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Press Statement on Bashar Assad’s Regime use of Sarin nerve agent on innocent civilians

Middle East, Press Statement, Syria /

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 […]

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Egyptian lawyer jailed for 10 years for Facebook post

CI, Egypt, Featured, Middle East, News /

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

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Release Bin Quasem and other detainees

Bangladesh, News, South Asia /

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

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End forced disappearances in Bangladesh

Bangladesh, Featured, News, South Asia /

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

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Sisi supporters turn on Trump over Muslim ban

America, Egypt, News, Popular /

Politicians and media figures who supported Trump against Clinton have called the seven-country ban racist and likely to increase terrorism Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi meet in New York in September 2016 (AFP) Egyptian politicians and pro-government media have condemned Donald Trump’s controversial ban against Muslims travelling to the US, calling it

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‘Forced to hang my head in shame’: Former Navy chief writes open letter to President Mukherjee, PM Modi

India, News, South Asia /

NEW DELHI: Former Navy chief Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas has written an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemning the attacks on minorities and Dalits under the rule of the current government. “The Hinduism I knew and experienced was gentle, inclusive, and filled with extraordinary diversity,” writes Ramdas in the letter.

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UK foreign affairs report slams ‘misguided’ Muslim Brotherhood review

News, Popular, United Kingdom /

Egypt’s then-president-elect Mohamed Morsi addresses tens of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square on 29 June, 2012 (AFP)   The British government’s investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood had serious shortcomings that have damaged the country’s reputation for fair dealing, parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee said in a new report on “political Islam” published on

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