Daily Archives: May 31, 2012
Protesting for Justice Fri 1 June 2012 #Mauritania
Youth in Mauritania are planning a march on 1 June 2012 after Friday prayers at Ibn Abbas mosque* in Nouakchott a second phalanx will leave from the Arafat district, both headed to the Supreme Court. This can be seen as a show of support for the indiscriminate decision last week to replace Chief Justice Ould […]
Remains of 91 Martyrs Returned to #Palestine from #Israel
Al Jazeera video [ar] showing the return of the remains of 91 martyrs from Israel, where they had been in a Jordan Valley cemetery for years. Families can now pay proper respects to their loved ones. The ceremony was conducted by the Palestinian Authority. 12 of the coffins were received in Gaza by ‘representatives of all factions’ according to the […]
Ramzy Baroud: Starving and Broke: #Yemen’s Renewed ‘War on Terror’
Faced with the most strenuous of circumstances – the unyielding ruling family, the US-lead war on al-Qaeda, sectarian tension, unsettled political divides between south and north, and unforgiving poverty – the youth of Yemen successfully managed to introduce a hopeful chapter to an otherwise gloomy modern history. While they should be proud of this, they must also remain wary of the challenges awaiting them in the next two years.
