The Yesh Din organization, an Israeli leftist advocacy group, said on Friday that it was starting a campaign to help Palestinians sue the state of Israel for its use of their privately owned lands for Jewish settlements in the West Bank (photo, from aljazeera.net). (more…)
Archive for January, 2009
Israeli group to help Palestinians sue over settlements
Posted in history, Justice, media, Middle East, news, politics, religion, tagged Haaretz, international law, Israel, Palestine, settlements, west Bank, Yesh Din on January 31, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Dutch anti-Islam MP to be prosecuted
Posted in Europe, history, Justice, Middle East, movies, news, politics, religion, tagged film, Geert Wilders, Islam, Netherlands, trial on January 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Dutch politician and film-maker Geert Wilders (photo, from aljazeera.net), is to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred against Muslims. (more…)
Indian soldier kills six comrads
Posted in Asia, health, news, tagged army, Assam Rifles, India, Ukhrul on January 23, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Six soldiers of an elite Indian army were shot dead by another member of the force, during a shooting incident in the north-eastern state of Manipur, says the army. (photo, from bbc.co.uk) (more…)
Massive execution of murderers in Iran
Posted in Justice, Middle East, news, tagged China, execution, Iran, murder on January 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Iranian state media says that ten convicted murderers have been put to death in a single day. (more…)
UN releases photos of attack on Gaza
Posted in health, Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, tagged attack, Ban Ki-moon, Gaza Strip, Israel, photos, troops, UN, white phosphorus on January 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Images have been released by the United Nations, which believe they show white phosphorus munitions raining down on one of its compounds during Israel’s war on Gaza (photo, from aljazeera.net). (more…)
Austria : Fritzl trial date named
Posted in Europe, health, Human rights, Justice, news, tagged abuse, Austria, Joseph Fritzl, trial on January 22, 2009| 6 Comments »
Israeli army shot at from Jordan
Posted in health, Middle East, news, politics, tagged Gaza Strip, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, troops on January 14, 2009| 1 Comment »
Israeli troops guarding the country’s border with Jordan have been fired at from across the border, said Israeli army.
No one was hurt in the attack on Tuesday, said an Israeli army spokesperson. (more…)
Gaza offensive condemned as ‘genocide’
Posted in history, Human rights, Middle East, news, politics, world, tagged ceasefire, Ehud Olmert, Gaza Strip, genocide, Israel, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Palestine, troops, UN on January 14, 2009| 3 Comments »
Israel’s killings of Palestinians in its Gaza offensive have been called “genocide” by Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann (photo, from aljazeera.net), the president of the UN General Assembly. (more…)