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PRESS RELEASE: Libya – IHRC expresses concern over reports surrounding Gaddafi's death

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:47 PM PDT

The Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) notes with concern the reports surrounding the circumstances of the death of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his son Moatassem and groups of their supporters. While IHRC extends its sympathy to the people of Libya in the many years they have suffered oppression at the hands of the previous regime, IHRC

[ACTION] Tell Congress: Don't Legislate Indefinite Detention

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:38 PM PDT

The Senate is considering legislation that would authorize the government to detain people indefinitely without trial for a potentially unlimited period of time.  The same legislation would also make permanent provisions that inhibit efforts to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay.

As people of faith, we know the importance of respecting the dignity of all

CAIR Seeks Senate Hearing on 'Shocking' Report of NYPD Spying on Muslims

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:34 PM PDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAIR Seeks Senate Hearing on 'Shocking' Report of NYPD Spying on Muslims Department reportedly opened secret files on anyone who changed or adopted Muslim names

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/26/11) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today called on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to hold hearings on what the Washington-based civil

Jurors at Mehanna trial will be shown video that includes bin Laden speech

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:28 PM PDT

 By Milton J. Valencia, Globe Staff

Prosecutors in the federal terrorism trial of Tarek Mehanna plan to show jurors a video promoting violent jihad in which Mehanna allegedly added English subtitles to a speech by Osama bin Laden, the prosecutors said today.

The video, known as the "Expedition of Sheikh Umar Hadid," is one of

Ministry: Detainees still held in solitary confinement

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:22 PM PDT

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) — The Israeli prison administration has not fulfilled its commitment to stop holding Palestinian prisoners in solitary confinement, the ministry of prisoner affairs in Ramallah said Wednesday.

Around 20 detainees are still in isolation despite Israel's pledge to end the practice following a 3-week mass hunger strike in jails across Israel to protest

The dark prison

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:05 PM PDT

Rahimullah Yusufzai

During President General Pervez Musharraf's rule, the Pakistani authorities thought that they had done a big favour to the governments of the United States of America and Afghanistan by arresting several Afghans including the former Taliban ambassador to Islamabad, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, and wanted mujahideen leader Gulbaddin Hekmatyar's son-in-law Dr Ghairat Baheer

ACLU Denounces FBI's Alleged Racial Profiling

Posted: 26 Oct 2011 02:01 PM PDT

ATLANTA – The American Civil Liberties Union says FBI documents show a practice of racial profiling directed against certain communities by federal authorities in Georgia and other states.

"The FBI's own documents confirm our worst fears about how it is using its overly expansive surveillance and racial profiling authority," Azadeh Shahshahani, ACLU of Georgia National

P.A. Demands The Release Of 550 Detainees

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:57 PM PDT

by Saed Bannoura

Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that, according to senior Palestinian officials, the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) in the West Bank will be asking the Quartet Committee to pressure Israel into releasing 550 detainees, to fulfill vows made by former Israeli PM, Ehud Olmert to President Mahmoud Abbas.

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Pakistani Taliban release new video of Swiss hostages

Posted: 25 Oct 2011 10:26 PM PDT

By Bill Roggio

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan has released a videotape of a Swiss couple who were kidnapped in Baluchistan last summer and have been moved to the Waziristan tribal agencies. The Taliban reiterated their demand that Lady al Qaeda Aafia Siddiqui be released.

The short videotape was released on YouTube by

 

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