Alkarama is increasingly alarmed at the state of health of Haitham al-Maleh and has issued the following appeal to the Syrian President:
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Open Letter to Bashar Al-Assad regarding Haitham Al-Maleh #almaleh #alkarama
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, politics, syria, syrian opposition on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Protestors call for the release of Syria’s prisoners of conscience #labwani #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, al-hassani, anwar al-bunni, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, maleh, syria, syrian opposition on April 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
To mark Syria’s National Day, 17th April, friends and supporters of Syria’s wrongly incarcerated prisoners of conscience protested outside the Syrian Embassy at 8 Belgrave Square, in London. Between 70 and 80 people were in attendance, many of them signing a letter to the President that was delivered via Embassy officials. Simultaneous protests mounted in [...]
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 »
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, [...]
Letter from Kamal’s family about the conditions in Adra Prison #syria #kamal
Posted in human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, politics, syria, syrian opposition on March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Kamal Labwani’s family have written to Maureen Thomas, describing the latest humiliations in Adra Prison, Damascus. Maureen’s covering comment is a timely reminder of the human frailty of our friends who have been imprisoned in Damascus: “One can only admire the prisoners’ pride, determination and courage but I worry for Haytham, Muhannad, Anwar and Kamal [...]
“They fear an old man” – the disappearing of Haitham al-Maleh #almaleh #syria
Posted in current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, politics, syria, syrian opposition on February 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the country’s leading champions of those imprisoned in Syria for human rights abuses is Maureen Thomas. The journalist Christiane Schlötzer recently sent her a copy of her article about the disappearance of Haitham al-Maleh that first appeared in the Süddeutsche Zeitung last weekend. Geoff Williams has translated that article. “They fear an old [...]
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 [...]
Syria: Koki, Aqil and other journalists freed by regime – a glimmer of hope for Kamal, Hytham, Anwar and colleagues? #labwani #syria
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged al-bunni, al-labwani, haitham al-maleh, human rights, kamal labwani, koki, maan aqil, syria, syrian opposition on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Alkarama have reported that Ma’an Aqil and Abdul Rahman Koki have been freed by the Syrian government within days of each other. Aqil, a journalist in Damascus, was arrested on 22 November 2009 and was detained arbitrarily for three months (I blogged about his detention in December). Alkarama report that he was released Tuesday 23 [...]
Corpse-eating robots, Jedi and computer games – did James Cameron understate the Terminator threat? #darpa #eatr #jedi
Posted in comment, film, human rights, politics, tech, tagged arts, chaos theory, darpa, eatr, ethics, human rights, international, jedi, politics, science, tech, terminator on February 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Robot dietary requirements and Jedi I am definitely not the first person to have blogged about the wince-inducing news that the American military have developed robots that can power themselves by eating organic material. However, I’ve not read much that speculates on what interesting things could happen if you marry this robot technology with several [...]
BBC World Service on Syria
Posted in comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, syria, tagged free speech, haitham al-maleh, human rights, international, kamal labwani, labwani, maleh, politics, syria, syrian opposition on January 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Thank you to Maureen Thomas for drawing my attention to two important internet broadcasts by the BBC World Service. The first is with Iyas Maleh, whose father Haytham al-Maleh was imprisoned by the Syrian regime last year. He talks here about the circumstances that led to his arrest and the character of one of Syria’s greatest [...]
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A Month To Remember: June 2010 is Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month #grthm #gypsy #roma #traveller
Posted in arts, comment, current affairs, human rights, international, politics, tagged arts, gypsies, history, human rights, politics, roma, sinti, travellers on May 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
June 2010 will be the third year that Britain has celebrated Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. There is a shocking amount of ignorance about the historic and cultural identities of the travelling communities in Britain. Few who are concerned about the impact of travellers on the greenbelt will pause to think about traditions that extend [...]
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