[The following list is a compilation of the reports, statements, and other materials featured on the Jadaliyya Reports Page this past week.]
Eye on the Libyan General National Congress: Fourth Report In the fourth of a series of reports, the Bokra Youth Organization and H2O Team monitor the actions of Libya`s General National Congress, including legislation, statements, and other decisions.
Urgent Appeal: Zainab Al-Khawaja`s Life at Imminent Risk The Bahrain Center for Human Rights reports on the health status of Bahraini human rights activist Zainab Al-Khawaja, who is suffering from severe hypoglycemia while on dry hunger strike in prison.
Human Rights Organizations Continue Efforts to Aid Families of the Disappeared in Algeria Alkarama Foundation reports on their efforts to ensure that Algerian authorities initiate effective investigations into crimes of enforced disappearance and summary execution committed during the "black decade" in order to shed light on what happened and identify, prosecute, and punish the perpetrators.
Joint PHROC Statement: UN Resolution on Settlements -- Another Missed Opportunity The Palestinian Human Rights Organisations Council expresses their support for the report of the International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which details the human rights violations that have taken place, and calls for a strong resolution from the UN Human Rights Council to endorse the report.
Colonizer as Lender: A Statement on Palestine from Members of Occupy Wall Street and Strike Debt Originally published in Tidal magazine, members of Occupy Wall Street and Strike Debt comment on the way Palestine is caught in a "debt trap" by Israels and how this hinders Palestinian efforts for social justice and freedom.
Petition to Release 79-Year-Old Kurdish Prisoner Alliance for Kurdish Rights calls for the release of Elfo Ülper, a seventy-nine year old Kurdish mother who has been imprisoned in an M-Type Prison for eight years and suffers from high blood tension and rheumatism.
Statement Supporting Topless Tunisian Feminist FEMEN condemns the threats against nineteen year-old Tunisian feminist Amina, who posted a topless photo of herself bearing the slogan “my body belongs to me, and is not the source of anyone’s honour.”
The Impact of World Bank Policy and Programmes on the Built Environment in Egypt The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights provides an overview of the World Bank`s strategy towards Egypt and assesses the extent to which this strategy has succeeded in improving Egypt`s physical infrastructure.