Omar Mohammed Batawil

Yémen
Omar Mohammed Batawil : jeune yéménite accusé d’athéisme et froidement abattu
27 mai

Omar Mohammed Batawil
Forte émotion après l’assassinat au Yemen d’un blogueur pour athéisme
Omar Batawil, un jeune homme de 18 ans qui critiquait le fondamentalisme religieux sur Facebook, a été assassiné à Aden. Sa mort rencontre un écho inattendu à travers le monde arabe.
“Assassinat du jeune Omar (...)
History, analyses, debates
Disasters in Syria and Yemen – and Obama’s position’s basic contradiction
29 April

Gilbert Achcar interviewed by Against the Current.
Against the Current: What does the recently announced “cease fire” in Syria mean, and what are the chances it will hold?
Gilbert Achcar: Please note, first of all, that it is not officially called a cease-fire but rather a “cessation of (...)
Exceptional Powers
The French Emergency – Colonial Past and Post November 13 Present
24 November 2015, by ANDERSON Grey

From Algeria to the Paris attacks, French elites have used state of emergency legislation to consolidate power and repress dissent.
Shortly before midnight on November 13, in the aftermath of terrorist attacks that left 130 dead and hundreds more wounded, French President François Hollande (...)
History: 1945-1962
Torture in Algeria – French Colonial War, 1955: The report that was to change everything
18 August 2005, by LEMA Luis

ICRC delegates had access to Algerian detainees from 1955 onwards and noted the occurrence of torture. They were not allowed to talk about it but Le Monde published a summary of their report - press article published in Le Temps (Switzerland) on 19 August 2005.
All other channels had failed. (...)
On: Agriculture & Peasantry
The Marabá Declaration (Brazil) adopted at the International Conference of Agrarian Reform
17 April, by La Via Campesina

17 April : Day of Peasant’s Struggle
International Conference of Agrarian Reform: Marabá Declaration
Who are we? People who struggle for territory
(Marabá, April 17 2016) We are more than 130 representatives of La Via Campesina member organizations and allies from four continents, 10 regions (...)
Omar Mohammed Batawil: Yemeni youth accused of atheism shot dead
27 April, by Al-Baba

Omar Mohammed Batawil: abducted in front of his home in Aden. Youth shot dead after complaints about Facebook postings.
Omar Mohammed Batawil
Takfeer in Yemen
Can’t stop thinking about Omar who was killed two days ago by a fanatic religious group because he dared to challenge one of the trio (...)
Soudan
Solidaire des étudiants du Soudan en lutte pour garder leur université à Khartoum
26 avril, par PCF

Ce communiqué a été rédigé avant le décès par balles d’un étudiant mercredi dernier.
Depuis plusieurs jours, de nombreux étudiants manifestent au Soudan contre les menaces de déplacement et de privatisation de l’Université de Khartoum. Malgré la répression et les arrestations, ils luttent avec courage pour (...)