‘The sergeant told him that he cannot make a call because he is a military prisoner, and that he cannot use the phone because he didn’t wear his hat on time,’ Ferera’s lawyer says. Uriel Ferera, the young Orthodox…
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Israel Prevents Thirty Farmers From Entering Their Lands
The Israeli Authorities prevented on Thursday thirty Palestinian farmers from Anin village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, from entering their lands and orchards isolated behind the Annexation Wall in the area. Anin Village – Image Palestine…
Bahraini Forces Fire on Demonstrators
Reports have emerged that Bahraini security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse anti-government protesters demonstrating for greater rights. According to witnesses, hundreds of protesters took to the streets of predominantly Shi’ite villages around Manama, but no…
Chilean military in mass call-up
More than 50,000 18-year-olds have one month to report for service as student protests are blamed for disrupting recruitment Chile has given nearly 57,000 18-year-olds one month to report for potential military duty, saying the government needs to…
HONDURAS: Putting Defence In the Hands of Civilians
Prominent academics and activists say one of the main pending challenges in Honduras is a resumption of the demilitarisation of the country and the strengthening of civilian control over defence policy that was brought to an abrupt halt by the…
In India, 11-Year Hunger Strike Over Military Violence
Irom Chanu Sharmila on a hunger strike in Imphal, India, where she is force-fed through a tube in her nose. She arrived in an ambulance, thin and ghostly pale, a tube dangling from her nostril. Flanked by police…