statement: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt/nadeem/2007/pr0403.shtml State Security In consequence, to the series of arrests and trials practiced against the religious movement in Egypt, Freedom Center for Political Freedoms and Reinforcing Democracy presented a report on the investigation session of the lawyer Mamdouh Ismaeil's trial, held before State Security Prosecution in which, his crime is for being a member of and re-activating Al-Gihad organization. More information found in the link page http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt Sources More information found in the link page http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt ========================== Morocco ======== The Moroccan Association for Human Rights' branch office in (Sala) condemns many grave defaults in the laboratory of (Coca-Cola Corporation) in Shamaao District, which violated all international laws and instruments. Security forces kicked the members of the syndicate office of (Coca-Cola Corporation), also four workers and transferred two workers by force to other countries. Sources More information found in the link page http://www.hrinfo.net/morocco ========================== Yemen ======== Appeal Yemeni Organization for Defending Democratic Rights and Freedoms calls upon Arabic and International organization to urge the Yemeni government to stop the war against some civilians in (Sea'da) called Al- Hotheieen. In addition, it urges to stop the state of media discreet, which ignores the threat in the government's newspapers - by the state- practiced against the opposition (journalists and politicians) who stand against the war and try to convince the military of the opposition. Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/yemen ========================== International and Regional ======== Qaleat Al- Kabsh (Al- Kabsh Citadel) Land and Housing Rights Network condemn security forces attached to Egypt's Interior Ministry of using force against the residents of Al-Kabsh -public Zeinhop area. They beat the families and fired tear gas bombs to force them to leave their homes and pull down the building, and all this without alternative housing or notification. As a result, LHRN calls upon the Egyptian government to stop the stereo type strategy, which is clearing up the houses and pull it down by force. It also calls the government to stop pulling down houses in the Al-Kabsh -Zeinhom area or any other living area, but to provide an alternative proper residence. Moreover, asking US government to demand for a written explanation to the Egyptian government to investigate on tear bombs used for the military work only, to attack civilians to halt their right to freedom of expression. In addition, LHRN calls the responsible officials in the government to hold a prosecution for the leaders who ordered using force against the civilians. More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/mena/hic/2007/pr0327.shtml Elections in Mauritania Arabic Commission for Human Rights issues a report on observatory in Mauritania. The report says that the Mauritanian experiment will not be a pinning hope for the democratic Arabs to finish the autocracy with peaceful means. However, it could be a draft for autocracy systems to solve their crisis. What we could benefit from this experiment is the hope for an alternative system to this old one such as (the fakeness of silly ninth and nineties elections) which could fight the old silly systems and change it into a more respective system. This experiment could face the wide political illiteracy, which it roused by the government's fascism. In addition, the government could invest in the hidden authority of money. More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/mena/achr/2007/pr0402.shtml Sources More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/mena ========================== Arabic Network for Human Rights Information ======== HRINFO issued a statement on the series of attacks facing human rights associations and activists in Egypt,Eid was surprised to find that he was accused along with Alaa Seif and Manal Hassan in an insult and defamation case that was raised by Judge Mourad against them. (on other terms, HRINFO accused the judge for capturing and changing the criteria of HRINFO's report under the title " Internet and Arabic Governments … a Willful Foil", he also published 50 pages taken from our report without any reference to the owner of the words) After the prosecutor finished interrogation and ordered the release of the three on their own cognisance, the police continued to detain them for more than 10 hours giving the excuse of finishing procedures, which started at 1:00 pm and ended at midnight! More information found in the link page: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/2007/pr0405.shtml More information about the trial: http://www.sebona.net/ More information about HRINFO's statements: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/ ========================== Please feel free to contact HRinfo for any quiries, suggestions or input
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