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nicolet1189

Isis's Austrian poster girl jihadi brides 'have changed their minds and want to come ho... - 1 views

www.independent.co.uk/...want-to-come-home-9789547.html

Isis foreigner fighters social media Syria Austria

shared by nicolet1189 on 13 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • arrived in the Middle East via Turkey, 15-year-old Sabina Selimovic and 17-year-old Samra Kesinovic
  • whoever is operating their pages it probably is not the girls, and that they are being used for propaganda.”
  • even if they could flee, Austria’s laws bar them from returning once they have joined a foreign war.
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  • 130 Austrian nationals are believed to have become foreign fighters for Isis.
  • nicolet1189 on 13 Oct 14
     
    Two girls ages 15 and 17, who fled to Syria to join the ISIS movement are not wishing to return to their home countries. The problem, under Austria's laws they are forbidden to return for participating in a foreign war. An interesting aspect of the story is it said to have been ISIS members who were operating their social media accounts for propaganda purposes.
diamond03

Egypt receives 300 recommendations in UN human rights review - Daily News Egypt - 0 views

www.dailynewsegypt.com/...dations-un-human-rights-review

egypt human human rights

shared by diamond03 on 10 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Egypt has been provide
  • with 300 recommendations by the United Nations Human Rights Council
  • recommendations relating to the controversial Protest and NGO Laws, media freedoms, freedom of association, the use of the death penalty, and women’s rights.
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  • Egypt received 165 recommendations following its first review in 2010.
  • Seven Egyptian NGOs refused to participate in the UN UPR, citing a fear of reprisals by the Egyptian government.
  • in line with provisions set out in the constitution and “international norms”.
  • 20 recommendations that dealt with the status of civil society organisations in Egypt and called for a revision of the current law
  • 13 times among the 300 recommendations, with calls to amend the law and “bring it in line with international standards
  • Egypt was urged to ratify international conventions on the death penalty.
  • no international consensus on the death penalty
  • Iceland read “Ensure thorough, independent and impartial investigations into the mass killings in [Rabaa Al-Adaweya] Square in 2013 and hold the perpetrators accountable
  • ies” still have death as a punishment within their criminal justice systems.
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  • The US also recommended that Egypt “release those detained solely for exercising rights to freedom of expression or for membership in a political group, and ensure remaining detainees full fair trial guarantees on an individual level”.
  • included recommendations to tackle corruption, human trafficking, the promotion of human rights, and investment in education for young people.
  • UN human rights representatives
  • not to participate in the review.
  • decided
  • “the appalling deterioration in the state of human rights in Egypt”.
  • “reconsider its policies and orientation before Egypt slides into an abyss of unremitting terrorism and political violence”.
  • Egypt has until March 2015 to respond to the recommendations
  • diamond03 on 10 Nov 14
     
    Egypt received 300 recommendation to review their human rights. The list also stated they wanted to tackle corruption, human trafficking, and human rights. Egypt has until March 2015 to respond. 
natphan

Putin says his Syrian campaign shows that Russia cannot be isolated - 0 views

www.newsweek.com/-especially-after-syria-445161

Putin syria Crimea Russia

shared by natphan on 07 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • natphan on 07 Apr 16
     
    Russian President Vladimir Putin boasted on Thursday that the West has failed to isolate Russia, especially in light of the latter's military intervention in Syria, independent news agency Interfax reported. "To begin with they were talking about the need to isolate Russia, ever since the now well-known events in Crimea," Putin said at a media forum in St.
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