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mei 10, 2013 · 5:40 am

[Welcome to Europe]/Frontex

FRONTEX

 

Frontex is the European border agency, founded in 2004 and operational since 2005. The agency has their seat in Warsaw, Poland, from where it directs its activities. Although it is often believed, Frontex is not an actual border police, with a staff in uniform and with the task to actually police the borders of the EU. Rather, Frontex is a coordinating mechanism of the European Union organizing the cooperation of the border police bodies of the member states of the EU. In this respect, Frontex is like a meta border police: it is both above and behind the everyday practices of border guards.

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mei 6, 2013 · 1:14 pm

Human Rights Watch/Libya/Reject ”Political Isolation Law”

 

LIBYA: REJECT ”POLITICAL ISOLATION LAW”

Provisions for Exclusion Too Vague, Sweeping

 

Press release

MAY 4, 2013
Libyans have a right to expect that officials who abused their positions under Gaddafi to commit crimes or violate human rights will be removed and never again allowed to hold public office.
Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director

(Beirut) – Libya’s General National Congress (GNC) should vote down the latest draft of a new law to bar Gaddafi-era officials from holding public office. The proposed law’s provisions and procedures for exclusion are too sweeping and vague, Human Rights Watch said. Further, a recent amendment to the provisional constitution would prohibit judicial review of the law. A vote is expected in congress on May 5, 2013.

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· 1:04 pm

Libya 2011/The death of Gaddafi/The National Transitional Council’s bloody path

 

THE DEATH OF GADDAFI/THE NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL’S BLOODY PATH

by Astrid Essed Friday, Nov. 25, 2011 at 6:23 PM

 

The resistance against the former president Gaddafi was legitimate. However, the rebels not

only allied with the NATO, sacrifying real Libyan independence, they also commit warcrimes with little

distinction between them and Gaddafi.

 

 

DEATH OF GADDAFI/THE NATIONAL TRANSITIONAL COUNCIL’S BLOODY PATH

”Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. ”

Article 10, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/Language.aspx?LangID=eng

””It is forbidden to kill or injure an enemy who surrenders or who is hors de combat ”

Article 2, Basic rules of International Humanitarian Law in armed conflicts

http://www.icrc.org/eng/resources/documents/misc/basic-rules-ihl-311288.htm

The prohibition on executions without trial [summary executions] AND the obligation
to treat prisoners of war humanely is confirmed by article 3, 3th Geneva Convention

http://www.icrc.org/ihl.nsf/FULL/375?OpenDocument

INTRODUCTION:

After 42 years the dictatorship of Gaddafi has come to an end
However, the new rulers don’t deserve any benefit of the doubt
They didn’t trust on the strength of the Libyan people and made alliance with the NATO
which only serve Western interests
With a pro Western regime, the Libyan people can forget any real independence and
social advancement
Regarding human rights they made a bloody beginning with the apparent extrajudicial
execution of Gaddafi and his son Mutassim
Prisoners have been tortured and humiliated
There are vehement racist attacks on African migrant workers and black Libyans
When the situation stays this and those responsible for torture and violence
don’t face prosecution, the former Gaddafi dictatorship will be followed by a next one

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april 24, 2013 · 1:48 pm

[Amnesty International] Israel: New government must scrap plans to forcibly evict Bedouin

Bedouin residents of Wadi Na'am village are being forced to move because of a nearby chemical factory.Bedouin residents of Wadi Na’am village are being forced to move because of a nearby chemical factory.© Amnesty International

“>Ibrahim Azazmeh is a campaigner for the residents of Wadi Na'am, excluded village in the Negev/Naqab, in Israel.

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Ibrahim Azazmeh is a campaigner for the residents of Wadi Na’am, excluded village in the Negev/Naqab, in Israel.

© Amnesty International

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Forcibly evicting tens of thousands of Bedouin from communities where they have lived for generations cannot be justified in the name of economic development or any other reason – Israel’s new leaders must have the courage to venture where previous governments have ignored human rights standards

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Ann Harrison, Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director at Amnesty International
Sat, 20/04/2013

Israel’s new government must drop a proposed law that would lead to mass forced evictions of Bedouin people and instead pursue legislation to protect Bedouin housing rights, Amnesty International said, as the Ministerial Committee on Legislation is due to consider the proposal on Sunday.

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· 11:47 am

[Electronic Intifada]/Palestine activists call on Netherlands prince to dissociate from JNF waterproject

PALESTINE ACTIVISTS CALL ON THE NETHERLANDS PRINCE TO DISSOCIATE

FROM JNF WATERPROJECT

 

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Thu, 04/18/2013 – 19:41

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Demonstrators in Jerusalem protest the Jewish National Fund’s colonization projects in the Naqab/Negev desert, February 2011.

(Anne Paq / ActiveStills)

Palestinian boycott activists are calling on the Netherlands’ Prince Willem-Alexander to reconsider his decision to lend his name to a water project undertaken by the Jewish National Fund Netherlands in the Naqab/Negev desert in the south of present-day Israel. The project is in honor of the prince’s inauguration as king later this month.

Omar Barghouti, a Palestinian human rights activist and a founder of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, told The Electronic Intifada: “The [JNF] has played a key role in the dispossession of the Palestinians and in colonizing their lands. Today, [the JNF] continues its explicitly racist practices against Palestinians and rejects any notion of equal rights for all. Palestinian civil society appreciates the prominence that equality and non-discrimination have in the Dutch constitution and based on this, appeal to Prince Willem-Alexander to reconsider his decision to lend his name to a project of the JNF.”

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april 22, 2013 · 5:38 am

Human Rights Watch/Report/”All you can do is pray”/Crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansings of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State

 

 

 

Crimes Against Humanity and Ethnic Cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Arakan State
APRIL 22, 2013
This 153-page report describes the role of the Burmese government and local authorities in the forcible displacement of more than 125,000 Rohingya and other Muslims and the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Burmese officials, community leaders, and Buddhist monks organized and encouraged ethnic Arakanese backed by state security forces to conduct coordinated attacks on Muslim neighborhoods and villages in October 2012 to terrorize and forcibly relocate the population. The tens of thousands of displaced have been denied access to humanitarian aid and been unable to return Verder lezen →

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april 10, 2013 · 4:53 am

Reaction to KLM Facebook/After the deportation/Your complicity with the deportation of an Afghan family to unsafe and dangerous Afghanistan

KLM COMPLICITY WITH THE DEPORTATION OF AN AFGHAN FAMILY TO
UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS AFGHANISTAN/LETTER TO THE KLM
LETTER TO THE KLM:
TO KLM BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT
YOUR COMPLICITY WITH THE DEPORTATION OF AN AFGHAN FAMILY TO
DANGEROUS AFGHANISTAN ON 9 APRIL 2013

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· 4:17 am

KLM complicity with the deportation of an Afghan family to unsafe and dangerous Afghanistan/Letter to the KLM

UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS AFGHANISTAN/LETTER TO THE KLM
LETTER TO THE KLM:
TO KLM BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND MANAGEMENT
REQUEST NOT TO DEPORT AN AFGHAN FAMILY TO UNSAFE AND DANGEROUS AFGHANISTAN
REASON:
PERSONAL DANGER AND GENERAL DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WAR STRICKEN AFGHANISTAN
AMSTERDAM 8TH OF APRIL 2013
Dear Board of Directors

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april 6, 2013 · 3:01 pm

Human Rights Watch/Russia: Merkel, Rutte should press Putin on rights

RUSSIA: MERKEL, RUTTE SHOULD PRESS PUTIN ON RIGHTS

 

Wave of ‘Inspections’ the Latest Phase in Kremlin’s Worst Crackdown in 20 Years
APRIL 4, 2013

  • A participant is detained by police on Moscow March 24, 2013 during a protest to show solidarity for those arrested at opposition rallies in May 2012.

    © 2013 Reuters
Trade fairs are about doing business, but Merkel should make clear to Putin that it cannot be business as usual for Germany’s relations with Russia until the attacks on civil society stop. This is the worst crackdown in Russia in 20 years. It is admirable to promote deeper understanding between Russia and the Netherlands, but this has very little meaning if vital parts of Russian society cannot express themselves freely.
Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director

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· 2:56 am

Human Rights Watch/Burma: Rohingya Muslims face humanitarian crisis

 

 

BURMA: ROHINGYA MUSLIMS FACE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

Fears of Long-Term Segregation of Displaced Population
MARCH 26, 2013
Burmese government restrictions on aid to Rohingya Muslims are creating a humanitarian crisis that will become a disaster when the rainy season arrives. Instead of addressing the problem, Burma’s leaders seem intent on keeping the Rohingya segregated in camps rather than planning for them to return to their homes.
Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director

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