A century ago, the British Government committed a grave act of treachery on the people of Palestine which inflicted untold suffering to the population and whose consequences have spread globally and continue to reverberate today. The date 2 November 2017 will mark the hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration – the infamous event which […]
Citizens International is deeply appalled and shocked by the inhumane use of the banned chemical weapon by Bashar Assad’s regime on Syria’s innocent civilians. This incident occurred on the 4th of April in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, northwestern Syria. Footage of the aftermath of the attack, in the media, exhibited victims convulsing, struggling
Press Statement on Bashar Assad’s Regime use of Sarin nerve agent on innocent civilians Read More »
Shia Iraqi cleric condemns killing of 87 people in the suspected chemical attack in a rebel-held Syrian town Sadr meeting with advisers in Baghdad’s green zone in 2016 (AFP) raqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Saturday called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, also calling on Washington and Moscow to stop intervening in the
By Amr Khalifa Sisi’s emergency law will do little to counter the Islamic State, but it will legalise his dream: full dictatorship without pretense Twin bombings, pools of blood, at least 44 dead: it’s a week before Easter and both Christian and Muslim Egyptians find themselves in the middle of deadly standoff between the Islamic State
Amnesty International denounced the sentence as ‘harsh’ (AFP) An Egyptian court sentenced a lawyer to 10 years in jail for insulting the president and “inciting terrorism” in a Facebook post, a judicial official said on Thursday. The court in the coastal city of Alexandria also sentenced the defendant, Mohammed Ramadan, to five years’ house arrest
Egyptian lawyer jailed for 10 years for Facebook post Read More »
By PANKAJ MISHRA MASHOBRA, India — “The world is going America’s way,” Fareed Zakaria wrote in 2008. “Countries are becoming more open, market friendly and democratic.” Since the fall of communism, American leaders in politics, business and journalism have repeatedly broadcast the conceit that we live, or will soon live, in the best of all
President Trump and his administration are offering the country a graduate-level course in the selling of the presidency. Much attention has focused on how Mr. Trump is using the White House for personal gain, but many other officials, including members of his family, friends and close aides, also stand to rake it in at the
31st March 2017 Mr. Saber Chowdhury MP Ex-officio President Inter-Parliamentary Union Dear Mr. Chowdhury Sub: Release Bin Quasem and other detainees We write to express our serious concern about the large number of enforced disappearances taking place in Bangladesh in the last few years, in particular, the case of Bangladesh barrister
Press Release 31st March 2017 Sub: End forced disappearances in Bangladesh “We write to express our serious concern about the large number of forced disappearances taking place in Bangladesh in the last few years, in particular, the case of Bangladesh barrister Mr. Ahmad Bin Quasem” wrote the chairman of Citizens International Mohamed Idris, in
