Day: January 28, 2010
The success and regrets of Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff
Gaza: Human Rights Watch rejects Hamas’ claims on rockets
Gaza: Human Rights Watch rejects Hamas’ claims on rockets
— BBC News: “Human Rights Watch has rejected claims by the Palestinian militant group Hamas that it did not target civilians during the war in Gaza a year ago.”
— “‘Hamas’ claim that rockets were intended to hit Israeli military targets and only accidentally harmed civilians is belied by the facts,’ the New York based group said.”
— ” ‘Civilians were the target, deliberately targeting civilians is a war crime.’ ”
— “A UN-backed report accused both Hamas and Israel of committing war crimes.”
— “A former international war crimes prosecutor, South African Judge Richard Goldstone, investigated the offensive and said crimes had been committed on both sides.”
— “The UN General Assembly demanded that both sides launch independent investigations into their behaviour during the offensive, called Operation Cast Lead by the Israeli Defence Force.”
Egypt: US aid diverted towards ‘minority rights’
Egypt: US aid diverted towards ‘minority rights’
— Al masry al youm.com: “The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has decided to redirect funds earmarked for Egyptian NGOs… to financing ‘awareness programs’ highlighting minorities’ rights.
— “Agency officials did not state overtly that the ‘minorities’ in question referred to Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.”
Egypt rights groups call on government to address sectarianism, workers rights
Egypt: Christian in Egypt: ‘They Try to Kill Us’ – Copts Dina and Maher El-Gohary
Egypt: Christian in Egypt: ‘They Try to Kill Us’
— FOX News reports: “Egyptian Maher El-Gowhary and his 15 year old daughter Dina never pray twice at the same church, never stay longer than a month in any one apartment. They are constantly under threat, always on the run because they converted to Christianity in a largely Muslim country.”
— Dina and Maher El-Gohary, Persecuted Coptic Christians Ask Obama for Help
- Peter Athanasius and 15 year old Daughter Dina
See also November 2009 report:
Egypt: 15 Year Old Egyptian Convert to Christianity Sends Plea to Obama — Dina el-Gowhary
Egypt’s anxious Copts ‘await next catastrophe’
Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing
Indonesia: Hundreds dressed down by sharia officers during raid on clothing
— 100 women detained for wearing pants in Indonesia’s Aceh by “Sharia officers”
— Jakarta Post: “The women targeted by the officers were allegedly wearing un-Islamic clothing and several of them did not wear headscarves, now compulsory in Aceh.”
See also:
Indonesia: Women Banned from Wearing Jeans and Pants – Sharia Police Plan Raids and Patrols
Indonesia: Women Urgently Finding New Clothes to Meet Sharia Standards to Avoid Arrest
Indonesia: 1500 Sharia Police Harrass Men, Women in Aceh
Indonesia: Tsunami ‘punishment’ for breaking Islamic law
Indonesia: Aceh’s Shariah Police ‘Stained Forever’ by Gang Rape
Indonesia: Massive Mob in Indonesia Protests Christmas Eve Service
Anti-Democracy Hizb ut-Tahrir Promotion at Indonesian-Govt Sponsored Event
Indonesia Church Attacked, Burned – in Java – by Mob of 1,000
World AIDS Day: Hizb ut-Tahrir Calls for Stonings, Whippings, Islamic Caliphate
Indonesian Islamists Bully Villagers into Revoking Church Permit
Indonesia: Sharia Bill Calling for Stoning, Now Officially Law in Aceh
Indonesia: Tsunami ‘punishment’ for breaking Islamic law
Nigeria: 2011: Sharia Council Rules Out Woman Governor in Kwara State
Spain: Imam in Spain charged for threatening woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim
Spain: Imam in Spain charged for threatening woman over veil — Mohamed Benbrahim
— AP: “Charges have been filed against an imam in northeastern Spain accusing him of threatening a woman who refused to wear an Islamic headscarf or abide by certain Islamic customs, prosecutors said Thursday.”