Via Scoop.it – Rights & Liberties
Bahraini and GCC security forces continue their systematic suppression of popular protests against the regime. Feelings of tension mount in Manama, as signs of renewed protest become more evident.
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In an addition to our usual monthly podcast, we have some special audio for you from the newly concluded 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Tunisia.
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Thousands of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails continue to hunger strike and commit other acts of civil disobedience to demand basic human rights. Meanwhile, activists in Palestine and around the world hold hunger strikes in solidarity.
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Tomorrow, October 11, Egyptian blogger Maikel Nabil Sanad will have reached the 50th day of his hunger strike.
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To truly begin to understand the significance of the 3rd Arab Bloggers Meeting that just took place in Tunisia, you first have to make yourself familiar with what happened two years ago in December 2009 during the 2nd Arab Bloggers Meeting in Beirut.
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The cable noted: “Royals still seem more adept at squandering than accumulating wealth.” It said corruption abounded largely unchecked.
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The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S.
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Allgood’s Water Works in Blunt County, Alabama has placed a sign outside its offices informing customers that they will not provide water service without specific requirements.
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An Anglican priest in Baghdad says he’s working with the U.S. Embassy to persuade the handful of Jews who still live in Baghdad to leave because their names have appeared in cables published last month by WikiLeaks.
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Mike Daisey on the story of Steve Jobs & Apple: A continuum from anarchic rebellion and a human vision to a lock-down ethos and a blind eye toward inhumanity.
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