[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.]
Sexual Violence Against Women and the Increasing Frequency of Gang Rape in Tahrir and Its Environs Nazra for Feminist Studies addresses the rise of sexual violence in Egypt`s Tahrir Square from a feminist perspective, arguing that women`s issues are first and foremost political issues.
Physicians for Human Rights: Rights Violations Still Common in Bahrain on Second Anniversary of Protest Movement Physicians for Human Rights calls for an end to the repressive government practices still rampant in Bahrain after two years of protests.
Unpunished Massacre: Yemen`s Failed Response to the "Friday of Dignity" Killings Human Rights Watch reports on the ineffective and unjust prosecution of those responsible for the killing of protesters in Sanaa on 18 March 2011.
Spider Web: The Making and Unmaking of Iran Sanctions International Crisis Group reports on the utility of sanctions against Iran in regards to its nuclear program.
Don`ti Mixi: A Song by The Great Departed (Video) The Band of the Great Departed, a Lebanese group, highlights recent comments by Egyptian President Morsi, which were a mix of Arabic and English, in this song.
International Judicial Observation Mission Report on the Trial against Human Rights Defender Nabeel Rajab The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders reports on the lack of fairness in the trial against Nabeel Rajab, president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, who was arrested in May 2012.
Palestinian Citizens of Israel: Defying the Ongoing Nakba BADIL`s most recent issue of its quartlery journal al-Majdal highlights an underrepresented portion of the Palestinian population that faces a multi-tiered institutional and social discrimination comprising a policy of forcible displacement.
United Nations OHCHR Calls for Investigation into Death of Palestinian Prisoner Undergoing Israeli Interrogation The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for international investigation into the death of Arafat Jaradat, a previously healthy thirty-year-old Palestinian prisoner who died during Israeli interrogation.
On the UAE`s Decision to Refuse Entry to Professor Kristian Coates Khaled Fahmy writes about LSE Professor Kristian Coates Ulrichsen`s denial of entry to UAE due to his views "delegitimizing the Bahraini monarchy."
Israel: Open Independent Investigation into the Suspicious Death following Interrogation of Palestinian Detainee Arafat Jaradat A group of human rights organizations call on the Israeli Attorney General to take responsibility for the violation of human rights of Palestinian prisoners like Arafat Jaradat and open an independent investigation into his death.