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Palestinian nonviolence camp closes after 10 days of training

By: PNN, November 10, 2008

After 10 days of workshops, demonstrations, camp fires and home visits the Holy Land Trust is closing its nonviolence camp.  As part of the European Union’s Euro-Mediterranean Youth Program, 36 young people from Palestine, Jordan, Spain, Italy and Britain engaged in theoretical and practical training. Workshops included conflict analysis and strategic planning for nonviolent action.

http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3947&Itemid=1

Iran economists denounce Ahmadinejad's policies

By: LA Times, November 10, 2008

Reporting from Beirut -- A group of 60 Iranian economists Sunday condemned the economic policies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and contradicted recent boasts by Tehran officials who said the Islamic Republic has been successfully weathering the global financial crisis.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran10-2008nov10,0,1799465.story

Iran: Continued protest by students against installation of closed circuit cameras

By: IHRV, November 9, 2008

Closed circuit cameras in university hallways, food courts, elevators and even in classes have become ubiquitous across all state-run and independent universities—so much so that, a few days ago, about 400 students in Martyr Dastghaib Dormitory in Shiraz Medical School voiced their dissatisfaction with camera installations inside the elevators and sent a complaint to the chairman of the university in which students called the cameras intrusive.

http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=1224

Human rights conditions worsening in Iran

By: IHRV, November 9, 2008

The International Federation of Human Rights Society and the Society for the Defense of Human Rights in Iran, while praising the report by the United Nations’ Secretary-General on the subject of human rights conditions in the Islamic Republic of Iran, requested that member countries pass a resolution in general council to condemn Iran for gross violations of human rights. 

http://www.ihrv.org/inf/?p=1226

Egypt: Police arrest 25 Muslim Brotherhood members

By: Daily News, November 9, 2008

Police have arrested 25 Muslim Brotherhood members at a meeting in the Nile Delta, the MB and a security official said on Saturday.  The official said that “more than 20” Brotherhood members were arrested at a member’s home on Friday evening at Faous in the eastern Nile Delta. The Brotherhood website said that 25 of its members were detained.

http://www.dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=17692

Strong denunciation of the imprisonment of Saharawi journalist  

By: SPS, November 8, 2008

Many Saharawi human rights associations in Western Sahara strongly denounced the sentence announced by the Moroccan colonial court in Goulmime (south of Morocco) against the Saharawi journalist, Moustafa Abd Dayem.

http://www.spsrasd.info/en/detail.php?id=3110

International pressure mounts to free jailed Egyptian blogger

By: Global Voices, November 7, 2008

A series of demonstrations were held outside Egyptian embassies around the world today to protest the continued imprisonment of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulaiman, jailed two years ago for insulting Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Islam on his blog.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/07/international-pressure-mounts-to-free-jailed-egyptian-blogger/

Saudi Arabia: Hunger strike draws attention to jailed reformers plight

By: Global Voices, November 7, 2008

Saudi Arabia's human rights activists started a two-day hunger strike to draw attention to the plight of 11 reformers and activists languishing in Saudi jails without trial - or access to a lawyer.  The strike, on November 6 and 7, was announced on a Facebook group (Ar), entitled The Largest Strike in Saudi Arabia to Free Opinion Prisoners and Campaigners for Justice. A similar group can be found here, in English.

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/11/07/saudi-arabia-biggest-hunger-strike-in-support-of-reformists-continues/