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sgriffi2

Abuse of Women in Prisons - 0 views

After reports of abused emerged from a women's prison in Egypt, a committee is set to investigate the complaints. This was probably something that would have been ignored in the past, so I believe ...

#women #womensrights #equality #prison #egypt

started by sgriffi2 on 22 Feb 15 no follow-up yet
kkerby223

Saudi women driving activists released from prison - 0 views

www.aljazeera.com/...ed-prison-150213075642894.html

saudi driving released prison activists female

shared by kkerby223 on 13 Apr 15 - No Cached
  • kkerby223 on 13 Apr 15
     
    The two women I just posted about were released from prison. They were held in prison for 2 months. The charges were unclear but some believe they were linked to the women's social media accounts in regards to being female rights activists.
ysenia

Iran Complies With Nuclear Deal; Sanctions Are Lifted - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...tions-lifted-nuclear-deal.html

iran sanctions nuclear prisoners

shared by ysenia on 27 Jan 16 - Cached
  • country had followed through on promises to dismantle large sections of its nuclear program.
  • Seven Iranians, either convicted or charged with breaking American embargoes, were released in the prisoner swap, and 14 others were removed from international wanted lists.
  • ysenia on 27 Jan 16
     
    Iran sanctions are lifted after coming to an agreement with the U.S. and E.U. Iran gained control of 100 billion in frozen assets and dismantled a large part of its nuclear program. A prisoner swap took place, releasing American citizens from Iran as well as 7 Iranians being imprisoned in Washington.
mkulach

Israeli soldiers assault Palestinian detainees - 0 views

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Israel Palestinians prisoners media

shared by mkulach on 31 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • mkulach on 31 Mar 16
     
    Four Palestinians arrested this week for Facebook posts have spoken of physical assaults they endured during their detention and interrogation. The testimonies were collected by the Palestinian Committee for Prisoners' Affairs and relate to four Palestinian youths, including at least two teenagers detained.
mcooka

The conviction of Radovan Karadzic has lessons for Syria's war | Middle East Eye - 0 views

www.middleeasteye.net/...karadzic-trial-1309000654

Bosnia Yugoslavia Middle East War Prisoner

shared by mcooka on 28 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Thursday saw the closure of a long and drawn out story for the victims of Bosnia’s bloody civil war as the guilty verdict was finally delivered in the trial of Radovan Karadzic.
  • of a 40-year jail sentence for Karadzic for genocide and war crimes.
  • Memory and justice are two themes
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  • So much of the strife afflicting Europe and the Middle East today has its roots in the Bosnian conflict, yet scant attention has been paid to the country in the years following the war.
  • Up to 100,000 people were killed in the Bosnia conflict between 1992 and 1995 when, following a referendum to secede from Yugoslavia, the country was plunged into an inter-ethnic war between Serbs, Croats and Muslims (or Bosniaks).
  • Karadzic and his Serb forces have long been considered the worst perpetrators of the violence - which nevertheless saw atrocities on all sides - and culminated in the brutal Srebrenica massacre in which over 8,000 Muslim men and boys were slaughtered in 1995 in full view of the UN peacekeeping forces. 
  • n forging notions of global Muslim solidarity and identity which has played such a major role in the conflicts of the Middle East.
  • Much as in Syria today, hundreds - potentially thousands - of foreigners travelled to Bosnia to join the mujahideen and protect Bosnian Muslims from the Bosnian Serb forces
  • It's hard not to draw parallels between such language and the language of anti-Muslim demagogues in Europe, India, Myanmar and America today.
  • When the dust settles in Syria, and should the war criminals survive long enough to be put on trial, the long-term work of reconstruction and reconciliation will begin
  • mcooka on 28 Mar 16
     
    This article looks at the trial of the Bosnia war criminal. He was persecuted and given 40 years in prison after 20 years of being chased and waiting for trial. The Bosnia war has roots of strife which still exist in the Middle East today. 
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