We recently noted how Ethiopia and Eritrea, as they mutually demonize each other, are both engaging in a crackdown on their own media. Now the Committee to Protect Journalists, in their year-end report on imprisoned journalists worldwide, finds the two… Read moreReport: US sixth among nations jailing journalists
From the New York Times, Dec. 12 (and apparently little-reported elsewhere): BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Dec. 11 – In the remote hamlet of Tamga, residents frustrated by corruption and the sorry legacy of a chemical spill did something that would have been… Read moreEcological struggle in Kyrgyzstan
From Reuters Dec. 9: The founder of Argentina’s leading human rights group was laid to rest yesterday, 28 years after she was abducted during the country’s military dictatorship. Family and friends buried the ashes of Azucena Villaflor on a prominent… Read moreArgentina: rights crusader dead, “dirty war” legacy lives on
From Al-Jazeera TV in Doha, Qatar, Dec. 9: […] Meanwhile, appeals were made to release the four [members of the] Christian Peacemakers Team [CPT] held hostage by the Jama’at Saraya Suyuf al-Haq [Brigades of the Swords of Right Group]. [Shaykh… Read moreArabic media appeals for hostages’ release
A Dec. 6 commentary by Jalal Ghazi on Pacific News Service notes that last month’s Jordan suicide attack killed a film director beloved throughout the Arab world—making Arab commentators more vocal and daring than ever in condemning terrorism. One month… Read moreFilm director’s death in Jordan terror sparks Arab outrage
From Amnesty International, Dec. 7: Rendition and ‘disappearances’ in the ‘war on terror’ 800 secret CIA flights into and out of Europe Amnesty International has revealed that six planes used by the CIA for renditions have made some 800 flights… Read moreAmnesty International documents CIA “rendition” flights
Similar dynamics on both sides of the Caspian Sea. We recently noted unrest over contested elections in Azerbaijan, where the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline has just opened. Now Kazakhstan—slated to be connected to the new pipeline by a link across the Caspian—seems… Read moreKazakhstan: “regime change” next?
Palestinian mufti appeals for release of Iraq hostages 6 December 2005 05:05 AM BBC Monitoring Newsfile Text of report by Iraqi Al-Sharqiyah TV on 6 December Mufti of the Palestinian Territories Ikrimah Sabri appealed on Monday [5 December] for the… Read morePalestinian mufti appeals for release of hostages on Iraqi TV
Another turn of the screw. Shame on Judge Richard Berman. From the New York Daily News, Dec. 2: Judge: Searches of bags in subway is constitutional Random police searches of riders’ bags to deter terrorism in the nation’s largest subway… Read moreNYC: judge upholds subway searches
From Beirut Indymedia: The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Palestine From your brothers in arms, the sons of the same blood who have suffered from one enemy, to the fighters against the invaders in Iraq, at a time when we are… Read moreAl-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades call for freeing CPT hostages
Eleven archaeology and cultural-heritage non-governmental organizations from around the world appeal for the release of archaeologist Susanne Osthoff and her escort in Iraq. New York, December 4, 2005 Press contacts: Roger Atwood: (202) 518 8630 Micah Garen: (646) 526 4361… Read moreAn appeal for the release of Susanne Osthoff
Transcript of Palestinian Press Conference Calling for the Release of the Four CPT Hostages in Iraq Ramallah, December 5th, 3 p.m. 2005 International Solidarity Movement Each of the following people spoke in Arabic unless noted otherwise. The following is a… Read morePalestinian Mufti, political factions call for release of Iraq hostages
