Daily Archives: December 14, 2012
Aqrab massacre: different stories
Reblogged from Syria Freedom Forever – سوريا الحرية للأبد: The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights have now declared that there are 3 Conflicting stories regarding the nature of the civilian massacre in Aqrab. 3 different stories have emerged as to what caused the death and injury of 125-150 civilians, almost all from an Alawite background, in […]
A Mauritanian Convoy to Gaza
Reblogged from Sahel Blog: For some time now I have been following the Mauritanian Salafi Sheikh Muhammad al Hasan Ould Dedew and the country’s Islamist Tewassoul Party, for which Sheikh Dedew acts as a spiritual mentor. One important aspect of Islamist activism in Mauritania is Islamists’ deep concern with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This concern has […]
Why They Left Iran | Human Rights Watch
Stories of Iranian Activists in Exile DECEMBER 13, 2012 The 60-page report documents the experiences of dozens of rights defenders, journalists and bloggers, and lawyers whom security and intelligence forces targeted because they spoke out against the government. Some who took part in anti-government protests after the 2009 election had never been politically active before, […]
