Category Archives: Somalia
Sole survivor tells of tragic incident off #Libya’s coast, 55 lives lost
A year and a few months after the “left-to-die boat” case lead to international indignation, another dramatically similar incident reveals how, despite the changed geopolitical situation, migrants keep dying in the Mediterranean sea in appalling conditions. Last year, in March 2011, 63 people who had left Tripoli in the attempt to reach the Southern shores […]
How the Arab World Uses Facebook and Twitter
Social media has been often touted for the role it played in the popular uprisings that have spread across the Arab world since December 2010. Despite the buzz, you may be surprised that only 0.26% of the Egyptian population, 0.1% of the Tunisian population and 0.04% of the Syrian population are active on Twitter. Of […]
Thousands still flee #Somalia every month
A year after troubled Somalia was ravaged by the worst drought in decades, no end seems in sight to more than two decades of suffering and Somalis continue to flee their country to escape conflict, human rights abuses and adverse weather conditions. In the first four months of this year, some 20,000 Somalis sought refuge in […]
News from Iran – Week 21 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers Mousavi’s senior adviser Ali Reza Beheshti Shirazi transferred to hospital. National-Religious activist Masoud Pedram has been transferred back to Ward 350 from Ward 2-A solitary. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Rastin Aalemi, student in Mazandaran University arrested. Sholeh Afshari, Baha’i, arrested in Isfahan. Ali Aghazadeh, merchant in Tabriz bazar, arrested. Hossein Ahmadian […]
News from Iran – Week 20 – 2012
Potential signs of a loosening of restrictions against prisoners in the shadow of somewhat upbeat IAEA talks in Vienna and the upcoming Universal Periodic Human Rights Review at the UN in Geneva
