The Martin Ennals Foundation invites nominations for its 2011 Award. The deadline is 9th December 2010. The MEA application form and more information on the Award can be obtained 1) from the MEA website: www.martinennalsaward.org, ready for electronic submission, or 2) by filling out the form attached and sending it to the MEA Secretariat: c/o OMCT, PO Box 21, CH-1211 Geneva 8, Switzerland. Tel: +4122 8094925 fax: +4122 8094929 e-mail: info@martinen… Continue

In the second half of May 2010, the entire Facebook domain was blocked in Bangladesh and Pakistan mainly because of cartoons of Prophet Muhammad posted on it.

On May 19, the court in Pakistan ordered to block Facebook due to a

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In the first half of June 2010, reports indicated that the authorities in Turkey began to expand the blockage imposed on Google services.

In the past, only YouTube was blocked. However, now it was officially announced by the Turkish telecommunications authority that access was
blocked to IP addresses of a variety of Google services. No reason w

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According to news published in English and Persian on July 25, the Wikipedia free encyclopedia website was blocked in Iran and could not be accessed. No reason or other information was given but a screenshot of the blocked site.

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Who can help me please giving information if in Salamieh a small town in the middle of Syria, are there newspapers? If yes, could you send me some address or fax number (better) to give me the possibiblity to publish a small publicity? And then does it exists in Salamieh a sort of publish phone book with private telephone numbers and business telephone numbers?

Many thanks to you all..

Naima

Call for submissions from the 'Palestinian Fairies Project,' a new page

on Sawt al Niswa which "seeks to explore the intersections between

Palestine and Womanhood. We’re looking for all sorts of submissions,

written and otherwise ( film, poetry, photography, and music etc.), to

express your reflections and experiences in this area." Find out more

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Just received an invitation to a very interesting looking exhibition at the National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman. Sadly I'm a couple of thousand miles away, but here's the flier for anyone closer at hand:

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After a few technical blips, Creative Co-operatives, a website I was commissioned to copy-write by Co-operatives UK, the main body representing the co-op sector in the UK, has gone live. The site includes case studies and information on why co-operating, collaborating and co-working can work for writers, journalists and other professionals in the 'creative industries' – acting, graphic design, fine art, textiles, web desi

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En automne 2006, j'avais été appointé comme intervenant pour la mise en place du projet "Montreux" par les étudiants en "Visuel Merchandising" à l'école de Vevey. Il était prévue de renouveler mon engagement pour l'année suivante, mais un ordre dictatorial de Michel Berney directeur de l'école est tombé sur la tête de la directrice de cette section l'empêcha

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Israel's deadly raid on a flotilla of aid ships headed for Gaza has shocked the world.

Israel, like any other state, has the right to self-defence, but this was an outrageous use of lethal force to defend an outrageous and lethal policy -- Israel's blockade of Gaza, where two thirds of families don't know where they'll find their next meal.

The UN, EU, and nearly every other government and multilateral organization have called on Israel to lift the blockade and, now, launch a f… Continue

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• 42% of mCRC patients were tested in early 2009 for KRAS status showing rapid adoption of a new treatment tool • 44% of patients identified as having KRAS wild-type tumors receive treatment
with Erbitux

CHICAGO & DARMSTADT, Germany, Tuesday, June 2010

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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Tuesday, June 1st 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

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ISTANBUL, Tuesday, June 1st 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ATA Construction, Industrial and Trading Company has won a landmark decision
in its international arbitration case against the Hashemite Kingdom of

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Saudi Arabia, Monday, May 31st 2010 [ME NewsWire]:

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A Somali journalist in the camp complained 4 years of no development and frustration.

The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) would like to

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A Somali journalist family house in Galkacyo town were raided.

The Somali Journalist Rights Agency (SOJRA) concerns over the armed group

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Last weekend, at a symposium to accompany the opening of the Contemporary Art Iraq exhibition at the Cornerhouse in Manchester, I encountered possibly the most breathtakingly rude, arrogant and self-aggrandising journalist I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

Which was a pity, because the symposium was fairly interesting (although the speaker count was pre

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I extend to you this appeal,this because my life was in danger and humiliation,that is because the Authority of yemen intensify their operations,Not only of no writing on these blog:
http://al-mezhany2006.Maktoobblog.Com

http://human-rights.Maktoobblog.Com
As well as to suppress my website of Amnesty international on facebook,Even gone beyond all that ,As you close my telephone mobile from internet service,and so at any time as you want is,in order to spend my life,without the knowledge of the… Continue