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The Weekly Update for HRINFO, no. 132
Third year 19 October 2006 - 26 October 2006 Tunisia ======== Dr. Moncif El-Marzouki decided to return back to Tunisia Dr. Moncif El-Marzouki declared that he decided to travel to his homeland Tunisia on 21 October to participate in the struggle with other Tunisians against corruption. He also renewed his call for the Tunisian people to resist the violation of their rights and freedoms using all possible civil and peaceful means. Trials, Sentences, and violating liberties On 19 October 2006, a Tunisian court sentenced each of Hussein ben Omar and Hefnawy ben Othman for 15 days in prison starting from the date of their detention on 12 October. They were detained because they bind themselves with iron chains to an electric column before the public opinion in protest on the suspicious practices of the Ministry of Education. On 19 October 2006, the First Instance Court of Al-Quirawan sentenced the ex-political prisoner Al-Sayed Al-Taher Al-Harathy for two months because of incompliance with the administrative watch procedures. The family of Gamila Ayad is suffering harassments by the political police. Gamila Ayad is the mother of Maher Bazioush who is charged with committing terrorist practices according to tunuisian terrorist law. On 18 October 2006, the ex-political prisoner and renowned member of Al-Nahdda movement; Ali Al-Areed was prevented from participation in the first anniversary celebration of founding 18 October Movement for Rights and Freedoms. He was threatened with being re-arrested if he continued contacting political persons and parties. Sources More information on Tunisia page: http://www.hrinfo.net/tunisia ========================== Syria ======== New charges against Michel Kilo and other three In consequence of the approval of the Damascus court judge on 19 October 2006 to release the writer and intellectual Michel Kilo who was detained on account of Damascus-Beirut Declaration, the investigator charged Kilo with new charges. They include weakening the national commitment, degrading the respect of the state, encouraging hostile attacks, defamation, sparking sectarian hatred, etc. Consequently, the judge decided to keep him under detention. In addition, Mahmoud Essa, Khalil Hussein, and Soliman Shamar were charged with the same accusations and were re-arrested. Releasing the Kurds who was detained during Al-Kamshaly incidents The Kurds who was detained during Al-Kamshaly incidents were released excluding the child Tareq Abdul Qader Al-Aomary. The court is attempting to lengthen the period of trial by calling irrelevant persons upon no clear evidences except the reports of the security policemen. This is deemed a sever violation. Sources More information on Syria page: http://www.hrinfo.net/syria ========================== Iraq ======== The head of The Iraqi House of Representatives calls for questioning Al-Sharqia TV and Al-Zaman newspaper In its statement no. 96, the head of The Iraqi House of Representatives calls for questioning Al-Sharqia TV and Al-Zaman newspaper. The Statement also accused some media channels of being the reason behind the current tensions which threatens the national security. According to the right to reply: Iraqi House of Representatives denied the above case Iraqi House of Reprehensive declared that its statement does not include any mere reference to the call for closing Al-Sharqia TV or Al-Zaman newspaper. The statement only called upon the Cabinet Minister to hold them accountable for their unlawful practices. Kidnapping a Journalist Iraqi Journalist Abdul Majuid Ismael was kidnapped by an unidentified armed group in a car while driving his own car in Gamila. Sources More information on Iraq page: http://www.hrinfo.net/iraq ========================== Egypt ======== Evaluating the National Council for Human Rights in its third year In the report of Democracy Observatory, an account of the search for the positions in the past three years is made in respect with issues of human rights, democracy and political reform, and evaluation of the positions of some of the issues and the human rights movement in Egypt. World Elections bode no good Unions beginning of the elections do not bode no good after the general assembly of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Egypt directed workers wishing to nominate themselves for the elections of union committees for the new 2006-2011,at union headquarters to obtain certificates of membership required for the nomination document, but they were shocked by prevarication and rejection and evasion. This is in addition to the suffering of all the candidates and narrows the chase and the intransigence and the prevention of the right to work and the dissemination of propaganda programs for the new union The conclusion of the activities of intellectual forum of the Egyptian Organization The participants at the activities of intellectual forum of the Egyptian Organization recommended that the participants at the conclusion of the activities of intellectual forum of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, which was held under the title "The electoral system in Egypt ... Necessities and mechanisms "in the period from 15 - 17 / 10 / 2006 formation of the Forum for electoral reform in Egypt. In order to develop mechanisms to reform the electoral process in general and particularly the electoral system. Corruption and government neglect The case of mass poisoning in more than ten villages and Azab Al-Mansoura and the status of some village centers and Talkha Sherbin, which was diagnosed as a result of infection Bmikrob Salamonila and to the contamination of drinking water after sinking sewage confirm that the government did not move until after the disaster and set up, and pays no attention to the alarm bells ringing by some Egyptian scientists dedicated more than a year ago. Sources More information on Egypt page: http://www.hrinfo.net/egypt ========================== Morocco ======== Confiscating Al-Nahar Newspaper Security Authorities in Nadhor city prevented Moroccan Al-Nahar newspaper form being distributed last week. The targeted issue of distribution is that of 11 October 2006. It includes an article on the activities of the drug dealing networks in the city. Al-Sahqory Younis disappeared Citizen Al-Sahqory Younis disappeared after long years of detention in Guantanamo prison. Sources More information on Morocco page: http://www.hrinfo.net/morocco ========================== Yemen ======== Arrest and forced disappearances after the presidential elections Arrest and forced disappearances after the presidential elections organized coalition of civil society on Saturday 21 / 10 / 2006 protest in front of the Presidency of the Republic Dar capital Sana'a,, in protest over the forced disappearances that occurred to Mr. Ali Hussein Al-Dailami Executive Director of the Yemeni Organization for the Defense of democratic rights and freedoms and who was arrested in Sana'a Airport while leaving on a visit to Danish Copenhagen Institute for Human Rights with a group of civil society organizations in Yemen ninth of the month of October 2006. Arrest without legal justification The head of the political security and a number of soldiers went to Directorate Haban and arrested citizens; Basil Albabikiri Saleh and Ali Hussein Albabikiri sons of Directorate Haban of Shabwa governorate. That is in addition to placement seizure of political security without legal justification. Sources More information on Yemen page: http://www.hrinfo.info/yemen/ ========================== Humum Updates ======== You are responsible for this The most striking complaint of Humum.net website reads: "… hundreds of prisoners have been threatened to death by firing squad in Bouslim prison in Libya ... Please work anything possible to save them," To read the full complaint: http://humum.net/humum/2006/lib1019-3.shtml For more information visit Humum website: http://www.humum.net ========================== Please feel free to contact HRinfo for any quiries, suggestions or input
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