Israël détruit un village bédouin, laissant 300 sans abris - Israeli destroys Bedouin village, leaving 300 homeless

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Aug 1 - 6:57pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | •Crime a. humanity ]

( Montreal, July 28, 2010 )

Extrait : Mardi matin, la police israélienne a démoli le village bédouins Al-Arakib, localisé dans le sud du désert Negev, et expulsa ses 300 résidents – dont 200 sont des enfants. [...] environ 1 500 policiers armés ont entourés le village à 4h30 a.m. La police a retiré les biens des villageois dans des conteneurs près à cette utilité et a procédé à la destruction des maisons, des vergers, des bergeries et des oliviers à l’aide de bulldozers [...]

Excerpt : Tuesday morning, Israeli police demolished the Bedouin village Al-Arakib, located in the southern Negev desert, and evicted its 300 residents – 200 of them children. [...] around 1500 armed police surrounded the village at 4:30 a.m. The police removed the villagers’ belongings into prepared containers, then proceeded to bulldoze the villagers’ homes, sheep pens, fruit orchards and olive groves. [...]

 [Canada] Support Bill C-300 - Activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking BP or the USA to do more!

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Jun 21 - 12:51am 

   [Themes:  | Canada & Quebec | El Salvador | Guatemala | Niger | USA | •Activ. & Actions | •Democracy | ::Justice & Human Rights:: ]

Photo Credit: Forced eviction leaves Maya Q’eqchi’ elder homeless in eastern Guatemala. January 2007 Copyright: James Rodriguez/MiMundo

June 17, 2010
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.

What’s less well known is that this amount of oil is spilt every year in Africa’s Niger Delta* – one of the ten most important wetland and coastal marine ecosystems in the world.

What’s worse is that the spill in Nigeria is happening next to people’s homes and water and food sources, without anywhere near adequate clean up.

Imagine an environmental activist being intimidated, jailed or even killed for asking British Petroleum or the US Administration to do more to prevent this kind of environmental disaster.

 Free Gaza Movement - MISE À JOUR - NEWS UPDATE

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Jun 1 - 12:27pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | ::Justice & Human Rights:: | ::World Relations:: ]

Résumé du cmaq.net (Indymedia-Quebec) : Non seulement le Conseil de sécurité des Nations unies demande une enquête impartiale, elle déclare que le blocus imposé par Israël pendant trois années maintenant a sévèrement limité la distribution d’aide aux 1.5 million de résidant-es de Gaza.

Extrait : Hier, des avocats israéliens ont déposé deux demandes d’habeas : le premier exige que les passagers et les navires soient libérés étant donné qu’il était illégal de les arrêter en eaux internationaux.  Le deuxième exige des informations sur l’ensemble des passagers, étant donné qu’il y a une censure totale sur l’emplacement des passagers et lesquels sont blessés et lesquels furent assassinés.

Le communiqué original est ici sur freegaza.org »»

Summary from the cmaq.net (Indymedia-Quebec) : The UN Security Council not only calls for an investigation, but also calls for the unimpeded provision and distribution of assistance to Gaza’s 1.5 million residents and declares that the flow of aid has been severely hampered by Israel’s three-year blockade on the Gaza Strip.

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.

The original release is here on freegaza.org >>

 Freedom Flotilla to Gaza - news summary and videos

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 May 31 - 6:07pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | ::Justice & Human Rights:: | ::World Relations:: ]

[ NEWS SUMMARY ] This editorial from the Electronic Intifada gives a good summary of what’s known so far in regards to the deadly attack inflicted by Israeli forces on the Freedom Flotilla. There is a lot that isn’t known, since Israel has not released basic information such as: Names of the dead and injured. -Racheli Gai (Jewish Peace News).

[ ARTICLE ] Israeli attack on Gaza ship violates International Law

– Paul Jay, CEO 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 CBC Newsworld show counterSpin.

VIDEO NEWS REPORTS suggested by TheREALnews Network

 Members of Swedish Parliament demand security for Ship to Gaza

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 May 20 - 10:29pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | Suede/Sweden | ::World Relations:: | •Sanctions-blockade ]

Press release 20 May 2010

On Wednesday, Helén 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:

“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?”

 Exposition de photographies: Drame humain à Gaza au cégep Lévis-Lauzon, 6 au 16 avril 2010

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Apr 5 - 2:33pm 

   [Themes:  | Canada & Quebec | Palestine | •Activ. & Actions | •Crime of War | Collectif de Québec ]

 Palestinian teens killed as tensions rise (theREALnews Network)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Mar 24 - 2:24pm 

   [Themes:  | Israel | Palestine | •Crime of War | •Untruthful Propaganda ]

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’ 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.

Source: theREALnews Network, March 24, 2010.

 Support Russian Activists Calling for their Constitutional Rights (Strategy 31)

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Mar 23 - 3:38am 

   [Themes:  | Russia | •Activ. & Actions | •Democracy | •Personal Freedoms ]

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.

TAKE ACTION NOW 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.

Click Here to Take Action »» (on line message-action from Human Rights First)

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 Strategy 31 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. They take their name from Article 31 of the Russian Constitution, which upholds freedom of peaceful assembly.

 [Canada - Afghanistan] No Olympic Truce in Marjah

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Feb 19 - 4:48pm 

   [Themes:  | Afghanistan | Canada & Quebec | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Untruthful Propaganda | •Protection Duty ]

While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence.

The official website for the 2010 Winter Olympics claims that “Vancouver 2010 aims to pursue the Olympic Truce (www.olympictruce.org) goals of protecting the interests of athletes and contributing to peaceful and diplomatic solutions to conflict around the world.” However, on Friday, February 12, NATO forces launched the largest assault to date in the nine year war.

 Le Canada retire son financement de l'UNRWA / Canada to withdraw its funding to UNRWA

  Posted by Siriel Admin 2010 Jan 24 - 4:23pm 

   [Themes:  | Canada & Quebec | Israel | Palestine | •Activ. & Actions | •Imperialism & Neocon. | •Protection Duty ]

Source: Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East / Canadiens pour la Justice et Paix au Moyen-Orient
(Montréal, 21 janvier 2010)

La semaine dernière, le gouvernement du Canada a discrètement annoncé qu’il allait retirer sa contribution financière à l’Office de secours et de travaux des Nations Unies (UNRWA) au profit d’un budget limité pour le renforcement du système judiciaire de l’Autorité palestinienne et d’autres programmes d’aide alimentaire. La nouvelle survient au moment où l’UNRWA lance une campagne de financement extraordinaire pour rassembler les millions de dollars nécessaires aux programmes d’aide instaurés dans les territoires palestiniens occupés.

L’UNRWA fournit de l’assistance à 4,67 millions de réfugiés palestiniens à travers le Moyen-Orient et gère des programmes dans les secteurs de l’éducation, de la santé et d’autres services sociaux dans 59 camps de réfugiés palestiniens.

Last week, the government of Canada quietly announced it would discontinue its long-standing financial contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and redirect the monies to strengthen the judicial system of the Palestinian Authority and other food assistance programs. The news came out as UNRWA launched a special fundraising campaign to collect millions of dollars needed to support programs in the occupied Palestinian territories.

UNRWA provides assistance to 4.67 million Palestinian refugees scattered throughout the Middle East and administers programs in the areas of education, health and other social services in 59 Palestinian refugee camps.

Action : (fr) système pour facilement écrire aux partis fédéraux contre cette mesure
(en) system to easily write to the federal parties against this measure
(Bloc, Cons., Lib., NPD/NDP, etc.)