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Items by Hani Beshr
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British apologies to Muslims aren’t free
It is better for an apology to made late rather than never. But there is a big difference between an apology made by a person or institution after discovering they had made a mistake and an apology based on a court order. Yet this is what happened with two...
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Documenting crimes in Egypt's notorious Scorpion Prison
A very important international human rights report was published a few days ago by America’s Human Rights Watch. Called “We live in tombs”, it took many months to prepare and it looks at the maximum security Tora Prison, known in Egypt as “Scorpion Prison”. The importance of this report stems...