Category Archives: Qatar
#Mauritania: Sex, Lies and Videotape
Let’s break with tradition and do the sex part first. Yes, it has been suggested that there is a sex angle to the accidental shooting story of president Aziz in Mauritania! This is a quandary, as everyone is adamant that they do want the truth, but at the same time, no one wants it to […]
Gulf states sideline Arab League in Syria talks
The meeting of Arab foreign ministers scheduled to be held in the Saudi city of Jeddah over the Syrian crisis has been postponed indefinitely without explanation by the Arab League. This “emergency meeting” was to discuss the conflict and the replacement of the UN and international mediator Kofi Annan, who resigned last week after the […]
News from Iran – Week 30 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers On day 56 of hunger strike Human Rights activist Mohammad Sedigh Kaboudvand was admitted to hospital for 2 hours then returned to Evin. Narges Mohammadi is back in prison. Vahid Rastgoo transferred to methadone ward in Tabriz prison. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Mitra Aali was transferred to Evin 350 to […]
News from Iran – Week 27 – 2012
News of the Prisoners A- Transfers After 3 months in Intel detention, cultural activist Jabar Yebari has been moved to Karoon prison in Ahvaz. Amin Zargarnezhad transferred to solitary in Tabriz prison. B- Arrests/Incarcerations Idris Kaveh, Bohran Keyvanpour, Hamid Parhizkar, Kurdish villagers, arrested in Nei, and Shamzin Ahmadnezhad, Shahoo Partavi, Mohammad-Amin Salimi , Mohammad Savarkar, […]
#Mauritania: On The Edge
In April 2012, it seemed that all Mauritania’s sources of discontent were erupting at once. But protests are nothing new in this land where a coup has been the answer to every political ill, whether real or imagined, for decades. Now Mauritania appears to be entering a new phase in its ever-evolving struggle.
