Cii News- August 14, 2012 An array of government officials and civil society organisations have denounced the murder of the Muhammed Fayaz Kazi and other incidents of racial and religious intolerance. The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation (AKF) joined the Commission for the Promotion and …
Read More »Aleppo, Syria When the Syrian government launched its assault on Aleppo’s rebel-held enclave of Salaheddin at dawn July 28, rebel fighter Abu Omar had no idea that he would soon make his first kill – as he put it – in the name of freedom. As the sound of gunfire …
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Amira Hass:On anniversary of Gaza war, we will remember IDF soldiers who destroyed Palestinian families While Yoav Galant’s name is most prominently mentioned in the context of the third anniversary of Operation Cast Lead, we must recall the other, nameless soldiers, guided by the spirit of the army’s top brass. …
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JEDDAH: Saudi authorities have refuted a BBC report claiming that the Zamzam well in Makkah is polluted and that drinking the holy water could cause diseases such as cancer. Zuhair Nawab, president of Saudi Geological Survey (SGS), denied the allegation and said his organization has taken adequate measures to ensure …
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By Allyn Fisher-Ilan JERUSALEM | Fri Nov 4, 2011 2:17pm EDT (Reuters) – The Israeli navy Friday boarded two boats carrying pro-Palestinian activists toward the Gaza Strip in a fresh challenge to Israel’s blockade of the Islamist-controlled territory. The military said in a statement that the Canadian “Tahrir” and Irish …
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Israel-Hamas Prisoner Swap: 550 Palestinian Prisoners Released By DALIA NAMMARI 12/18/11 09:58 PM ET BEITUNIA, West Bank — Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity. Under the …
Read More »Power, propaganda and conscience in the ‘War on Terror’ 26 January 2004 I am a reporter, who values bearing witness. That is to say, I place paramount importance in the evidence of what I see, and hear, and sense to be the truth, or as close to the truth as …
Read More »OPINION by Paul Joseph Watson – Merely a week after President Obama announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, there is literally a deluge of evidence that clearly indicates the whole episode has been manufactured for political gain and to return Americans to a state of post-9/11 intellectual castration so …
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Obama Administration Silencing Pakistani Drone-Strike Lawyer By Medea Benjamin Medea Benjamin, cofounder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange, is author of the new book Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control. Information Clearing House April 09, 2012 When is the last time you heard from a civilian victim of the CIA’s secret …
Read More »Pro-Palestinian ‘flytilla’ will go ahead AFP 2012-04-11 22:41 Paris – French organisers of the “fly-in” of hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists expected in Israel’s Ben Gurion airport this weekend said on Wednesday they still plan to travel despite Israeli opposition. “We are obliged to transit through Tel Aviv [Ben Gurion] to …
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