Greater Middle East

Egypt: Ikhwan Holocaust denial abets Zionists

Fathi Shihab-Eddim, a senior aide to Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, spews Holocaust-denying malarky—seemingly oblivious to how he legitimizes Zionist political logic.

Greater Middle East

Israeli air-strikes on Syria-Lebanon border

Israeli warplanes carried out an air-strike on Syrian territory, allegedly targeting an arms convoy bound for Hezbollah. Damascus claims a research facility was the real target.

North Africa

US drone base for Niger: report

The US military is preparing to establish a drone base in Niger along the eastern border of Mali, where French forces are currently waging a campaign against jihadist rebels.

North Africa

ICC prosecutor warns Mali on rights abuses

International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda warned the Malian government over reports of human rights abuses by Malian forces in the drive to re-take the north.

Mexico

Mexico: EZLN supporter freed after year in jail

One civilian Zapatista supporter has been released from jail in Chiapas, more than 13 months after his arrest, but schoolteacher Alberto Patishtán Gómez is still imprisoned.

Southern Cone

Chile: Mapuche hunger striker reported near death

“It was painful to see him,” a Spanish legislator said about the imprisoned activist, who had been on hunger strike for 74 days. “Mr. Héctor Llaitul could die at any moment.”

The Caribbean

Haiti: evictions of quake survivors continue

Haitian authorities marked the third anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake by evicting hundreds of quake victims from the park where they had been living.

Iran

UN urges Iran not to execute Ahwazi activists

A group of independent UN human rights experts urged Iran to stop the execution of five activists who worked for the rights of the Ahwazi Arab minority in the country’s west.

Watching the Shadows

Prison evidence at issue in 9-11 trial

Defense lawyers for the five accused 9-11 conspirators petitioned a US military judge at Guantánamo Bay to preserve the prisons where the defendants were held as evidence.