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Le Festival ‘Dream City’ du 04 au 08 octobre 2017 à Tunis

Les rues et ruelles de la médina de Tunis se transformeront pendant cinq jours en galerie d’art et d’expériences artistiques à ciel ouvert avec le Festival ‘Dream City‘ créé par Sofiane et Selma Ouissi (L’Art Rue), et qui se déroulera du 04 au 08...

NGOs call for strong, action-oriented resolution on Sudan at UN Human Rights Council

The MagkaSama Project, with more than 20 other organizations, signed the letter by The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) regarding the human rights situation in Sudan addressed to the Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights...

International Day of Peace: ‘Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All’

International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. It’s an important day we celebrate every year as a Sama Day and the theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” As you may already know, ‘magkasama‘ (the name of...

Ensaf Haidar addresses Saudi Arabia at U.N human Rights Council

Saudi Arabian social activist Raif Badawi was first arrested in 2012, he was convicted on several charges in 2013 and sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in prison for using his liberal blog to criticize Saudi Arabia’s clerics. His wife Ensaf Haidar and their kids took refuge in...

Myanmar : Stop aux massacres des Rohingyas en Birmanie!

Ce qu’il se passe actuellement en Birmanie est une catastrophe humaine et humanitaire. Amnesty International vient de lancer une pétition : De nombreuses informations font état d’homicides commis par les forces de sécurité du Myanmar, et les images satellites montrent que des...

Le livre ‘Un éléphant blanc, ça ne change pas de couleur’ d’Alain Deloche

Si vous êtes abonnés à notre Newsletter, vous savez déjà que le livre d’Alain Deloche, fondateur de l’association La Chaîne de l’Espoir : ‘Un éléphant blanc, ça ne change pas de couleur‘ est désormais disponible chez Michel Lafon. Voici une brève...

Jailed Nabeel Rajab and Shawkan get their trial postponed

News from Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab and Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid (known as Shawkan) are not very good, both trials have, once again, been postponed: تأجيل قضية تويتر نبيل رجب إلى ٢٧ سبتمبر Nabeel Rajab tweet case Trial...

Europe’s ‘Migrant Hunters’ by Jérôme Tubiana

Last month we published some extracts from Jérôme Tubiana’s article posted on IRIN website: The dangerous fiction of Darfur’s peace. Now the independent researcher on Sudan, South Sudan, and Chad has posted a new article on migrants smugglers between Niger and Libya, detailing...

Teaching self-defence to female victims of rape in DR Congo

Eastern DRC is a region plagued by conflict, where rape is used as a weapon of war. Laurence Fischer, a three-time world karate champion, teaches self-defence to female victims of rape to help them regain self-confidence and rebuild their lives. We learn more in this article published on...

Save Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Haitians and other nationals

The Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) tweeted regarding the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump Administration suggested that it would be up to Congress to...