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April 27, 2014

Egyptian children – so young yet locked-up as ‘terrorists’

Very young children have been put in prison in Egypt; their rights granted by international conventions have been lost since the coup last year. You can see the marks...

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April 27, 2014

The Greatest Sin: The use of a just cause to justify injustice

One of the worst things for a just cause is for it to be exposed to a situation where it becomes impossible for justice to be achieved. As a...

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April 27, 2014

Spring time in Tulkarem as farms fight Israeli chemical factories

It is spring on the Tanib farm and the eskadenias or loquats – small sweet orange fruits – and the strawberries are perfectly ripe. Workers and volunteers who have...

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April 27, 2014

Rapprochement in the Gulf: who blinked first?

So who won the diplomatic war of words that threatened to fragment the Gulf Cooperation Council, and make a nonsense of its name? Did the Saudis step back from...

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April 27, 2014

Open letter to Egypt’s ‘Committee of Fifty’

Dear members of the Committee of Fifty (“Lagna Al-Khamseen”), in the beginning, you told us that your constitution is one that is filled with unprecedented freedoms that could not...

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April 27, 2014

Israel, settler violence and calculated differentiation

Settler-colonial violence has rarely prompted any condemnation from Israel and its institutions. Regularly dismissed as isolated incidents despite the constant phenomenon and its deleterious effects upon Palestinians, settler violence...

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April 27, 2014

Palestinian Prisoners’ Day remains central

Thursday here in Palestine was Prisoners’ Day, and demonstrations of solidarity were held across the West Bank and Gaza. The annual event calls for the release of Palestinian political...

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April 27, 2014

Do Arab states really engage with human rights?

With growing demands for “bread, freedom and social justice” across the Arab Spring countries, many have started to question the status of human rights in the region and, more...

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April 27, 2014

Despite Bouteflika win, new generations cry enough

On Thursday the Algerian people went to the polls to cast their vote in the country’s presidential elections. As expected, preliminary results indicate that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading...

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April 27, 2014

The Ergenekon coup trial verdict sent a message to Egypt’s coup leaders

On July 3, Egypt’s one-year-old experiment with democracy was brought to an end by the military coup. The termination of Egypt’s fledgling democracy was accompanied by the arbitrary arrests...

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