Category: Human Rights
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Support the release of Israeli Shministim’s
Shministim – are 16, 17, 18 and 19 year old students studying in the 12th grade – these are a new breed of conscientious objectors in Israel and right now they are taking a stand. They believe in a better, more peaceful future for themselves and for Israelis and Palestinians, and they are refusing to…
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Baluchi women in military torture cells, sexual slavery, Musharraf accused
Asian Human Rights Commission has in early January published a report which reveals a shocking trend in Baluchistan, women who have been struggling for the greater autonomy of Baluchistan have been arrested by state agencies and have been forced into sex slavery under the custody of the Pakistan Army. AHRC had earlier also published another…
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Oxford University occupied by students in protest for Gaza
In the first week of term, over 80 Oxford University students have occupied the historic Bodleian building to demand that the university releases a statement condemning the attack on Gaza and cancel the lecture series at Balliol College inaugurated by Shimon Peres. The protest was also joined in by ten more British universities namely SOAS,…
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Israel TV broadcasts a Gaza father’s heartbreak
Israeli TV broadcast a father’s heartbreak Friday night when a Palestinian doctor living in Gaza made a frantic phone call to a newscaster saying an Israeli tank had shelled his home, killing three of his daughters and injuring other family members.
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Outcry over Arms Shipment from US to Israel via Greece
Asteris Masouras a Global Voices blogger from Greece shares a very shocking report. With the war raging in Gaza, news reports emerge earlier this month about the routing of an extraordinarily large shipment of arms from the United States to Israel through the Greek port of Astakos caused an uproar among Greek bloggers. They rallied…
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Rudderless Invasions: Wasted Lives and Opportunities
Guest Post by Temporal who blogs at Baithak Israel has agreed to another unilateral ceasefire – like Sharon did in Lebanon – to be broken at will some time in the future. The costs are well known: Over 1200 dead Palestinians a majority of them civilians. Billions of dollars worth of infrastructure destroyed US arms…
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Help Gaza with five minutes of your time !
To donate to the Palestinian Embassy: Account Number 22497900126003 Habib Bank Islamabad Branch Embassy of the State of Palestine, House No. 486-B, Street No. 9, F-10/2, Islamabad, Tel: 2291185, Fax: 294703. Thanks to the Sabbah Blog *** PLEASE SPREAD WIDELY *** After the successful email campaign, it’s time to move to the next level: calling…
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Jewish Rabbi confesses “Israel should not exist” – Fox News pulls video
FOX’s Neil Cavuto conducted probably what was perhaps a very significant interview in 2006 where Neil Cavuto asks whether Israel should exist and Rabbi Yisroel Weiss from Jews United Against Zionism tells him, and the world, Mideast violence would stop if Israel ceased to exist. The interesting part in all this controversial interview is that…
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Palestine is Still the Issue – a video documentary by John Pilger
John Pilger a journalist has produced this video highlighting the Palestinian issue. John Pilger produced a video titled “Palestine Is Still The Issue” which has never been aired in 25 years due to the sensitive nature of it ‘being the voice for the Palestinians’, The video is definitely A MUST WATCH video and would request…
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Pakistan-Palestine Solidarity Charity Drive – Lahore
Many youngsters from the Pakistan Youth Alliance have started the campaign under the banner of “Pak Palestine Solidarity Movement” they have been holding a Charity drive in Lahore, Their offices are in Defence near Masjid Chowk, and they will be putting up booths at the following places. Friday: 3:00 PM after Jumma Prayers @ Main…
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Why is India behaving like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT)?
Guest Blog by Azhar Aslam India today is considered by the world to be an established state. Indians think they are on the brink of acquiring super power status. LeT on the other hand is a banned organization considered to be a terrorist non-state actor. So why is it that the belligerence and jingoism Indian…
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Israel & Palestine: Force Is Never the Solution
Guest Blog by temporal from Baithak Blog Taking advantage of the lame duck Presidency of Bush, the deliberate distancing of President Elect there-is-only-one-president Obama, the holidays in the West and the attending low emphasis of politicians, Israeli Air Force launched a devastating attack on Gaza. Israel is the non NPT signatory Occupier in the Gaza…
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An Earthquake On Top of Your Head – The Bombing of Gaza
I would like to share this heart touching narration published in Counter Punch by a practising psychologist living in the Gaza City, he has shared his family’s panic stricken reaction as the Israeli fighter jet took target practice around his neighbourbhood killing over 250 people and leaving a trail of over 700 dead An Earthquake…
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A letter from Heavens
Guest Blog by Naeem Sadiq 27 Dec 2008. Here in Heavens , it is all peace, quiet and tranquility. Today I specially requested for a copy of national newspapers and some clippings from the various talk shows to get an idea of what was going on after I left for my eternal abode. I simply…
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Massive Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 225+
Its shocking to read of the new brutal offensive launched yet again by Israel today where they ransacked the Gaza Strip, killing at least 225 people. The western media is for the upteenth time skewing the attack in favor of Israel, listening to the Israeli Foriegn Minister when he quite blatantly justifies the attack as…