Palestine: ‘Hares Boys’ Sentenced to 15 Years After Families Pay Fines

January 29, 2016

Photo Credit: Free the Hares Boys Facebook page

After a nearly three-year long battle in Israeli military courts, five Palestinian teens from the occupied West Bank village of Hares accused of manslaughter after reportedly throwing stones were on Thursday issued sentences of 15 years, a prisoners’ rights group said. (more…)

An Urgent Appeal in Defense of a Palestinian Journalist Who is on the Verge of Death

By Carlos Aznárez on January 30, 2016

The wife and the son of Muhammad Al-Qiq calling for his freedom

Remember his name; Muhammad Al-Qiq. He is 33 years old and is dying in prison following a hunger strike. He is a journalist in Palestine, a territory occupied and carved by the violence of the Israeli invaders in 1948. (more…)

Why the U.S. Anti-terror Coalition is Failing

Jan 21, 2016

There was an underwhelming sense when Pentagon boss Ashton Carter met this week in Paris with other members of the US-led military coalition supposedly fighting the ISIL terror group. (more…)

Madaya, the Humanitarian Complex and Western Powers’ Selective Outrage

January 16, 2016

Mainstream media have reached a new low this January as they purposely manipulated human suffering – engineered human suffering I need to add – to serve very political agenda. (more…)

Majority of Jerusalem Palestinians Detained in 2015 Were Minors

January 10, 2016

Israeli forces detained more than 1,900 Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem in 2015, the majority of whom were minors, a prisoners’ rights group said on Sunday. (more…)

Pakistan Dispatches Ship Carrying 15,000 Tons Rice to Cuba

January 16, 2016

Pakistan on Saturday dispatched a ship carrying around 15,000 tons rice to Cuba as gratitude for Cuban support to Pakistan after 2005 earthquake. (more…)

Execution of Nimr al-Nimr, Saudi Arabia and Iran: Religious or Political Conflicts?

By Salah Lamrani on January 8, 2016

“Since our birth, we are subjected to oppression, intimidation, persecution and terror, so that even the walls frightened us. Even the walls! Is there anybody who has not suffered injustice and oppression in this country? (more…)

Media Quiet as Saudi-led Coalition Bombs Center for the Blind in Yemen

You’d hardly know it from the media, but a U.S.-backed coalition is pummeling the poorest Middle Eastern country

By Ben Norton on January 9, 2016

Centers for the blind can now be added to the list of civilian areas bombed by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen — along with wedding halls, hospitals, residential neighborhoods and humanitarian aid warehouses. (more…)