Karoon prisoners facing ban on reading
Tensions have risen due to over-crowding and executions
Prison authorities have banned access to books, booklets, pamphlets and anything else in the written word in Karoon
Obama aide tells Israel of Iran attack plan in secret briefing
Al Arabiya with Agencies
President Barack Obama’s national security adviser has briefed Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a
Prominent Ahwazi Arab activist arrested
Habib Helfi, an Ahwazi Arab political activist, was arrested at his home in Hamidiya on July 21st and is being held in
Ahwazi Arab child killed in Ramadan dish clamp-down
A 12 year old Ahwazi Arab girl was killed and four members of her family were severely injured after security
Head of Syrian embassy in Cyprus defects; U.S. steps up support for opposition
with Agencies
The head of the Syrian embassy in Cyprus, Lamia al-Hariri, has defected to Qatar, Al-Arabiya TV reported on
Syria rejects Arab League Assad exit proposal
Damascus says it has chemical and biological weapons but will only use them only against a foreign attack.
JFI Urges EU to Sanction the Responsible Officials for Grave Violation of the Rights of the Arab Minority
In a statement issued today, Justice For Iran urged The European Commission to include all individual and legal
Syria uprising puts Hezbollah on defensive
By The Associated Press
Sidon
On a main road connecting the Lebanese capital with the south, Sheik Ahmad Assir kneels under a blazing sun to pray and then
Iranian torture of Ahwazi prisoners over execution furore
Three Ahwazi political prisoners are being tortured in relation to a pre-execution video appeal to UN Special
Halt the execution of 5 Ahwazi Arab political prisoners
Halt the execution of 5 Ahwazi Arab political prisoners
no: 228
Date: 13 July 2012
To:
UN Human Rights Council
Amnesty international 