Category Archives: Jordan
News from Iran – Week 06 – 2013
Prisoners News A- Transfers Political prisoner Ahmadreza Ahmadpour suffering from multitude of illnesses hospitalized due to medicine administrated at prison. Adel Naeemi transferred from Evin to Rejaei Shahr. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Two weeks after release on furlough Mahsa Amrabadi returned to Evin prison Senior Reformist Feyzollah Arabsorkhi was returned to Evin from hospital […]
News from Iran – Week 05 – 2013
Prisoners’ News A- Transfers Student activist Amir Chamani moved to workshop section from the quarantine ward in Central prison, Tabriz. Pan-Iranist member Milad Deghan [43 days of interrogation in solitary ] moved to Ward 8 in Karoon Prison Political prisoner Reza Sharifi Boukani was moved from RajaeiShahr, Karaj to ward 209 in Evin in […]
#Syria: #Refugee Crisis Deepens
Since Syrian protests developed into a civil war, the entire region has experienced an exodus of refugees from the violence. More than 250,000 Syrians have registered in neighbouring countries with the UN High Commission on Refugees, while many have fled without registering, and more than a million are internally displaced.
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 […]
Army: AQAP driven from South #Yemen towns
Video: Mosaic Middle East News Summary 16 May 2012 Covers Yemen, Palestine, Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Bahrain Sudan Yemen Post Staff report from Wednesday, 16 May 2012 A security official told the government-run 26 September website that the army troops assisted by tribal militias managed to kick out the terrorists from three towns in the southern […]
