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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 182
Fourth year
4 October 2007 - 11 october 2007
Jordan
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Elections in the Arab region
The elections watch Network in the Arab region issued its 14th episode of (the Election
Watch) for the Month of October in 10 chapters in which it reviewed elections in the Arab world, election reforms or calls fro changing election laws in Morocco, Lebanon, Jordan, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Algeria, Yemen and Iraq.
In Jordan as the parliamentary election became advent, debates escalated between the civil society and the government about the importance of enforcing the concept of monitoring on the next parliamentary election to ensure its transparency and integrity while the government is quite reluctant regarding these demands and the Minster of interiors refuse to let civil society organizations to monitor the elections on the pretext that the election laws issued in 2003 has no articles providing that civil society organizations monitor the elections.
Sources
Amman Centre for Human Rights studies.
Fro more info : http://www.hrinfo.net/jordan
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Tunisia
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Violations escalating in the "state of law and institutions"
The Tunisian Association premise is still under siege and members have no access to them. The siege also includes a number of opposition parties' premises as pressure increase on the owners of these places to evict the opposition parities out in a flagrant manipulation of the judiciary.
It didn't stop at this but it went further to assaulting the head of Benzart 's branch house and terrify its residents.
Mr.abdel Aziz Mabrooky the head of a police unit attacked a number of activists and threatened to kill activist Omar kwaydar and those in his company.
Sources
The Tunisian Association for Human Rights
For more info:
http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia
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Syria
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Unfair Trails
Prisoner of conscience Faik Mei Asad's lawyer and his defense team called upon the preliminary criminal court to replace the head of the court because they felt that the court is biased during the hearing as they were not allowed the accused to talk before the court which also refused the defense's remand to speak before the court and also refused to mention this on the trail's records which represents a violation to the measures of the friar trail and a violation to the suspect's rights and to all the treaties and international documents on human rights.
Sources
Committees to Democratic Freedoms and Human Rights in Syria.
For more info:
http://www.hrinfo.net/syria
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Iraq
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A huge fire erupted in a refugee's camp on the Iraqi Syrian borders
A huge fire erupted on 6th October in the Tanaf refugee camp for Palestinians on the Iraqi Syrian borders, 41 injured among 341 living in the camp, 33 tents close to power generators caught fire.
Sources
The Arab committee for Human Rights
For more info: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq
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Palestine
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An increase in media repression
Last September saw a significant escalation in violating the media freedom in the Palestinian territories manifested in a large number of arrests and detentions and investigations in addition to the continuation of threats and this is all due to the struggle between Hamas and Fatah and the rest of the factions as every party tried to polarize the people either in Gazza or in the Westbank through different means like protests and demonstrations
Both Fatah and Hamas refuse to cover peaceful activities by other factions while they keep on repressing the media and detain journalists and call for more police forces despite that Hamas and Fatah repeatedly claim their respect for the freedom of opinion and expression.
Sources
The Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms ( Mada)
For more info:
http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine
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Libya
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The 4th Report on Human rights
Libya has presented its fourth periodical report to the committee of human rights and it will be discussed between 17-18 October 2007. The report came as part of a protocol between Libya and the international institution for political and civil rights it includes the era between 1998-2007. The report came late 7 years and it came as an official response to questions about arbitrary killing and unlawful killing. The committee asked to call off the law of collective punishment" the code of honor".
Sources
Tadamon for Human rights.
For more info:
http://www.hrinfo.net/libya
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Egypt
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The escalation of violence
Violence increased in the Egyptian societies due to torture in prisons and police stations. Mohammed Aldorriny the head of Albeit council and Ahmad Sobah who runs Imam Ali centre for human rights after they have curtsied torture practices in the Egyptian prisons. Domestic violence also increased.
In Areesh, Northern Sinai, a group of masked men launched an attack on El-Fawakhria district as they start shooting people participating in funeral ceremony of shikh Ayish Obaid , senior shikh in Al-Fawakheria , people took to the streets protesting against this lawlessness and put barricades while others attacked government buildings and the city hall. Protesters destroyed a police's vehicle and other vehicles. Police forces dispersed the protesters by using tear gas. The protests continued until a curfew took place.
Sources
Nadeem Centre for Violence Victims
The Civil Observatory for Human Rights
Hisham Mubark Centre
The Egyptian Intiative for Personal Rights
For more info: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt
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Morocco
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Water for all
In a response to the peaceful demonstration of the Bin Samim's residents in protecting their right to water and what has occurred of violent police intervention and the arrest of a number of citizens, the Moroccan society for Human Rights , the Attac Morocco, the National Organization for protecting public money and the Universal decade for water in Morocco all convened to confirm the fact that water is a basic human right and mustn't be treated as a commercial product and they also called for the residents' of Ben Samim and to support the detainees and establish a joint committee for follow-up.
Sources
The Moroccan Society for Human Rights
For more info: http://www.hrinfo.net/morocco
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The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information
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Defending the freedom of the press
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information condemned the Egyptian authorities unflinching persistence to detain journalists in cases related to publishing and declared its support with independent and partisan newspapers who didn't appear on 7th October calling for putting an end to the imprisonment sentence, after it became clear that the promise Mr Mubarak made wasn't good any more.
For more info: http://www.hrinfo.net/en/reports/
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