Petition Tag - middle east

I learn about this man through members my church who return from military duty in Iraq .,I' am 29 years old caucasian woman who was once marry to high ranking member Kuwaiti Royal family I have seen racism first hand toward African American men and women in State of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates being marry to member Royal family .,we had friends from other Gulf countries and friends who were not members Royal family they would love to speak African American women and men at this parties at dinners I hate it so much that I divorce my husband return United States to my church I was hearing words language this NIGGER's that Nigger special when man /women back turn I have members in my church asking question their is really racism in KuwaitI my responds stories racism,. I'm now trying my best to right wrong I need your help please send your letter's of support following numbers in WASHINGTON Dc, 202-395-6179 & 202-364-2868 Are to Amir of Kuwait- Shaikh Sabah Al Hamad Al Jaber Al Sabah-965-22430559


The White House February19/2011
President Barrack Obama
1600 Pennsylvania Ave,. N.W.
Washington, Dc 20500


Reference: (Father Hood)



Dear Mr. President



I'm American citizen from Louisiana by name Joseph Morris who has been living in State of Kuwait for last (9) years through marriage to Kuwaiti citizen we are now divorce with eight (8) year old son we are very good friends trying to raise son together. Mr. President at time I didn't have knowledge there was so much racism toward African Americans in Kuwait I been trying for last three years to obtain legal resident by sending letters Kuwait Crown Prince Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al Sabah and Shaikh Naser Mohammed Al-Sabah for there approval there have been no responds also problem I don't have contacts (Waster) as its call in Gulf to arrange meeting. Mr. President I have refuse to obtain resident by illegal ways I love my son very much I remember your speech do campaign that African American men have take care there kids Mr. President I'm trying my best problem I need help I cannot live in Kuwait on three month visas can you please assist arrange for me speak with Shaikh Nasser Al Mohammed Al-Ahmad Al Sabah and Shaikh Naser Mohammed Al Sabah to Obtain resident in legal way in State of Kuwait.



Joseph morris

Kuwait Mobile Number: 965-60632557

Saudi Mobile Number: 966-556375415

eMail: abdulazizusa@gmail.com
mardarmors@aol.com

Sincerely,

Joseph Morris less

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Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel

“There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even tacitly take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop.” - Mario Savio, Student Leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, 1964

More than four decades of Israeli military occupation have passed, eviscerating the dream of building a viable, sovereign Palestinian state. 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in segregated, heavily fortified colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in violation of international law. They control most of the territory’s best land and water resources—land and water stolen from Palestinians. In Gaza, 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them refugees and terribly poor, are trapped in the world’s largest “open-air prison.”

Closures, checkpoints and roadblocks, targeted assassinations and settler terrorism, home demolitions, military incursions and arbitrary detentions, an economic blockade and massive “Separation Wall,” razed farm land, olive groves and fruit orchards, poisoned wells and livestock, interminable delays in movement—these measures of collective punishment, colonization and ethnic-racial separation make normal life impossible for Palestinians in the occupied territories.

For all who cherish justice and liberty it is time to unite in the cause of freedom for the Palestinian people and send an unequivocal message of nonviolent resistance to the state of Israel, just as we did to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1980s.

It is time to BOYCOTT Israel and all businesses, academic centers and cultural institutions that support, maintain or benefit from the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

In 2005, over 170 civic organizations representing the breadth of Palestinian society issued a historic joint call to the world:

"We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace...."

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Vermonters for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel

“There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; you can’t even tacitly take part, and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the levers, upon all the apparatus, and you’ve got to make it stop.” - Mario Savio, Student Leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, 1964

More than four decades of Israeli military occupation have passed, eviscerating the dream of building a viable, sovereign Palestinian state. 500,000 Jewish settlers now live in segregated, heavily fortified colonies in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, in violation of international law. They control most of the territory’s best land and water resources—land and water stolen from Palestinians. In Gaza, 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them refugees and terribly poor, are trapped in the world’s largest “open-air prison.”

Closures, checkpoints and roadblocks, targeted assassinations and settler terrorism, home demolitions, military incursions and arbitrary detentions, an economic blockade and massive “Separation Wall,” razed farm land, olive groves and fruit orchards, poisoned wells and livestock, interminable delays in movement—these measures of collective punishment, colonization and ethnic-racial separation make normal life impossible for Palestinians in the occupied territories.

To Vermonters who cherish justice and liberty, who are inspired by the state motto—“Freedom and Unity”—it is time to unite in the cause of freedom for the Palestinian people and send an unequivocal message of nonviolent resistance to the state of Israel, just as we did to South Africa’s Apartheid regime in the 1980s.

It is time to BOYCOTT Israel and all businesses, academic centers and cultural institutions that support, maintain or benefit from the occupation of the Palestinian territories.

In 2005, over 170 civic organizations representing the breadth of Palestinian society issued a historic joint call to the world:

"We, representatives of Palestinian civil society, call upon international civil society organizations and people of conscience all over the world to impose broad boycotts and implement divestment initiatives against Israel similar to those applied to South Africa in the apartheid era. We appeal to you to pressure your respective states to impose embargoes and sanctions against Israel. We also invite conscientious Israelis to support this Call, for the sake of justice and genuine peace...."

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My Game is an organization to spread anime and manga through the middle east, help me get them to open a shop in kuwait.

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Egyptian regime is practicing brutality against Egyptians and Mubarak is intending to bring his son Jamal to the presidency through a fake illusion of elections that will violate the human rights of Egyptians who want to elect a more eligible qualified leader who can save the country and find solutions for the ultimate deterioration of the country caused by the corrupted regime of businessmen.

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Appeal for a nuclear free Middle East

The Middle East is the most militarized area on earth. It is the first in military spending internationally, in GDP percentages. It absorbs almost 30% of the global arms exports. It has been tested by foreign interventions, by war bloodbaths, occupations and human rights violations, first among the last the right of the Palestinian people to their own state within the 1967 borders.

The potential transformation of the Middle East to an area of nuclear rivalry will aggravate the situation dramatically. The threat to the international security will be huge. The risk of nuclear weapons proliferation in the Middle East is greater than anywhere else. The illegal Israeli nuclear arsenal already exists but other states in the region may also succumb to the temptation to obtain nuclear arms in the future.

On the other hand, it must be noted that this issue is used as a pretext for new interventions and war threats. We remember the big lie of the possession of nuclear weapons by Sadam which both Bush and Blair used as an excuse to invade Iraq in 2003. The mushrooming of nuclear plants is another source of worry. The question marks about their security have not been answered, especially in this troubled region, while nuclear waste could well turn the Mediterranean into a dead sea and the neighboring countries into toxic dumping areas.

With all this in mind, we consider the declaration of the Middle East zone free of nuclear and other mass destruction weapons to be of paramount importance. It is a life saving proposal for the region and the whole world; a big step forward in the struggle for the complete elimination of nuclear arms. We ask the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the UN General Assembly and support the convocation of a UN international Conference to achieve this aim.

We call on Israel, the only state in the region which has not become a member of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to do so without delay. There is no excuse for the acquisition of nuclear arms by any country. These weapons do not constitute defensive means and there is no defense against them. The International Court of Hague has declared illegal the threat or use of nuclear weapons in a 1996 advisory opinion.

We the undersigned appeal for a coordinated international citizens’ mobilization, common action of all the peace, antinuclear, environmental and other social organizations. Let us all join the common struggle. For peace and life. So that the Middle East does not become a new Hiroshima. So that a global nuclear holocaust does not originate in this long suffering area.

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The world has looked on aghast as more and more details emerge of the violent attack by the Israeli Government on the unarmed flotilla of boats carrying essential medical supplies to the besieged people of Gaza. Tens of people have been killed and scores more injured.

Those who survived the brutal attack have been illegally imprisoned, without access to legal representatives.

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Unproductive taxpayer-funded elements and noisy rent-a-crowd activists always have time on their hands to organise a 'spontaneous demonstration' to express their 'outrage' and condemn Israel. All the while decent Aussies are working to earn the taxes to support Australia's finest examples of our multicultural welfare state.

So for those good people standing with Israel in this time of need, but too busy to paint banners and go out into the streets, here's a forum to show where our loyalties lie.

Israelis, who are not only Jews but - amongst others - also Christians, Atheists, Moslems, Humanist and Buddhists, live at the razor-sharp edge of the blade which Islamic state-sponsored fascism and world-wide Islamic terrorism holds at the throat of all civilised nations. Let us not forget Israel is the only truly democratic and free nation respecting the rule of law and separation of powers in this part of the world, a lone outpost of Western civilisation.

Those 'peace activists' aboard the vessel 'Marvi Marmara' (which was part of this so-called 'aid convoy') waited with arms at the ready and attacked most viciously the moment Israeli defence force personnel boarded. These elements come from the same school as those firing RPGs from school grounds and shooting their AK47s hidden behind pregnant women pushing prams.

Instead of scolding Israel for defending it's citizens from more terror, our politicians and media should condemn 'Hamas' and their 5th brigade for organising this provocation, which led only to more unnecessary bloodshed, senseless death and suffering.

We intend to hand our 'Letter of Support' with all signatory names to the Embassy of Israel in Australia.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PETITION CLOSES SATURDAY 12 JUNE AT 6PM EASTERN AUSTRALIAN TIME

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On 30th May 2010, under the cover of darkness, the Israeli military hijacked the Free Gaza Movement flotilla in international waters. During this illegal act of what can only be described as piracy, at least 15 international peace activists were killed and scores were wounded.

The ship was carrying tons of desperately needed humanitarian aid for the besieged people of Gaza. The items on board the ships included water purification equipment, cement, generators, prefabricated homes, chocolate, crayons, wheelchairs, crutches, basketballs, and tons of paper to be used by schoolkids.

There was absolutely no need for Israel to attack this ship and murder unarmed peace activists.

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Around 20 activists massacred, dozens injured, as Tel-Aviv Apartheid regime opens fire on Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla on international waters.

Hundreds of unarmed Turkish and Arab civilians, dozens of foreign journalists, European parliament members, British and American nationals, Jewish activists against Israel, 50 women and a one year old baby were in the boats.

A priest and Muslim cleric among the critically wounded by the Israeli gunfire.

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Über die „alten“ Astra-Satelliten mit dem Baujahr 1980-1999 von denen nur noch Astra 1H auf 19.2° im Einsatz ist, kann man problemlos im Nahen Osten (bis zur Levante-Region) mit einer 1.50 - 1.80 Meterschüssel deutsche Programme empfangen.

Dies ist allerdings nur durch Overspill möglich, das heißt, dass das Satellitensignal über die eigentliche Empfangsgrenze hinaus empfangen werden kann. Seit 2006 jedoch hat Astra damit begonnen diese alten Satelliten durch neue zu ersetzen, und wahrscheinlich im Zeitraum 2012-2014 soll nun der letzte alte Satellit (Astra 1H) durch Astra 1N ersetzt werden, der im August 2011 gestartet wurde und vorläufig auf 28.2°Ost stationiert ist.

Was neu ist, ist jedoch nicht immer gut:
Unverständlicherweise hat Astra die Satelliten der neueren Baureihe (Astra 1KR / 1L) so eingestellt, dass ein Overspill-Empfang komplett unmöglich wird, weil nun die Satelliten viel stärker auf Europa fokussieren.
(Mit Ausnahme von Astra 1M)

Einen Mehrwert hat diese Fokussierung jedoch nicht, die neuen Satelliten kann man genau so stark in Europa empfangen wie die der alten Baureihe.

Es wird spekuliert, dass Astra versucht Overspill-Empfang zu unterbinden weil die deutschen TV-Programme auf Astra nur eine Europa-Lizenz, keine aber für den Nahen Osten haben. Dies ist jedoch falsch:
Laut Auskunft mehrerer Fernsehsender werden grundsätzlich Senderechte für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland erworben, (je nach Fernsehsender auch Österreich und Schweiz), eine Versorgung darüber hinaus gilt als Overspill. Ein größeres Versorgungsgebiet bei der Satellitenversorgung ergibt sich durch das konkrete Angebot des Satellitenbetreibers und den technisch bedingten Overspill.
Laut den vorliegenden Informationen entstehen also keine weiteren Kosten bei einer Ausweitung der Ausleuchtzone, weder für Satellitenbetreiber, noch für die TV-Sender!
Der Empfang im Nahen Osten wird des weiteren durch diese Ausnahmen/Gegebenheiten gedeckt:

1. Für Overspillempfang selbst müssen keine Lizenzgebühren bezahlt werden und die letzten 22 Jahre, die die alten Astra-Satelliten mit Overspill in den Nahen Osten sendeten, hatte Astra auch nie lizenzrechtliche Probleme, was auch daran liegt, dass die deutsche Sprache eine Barriere darstellt, die eine Ausstrahlung für den nicht deutschsprachigen Raum unattraktiv macht. Eine weitere Barriere, die lizenzrechtliche Probleme zum Beispiel bei der WM vermeidet, ist, dass sowieso eine Mindestgröße der Satellitenschüssel von 120cm (bezogen auf den Nahen Osten, Türkei und Zypern, bei Astra 1H sogar 180cm) vorausgesetzt wird, und daher für Zuschauer, die sich nicht für deutsches Fernsehen interessieren, unattraktiv macht. Denn wo ist lizenzrechtlich der Unterschied, ob man nun eine 180 cm Schüssel braucht oder 3 Meter Schüssel? Egal wie sehr Astra sich anstrengen wird, die deutschsprachigen Programme via Astra 19.2° vom Ausland abzuschotten, Overspill wird es technisch gesehen immer geben!
   Dies ist der entscheidende Unterschied zum Hotbird-Satelliten, den man im Nahen Osten schon mit einer 90cm Schüssel empfangen kann und außerdem wegen den Ausländischen Programmen sehr verbreitet ist, ganz im Gegensatz zur "deutschen" Astra-Position 19.2° Ost.
   Übrigens befürworten ARD und ZDF Overspill!: "Auch die Fußball-WM 2006 beweist überzeugend, dass herausragende Sportereignisse im free-tv übertragen werden können, ohne dass durch technische Mechanismen ein overspill vermieden werden muss. [..] (Standpunkte von ARD&ZDF zu Overspill und Grundverschlüsselung)


2. Astra hat extra für die Kanarischen Inseln einen „Kanaren-Beam“ eingerichtet, und ist somit auch in Nordafrika verfügbar. In den letzen Jahren wurden auch viele Länder in Osteuropa mit in die Ausleuchtzone genommen, zum Beispiel Weißrussland, Bulgarien, Moldawien, Ukraine, Griechenland, teilweise Russland und sogar sehr weit in das rar besiedelte Nordskandinavien samt Island bzw. in den Balkan. Merkwürdig mag es deshalb anmuten, dass seit 22 Jahren Astra die Insel Zypern nie in ihr Sendegebiet integriert hat, obwohl Zypern mittlerweile zur EU gehört und dort eine große deutschsprachige Gemeinde existiert. Gebietsabschottungen widersprechen außerdem grundlegenden europäischen Prinzipien, vor allem in Bezug auf das EU-Land Zypern! Wenn Astra daher einen „Zypern-Beam“ einrichten würde, wäre damit natürlich unter anderem teilweise auch der Empfang im Nahen Osten gesichert!


3. Auch die Türkei wird für die deutschen Programmanbieter zunehmend interessanter: Denn ähnlich wie auf den Balearen oder den Kanarischen Inseln gibt es dort inzwischen viele deutsche Touristen und Ferienarbeiter, dazu auch zunehmend ein paar Residenten die dort ihren Ruhestand verbringen wollen sowie viele andere, die beruflich in der Türkei tätig sind.



4. Ebenfalls im Nahen Osten, speziell in der Levante-Region (Israel, Palästina, Libanon, Syrien, Jordanien, Ägypten) existiert - nicht zuletzt durch die Anwesenheit von Experten im Bereich der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit - eine nicht zu vernachlässigende Anzahl an deutschsprachigen Familien die bisher durch Astra ihre Heimatsender empfangen können und einen zukünftigen Empfang sehr begrüßen würden.



5. Die emotionale Diskussion rund um die ARD-Abschaltung und die daraus resultierende Wiederaufschaltung auf Hotbird bestätigt die genannten Argumente und das große Interesse Zehntausender Zuschauer in Europa und dem Nahen Osten am Empfang von Astra 19.2° außerhalb der bisherigen Astra-Ausleuchtzone(n) beziehungsweise dass Overspill-Empfang z.B jener von Astra 1H im Nahen Osten und Zypern weiterhin wie bisher möglich wird.



6. Dass es überhaupt kein Problem für Astra ist, in den Nahen Osten zu senden, zeigt der Astra 1M Satellit , der 2009 auf 19.2° positioniert wurde: Über diesen Satellit kann man jetzt schon ein paar deutschsprachige Programme im Nahen Osten bis nach Iran hin empfangen .
   Allerdings hat auch dieser Satellit einen Beam mit an Bord, der ebenfalls sehr auf Europa konzentriert ist, und nur einen Teil der Türkei abdeckt.
   

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ان المواد 76و77و88و الماده 173 من الدستور المصرى و الخاصه بالسلطه القضائيه حيث ان تلك المواد لاتسمح لمشاركة كل المصرين و لا حتى بعض الاحزاب فى الانتخابات و ان الماده 76 تنص على : ينتخب رئيس الجمهورية عن طريق الاقتراع السرى العام المباشر ". ويلزم لقبول الترشيح لرئاسة الجمهورية أن يؤيد المتقدم للترشيح مائتان وخمسون عضوا على الأقل من الأعضاء المنتخبين لمجلسى الشعب والشورى والمجالس الشعبية المحلية للمحافظات ، على ألا يقل عدد المؤيدين عن خمسة وستين من أعضاء مجلس الشعب وخمسة وعشرين من أعضاء مجلس الشورى ، وعشرة أعضاء من كل مجلس شعبى محلى للمحافظة من أربع عشرة محافظة على الأقل . ويزداد عدد المؤيدين للترشيح من أعضاء كل من مجلسى الشعب والشورى ومن أعضاء المجالس الشعبية المحلية للمحافظات بما يعادل نسبة ما يطرأ من زيادة على عدد أعضاء أى من هذه المجالس . وفى جميع الأحوال لا يجوز أن يكون التأييد لأكثر من مرشح ، وينظم القانون الإجراءات الخاصة بذلك كله . ولكل حزب من الأحزاب السياسية التي مضي علي تأسيسها خمسة أعوام متصلة علي الأقل قبل إعلان فتح باب الترشيح، واستمرت طوال هذه المدة في ممارسة نشاطها مع حصول أعضائها في آخر انتخابات علي نسبة(3%) علي الأقل من مجموع مقاعد المنتخبين في مجلسي الشعب والشوري، أو ما يساوي لك فى أحد المجلسين، أن يرشح لرئاسة الجمهورية أحد أعضاء هيئته العليا وفقا لنظامه الأساسي متي مضت علي عضويته في هذه الهيئة سنة متصلة علي الأقل، واستثناء من حكم الفقرة السابقة ، يجوز لكل حزب من الأحزاب السياسية المشارإليها، التي حصل أعضاؤها بالانتخاب على مقعد على الأقل في أى من المجلسين في آخرانتخابات، أن يرشح في أى انتخابات رئاسية تجري خلال عشر سنوات اعتبارا من أول يو 2007 ، أحد أعضاء هيئته العليا وفقا لنظامه الأساسى متى مضت على عضويته في هذه الهيئة سنة متصلة على الأقل. وتقدم طلبات الترشيح إلى لجنة تسمى " لجنة الانتخابات الرئاسية " تتمتع بالاستقلال ، وتشكل من رئيس المحكمة الدستورية العليا رئيسا، وعضوية كل من رئيس محكمة استئناف القاهرة ، وأقدم نواب رئيس المحكمة الدستورية العليا ، واقدم نواب رئيس محكمة النقض ، واقدم نواب رئيس مجلس الدولة ، وخمسة من الشخصيات العامة المشهود لها بالحياد ، يختار ثلاثة منهم مجلس الشعب ويختار الاثنين الآخرين مجلس الشورى وذلك بناء على اقتراح مكتب كل من المجلسين وذلك لمدة خمسة سنوات ، ويحدد القانون من يحل محل رئيس اللجنة أو أى من أعضائها فى حالة وجود مانع لديه .و يضاف الى ذلك لحنة الانتخابات السياسيه غير قانونيه و لا شرعيه و بالتالى يجب الغائها لان القائم عليها هو الحزب الحاكم تعتبر هذه اللجنه غير دستوريه لان الدستور ينص على استقلاليتها
قانون الطوارىء و المادة 48 من الدستور المصرى و غموض كلمتى الامن العام و السلامه العامه

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Recently, a lot of channels started dubbing (adding arabic voice to movies and tv series) instead of subbing. It totally ruins the fun.

Who likes to see will smiths mouth move and Syrian arabic words come out?!

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انطلاقا من مقدمة الدستور اللبناني التي تنص على ما يلي:
أ - لبنان وطن سيد حر مستقل، وطن نهائي لجميع أبنائه، واحد أرضاً وشعباً ومؤسسات في حدوده المنصوص عنها في هذا الدستور والمعترف بها دولياً.
ب - لبنان عربي الهوية والانتماء وهو عضو مؤسس وعامل في جامعة الدول العربية وملتزم مواثيقها، كما هو عضو مؤسس وعامل في منظمة الأمم المتحدة وملتزم مواثيقها والإعلان العالمي لحقوق الإنسان وتجسد الدولة هذه المبادئ في جميع الحقوق والمجالات دون استثناء.
ج - لبنان جمهورية ديمقراطية برلمانية، تقوم على احترام الحريات العامة وفي طليعتها حرية الرأي والمعتقد، وعلى العدالة الاجتماعية والمساواة في الحقوق والواجبات بين جميع المواطنين دون تمايز أو تفضيل.
د - الشعب مصدر السلطات وصاحب السيادة يمارسها عبر المؤسسات الدستورية.

كما ينصّ الدستور في مادتاه السابعة والتاسعة على ما يلي:
- المادة 7
كل اللبنانيين سواء لدى القانون وهم يتمتعون بالسواء بالحقوق المدنية والسياسية ويتحملون الفرائض والواجبات العامة دونما فرق بينهم.
- المادة 9
حرية الاعتقاد مطلقة والدولة بتأديتها فروض الإجلال لله تعالى تحترم جميع
الأديان والمذاهب وتكفل حرية إقامة الشعائر الدينية تحت حمايتها على أن لا يكون
في ذلك إخلال في النظام العام وهي تضمن أيضاً للأهلين على اختلاف مللهم احترام
نظام الأحوال الشخصية والمصالح الدينية.

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اطلاق سراح الكاتبة هبة الشمري

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Houthis or in general Zaidi Shias form about 40 to 45% of the Yemen population. They are a majority in the Northern Yemen province of Sa'ada, bordering with Saudi Arabia. Since 2004, the Yemeni government has launched 5 military campaigns against them. The most recent ongoing assault, (the sixth one), “Operation Scorched Earth” by the Yemeni government started in August 2009.

“Scorched earth” policy according to Wikipedia is “A military strategy which involves destroying anything that might be useful for the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area. Its modern usage includes the destruction of infrastructure such as shelters, transportation, communications and industrial resources. This practice may be carried out in enemy territory or its own home territory”. Similar tactic was used by Israeli Armed Forces on Gaza, when its military destroyed vast portions of Gaza.

The Saudi Arabian Armed Forces also joined the offensive against the Northern Yemen in November 2009, accusing Houthis of attacking one of the Saudi check points near the border. The Houthis deny the allegations by stating that they cannot afford to provoke another army. Saudis have since been attacking them by missiles but also using unconventional chemical weapons such as phosphorus bombs which are banned under the Geneva Convention.

This conflict has resulted in numerous civilian casualties and has displaced thousands of people. The laws of war require the parties in an armed conflict to take all feasible precautions to spare the civilian population and their properties. Aid agencies have been trying to get permission to reach and help all civilians in need of assistance. But security problems and restrictive Yemeni government policies have prevented the agencies from doing so. To make matters worse, Riyadh continues to forcibly return Yemenis who have fled to Saudi Arabia, according to press TV sources.

BACKGROUND:

The Zaidi Shias are a majority in Sa'ada province, have faced many years of repression at the hands of Yemeni government who is trying to impose Wahabi Beliefs on them. This province is one of the poorest in Yemen, which is already facing many economic challenges.

Houthis lost their Zaidi Imamate rule in 1962 in Sa'ada province. In 2004, one of the Zaidi leaders Hussein Badreddin Al-Houthi was killed by the Yemeni Government. The Houthis leader who was against theYemeni government ties with US, was accused of fighting for Shia rights and organizing anti-US protests.
Since 2004 there have been intermittent assaults on the Houthis by the Yemeni Military. In August 2009 the government accused the Houthis of violating a ceasefire by taking foreigners hostage earlier in the year. Yemeni Government used these allegations as a premise for launching this recent war. While the government claims that it is targeting Houthi positions, the Houthi fighters argue that the forces led by Sana'a are engaging in the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians.

There are no clear estimates available about the casualties in the province of Sa'ada since 2004 or in the recent wave of violence as Yemen Government prevents the presence of independent news agencies in the area. According to UN estimates, however, during the past five years, up to 175,000 people have been forced to leave their homes in Sa'ada to take refuge in overcrowded camps set up by the international body. The two governments have also blocked the shipment of humanitarian aid into the under-siege territory.

It is now up to the international community to make concerted efforts to defuse the situation and prevent the further loss of innocent Yemenis in a conflict that seems to have no end in sight. There is a great need for all voices of conscience to rise to the occasion and raise awareness about this humanitarian crisis.

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(For more information on Mrs Ebadi and why she is being targeted by the authorities see the article in Time magazine "Why Iran Is Targeting Nobel Winner Ebadi" : http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1943400,00.html?xid=rss-topstories

For more information on the specific threats and actions taken by the authorities against Mrs Ebadi, her family and colleagues,see Human Rights Watch alert 10 December 2009 : http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/ee4a009d465641b21779aea36c8992d2.htm )

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December 7th, is the National Student Day, named after the day in 1953, 100 days after the CIA engineered coup d’état against the legitimate government of Iranian Prime Minister, late Dr. Mosadegh.

On this ever living day of the Iranian contemporary history, armed forces of Shah invaded campus of Tehran University and fired at peaceful protesting students. Three students were shot dead during the brutal attack.

Since then, Iranian students have religiously commemorated this day in their long and painful struggle for achieving democracy for Iran, and often have been confronted by the authorities.

Since the fraudulent presidential election of June 12th 2009, Iranian universities have staged massive and vocal protests against the illegitimate government of Ahmadi Nejad.

During the last six months, the Police force, Revolutionary Guards and their generously paid militia, Basij, have shot dead a number of innocent people, arrested thousands, invaded hundreds of campuses, dormitories and houses of defiant students.
Numerous impendent academics have been expelled, several reformist newspapers and student newsletters have been banned.

Detained reformists are believed to have been tortured in an attempt to force them into TV "confessions" of a foreign-led plot against the Islamic regime.

Ahmadi Nejad has consciously defied the free will of Iranians and notoriously labeled them as "dust & dirt”.

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United we stand. We do make a difference. We vote for truth, love, and honest reasoning. Current Issues affecting the children and people of Gaza (just to name a few) :

- Water Contamination, Nitrate levels in some areas 300x's the world health organisation's recommended levels!

- A 12yr old child in Gaza average hight and weight the same as an 8yr old child in West Bank.

- the blockading of education materials, text books, essential items of daily living, building materials, this includes being able to rebuild those that were damaged or distroyed during 2009 Assault: 15 of Gaza's 27 Hospitals; 29 Ambulances; 41 Primary health care centers; 280 schools and kindergartens; 11,135 homes; 700 businesses...

- Denial of civil liberties;

- Please if you are from Gaza and feel there is more you would like to be said... (or Palestine\Israel\Somewhere else in the world)... please write me: peace.ambassador@hotmail.com and I will make sure your voice and visions are heard when I send off the petitions and in any meetings with the powers of be...

subtotal of paper signs sofar... 864: Bulgaria 4;Spain 5; Argentina 1; Turkey 156; Finland 1; Canada 9; Korea 19; China 7; Germany3; Ireland1; france19; USA 12; NZ 1; India12; Italy 149; Iraq 2; UK 12; netherlands 2; Greece 150; Slovakia 1; Mexico 1; Brazil 2; Belgium 2; Tunisia 2; Morocco 6; Africa 4; Cyprus 3; Copenhagan 1; Swizeland 3; Slovinia 15; Lebanon 1; Romania 4; Montenegro 1; Syria 2; Malaysia 7; Serbia 1; Albania 2; Poland3; Japan 4; Israel 10; Pakistan 20; Ukraine 1; Afganistan 7; Egypt 20 (+100 who were too scared of Gov); Denmark 2; Sweden 2; Australia 167 + 500 peace love messages (95% from my community here: WESTEND)

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في آذار/مارس 2009 وعدت وزارة العمل اللبنانية بتطبيق العقد الموحد للعاملات الأجنبيات الذي يستلزم الامتثال لمعايير الحماية المنصوص عليها في العقد الجديد قبل منح تصاريح عمل صادرة عن الوزارة -- لا تسمح/ي لهم بعدم تطبيق هذا القانون بفعالية.

وفقا للعقد الجديد لعاملات المنازل الأجنبيات، لا يجوز أن تتخطى ساعات العمل اليومية العشر ساعات، ويحق لهم بثماني ساعات متواصلة من النوم. يتضمن العقد أيضا يوم عطلة أسبوعياً (24 ساعة)، كما يلزم أرباب العمل بدفع الرواتب شهرياً وتقديم دلائل تثبت ذلك وتحوي تواقيع الطرفين.

إذا فشلت وزارة العمل في تنفيذ العقد الموحد الجديد، وتحسين ظروف عمل النساء بحلول نهاية عام 2009، ستستمر ظاهرة وفاة العاملات الأجنبيات في لبنان بظروف غير طبيعية

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با توجه به تهدید آشکاری که از سوی یکی‌ از فرمندهان سپاه پاسداران و معاون ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح، به نام: مسعود جزایری، مبنی بر شناسایی معترضان ومخالفان جمهوری اسلامی که مقیم خارج از ایران هستند و تهدید آنها به برخورد با آنان در زمان مناسب، صورت پذیرفته است و این خبر حتی در سایت خبرگزاری رسمی‌ دولت جمهوری اسلامی "ایرنا" نیز درج گشته، و با در نظر گرفتن سابقه جمهوری اسلامی در انجام اعمال تروریستی علیه اپوزیسیون ایرانی‌ خارج از کشور که قتل دکتر شاپور بختیار، آخرین نخست‌وزیر ایران در زمان رژیم شاه در پاریس، ترور دکتر عبدالرحمن قاسملو، دبیرکل حزب دموکرات کردستان ایران در وین و نیز کشتار دسته‌جمعی چهارتن از سران اپوزیسیون ایران در رستوران میکونوس برلین تنها مثال هایی‌ برای مدعا میباشد.ما امضأ کنندگان، با در نظر گرفتن این تهدید آشکار و نیز رسمی‌، که نه تنها
سران اپوزیسیون بلکه اینبار حتی هنرمندان و دانشجویان و متفکرین را نیز نشانه گرفته, ازهمه دولتهای اتحادیه اروپا میخواهیم

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Excellency Ban Ki Moon,

The Iranian regime is ready to yet commit another crime!! After recent execution of Ehsan, they are now determined to take Shirkoo’s life away.

Bahman Moaarefi known as Shirko, a 30 year old Kurd activist from Banneh (a city of Kurdistan province) has been recognized as Mohareb (god’s enemy) by the Iranian judicial system! He has been charged with propaganda against the regime and fight against the god which in the Islamic regime of Iran is a crime punishable by death.

He was arrested on November 1st, 2007 and has been in detention at Saghez’s intelligence office. Currently he is prohibited from having visitors in detention.

In preparation for his execution, Shirko Moaarefi was transferred to solitary confinement at Saghez central prison. He is one of the Kurd civil activist who was arrested in Saghez last year and was sentenced to death after being interrogated and severely tortured.

He may be taken for execution unannounced, as his lawyer Khalil Bahramian has confirmed the news of Shirko’s transfer to solitary confinement. Based on the unannounced and expeditious execution of Ehsan Fatahyan, the regime might take the same position and execute Shirko in 1-2 days.

We are asking you to please do not remain silent during these critical days as the Islamic regime will not hesitate taking this young activist’s life!

Thank you in advance for all your hard work.

Best Regards,

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Update: September 21, 2010 Trial has been held and the prosecutor has requested the death penalty by execution for Hossein 'Hoder' Derakhshan. The sentencing verdict has not been delivered to the court but the risk is implied. Please sign and forward petition to all contacts. Thank you.

Hossein 'Hoder' Derakhshan is an Iranian-Canadian Blogger, journalist, and internet activist. He has been advocating the use of the internet as a means for social and political reform in Iran.

He is credited with starting the blogging revolution in Iran and is called by many journalists as the father of Persian blogging or the 'Blogfather'. He also helped to promote podcasting in Iran. His weblog, like some other political Persian blogs and websites, has been blocked (or filtered) by the government in Iran, since 2004

On leaving Iran, he was shortly detained and summoned to the Ministry of Intelligence. A few days later he was interrogated by an intelligence official over the content of his blog and was forced to sign an apology before being allowed to leave Iran.

After returning to iran On November 1, 2008, Derakhshan was arrested at his family home in Tehran.
As of late April 2009, the New York Times stated that Derakhshan remained under detention and had not been charged. However, by late October 2009, approaching the one-year anniversary of his arrest, his family began speaking out to Persian and English-language media. His father, Hassan Derakhshan, most notably released an open letter to the new head of the Iranian Judiciary, Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani. asking for more information about his son's detention.

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In order to gain entry to Kuwait and become a resident, one must have received a work permit and a sponsorship offer.

A sponsor (kafeel) is a person or a company that brings workers to Kuwait. In the case where one is fired, they lose their sponsor and therefore have no grounds to stay in the country, and are therefore forced to leave.

Often, aspiring workers are left with no choice but to buy a residency from a residency trader. This disrupts the economy, breaks the cycle, and allows all types of people into our society - not to mention illegal.

Although it is illegal, the system encourages it, therefore we aim to amend this system.

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Against Executions in Iran.

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Please sign our petition to lobby for Mehdi Karroubi to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his outstanding contribution to human rights in Iran.

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On 13 June 2009 it was announced that President Ahmadinejad had won the presidential election. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians were subjected to draconian restrictions by the Iranian authorities of the right to freedom of expression.

Access to the Internet was and continues to be blocked or severely disturbed. Since the announcement of the election results, it is prohibited for Iranian newspapers to publish information about the unrest. Foreign journalists were banned from the streets, and some foreign reporters were expelled from the country.

According to Amnesty International representatives investigations, at least 2277 people were arrested by the police or the Basij militia during and after demonstrations across the country since 12 June 2009. This includes information from those close to well-known political figures such as Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi, and former President Khatami, who supported the campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Even human rights defenders and journalists have been arrested. On 16 June 2009, the lawyer and human rights defenders in detention Abdolfattah Soltani (UA-160/2009 of 19 June 2009). Journalist Saeed Hajjarian, who formerly belonged to the City Council of Tehran, and was advisor to former President Mohammad Khatami, was arrested on 16 June 2009. Since an attack in 2000, he is confined to a wheelchair. He was transferred from Evin prison to hospital on 3rd July 2009 (UA-159/2009 of 18 June 2009). On 24 June 2009 70 university graduates were arrested as they left a meeting with Mir Hossein Mousavi in his office. All but four were later released.

Among the detainees are Dr Ghorban Behzadian, the campaign manager of Mir Hossein Mousavi, and Ardeshir Amir Arjomand, a law professor at the Shahid Beheshti University. Hundreds more people were arrested during the demonstrations against the election results by security forces using excessive force. Many were beaten and killed by authorities. A total of 20 deaths were originally claimed. The actual number of fatalities, however, is far higher.

The journalist Issa Saharkhiz was arrested on 4 July 2009. Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience, held in prison solely for the peaceful exercise of his right to freedom of expression - including his opinion about the presidential elections. Issa Saharkhiz is in danger of being tortured or mistreated in other ways.

The journalist had supported the presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi in the election campaign. He was arrested on the 4th July in northern Iran and taken to an unknown place. Although his family and his lawyer have been trying to get information about the arrest of Issa Saharkhiz and his place of detention, the Iranian authorities failed to provide this information for a considerable time. It is now known He has been held at Evin Prison since July 4, 2009.

Update: Isa Saharkhiz, renowned journalist, was transferred from Evin to Rajai Shahr prison last year after the execution of a number of Kurdish citizens. Rajai Shahr prison is notorious for its inhumane conditions and prison officials are generally indifferent towards the health and well being of prisoners.

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This petition is for the support of Sikh guy Harshdeep Singh Anand from Shimla ( India ) who has lost his job in Abu Dhabi in refusal to cut his hairs ( a unique Sikh identity ). No such condition had been mentioned in his appointment letter and it was known that he was a Sikh with long hair as he was selected for the job after an interview.

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Music that contains vulgar language and sexually explicit lyrics is continually being played at most of the malls and stores in the UAE.

The stores are not allowed to offend customers and desensitize our children by playing this OFFENSIVE music. But they are doing it anyway, and no one is stopping them.

Stores are playing music with the words: B****, mother F*****, slap my a**, ect. This is offensive and should not be permitted by the management of the stores.

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Ashraf residents are protected persons who signed an agreement with the US government according to which the US assumed their protection.

However, the agreement was violated by transferring this responsibility to the Iraqi government. This initiated a humanitarian catastrophe against the residents.

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