Category Archives: Sudan
News from Iran – Week 04 – 2013
Prisoners’ News A- Transfers Student activist Amir Chamani has been transferred from Tabriz Intel detention to Tabriz prison. Human rights attorney Abdolfatah Soltani was transferred back to Evin 350 from Sina hospital. Mehdi Tahaghoghi transferred to Rejaei Shahr . B- Arrests/Incarcerations Reza and Ali Akbari Monfared (father and son) were arrested 2 […]
#Mauritania: an African slave-state with international support
In a world where the practice has become reviled, an estimated 18-20% of Mauritania’s population, up to half a million people, are slaves by descent – born into slavery as a condition of birth. There are laws against slavery in the country, including 10 years imprisonment for holding slaves and two years for promoting the […]
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 […]
This Week in Corruption – Oxford University Press and World Bank education projects in Africa
Oxford University Press has acknowledged the “misconduct” of its two subsidiaries that bribed government officials to win tenders and contracts to supply text books to two World Bank-financed education projects in East Africa, according to a press release. World Bank debarred Oxford University Press East Africa Ltd. and Oxford University Press Tanzania Tuesday (July 3) following OUP’s […]
Western Sahara: a South Sudan Suggestion
The New York Bar Association has issued a document recommending that a referendum be held in Western Sahara which follows the same lines as the South Sudan referendum on independence, making references to international law and claiming that such a right to independence is covered by its terms. The document issued by the New York […]
