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Tag: Human Rights Watch

Khader Adnan and the Global Voices of Protest

February 22, 2012
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Khader Adnan, a Palestinian detained by the Israeli army, received international attention as he went on a hunger strike for 66 days protesting his violent arrest and indefinite detention.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner Tagged 66 days, amnesty international, CAIR Chicago, Dima Ansari, Gaza, global, Human Rights Watch, Hunger Strike, indefinite detention, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Israeli army, Khader Adnan, Palestine, protest, West Bank

Bashar Al-Assad: The Denial of a Dictator

February 15, 2012
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In a December 2011 interview with Barbara Walters, Assad’s calm exterior reflected not his discomfort about the probing questions he was being asked, but that he is a very capable liar—or that he lives in his own fantasy world.

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Posted in Features, Opinion Corner Tagged 5400 killed, Barbara Walters, Bashar al-Assad, CAIR Chicago, Dima Ansari, Human Rights Watch, interview, military, Press Law, SANA, Syria, Syrian president

Business Day: SA should condemn Syrian human rights abuse

July 7, 2011
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“Since the beginning of the peaceful demonstrations in Syria on March 15 this year, 1350 civilians have been killed. An estimated 15000 civilians have been detained, tortured or have disappeared and more than 12000 refugees have fled the country,” Christina Abraham, Civil Rights director at CAIR-Chicago, told the media in Johannesburg today.

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Posted in Civil Rights Center, Features, In the Media Tagged Arab, Arab Spring, Assad, Bashar al-Assad, Business Day, Christina Abraham, democracy, Egypt, human rights, Human Rights Watch, Johannesburg, Middle East, revolution, Security Council, South Africa, Syria, United Nations, Yassar Tabbara

Urge Congress to Halt Humanitarian Disaster in Gaza

January 21, 2008
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to urge their elected officials to immediately intervene to put an end to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Posted in Action Alerts Tagged blockade, collective punishment, Fourth Geneva Convention, Gaza, Gaza Strip, human rights, Human Rights Watch, Humanitarian Crisis, international law, Israel, Israeli blockade, Middle East, Palestine, United Nations, World Bank, World Food Program
 
 
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