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The Weekly Update for HRINFO issue no. 74 Second year
25th August-1st September 2005




In This issue:
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  • Hrinfo statements.
  • A step forward.
  • Human Rights news at MENA region.
  • Human Rights Publications.
  • Coming events.
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  • Hrinfo statements:
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    Information Statement
    Regional Civil Society Forum on the Information Society for the Middle East and West Asia unexpectedly banned by government authorities
    http://hrinfo.net/press/05/pr0829.shtml

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  • A step forward:
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    The British Guardian and freedom to dismantle information.
    http://hrinfo.net/step/2005/pr050828.shtml

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  • Human Rights news at MENA region.
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    Jordan:
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  • Center for freedom and protecting journalists;

    The center denounces kidnapping and threatening the editor of the Yemeni newspaper "AL-WASAT" and asks the president to form investigation committee.
    http://hrinfo.net/jordan/cdfi/2005/pr0825.shtml

  • The Jordanian network for development;

    A Jordanian company launches a new internet Arabic legal library service.
    http://hrinfo.net/jordan/jordandevnet/2005/pr0828.shtml

    development projects to qualify women for job market in Deir Yousef.
    http://hrinfo.net/jordan/jordandevnet/2005/pr0830.shtml

    More information on Jordan page; http://www.hrinfo.net/jordan
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    Bahrain:
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  • Bahraini center for human rights;

    The speech of Mr. Khawaja in the seminar at the lords house -the dream of reform in Bahrain.
    http://hrinfo.net/bahrain/bchr/2005/pr0825.shtml

    More information on Bahrain Page; http://www.hrinfo.net/bahrain
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    Tunisia:
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  • Reporters without borders;

    Government bans new journalists' union from holding founding congress
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825-2.shtml

    The international association to help political prisoners;

    Ramzy Al-Tibi continues his hunger strike after being beaten by the jailor.
    http://hrinfo.net/tunisia/aispp/2005/pr0824.shtml

    Mabrouk Shenshter is endangered.
    http://hrinfo.net/tunisia/aispp/2005/pr0824-1.shtml
    More information on Tunisia page; http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia
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    Saudi Arabia:
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  • Human rights first association;

    Urgent statement on transferring Khaled Al-Oummair to a military jail.
    http://hrinfo.net/saudi/spdhr/2005/pr0825.shtml

    The association calls upon the Saudi King to release Said Al-Moteef.
    http://hrinfo.net/saudi/spdhr/2005/pr0826.shtml

    Two prisoners were forbidden to pray after their father's death or bury him at Nagran.
    http://hrinfo.net/saudi/spdhr/2005/pr0827.shtml

    The association calls upon the king to release the prisoners of the hotel accident in Nagran.
    http://hrinfo.net/saudi/spdhr/2005/pr0828.shtml

    More information on Saudi page; http://hrinfo.net/saudi
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    Syria:
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  • The Syrian committee for human rights;

    The Syrian families in Iraq ask for help and the interion ministry refuses to renew their residencies.
    http://hrinfo.net/syria/shrc/2005/pr0824.shtml

    The Supreme security court issues sentences against Kurdish citizens.
    http://hrinfo.net/syria/shrc/2005/pr0829.shtml

    More information on Syria page:http://www.hrinfo.net/syria
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    Iraq:
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  • Reporters without borders;

    Call for immediate release of Reuters cameraman held by US army
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825-1.shtml

    Outrage over fatal shooting of Reuters TV soundman by US sniper fire
    Reuters cameraman Haider Kadhem released
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0828.shtml

    Human rights in Babel association;

    The results of the association's elections.
    http://hrinfo.net/iraq/hrab/2005/pr0829.shtml

    The police chief n Babel meets the leaders of Mahmoudia tribes>
    http://hrinfo.net/iraq/hrab/2005/pr0830.shtml

    The Iraqi association for defending journalism;

    The association condemns the assacination of Reuters reporters by the US forces.
    http://hrinfo.net/iraq/aadjr/2005/pr0829.shtml

    more information on Iraq page; http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq
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    Palestine:
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  • Reporters without borders;

    Mahmoud Abbas told of concern about Gaza insecurity in open letter
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825.shtml

    Gaza center for rights and law;

    The real conditions of Palestinian prisoners after Israeli disengagement.
    http://hrinfo.net/palestine/gcrl/2005/pr0827.shtml

  • Palestine behind bars;

    During the period (1987-1967) Israel arrested around 400 thousand prisoners.
    http://hrinfo.net/palestine/palestinebehindbars/2005/pr0828.shtml

    The Palestinian initiative for deepening international dialogue and democracy,
    Will the world move to stop bulldozers?
    http://hrinfo.net/palestine/miftah/2005/pr0827.shtml

    More information on Palestine page; http://www.hrinfo.net/palestine
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    Libya:
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  • The patriotic front to save Libya;

    Clarification by the front,
    http://hrinfo.net/libya/nfsl/2005/pr0823.shtml

  • The Libyan federation for human rights defenders;

    A statement on "the authorities forcing the citizens to attend the first of September celebrations"
    http://hrinfo.net/libya/iuhrd/2005/pr0828.shtml

    More information on Libya page; http://www.hrinfo.net/libya
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    Egypt :
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  • The Egyptian center for women's rights;

    The monthly report on the center's activities and women conditions in Egypt.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/ecwr/2005/pr0800.shtml

  • Cairo institute for human rights studies;

    A press conference to declare the results of its first report for the media electoral monitor.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/cihrs/2005/pr0824.shtml

    The first report for the monitor of presidential elections.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/cihrs/2005/pr0825.shtml

    The method of the center in monitoring and evaluating media coverage for presidency candidates in Egypt.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/cihrs/2005/pr0827.shtml

    The center criticizes the national council for human rights
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/cihrs/2005/pr0829.shtml

  • Land center for human rights;

    Issue no.41 of the series "your legal rights"
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/lchr/2005/pr0831.shtml

    The Egyptian organization for human rights

    The organization holds training workshops in 19 governorates n monitoring the elections.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/eohr/2005/pr0825.shtml

    The organization holds a press conference to evaluate the pre-elections period.
    http://hrinfo.net/egypt/eohr/2005/pr0825-1.shtml

    More information on Egypt page; http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt
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    Yemen
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  • Hood;

    The organization demands reveling the criminals responsible for kidnapping the editor of "AL_WASAT"
    http://hrinfo.net/yemen/hood/2005/pr0824.shtml

    hood denounces harassment against the civil society and demands to stop the governmental guardianship.
    http://hrinfo.net/yemen/hood/2005/pr0827.shtml

    Hamad Naser the 80-year-old man spends his second year in prison for no reason and without being introduced to court.
    http://hrinfo.net/yemen/hood/2005/pr0828.shtml

    The court holds its fourth session in the murder of the merchant Mejahed Al-Samhy.
    http://hrinfo.net/yemen/hood/2005/pr0828-1.shtml

    Reporters without border;

    To his Excellency president Ali Abdullah Saleh .
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/kuttab/2005/pr0828.shtml

    More information on Yemen page; http://www.hrinfo.net/yemen
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    Regional and international:
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  • Reporters without borders;

    Government bans new journalists' union from holding founding congress
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825-2.shtml

    Mahmoud Abbas told of concern about Gaza insecurity in open letter
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825.shtml

    Call for immediate release of Reuters cameraman held by US army
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0825-1.shtml

    Outrage over fatal shooting of Reuters TV soundman by US sniper fire
    Reuters cameraman Haider Kadhem released
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/rsf/2005/pr0828.shtml

    Writers without border;

    To his Excellency president Ali Abdullah Saleh .
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/kuttab/2005/pr0828.shtml

    the organization supports journalists without borders
    http://hrinfo.net/mena/kuttab/2005/pr0828-1.shtml

    more information on Regional and international page: http://www.hrinfo.net/mena
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  • Human Rights Publications;
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    Book Name: "Rawak Arabi" issue 33
    Issued by: Cairo institute for human rights studies.
    Topic: : this book is among a series issued by the center. This issue contains a discussion around "political reform between the inner pressures and the outside inisiatives". The discussions were among Ahmed Bahaa Shaaban, Ragaa Al-Mirghani, Amro Hamzawi, Heba Raouf, Ammar Ali Hassan and Wael Khalil. The issue also contains different documents such as "the next Tunisian elections" which is issued by the committee for freedoms and human rights in Tunisia.

    How to get the book; contacting Cairo Institute for human rights studies
    9th Rostom st. Garden city , Cairo.
    Tel: 202795112- 2027946065
    Fax: 2028921913
    e-mail: cihrs@soficom.com.eg
    web site: http://www.cihrs.org

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  • Coming events;
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  • 3rd September 2005
    A round table to discuss the Egyptian press conditions in Cairo organized by journalists for change - Egypt

  • 4th September 2005
    The fifth annual conference for communications and information technology in the Arab world is organized by the international Egyptian forum in Cairo. - Egypt






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