ثلاثي أنغولا وعنصرية السجون الأميركية

في موقع حبر

في 20 تشرين الثاني 2014 أصدرت محكمة استئناف في ولاية لويزيانا الأميركية قرارًا بالإفراج عن آلبرت وودفكس وتبرئته من جريمة القتل العمد. رأت المحكمة أن وودفكس قد تعرّض للتمييز العنصري أثناء محاكمته التي اعتبرت غير دستورية، ولكن الأخير حُرم من قراءة قرار الحكم المؤلّف من ست وثلاثين صفحة بنفسه بسبب رفض السجّانين فك الأصفاد عن يديه. قدّمت النيابة العامة سلسلة من الاستئنافات والطعون للحؤول دون إطلاق سراح الرجل الستّيني واشترطت بقاءه في الحبس الانفرادي المستمر منذ العام 1972 بدعوى إمكانية تشكيله خلية سياسية معارضة. ورغم إصدار القاضي الفدرالي لأمر بالإفراج الفوري عنه في حزيران 2015 إلّا أن اعتقاله تواصل وتمكّنت النيابة العامة من استئناف القرار، مهدّدةً بإعادة المحاكمة للمرة الثالثة. ولم توافق على الإفراج عنه وإغلاق القضية إلا عند توصّل الطرفين إلى صفقة أُفرج بموجبها عن وودفكس في 19 شباط الحالي لقاء إعلانه «عدم الاعتراض» على تجريمه بجنايتين مخففتين هما القتل غير العمد والسطو.

Palestinian Authority arrests dissident professor

In Electronic Intifada 

A Nablus court on Thursday extended the detention of a prominent Palestinian scholar and longtime dissident whose arrest earlier this week has led to accusations that he is being politically persecuted by the Palestinian Authority.

At around 11pm on Tuesday, Abdel Sattar Qassem, a 68-year-old professor of political science at Nablus’ An-Najah National University, and a father of four, was taken from his home, where he had been staying alone. His wife, Amal al-Ahmad, was not informed of the arrest and concerned neighbors broke down a door at her prompting to check whether Qassem had suffered an accident.

“I called him several times but his mobile phone was closed and I got no answer from the landline,” al-Ahmad, a program coordinator at the Women’s Study Center, told The Electronic Intifada.

When Israel turns houses into jails

In Elctronic Intifada

Fadi Shaludi, 14, has not left his house since November. Every day, he sees the children from his neighborhood go off to school. He especially misses playing football with his friends and walking around Jerusalem’s Old City.

Fadi is under house arrest. He fears going downstairs, let alone to the corner shop next to his home. His punishment came after he was charged with throwing stones at Israeli troops during confrontations in Silwan, the area of occupied East Jerusalem where he lives, in October.

That incident also resulted in his mother, Shifa Obeido, being put under house arrest on charges of “incitement.” She awaits a trial that will likely see her forcibly transferred from Jerusalem.

Originally from Hebron, Shifa was granted temporary residency and began a family unificationprocess after marrying a Jerusalemite. Her residency was revoked, however, after her husband married a second time.

Palestinian hunger striker’s case to be reviewed by Israeli court

Supreme Court to decide on detention of journalist Mohammed al-Qiq, on hunger strike for two months and described as ‘close to death’

In Middle East Eye

Israel’s top court will this week rule on whether to release a hunger-striking Palestinian journalist who is described as being close to death, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Protesters have picketed an Israeli hospital to call for the release of Mohammed al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike for 63 days.

Jawad Boulus, Qiq’s lawyer, said that the Supreme Court in Jerusalem would on Wednesday rule on whether to release his client.

Qiq, a journalist from Dura in the occupied West Bank, was arrested on 21 November by Israeli authorities. He began his hunger strike a few days later, and is now in HaEmek hospital in the northern town of Afula.

Tens of journalists and Palestinian members of the Knesset Bassil Ghattas and Haneen Zoabi demonstrated outside under the rain, calling on Israel to release al-Qiq.

Palestinian hunger striker’s case to be reviewed by Israeli court

In the Middle East Eye,
Lina Alsaafin & I

Israel’s top court will this week rule on whether to release a hunger-striking Palestinian journalist who is described as being close to death, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Protesters have picketed an Israeli hospital to call for the release of Mohammed al-Qiq, who has been on hunger strike for 63 days.

Jawad Boulus, Qiq’s lawyer, said that the Supreme Court in Jerusalem would rule on Wednesday about whether to release his client.

Israeli authorities arrested Qiq, a journalist from Dura in the occupied West Bank, on 21 November. He began his hunger strike a few days later, and is now in HaEmek hospital in the northern town of Afula.

¿SENTENCIA DE MUERTE POR ENFRENTARSE A LOS CENSORES SIRIOS?

Traducción de Elena Cal Atán y Elisa Marvena
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A los seres queridos de Bassel Khartabil se les sigue ocultando cualquier información sobre su paradero. A pesar de que se cree que el desarrollador de software palestino ha sido sentenciado a muerte en Siria, esto no ha sido confirmado oficialmente. Algunos rumores sugieren que la ejecución ya podría haber sido llevada a cabo.

La falta de información fidedigna está resultando extremadamente estresante para su mujer, Noura Ghazi.

“Esto perdiendo peso y mi cabello se cae” dice Ghazi. “Ni siquiera sé si está vivo o muerto”

A death sentence for battling Syria’s censors?

This photo of Bassel Khartabil wearing a Palestine-themed necklace is one of only a handful that Noura Ghazi has of her husband after the Syrian government confiscated their computers.

In Electronic Intifada

Bassel Khartabil’s loved ones have been kept in the dark about his fate. Although the Palestinian software developer is believed to have been sentenced to death in Syria, this has not been officially confirmed. Some rumors suggest that the execution has already been carried out.