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SyrieAnger: To “leftist” admirers of Assad’s Syria
As a Syrian who has always identified politically with the left, I am particularly appalled by those men and women who call themselves left-wingers — and are therefore supposed to stand in solidarity with struggles for justice worldwide — and yet openly support the regime of the Assads, father (...)
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History, societyThe Assads and the political economy of Syria’s revolution: Al-Assad Family’s Massive Stolen Wealth in Panama Papers helps explain Revolution
The revelation in the leaked Panama Papers that Mossack Fonseca and Swiss bank HSBC serviced the companies of corrupt Syrian billionaire Rami Makhlouf (first cousin of dictator Bashar al-Assad) long after the US imposed sanctions on him is a reminder of why Syrians revolted against the regime (...)
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SyriaDocument: The secret pact between Russia and Syria that gives Moscow carte blanche
MOSCOW – When you are a major nuclear power and you want to make a secretive deployment to a faraway ally, what is the first thing you do? Draw up the terms, apparently, and sign a contract.
That’s what the Kremlin did with Syria in August, according to an unusual document posted this week on a (...) -
Human Rights, justiceUSA: New Trial for Palestinian community activist Rasmea Odeh
RASMEA ODEH, THE Palestinian community activist in Chicago who was convicted in 2015 for “fraudulent procurement of naturalization” when she obtained her U.S. citizenship in 2004, has won a new trial.
This is an important victory for Odeh and her defense team, who successfully argued on appeal (...) -
Turquie« La grâce d’Allah » : coup d’État, dictature et union islamo-nationaliste en Turquie
Au lendemain du coup d’État avorté de 15 juillet, le président Erdogan s’est écrié « cette tentative est une grâce d’Allah », annonçant ainsi qu’elle serait pour lui l’occasion de réaliser son propre coup d’État civil en menant une vague de répression sans précédent contre toutes forces d’opposition et (...)
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Religious arbitration forumsReligious arbitration in family matters – Sharia courts have no place in UK family law. Listen to women who know
There must be no religious arbitration in family matters. It leaves minority women vulnerable to control by fundamentalists
“We oppose any religious body – whether presided over by men or women – that seeks to rule over us.” So say more than 300 mostly Muslim women, but also others from different (...) -
Religious arbitration forumsReligious arbitration bodies – Sharia debate in the UK: who will listen to our voices?
Over 300 abused women have signed a statement opposing Sharia courts and religious bodies, warning of the growing threat to their rights and to their collective struggles for security and independence.
We are women who have experienced abuse and violence in our personal lives. Most of us come (...) -
A gaucheTunisie : Une année s’achève… Une autre arrive
Dans quelques jours, le peuple tunisien fera ses adieux à 2016 pour accueillir la nouvelle année. L’année 2016 a été assurément dure pour les travailleurs et les couches populaires, en raison des choix du gouvernement de coalition Nidaa-Ennahdha. Les belles promesses électoralistes n’étaient qu’une (...)
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Humanitaire associatifLe Collectif de Développement et Secours Syrien (CODSSY)
Auto-présentation reprise du site du CODSSY le 31 décembre 2016.
CODSSY est une association humanitaire à but non-lucratif, indépendante, non partisane et non-gouvernementale, fondée à Paris le 22 octobre 2012 et enregistrée sous le numéro W751217007. Elle est régie par la loi du 1er juillet 1901 et (...)