Egypt: rights lawyer joins detainee hunger strike
…Abdel Fattah, was released on bail Sept. 15 after almost a month on hunger strike ahead of his retrial on charges of breaching the protest law. (Ahram Online, Sept. 18)…
…Abdel Fattah, was released on bail Sept. 15 after almost a month on hunger strike ahead of his retrial on charges of breaching the protest law. (Ahram Online, Sept. 18)…
…after Antarctica, and could increase sea level by 7 meters were it to completely melt. (Planet Earth Online, AFP, Nov. 13) Meanwhile in South America, water levels on the world’s…
…west of Baghdad, gunmen assaulted the house of Kalid Luhaibi, a local leader of the government’s National Reconciliation dialogue initiative, killing a security guard and wounding two. (Al Jazeera, Middle East Online,…
…the right of freedom of expression, the government operates state-run television, controls newspapers, and closely oversees online communication. RSF spoke out against Drareni’s sentencing and stated that he should be…
…challenging the government’s withholding of documents about the raids. Documents relating to these lawsuits are online at: http://law.shu.edu/csj/iceraids.html (Seton Hall Law School press release, April 3) From Immigration News Briefs,…
…paparazzi. Bell’s father drew laughter, quipping, “Justice is nice, but I just wanted to see Rev. Al ride a bike.” (Daily News, May 31) Photos online at Gothamist. See also,…
…said. A Beijing-based activist named Yu Guofu was accused of being an “anti-revolutionary” and threatened with arrest by local authorities in Zaruud banner for posting information online about the March 2…
…promoting “dangerous organizations”—precisely in response to his protests against online stanning for extremist groups! Apart from subjection to such Orwellian diktats from Meta’s robotocracy, Facebook has tweaked its algorithm to…
…high civilian casualties. A battle is also raging for the other remaining town held by Qaddafi-loyalists, Bani Walid. (Oman Tribune, Ennahar Online, Algeria, Oct. 14; Reuters’ Africa News blog, Oct….
…has left over 1,600 dead in Nigeria and neighboring Chad and Cameroon over the past four months. (Al Jazeera, Nov. 17) The new attack comes just as a Nigerian online activist…
…5, 1997 massacre, when Chinese security forces opened fire on Uighur protesters, leaving hundreds dead. The facts surrounding the massacre are online at Gulja Vigil. Two months ago, we asked:…