18th March 2016 Written by: Vanessa Beeley The following is the transcript of the intervention in UNHRC council given by Yousra Alharazi of Arabian Rights Watch Coalition: Arabian Rights Watch Association (ARWA) About Us Arabian Rights Watch Association (ARWA) is a nonprofit, nongovernmental human rights organization based in the District of Columbia and is comprised…
16th March 2016 The following are a selection of short videos used during our presentations during the 31st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva 2016. I was working with http://www.arwarights.org and http://www.shebarights.org to present the case against the Saudi-led coalition, for war crimes and grave human rights violations against the people of Yemen…
9th March 2016 A report from inside Aleppo. Source’s identity is withheld for their own protection. “The best thing outside powers can do in the interest of peace is to include civil society groups in future negotiations, listen to what they have to say, and refrain from imposing top-down solutions that ignore the Syrian people”.…
5th March 2016 Rick Sterling 21st Century Wire A 30 page investigative report on the “Caesar Torture Photos” has been released and is available online here. The following is a condensed version of the report. Readers who are especially interested are advised to get the full report which includes additional details, photographs, sources and recommendations.…
5th March 2016 Short update from inside Aleppo. Thank you to all these people who have kept the truth flowing from inside Syria… “On the 2nd of March, we thought that the ceasefire is over. Heavy clashes started mid day in Aleppo city and didn’t end till evening. First the government held sides had…
2nd March 2016 The following is an update from a friend inside Aleppo, it is unedited and their identity is withheld for their own security. – Ceasefire agreement: Aleppo city is much more calmer since the beginning of the agreement, beside some violations took place the first hours of the agreement, and yesterday at 21:50,…
1st March 2016 Rev. Andrew Ashdown 21st Century Wire “Syria’s triumph over terrorism and maintaining the secular identity of Syria is what will bring back a good relationship with Europe. It will also solve the problem of refugees and it will restore peace. Nothing can be achieved without getting rid of terrorism.” ~ Dr Ali…
28th February 2016 Heading to Geneva. The UN Human Rights Commission to present the case against the Saudi-led coalition for the use of illegal Cluster Bombs in Yemen’s densely populated civilian areas. A short statement written to accompany a harrowing video depicting the suffering of the Yemeni people that is being largely ignored by the…
Originally posted on Mideast Shuffle:
In January, I was interviewed by the conservative Iranian publication Javan about the shifting balance of power in the Levant and Persian Gulf. We looked at Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Russia and the many moving parts of US foreign policy. The interview was published today, one month later, in Farsi here. I must note that…
27th February 2016 Rev. Andrew Ashdown 21st Century News ” ‘Freedom?’ I hate the word ‘Freedom’. ‘Freedom’ to me means guns and bullets, suicide bombings and killings. I have deleted the word from my vocabulary. Don’t talk to me about ‘freedom’. We had peace before they brought us ‘freedom’.” I was sitting in an old…
The Wall Will Fall 