Posted on Tue, April 12, 2011 at 02:03 am CEST
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Egypt Goes Full Circle: Back to Imprisoning Bloggers

The group that began the Egyptian revolution had just two important priorities before setting to overthrow the Mubarak regime… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights 
Posted on Mon, April 11, 2011 at 18:54 pm CEST
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What Country in the World Has the Most Journalists Imprisoned?

What country in the world has the most journalists imprisoned? The answer might surprise you. According to a recent study… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Ergenekon • Human Rights • Neo-Ottomanism • The Media • Turkey 
Posted on Wed, April 6, 2011 at 19:46 pm CEST
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Goldstone to Visit Israel?

A pro-Palestinian human rights group has petitioned Switzerland’s attorney-general to issue an arrest warrant… Continue reading

Topics: Goldstone Report • Human Rights • Israel • Satire • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, April 3, 2011 at 15:17 pm CEST
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Goldstone: Reconsidering the Report on Israel and War Crimes

We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Goldstone Report • Human Rights • International Law • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, April 3, 2011 at 11:12 am CEST
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Arab Spring: Male-on-Female Atrocity in Gaza

Last month, at least eight Muslim Palestinian female journalists were physically beaten with clubs, iron chairs, and fists, stabbed, and tortured… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Human Rights • Islamism • The Media 
Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 14:50 pm CEST
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Turkey: Less Democracy But An Alternative

For several years I’ve been telling you that under its current Islamist regime, Turkey has become less and less of a democratic state… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 01:57 am CET
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Turkey Remains an “Angry Nation” but could still serve as a Democratic Inspiration

Turkey remains an “Angry nation”, tormented by the many ghosts of its history, some of which still lurk in the shadows. Its political system… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Europe • Human Rights • Islamism • Kurdish People • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 23:33 pm CET
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Shahbaz Bhatti and the Death of Reason

My time in Pakistan was glorious. I taught bright, beautiful and hopeful students who saw the world not as a series of… Continue reading

Topics: Christianity • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Fundamentalism • Pakistan 
Posted on Thu, March 10, 2011 at 03:15 am CET
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Our World: Women’s surprising defenders

Every few months, we are presented with media reports about Jewish women rescued from their Muslim husbands in the Palestinian Authority or within Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Feminism • Global Islam • Human Rights • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 18:27 pm CET
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Egypt: Women Suffer Assault and Derision at Tahrir March

The romanticism of the Egyptian Revolution meets the reality of Islam dominated society. Read this report by Ali Abdel Mohsen about the Million Women March… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Human Rights 
Posted on Sun, March 6, 2011 at 21:32 pm CET
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Iran: Growing Criticism as Opposition Leaders Remain Under Arrest

In recent days, there has been growing criticism from the reformist camp over the continuing arrest of reformist opposition leaders… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Iran • Shi'ism 
Posted on Fri, March 4, 2011 at 00:20 am CET
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Iran: Regime Escalates Repression – Where’s the International Reaction?

It is now confirmed that the Iranian government has kidnapped the two leading opposition leaders. This is the most serious single act of repression… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Human Rights • Iran 
Posted on Mon, February 28, 2011 at 17:33 pm CET
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Iran’s Top Opposition Leaders Secretly Jailed, West Fails to Act Again

The disappearance of Iran’s two most prominent opposition figures, Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, was not mentioned in the… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Iran • Iranian Protests • Islamofascism • Shi'ism • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 17:51 pm CET
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UNHRC: World Praise for Libya 4 Months Ago

Libya is a member of the UN’s top Human Rights Body – the Human Rights Council. The majority of members of the UN General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Libya • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, February 26, 2011 at 15:52 pm CET
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Would Appointing a Turkish Diplomat to Head the OSCE Secretariat Help Anchor Turkey in the West?

Several developments are making Turkey’s role in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) increasingly prominent. The Turkish government… Continue reading

Topics: Armenia • Cyprus • Europe • Greece • Human Rights • Kazakhstan • OSCE • The Media • The Middle East • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, February 24, 2011 at 01:26 am CET
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Media and Middle East: Wow, These People are Repressive Dictators! Who Knew?

For those of us who have been trying to talk about Middle East dictators for a long time it is amusing to see how people are lining up to be “horrified” by… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Libya • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, February 23, 2011 at 19:38 pm CET
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Libya and UN’s Human Rights Policy

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon called for an immediate end to violent repression of Libya protests in a… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • International Law • Libya • Libya War • Satire • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, February 22, 2011 at 17:41 pm CET
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Libyan Ambassadors Resign Posts to Protest Bloody Crackdown

The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday Libyan diplomats all over the world resigned from their positions, in protest a bloody crackdown against… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab Spring • Bangladesh • Democracy • Human Rights • Indonesia • Libya • Libya War • Malaysia • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 17:20 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Kurdish Leader Discusses 2009 Turkish Local Elections

In an April 22 roundtable at Chatham House on Turkey’s recent elections, Kurdish political leader Ahmet Türk gave prepared remarks and took… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Human Rights • Kurdish People • Turkey • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, February 18, 2011 at 01:13 am CET
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Iranian Crackdown on Pro-Democracy Protests

In Tehran Debkafile’s Iranian sources report that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad early Thursday conferred with Revolutionary Guards and Basij leaders on… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Human Rights • Iran • Iranian Protests • Shi'ism 
Posted on Sun, February 13, 2011 at 14:30 pm CET
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Turkish Regime Sees Egypt Revolution as Opportunity for Repression and Islamism

While all eyes are on Egypt, Turkish regime policy during this time is worth mentioning. The Turkish government has pressed for more Islamization in Turkey and… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Egypt • Human Rights • Islamism • Turkey 
Posted on Sun, February 13, 2011 at 03:31 am CET
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Nicolas Sarkozy: Multiculturalism ‘Clearly’ a Failure

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Thursday in a panel discussion that multiculturalism had failed. He is joining a growing number of world leaders… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Eurabia • Europe • France • Germany • Global Islam • Human Rights • Multiculturalism 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 10:51 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Imprisoned Egyptian Opposition Leader: Defend Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights

Ayman Nour, one of the senior leaders of the Egyptian opposition who is currently organizing a coalition to create an interim government, wrote an eloquent letter from prison… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Human Rights • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, February 10, 2011 at 03:12 am CET
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Seeking Ways to Advance Human Rights in Egypt

Michael Posner (Assistant Secretary of State) told activists and opposition politicians that the U.S. is seeking ways to advance human rights and political participation in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Human Rights • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 17:04 pm CET
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Tunisia and “Moderate Islamists”: Rachid Ghanouchi Says it All

It’s true that Tunisia’s Islamist movement is less radical than that in other Arab countries. But it really says a lot that Rachid Ghanouchi, the most… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia