]> Siriel-Media - A Citizen-media to oppose policies of mass destruction http://www.siriel.info For world citizens wishing to denounce and inform themselves about policies of mass destruction. Pour les citoyen(ne)s du monde voulant denoncer et s'informer sur les politiques de destruction massive. fr Bateau canadien pour Gaza: les travailleur.euses des postes montent à bord! http://www.siriel.info/node/view/690 <p><b>Envoyez votre courrier &#224; Gaza par le Bateau canadien pour Gaza&nbsp;!</b></p> <p>Le <i>Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des poste</i>&nbsp;(STTP) a fait savoir que l’interruption du service postal &#224; Gaza est une autre mesure abusive prise par Isra&#235;l pour accro&#238;tre la souffrance et les difficult&#233;s v&#233;cues par les citoyens assi&#233;g&#233;s de ce territoire.</p> <p>Le <span class="caps">STTP</span> a invit&#233; les Canadiens &#224; envoyer leur courrier &#224; destination de Gaza via le Bateau canadien pour Gaza. L’&#233;quipe du Bateau canadien pour Gaza invite donc la population &#224; lui faire parvenir des cartes postales avec des messages d’encouragement pour les Gazaouis&nbsp;; L&#8217;article 25 de la quatri&#232;me Convention de Gen&#232;ve garantit le droit &#224; la correspondance personnelle avec les membres de leur famille sous occupation.</p> <p>Faites passer le message, envoyez votre courrier &#224; travers le Bateau canadien pour Gaza&nbsp;!</p> <p><b>Envoyez vos cartes postales &#224; l’intention de la population de Gaza &#224; l’adresse suivante&nbsp;:</b><blockquote>Bateau Canadien pour Gaza, C.P. 92087, Portobello Brossard, Qu&#233;bec, <span class="caps">J4W 3K8</span></blockquote></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Plus d’informations :<br /> St&#233;phan Corriveau / 514 586-6810&#8212;Ehab Lotayef / 514.941.9792</p> <a href="http://canadaboatgaza.org" target="_blank">http://canadaboatgaza.org</a> Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:56:21 -0400 Israël détruit un village bédouin, laissant 300 sans abris - Israeli destroys Bedouin village, leaving 300 homeless http://www.siriel.info/node/view/689 <p><center><img src="http://www.cmaq.net/files/2010-07-27-Bedouin-Israel-BBC.jpg" width="100%"></center><br /> ( Montreal, July 28, 2010 )</p> <p>Extrait : Mardi matin, la police isra&#233;lienne a d&#233;moli le village b&#233;douins Al-Arakib, localis&#233; dans le sud du d&#233;sert Negev, et expulsa ses 300 r&#233;sidents &#8211; dont 200 sont des enfants. [...] environ 1 500 policiers arm&#233;s ont entour&#233;s le village &#224; 4h30 a.m. La police a retir&#233; les biens des villageois dans des conteneurs pr&#232;s &#224; cette utilit&#233; et a proc&#233;d&#233; &#224; la destruction des maisons, des vergers, des bergeries et des oliviers &#224; l&#8217;aide de bulldozers [...]</p> <p>Excerpt : Tuesday morning, Israeli police demolished the Bedouin village Al-Arakib, located in the southern Negev desert, and evicted its 300 residents &#8211; 200 of them children. [...] around 1500 armed police surrounded the village at 4:30 a.m. The police removed the villagers&#8217; belongings into prepared containers, then proceeded to bulldoze the villagers&#8217; homes, sheep pens, fruit orchards and olive groves. [...]</p> Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:50:59 -0400 [Wikileaks] Afghanistan: Nombre de décès - Number of Deaths http://www.siriel.info/node/view/687 Au sujet de / About <a href="http://www.Wikileaks.org" target="_blank">www.Wikileaks.org</a> <p>[FR] Contexte : ce r&#233;seau permet la publication de milliers de rapports militaires et gouvernementaux, en offrant aux r&#233;v&#233;lateur.trices un syst&#232;me Internet hautement s&#233;curis&#233;. Cela choque les gouvernements, mais offre des informations aux citoyen.nes du monde entier.</p> <p>[EN] Context : this network allows the publication of thousands of military and governmental reports, by offering those who reveal them a highly secured Internet system. This shocks governments, but offers information to citizens worldwide.</p> <p><blockquote><b>Leaked files: death toll / nombre de d&#233;c&#232;s</b><br /> The classified reports contain detailed logs of fatalities &#8211; both military and civilian.<br /> [Trad.] Le rapport secret contient un journal d&#233;taill&#233; des d&#233;c&#232;s, tant militaires que civils.</p> <p>Afghanistan expert and author Stephen Grey, who wrote Operation Snakebite, has analysed the data for <em>Channel 4 News</em> and calculated the number of deaths revealed in the report.<br /> [Trad.] Stephen Grey, expert de l&#8217;Afghanistan et auteur (Operation Snakebite), a analys&#233; les donn&#233;es pour <em>Channel 4 News</em> et a calcul&#233; le nombre de d&#233;c&#232;s r&#233;v&#233;l&#233;s dans ce rapport.</p> <ul> <li>Enemy killed [combattants pr&#233;sum&#233;s]: 15,506</li> <li>Civilians killed [personnes civiles]: 4,232</li> <li>Afghan Army (ANA) killed [Arm&#233;e afghane]: 3,819</li> <li>Nato forces killed [Forces de l&#8217;OTAN]: 1,138</blockquote></li> </ul> <p><h2>The &#8216;underreporting&#8217; of civilian deaths by <span class="caps">NATO</span> forces<br /> / Les &#171; sous-reportages &#187; des d&#233;c&#232;s civils caus&#233;s par les forces de l&#8217;OTAN</h2><blockquote>In 2008, a AC-130 &#8220;Spectre&#8221; gunship carried out a ground attack on the village of Azizabad in Herat Province. The target was a Taliban commander. The report at the time said that no civilians had died. It only refers to 30 insurgents killed in action.</p> <p>In fact, according to a UN report, 90 civilians died &#8211; 60 of them children as well as 15 women.</p> <p>[Trad.] En 2008, un h&#233;licopt&#232;re d&#8217;assaut, de type AC-130 &#8216;Spectre&#8217;, a lanc&#233; une offensive sur le village de Azizabad, dans la province d&#8217;Herat. La cible &#233;tait un commandant Taliban. Le rapport ne faisait aucun &#233;tat de d&#233;c&#232;s civils. Il r&#233;f&#233;rait uniquement &#224; la mort au combat de 30 insurg&#233;s.</p> <p>En fait, selon un rapport de l&#8217;ONU, 90 civils furent tu&#233;s, 60 &#233;taient des enfants et 15 des femmes.<br /> __</p> <p>In September 2006, troops taking part in Operation Medusa moved into a large area around Panjwayi, west of Kandahar, and a known Taliban stronghold.</p> <p>A Nato report found that 31 civilians had died &#8211; 20 of them from the same extended family following an airstrike. </p> <p>The leaked documents record 181 civilian deaths.</p> <p>[Trad.] En Septembre 2006, les troupes de l&#8217;Op&#233;ration Medusa se sont plac&#233;es dans un vaste territoire de Panjwayi, &#224; l&#8217;ouest de Khandahar, un ch&#226;teau-fort des Talibans.</p> <p>&#192; la suite d&#8217;un bombardements, le rapport de l&#8217;OTAN a r&#233;v&#233;l&#233; 31 civils tu&#233;s, dont 20 &#233;taient d&#8217;une seule famille &#233;tendue.</p> <p>Les documents secrets rapportent plut&#244;t 181 d&#233;c&#232;s civils.</blockquote></p> <p>Source: <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=31&#38;Itemid=74&#38;jumival=5423">TheREALNews Network</a></p> Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:33:05 -0400 Israel Chokes Gaza Despite Announced Easing http://www.siriel.info/node/view/686 <p>By Mel Frykberg, Inter Press Service, July 15, 2010.</p> <p><span class="caps">RAMALLAH</span>, Jul 15, 2010 (IPS) &#8211; Israel has received international praise for its decision to ease its crippling blockade on Gaza following the country&#8217;s deadly assault on a humanitarian flotilla trying to bring desperately needed humanitarian aid to the coastal territory. But according to the UN and human rights organisations, the easing of the blockade is insufficient in meeting Gaza&#8217;s needs. <a href="http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52161">Read the rest&nbsp;&#187;&#187;</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/icons/Note.gif" border="0" title="" alt="" /> Siriel-Media :<br /> [EN] Easing a blockade has never been a solution, as a society cannot sustain itself solely on humanitarian aid. It was the tragic case for the people of Iraq where countless suffered and died under a stringent blockade allowing only humanitarian aid (See: <a href="http://www.siriel.info/node/view/94"><i>The UN failed the Iraqi people; by former <span class="caps">UN </span>Chief-Denis Halliday</i></a>), and we must demand that the people of Gaza not be submitted to the same fate.</p> <p>[FR] All&#233;ger un blocus n&#8217;a jamais &#233;t&#233; une solution, car une soci&#233;t&#233; ne peut subsister uniquement par l&#8217;aide humanitaire. Ce fut le cas tragique du peuple irakien o&#249; d&#8217;innombrables personnes ont souffert et sont d&#233;c&#233;d&#233;es sous un blocus permettant seulement de l&#8217;aide humanitaire (Voir l&#8217;essai <a href="http://www.siriel.info/node/view/247"><i>Les sanctions &#233;conomiques globales contre l’Irak</i></a>), et nous devons exiger que le peuple de Gaza ne subisse pas le m&#234;me sort.</p> Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:21:46 -0400 [Canada] Support Bill C-300 - Activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking BP or the USA to do more! http://www.siriel.info/node/view/685 <p><table width="192" bgcolor="silver" align="right"><tr><td><img src="http://www.amnesty.ca/images/actioncentre/152_canada_support_billC300.jpg" width="190" alt="You see, sideways, a short-haired latino man crying. He is about 30 years old and is holding his head in his hand."><br /> <small>Photo Credit: Forced eviction leaves Maya Q&#8217;eqchi&#8217; elder homeless in eastern Guatemala. January 2007 Copyright: James Rodriguez/MiMundo</small></td></tr></table>June 17, 2010<br /> Today, international headlines are occupied with the news of the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico– with inevitable comparisons made to the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. </p> <p>What’s less well known is that this amount of oil is spilt every year in Africa&#8217;s Niger Delta* – one of the ten most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems in the world.</p> <p>What&#8217;s worse is that <b>the spill in Nigeria is happening next to people&#8217;s homes and water and food sources</b>, without anywhere near adequate clean up. </p> <p><i>Imagine an environmental activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking British Petroleum or the <span class="caps">US </span>Administration to do more to prevent this kind of environmental disaster</i>.</p> Mon, 21 Jun 2010 00:55:38 -0400 [Palestine: blocus de Gaza - Non collaboration du Québec] Pétition pour l'Assemblée nationale http://www.siriel.info/node/view/681 <p><b><i>Recherche d’une paix durable et f&#233;conde entre les peuples d’Isra&#235;l et de Palestine</i></b><br /> <a href="https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-721/index.html" target="_blank"><b>P&#233;tition, pouvant &#234;tre sign&#233;e en ligne, sur le site de l&#8217;Assembl&#233;e nationale</b></a></p> <p>Nous demandons &#224; l’Assembl&#233;e nationale de :</p> <ul> <li>condamner le raid meurtrier commis contre la flottille humanitaire qui se dirigeait vers Gaza pour all&#233;ger les souffrances de la population civile;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>demander la fin imm&#233;diate du blocus &#233;conomique de Gaza;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>interdire &#224; la trentaine d&#8217;entreprises qui fabriquent du mat&#233;riel militaire au Qu&#233;bec d’exporter vers Isra&#235;l;</li> </ul> <ul> <li>suspendre l’Entente de coop&#233;ration &#233;conomique entre le Qu&#233;bec et Isra&#235;l pour faire pression sur l’&#201;tat d’Isra&#235;l et appuyer la campagne internationale de boycott, de d&#233;sinvestissement et de sanctions &#233;conomiques, notamment par le retrait des vins et spiritueux en provenance d’Isra&#235;l des tablettes de la <span class="caps">SAQ</span>. <a href="https://www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-votre-opinion/petition/Petition-721/index.html" target="_blank"><b>&#187;&#187;&#187;</b></a></li> </ul> <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/icons/Note.gif" border="0" title="" alt="" /> Mise dans la section Urgent-Pr&#233;vention du Siriel-M&#233;dia vu l&#8217;urgence de mettre fin au blocus inhumain de Gaza. Notons que, dans cette p&#233;tition, l&#8217;expression &#171; blocus &#233;conomique &#187; n&#8217;&#233;tait pas n&#233;cessaire&nbsp;: ce blocus classique n&#8217;est pas qu&#8217;&#233;conomique, il est aussi culturel, humain, etc.</p> Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:10:02 -0400 À Québec : En hommage à la Flottille de la liberté - Brisons le blocus de Gaza (4 juin 2010) http://www.siriel.info/2010-06-Flottille <p><div align="center"><a href="http://drop.io/coalitionpaix" target="_blank" title="ouvrir les autres photos"><img src="http://drop.io/download/public/auftbjaa8qmmg7k7o0wf/45f27173514d98290758760f38a35467535a8874/Asset/34466230/v3/large_thumbnail" width="350" alt="On voit, au haut, une banderole noir Lib&#233;rons Gaza! sur une grille tapiss&#233;e de fleurs et des gens derri&#232;re la grille" /><img src="http://drop.io/download/public/auftbjaa8qmmg7k7o0wf/2bb48438b6ff92c88f7fd5d8ec7c2e4b0f217af8/Asset/34466189/v3/large_thumbnail" width="350" alt="la foule derri&#232;re la grille tente de sortir, mais elle est bloqu&#233;e par deux acteurs-militaires. Un homme brandi une rose. On voit aussi deux pancartes de t&#234;tes de mort bleues aux allures de drapeau d'Isra&#235;l. Les gens sont souriants vu qu'il s'agit d'une action th&#233;&#226;trale." /></p> <p>Plus de photos ici &#187;&#187;</a></div></p> <p>Dans la suite ci-dessous&#8230;</p> <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/icons/GreenBall.gif" border="0" title="" alt="" /> <b>Propos-discours tenus lors de l&#8217;action</b></p> <p>Extrait : <i>Notre r&#244;le humain ici est de rappeler qu’Isra&#235;l et l’&#201;gypte ont appliqu&#233; un blocus inhumain &#224; l’ensemble de la population civile de Gaza pendant maintenant trois ann&#233;es</i></p> <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/icons/GreenBall.gif" border="0" title="" alt="" /> <b>L&#8217;annonce-invitation originale</b></p> Sun, 06 Jun 2010 19:39:17 -0400 Free Gaza Movement - MISE À JOUR - NEWS UPDATE http://www.siriel.info/node/view/679 <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/flags/f-fr.gif" border="0" title="Francais ou France [Guyane/Guiana Fr. & Is. Reunion]" alt="Francais ou France [Guyane/Guiana Fr. & Is. Reunion]" /> <b>R&#233;sum&#233;</b> du cmaq.net (Indymedia-Quebec) : Non seulement le Conseil de s&#233;curit&#233; des Nations unies demande une enqu&#234;te impartiale, elle d&#233;clare que le blocus impos&#233; par Isra&#235;l pendant trois ann&#233;es maintenant a s&#233;v&#232;rement limit&#233; la distribution d&#8217;aide aux 1.5&nbsp;million de r&#233;sidant-es de Gaza.</p> <p>Extrait : Hier, des avocats isra&#233;liens ont d&#233;pos&#233; deux demandes d&#8217;<i>habeas</i>&nbsp;: le premier exige que les passagers et les navires soient lib&#233;r&#233;s &#233;tant donn&#233; qu&#8217;il &#233;tait ill&#233;gal de les arr&#234;ter en eaux internationaux.&nbsp; Le deuxi&#232;me exige des informations sur l&#8217;ensemble des passagers, &#233;tant donn&#233; qu&#8217;il y a une censure totale sur l&#8217;emplacement des passagers et lesquels sont bless&#233;s et lesquels furent assassin&#233;s.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freegaza.org/fr/accueil/56-news/1194-update-on-israeli-attack-on-humanitarian-boats">Le communiqu&#233; original est ici sur freegaza.org&nbsp;&#187;&#187;</a></p> <p><img src="http://www.siriel.info/misc/flags/f-gs.gif" border="0" title="English: United Kingdom/Great Britain [S. Georgia & Sandwich Is]" alt="English: United Kingdom/Great Britain [S. Georgia & Sandwich Is]" /> <b>Summary</b> from the cmaq.net (Indymedia-Quebec) : The <span class="caps">UN </span>Security Council not only calls for an investigation, but also calls for the unimpeded provision and distribution of assistance to Gaza&#8217;s 1.5&nbsp;million residents and declares that the flow of aid has been severely hampered by Israel&#8217;s three-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.</p> <p>Excerpt : Yesterday, Israeli-licensed attorneys filed two habeas briefs: one is asking for to release the passengers and the boats, so we can continue on our way to Gaza, since it was illegal to stop us in international waters. The other one is asking for information on all of the passengers, because there has been a total blackout on where the passengers are, who was wounded and who was murdered.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freegaza.org/en/home/56-news/1194-update-on-israeli-attack-on-humanitarian-boats">The original release is here on freegaza.org&nbsp;>></a></p> Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:38:04 -0400 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza - news summary and videos http://www.siriel.info/node/view/678 <p>[ <span class="caps">NEWS SUMMARY </span>] <a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11305.shtml" target="_blank">This editorial from the Electronic Intifada</a> <b>gives a good summary of what&#8217;s known so far in regards to the deadly attack inflicted by Israeli forces on the Freedom Flotilla</b>. There is a lot that isn&#8217;t known, since Israel has not released basic information such as: Names of the dead and injured. -Racheli Gai (Jewish Peace News).</p> <p>[ <span class="caps">ARTICLE </span>] <a href="http://communities.canada.com/shareit/blogs/reality/archive/2010/05/31/more-than-10-dead-as-israeli-navy-storms-gaza-aid-ship.aspx" target="_blank"><b><i>Israeli attack on Gaza ship violates International Law</i></b></a></p> &#8211; Paul Jay, <span class="caps">CEO</span> and Senior Editor of The Real News Network. He is an award-winning filmmaker, founder of Hot Docs! International Film Festival and was for ten years the Executive Producer of the <span class="caps">CBC </span>Newsworld show counterSpin. <p><a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=33&#38;Itemid=74&#38;jumival=563" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.cmaq.net/themes/goofy/images/imc_video.gif"> <b><span class="caps">VIDEO NEWS REPORTS</span> suggested by TheREALnews Network</b></a></p> Mon, 31 May 2010 18:12:47 -0400 [Oaxaca, San Juan Copala 05-2010] Nouveaux meurtres répressifs - More repressive murders http://www.siriel.info/node/view/676 <p>(fr) <img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/jpg/JyriJaakkola.jpg" align="right" height="100"><img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/jpg/BetyCarino.jpg" align="right" height="100"><b>Contexte &#8211; rappel</b> : D&#233;j&#224; le 27 avril, un convoi humanitaire de militants et d’observateurs internationaux des droits humains a &#233;t&#233; assi&#233;g&#233; et pris dans une embuscade par un groupe de paramilitaires sur le chemin de la communaut&#233; de San Juan Copala. L’attentat a tu&#233; Jyri Jaakkola (33 ans), militant finlandais des droits humains, et Bety Cari&#241;o (37 ans), militante mexicaine en soutien aux groupes de femmes communautaires et aux radios libres.</p> <p><h3><i>Assassinat du leader de la Municipalit&#233; autonome de San Juan Copala, Timoteo Alejandro Ram&#237;rez et de sa conjointe Cleriberta Castro</i></h3></p> <p><img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/arton7284.jpg" align="left" style="padding:10px;"><b>Nous, Municipalit&#233; autonome de San Juan Copala, d&#233;non&#231;ons &#233;nergiquement l’ASSASSINAT du principal dirigeant de cette commune, le compa&#241;ero Timoteo Alejandro Ram&#237;rez (&#226;g&#233; de 44 ans) et de son &#233;pouse Cleriberta Castro (&#226;g&#233;e de 35 ans)</b>. Ces faits d&#233;plorables sont survenus dans la communaut&#233; de Yosoyuxi, appartenant &#224; notre Municipalit&#233; autonome. Selon les d&#233;clarations de quelques t&#233;moins, un camion de trois tonnes, sans aucune marque d’identification, qui apparemment livrait de la marchandise, s’est arr&#234;t&#233; devant la boutique que les compa&#241;eros assassin&#233;s avaient &#224; leur domicile. De ce camion est descendu un commando arm&#233; qui a ex&#233;cut&#233; les victimes. Ce commando &#233;tait compos&#233; de quatre personnes <span class="caps">NON TRIQUI</span>. La Municipalit&#233; autonome rend responsable de ce crime le Mouvement d’unification et de lutte Triqui (MULT). <a href="http://www.cmaq.net/fr/node/41687">Read the rest&nbsp;&#187;&#187;</a><br /> <hr /></p> <p>(en) <img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/jpg/JyriJaakkola.jpg" align="right" height="100"><img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/jpg/BetyCarino.jpg" align="right" height="100"><b>Context </b> : Already on the 27th of April 2010, a humanitarian and human rights convoy of international observers, who was heading to the San Juan Copala community, was ambushed by a paramilitary group. The attack killed Jyri Jaakkola (33 years old), a Finnish human rights activist and Bety Cari&#241;o (37 years old), a Mexican activist supporting women community groups and free radios. </p> <p><h3><i>Murder of the leader of the Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala, Timoteo Alejandro Ramirez and his wife Cleriberta Castro</i></h3></p> <p><img src="http://rebellyon.info/IMG/arton7284.jpg" align="left" style="padding:10px;">The Autonomous Municipality of San Juan Copala emphatically denounces <b>the <span class="caps">MURDER</span> of our top leader, Timoteo Alejandro Ram&#237;rez (44 years old) and his wife Cleriberta Castro (35 years old)</b>. The deplorable deed took place in the Yosoyuxi community, which is part of the Autonomous Municipality. According to witnesses’ statements, an unmarked three-ton truck that was apparently delivering merchandise stopped outside the store where the slain comrades live. An armed commando got out of the truck and executed the victims. This commando was made up of four <span class="caps">NON</span>-Triqui individuals. The Autonomous Municipality holds the Movement for Triqui Unification and Struggle (MULT) responsible for the crime. <a href="http://www.cmaq.net/en/node/41689">Read the rest&nbsp;&#187;&#187;</a></p> Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:46:46 -0400 Interview with the man that "shoed" George W. Bush in Iraq http://www.siriel.info/node/view/675 <p><center><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P9NIMf5kAUM&#38;hl=fr_FR&#38;fs=1&#38;rel=0&#38;border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P9NIMf5kAUM&#38;hl=fr_FR&#38;fs=1&#38;rel=0&#38;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object></center></p> <p>Muntadhar al-Zaidi (Arabic: &#1605;&#1606;&#1578;&#1592;&#1585; &#1575;&#1604;&#1586;&#1610;&#1583;&#1610;&#8206; Munta&#7827;ar az-Zayd&#299;) was an Iraqi broadcast journalist who served as a correspondent for Iraqi-owned Al-Baghdadia TV. Al-Zaidi&#8217;s reports often focused on the plight of widows, orphans, and children in the Iraq War. </p> <p>On November 16, 2007, al-Zaidi was kidnapped by unknown assailants in Baghdad. He was also previously twice arrested by the United States armed forces. </p> <p><b>On December 14, 2008, al-Zaidi shouted &#8220;this is for the widows and orphans&#8221; and threw his shoes at then-US president George W. Bush during a Baghdad press conference</b>.</p> <p>Al-Zaidi suffered injuries as he was taken into custody and <b>was tortured during his initial detention</b>.</p> <p>There were calls throughout the Middle East to place the shoes in an Iraqi museum, but the shoes were later destroyed by American and Iraqi security forces.</p> <p>Al-Zaidi&#8217;s shoeing inspired many similar incidents of political protest around the world. On February 20, 2009, al-Zaidi received a 90-minute trial by the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. On March 12, 2009, he was sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting a foreign head of state during an official visit. On April 7 the sentence was reduced to one year from three years. He was released on 15 September 2009 for good behaviour, after serving nine months of the sentence.</p> Mon, 24 May 2010 16:50:46 -0400 Members of Swedish Parliament demand security for Ship to Gaza http://www.siriel.info/node/view/674 <p>Press release 20 May 2010</p> <p>On Wednesday, Hel&#233;n Pettersson, Social Democratic member of the Swedish Parliament, submitted a written inquiry to Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, asking what measures the government intends to take in order to protect Ship to Gaza’s peaceful, lawful, humanitarian initiative. The reason for the inquiry is that Ship to Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla—the coalition in which the Swedish initiative will be included— has been threatened with military resistance from Israeli authorities and private individuals. The following is Petterson’s inquiry in its entirety:</p> <blockquote> <p>“One and a half million Palestinians are living in isolation on the Gaza Strip, in pure misery. There is a shortage of food, medicine and other necessities, such as building materials to repair homes, schools and other buildings which were destroyed by the bombings during the war around Christmas in 2008. In order to address the situation, Ship to Gaza is planning to take the sea route to Gaza, bringing medicine, desalination plants, cement, etc. in order to help the people in need. Ship to Gaza is a politically and religiously independent, non-profit organization that is working to promote increased respect for human rights and general international law. Israel’s government has now threatened to stop Ship to Gaza and to use force if necessary. Does the Foreign Minister intend to protect this humanitarian initiative?”</p> </blockquote> Thu, 20 May 2010 22:31:47 -0400 Lettre à Postes Canada sur le timbre conjoint avec Israël http://www.siriel.info/node/view/673 <p>De: <b>Denis Lemelin, Pr&#233;sident national du <i>Syndicat des travailleurs et travailleuses des postes</i> (STTP)</b></p> <p>&#192; : Moya Greene, Pr&#233;sidente-directrice g&#233;n&#233;rale, Soci&#233;t&#233; canadienne des postes</p> <p>Je vous &#233;cris parce que Postes Canada s’appr&#234;te &#224; &#233;mettre un timbre conjoint avec Isra&#235;l.</p> <p>Dans un article paru r&#233;cemment dans le magazine En d&#233;tail, on indique que Postes Canada &#233;mettra un timbre pour c&#233;l&#233;brer la solide relation bilat&#233;rale qu’entretient le Canada avec Isra&#235;l : une amiti&#233; vieille de soixante ans empreinte de valeurs partag&#233;es, d’int&#233;r&#234;ts communs et de solides liens politiques, &#233;conomiques, culturels et sociaux.</p> <p>Le <span class="caps">STTP</span> se r&#233;jouit de voir que Postes Canada met de l’avant des avenues nouvelles et novatrices pour vendre des timbres, mais le fait que la Soci&#233;t&#233; lance un timbre conjoint avec Isra&#235;l sur la base de &#171; valeurs partag&#233;es &#187; soul&#232;ve des pr&#233;occupations.</p> <p>Le <span class="caps">STTP</span> reconna&#238;t qu’Isra&#235;l est une d&#233;mocratie et qu’il a adopt&#233; des mesures pour mettre fin &#224; la discrimination &#224; l’endroit de sa population gay et lesbienne. Toutefois, le concept de valeurs communes avec un pays qui fait fi de fa&#231;on syst&#233;matique des d&#233;cisions rendues par les Nations Unies et les tribunaux internationaux relativement &#224; l’occupation de Gaza et de la Cisjordanie nous laisse perplexes. <a href="http://www.tadamon.ca/post/6363"><b>Lire la suite sur Tadamon.ca&nbsp;&#187;&#187;</b></a></p> Fri, 07 May 2010 16:45:11 -0400 Palestinian teens killed as tensions rise (theREALnews Network) http://www.siriel.info/node/view/671 <p><center><object width="660" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0MgT7QQE8&#38;hl=fr_FR&#38;fs=1&#38;rel=0&#38;hd=1&#38;border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/vV0MgT7QQE8&#38;hl=fr_FR&#38;fs=1&#38;rel=0&#38;hd=1&#38;border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="660" height="405"></embed></object></center></p> <p>Four teenagers in the West Bank villages of Iraq Burin and Awarta were killed this weekend by Israeli soldiers. Initially the army denied the use of live ammunition but an X-ray of an M-16 bullet lodged in the skull of one of the killed disproved the claim. In the second incident, where Israeli soldiers detained two teenage farmers, the army claimed the Palestinians were shot (one with five bullets and the other with at least two) because they attempted to attack a soldier with pitchforks, knives, or axes. The Real News&#8217; Lia Tarachansky spoke to Edo Medicks and Jesse Rosenfeld of The Daily Nuisance. Rosenfeld and Medicks attended the funerals at Iraq Burin when the shooting in Awarta took place and investigated what actually took place.</p> <p>Source: <a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&#38;task=view&#38;id=31&#38;Itemid=74&#38;jumival=4952">theREALnews Network</a>, March 24, 2010.</p> Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:30:49 -0400 Support Russian Activists Calling for their Constitutional Rights (Strategy 31) http://www.siriel.info/node/view/670 <p><img src="http://actions.humanrightsfirst.org/images/L-Alexeyeva-210x240%281%29.jpg" align="right">On March 31, 2010, hundreds of protesters are expected to gather in Moscow and other Russian cities to exercise their Constitutional right to freedom of assembly. Previous protests have been broken up and obstructed by the authorities, and numerous human rights defenders and activist have been detained.</p> <p><span class="caps">TAKE ACTION NOW</span> to urge Russian President Dmitri Medvedev to grant peaceful protesters the rights guaranteed to them by Article 31 of the Russian Constitution and by binding international human rights treaties.</p> <p><a href="http://actions.humanrightsfirst.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1455" target="_blank">Click Here to Take Action &#187;&#187;</a> (on line message-action from <i>Human Rights First</i>)</p> <p>Human rights defenders and opposition political activists have formed a coalition in Russia to defend basic political rights that have been under attack for years. The <b>Strategy&nbsp;31</b> protests are organized on the 31st day of every month that has 31 days, with the next one scheduled to take place on March 31st. <b>They take their name from Article 31 of the Russian Constitution, which upholds freedom of peaceful assembly</b>.</p> Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:43:27 -0400