As Syria prepares to celebrate 64 years of independence, the European Union continues to work towards cementing relations with Syria through its EU-Syria Mediterranean Association Agreement. Maureen Thomas, however, has alerted me to a demonstration outside the Syrian Embassy to remind the world that despite its reformist rhetoric, peaceful and democratic reformers such as Kamal Labwani, Anwar Bunni, [...]
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Iyas Maleh and Kamal Labwani’s friends urge support for Syrian Independence Day demo, April 17th #syria #labwani
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, amnesty, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, politics, syria, syrian opposition on April 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Urgent: Amnesty appeal as Haitham al-Maleh’s health fails #syria #amnesty #almaleh #labwani
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-labwani, amnesty, free speech, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, politics, syria, syrian opposition on February 26, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Very worrying news from Amnesty International regarding the health of Hytham al-Maleh. Haitham al-Maleh was born in Damascus, in 1931 holds a degree in Law from Damascus University and a diploma in public international law. He is an award-winning human rights activist and lawyer. On 7 December 2004 he received an award from the National Advisory [...]
Anwar Al-Bunni: Smiling and with his head held high… #albunni #allabwani #amnesty #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, amnesty, anwar, free speech, human rights, kamal labwani, labwani, syria, syrian opposition on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Wednesday I blogged about the German Association of Judges awarding Anwar al-Bunni their prestigious human rights prize. On that page is a link to an article by Peter Franck und Ruth Jüttner of Amnesty International Berlin. My German is just about passable enough for me to be able to recognise that their words merited a fuller, more [...]
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