By Peter T. Smith
It’s only one week until Americans choose their next president, but whether McCainmania or Obamarama takes the day, there’s one thing that we all should hope will come about shortly thereafter: the end of the American torture state.
Abdullah Almalki, Ahmad Abou El Maati and
Muayyed Nureddin leave a news conference
on Parliament Hill in [...]
The Syrian government should immediately release three women detained by state authorities since July 31, 2008, unless they have evidence that these women have committed criminal offenses and intend to try them for these, Human Rights Watch said today.
The women live in al-`Otayba, a village approximately 20 km east of Damascus, and are the wives [...]
Published by Citizen on Jan 20, 2008
Category: Human Rights
Region: Syria
Target: The Syrian government
Web site: http://freetariq.org/en
Description/History:
His name is Tariq Biassi and he’s 23 years old. He lives in Banyas with his mother and two sisters. His father was was a previous political prisoner.
Tarek sells and maintains PCs. He is described by his friends as shy and [...]
Families of Lebanese detainees in Syrian jails launched a sit-in in downtown Beirut Friday, demanding the formation of an international committee to establish their whereabouts.
Michel Sweidan, an ex-detainee, urged Premier Fouad Saniora’s government to hold an extraordinary session to discuss one topic, that its asking the United Nations to form a committee entrusted with the [...]
As a result of the Iraqi invasion many Iraqi girls have fled the violence to Syria. In order to support their families many girls resort to prostitution.
If this video doesn’t make you oppose the War then you have no heart.
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Inter Press Service
By Maki al-Nazzal and Dahr Jamail*
DAMASCUS, Mar 24 (IPS) - More than a million Iraqis in Syria cannot find work. For their idleness, they have come to be called the “pillow drivers”.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says there are at least 1.5 million Iraqi refugees in Syria. If they seek [...]
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