Yemen’s Constitution-drafting Committee
Yemeni President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi on Saturday (March 8th) formed the committee that will draft the country`s new constitution in the first practical steps towards the creation of the new federal state. The 17-member committee
Published : 14 March 2014
Muslim Women`s Access to Land & Property
With an estimated 2% of the land registered in the name of women globally, access to land for `the better half` of the world remains a challenge. Change requires shifting the mind set of women,
Published : 08 March 2014
Tunisian Constitution’s Environmental “Pioneering”
Environmental law experts have praised Tunisia’s new constitution for what they say is one of the most-progressive references to climate protection in history. With the passage of the new constitution in January, Tunisia joins efforts
Published : 08 March 2014
Cyprus Votes to Sell off Assets
The Cypriot parliament has approved a roadmap for privatisations, averting a showdown with international lenders insisting on state sell-offs as part of a $13.77bn bailout package. In a show of hands on Tuesday, 30 politicians in
Published : 04 March 2014
Israel Doubles West Bank Outpost Construction
The number of Israeli settlements being started in the West Bank more than doubled during 2013, the Israel central bureau of statistics has said. The bureau said work began on 2,534 new housing units in the
Published : 03 March 2014
National Union of Algerian Farmers Hold 8th Mtg.
ALGIERS—General Secretary of the National Union of Algerian Farmers (UNPA), Mohamed Alioui declared Saturday in Algiers that "peace and security recovery benefited the farmers after President Bouteflika helped end terrorism." Speaking during the works of the
Published : 01 March 2014
Palestine: Stop-work Orders against Bedouin Homes
Twelve days after protesters demanded that Israel build in the E1 area, the Civil Administration has issued stop-work orders against the Salamat tribe. The Israeli authorities in the West Bank have delivered 18 stop-work orders for
Published : 25 February 2014
Egypt: 1,200 Families Forcibly Evicted in Cairo
Human rights advocate Amnesty International has called for “urgent action” to be taken against the forcible mass evictions of families that occurred after the collapse of the Sheikh Mansour Bridge in Cairo’s El-Marg district. According to
Published : 21 February 2014
Veolia Loses out on $4 Billion Boston Contract
Over the last two and a half years, supporters of Palestinian rights in Boston have mounted a BDS campaign aimed at denying a new contract to run the Massachusetts commuter rail to Veolia, one of
Published : 13 February 2014
