theREALnews Network, Dec. 7, 2011.
Jihan Hafiz reports that protesters in Cairo vow to continue even as recent elections reduced their numbers

Siriel-Média summary :

A quality video news report presenting who are the human beings currently (dec. 2011) at the Tahir Square in Egypt for this second phase of the popular uprising.  We discover the faces and stories of people there.

(fr) Un vidéo-reportage de qualité présentant qui sont les êtres humains actuellement (déc. 2011) sur la Place Tahir en Égypte pour cette deuxième phase de la révolte populaire.  On y découvre les visages et les histoires de personnes qui s’y trouvent. (des sous-titres anglais aident à comprendre)

— by Karlos Zurutuza, Inter Press Service

TRIPOLI, Nov 5, 2011 (IPS) – “We’ve walked all the way here to tell everybody that we are being treated like dogs,” said 23-year old Hamuda Bubakar, among a couple of hundred black refugees protesting at Martyrs Square in Tripoli.  “I’d rather be killed here. I wouldn’t be the first, or the last.”

The refugees came to protest early this week from the barracks of Tarik Matar, a makeshift camp on the outskirts of Tripoli.  “We’ve already spent more than two months in those horrible barracks,” said Aisha who preferred not to give her full name.

A few days back, she said, “guerrilla fighters from Misrata (90 kilometres east of Tripoli) entered our place and took seven young guys with them.  We still know nothing about them.” Several women at the camp have been abducted and raped in recent weeks, she said.

“Raise your head, you’re a free Libyan”, the group chanted before a stage set up for the recent celebrations.  That’s the very slogan that became almost an anthem for the rebels who rose against Gaddafi. Read the article »»

October 30, 2011

Jihan Hafiz reports on mass protest demanding accountability for crimes against prisoners.

Source : TheREALnews Network

[ Siriel-Media note : we are sharing this report as it shows a more “people perspective” of the current situation, about the revolution, instead of an external analysis.]

( Traduction ) En Égypte, face à la répression de la manifestation chrétienne, où des véhicules blindés ont foncé sur les gens, des musulman.es les ont rejoints solidairement pour dénoncer ensemble la dictature militaire. (résumé libre par Mic du CMAQ.net)

Egyptians Chant “Muslims Christians Are One” as Military Viciously Attacks Protest

TRNN Report: Angry protesters call for overthrow of the Egyptian military regime as many are killed by Army

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Very good news report on the current situation after the fall of Kadhafi in Libya. The transitional representatives make very important statements that we find reassuring. This report interviews both these representatives and people on the streets.

Homes, churches, schools, and crops all destroyed as the post-coup government continues to side with wealthy plantation owners over the country’s organized farmers.

Les maisons, les églises, les écoles et les produits agricoles ont été détruits par le gouvernement instauré par un coup d’État. Ce dernier continue d’appuyer les riches propriétaires terriens plutôt que les agriculteurs organisés du pays.

Wikipedia (French version) :

June 28, 2009, a military coup ousted president Manuel Zelaya and expelled him from Honduras. Popular protests occurred across the country. On elections held November 29, 2009, “organized” by the dictatorship [...] The main international and national organizations refused to send observers and to recognize these elections. Many journalists were murdered.

Le 28 juin 2009, un coup d’État militaire renverse le président Manuel Zelaya et l’expulse du Honduras. Le pays connaît ensuite d’importantes mobilisations populaires. Aux élections du 29 novembre 2009, “organisées” par la dictature [...] Les principales organisations internationales et du pays ont refusé d’envoyer des observateurs et de reconnaitre ces élections. Plusieurs journalistes ont été assassinés.

On the night of July 11th the Israeli parliament passed the controversial anti-boycott law. The law was written in response to the mounting global movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (or BDS) against Israel and profits from its settlements and industry in the occupied West Bank. The Boycott movement began as a mass Palestinian civil society call, and has been supported from the beginning by some Israelis. The new law bans them from publicly calling for a boycott, classifying it a civil wrong. To understand the politics behind the vote, The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky spoke with Noam Sheizaf, a journalist with the +972 Magazine, and caught up with MK Dov Khenin during a protest in Jerusalem. This week anonymous activists announced a week of direct actions, known as Rage Week. Also this week the Israeli parliament will decide whether to investigate human rights groups who work against the occupation.

Siriel-Media note : very interesting as we hear Israelis who support the democratic rights of both Israelis and Palestinians. / très intéressant car on y entend des Israélien.nes qui défendent les droits démocratiques autant des Israélien.nes que des Palestinien.nes.

Vidéo report from TheREALnews Network, based on a radio report by the Free Speech Radio News.

Transcript – DANNY WOOD, FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS:

A report released today by Human Rights Watch says there are grounds for President Barack Obama to order criminal investigations of former president George W. Bush, vice president Dick Cheney, defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and CIA director George Tenet for ordering the use of torture, secret detention facilities, and rendition of detainees.  For more on this report, called “Getting Away with Torture: The Bush Administration and Mistreatment of Detainees”, we turn to Andrea Prasow, senior counterterrorism counsel for Human Rights Watch.  Welcome to Free Speech Radio News.

By Begoña Astigarraga, Inter Press Service, July 12, 2011.

ATHENS, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – The French vessel Dignité-Al Karama is the only boat from the Freedom Flotilla II actually sailing for Gaza in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. At the same time, six Spanish members of the humanitarian aid mission went on hunger strike in the Greek capital. Read this article

Palestinians coordinate a historic demonstration.  Protests at the Lebanese, Syrian, West Bank, and Gazan borders and inside Egypt took place. Many died as a result of live fire, and hundreds were injured both from Israeli forces and others such as the Egyptian and Lebanese armies.

The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky summarizes the historic day in which refugees succeeded in breaking through the Syrian border and reuniting with Palestinians in the Golan Heights.