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In this section you can get an overview of newly published publications related to the region and find out where to get them.

Announcements of new member publications are published for 6 months - after that please refer to our members' own web sites.

ACHRS newsletter	Date: 07-05-2008
Author: ACHRS
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Unprotected Citizens: Amidar public housing company threatens to evict 497 Palestinian families in Jaffa-Tel Aviv	Date: 07-05-2008
Author: Arab Association for Human Rights
the Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) published the English version of a report published in Arabic and Hebrew in March 2008. the report, titled Unprotected Citizens: Amidar public housing company threatens to evict 497 Palestinian families in Jaffa-Tel Aviv, documents the danger of eviction facing the Palestinian residents of the Ajami neighborhood in Jaffa and reveals the true motives behind this process, i.e. judaization of Jaffa, which is currently perceived by the Jewish public as an “Arab” city. Read more

Report on women's rights	Date: 07-05-2008
Author: CDF
In Arabic only Read more

United Against Torture Newsletter No. 15	Date: 23-04-2008
Author: UAT
UAT Newsletter No. 15 Read more

Political and Human Rights Activists Detainees in Syria	Date: 23-04-2008
Author: DCHRS
Short Report Read more

Adalah Newsletter April 2008	Date: 19-04-2008
Author: Adalah
Adalah Newsletter April 2008 Read more

A gamble with the right to asylum in Europe - Greek asylum policy and the Dublin II Regulation	Date: 14-04-2008
Author: GHM - Norwegian Helsinki Committee
A gamble with the right to asylum in Europe - Greek asylum policy and the Dublin II Regulation Read more

	Date: 13-04-2008

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French Translation of African Regulators Training Manual is Published	Date: 09-04-2008
Author: Article 19
ARTICLE 19 has published the long-awaited French version of its training manual, “Broadcasting Pluralism and Diversity: Training Manual for African Regulators,” with the Preface written by Professor Francis Nyamnjoh, Head of Publications and Dissemination at CODESRIA. Read more

Espace associatif April Newsletter	Date: 08-04-2008
Author: Espace Associatif
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Off the Map. Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages	Date: 02-04-2008
Author: HRW
Off the Map Land and Housing Rights Violations in Israel’s Unrecognized Bedouin Villages Read more

Where Villages Stood: Israel’s Continuing Violations of International Law in Occupied Latroun, 1967-2007	Date: 31-03-2008
Author: Al Haq
Located in the Latroun enclave of the West Bank, north-west of Jerusalem, these three Palestinian villages were razed to the ground by the Israeli army upon its occupation of the area in June 1967, despite the fact that it was met with no resistance. The study presents revealing information unearthed in Israeli government archives, demonstrating the intent behind this destruction. The civilian residents of the villages, numbering up to 10,000, were forcibly transferred out of the area. Over 40 years later, and despite repeated attempts, the villagers have been prevented from returning to their land to rebuild their houses and their lives. They remain displaced in the West Bank, Jordan, and beyond. Read more

A Kafkaesque Journey to the Tomb of the Prophet Habil	Date: 25-03-2008
Author: HRA
HRA Newsletter Read more

Report on IOF's Operation Warm Winter in the Gaza Strip 27 February – March 3, 2008	Date: 19-03-2008
Author: Al Mezan
From 27 February – 3 March 2008, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued its military operations and escalated its aggression the Gaza Strip; including civilians and civilian property. Read more

United AgainstTorture Newsletter No 14	Date: 19-03-2008
Author: UAT
United AgainstTorture Newsletter No 14 Read more

The 27 EU countries' human rights respect and promotion evaluation	Date: 11-03-2008
Author: FIDH
In French Read more

	Date: 05-03-2008

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Turkey: Human rights violation balance sheet 2007 and comparative balance sheet 1999-2007	Date: 05-03-2008
Author: IHD
Human rights violation balance sheet of Turkey in 2007 and comparative balance sheet 1999-2007 Read more

PCATI Newsletter	Date: 04-03-2008
Author: PCATI
PCATI Newsletter Read more

Report on enforced disappearance and secret detentions	Date: 27-02-2008
Author: Solida
Report on enforced disappearance and secret detentions. Read more

Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies' newsletter	Date: 15-02-2008
Author: MIGGS
Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies' fourth newsletter Read more

Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH): Activity report 2007	Date: 15-02-2008
Author: Solida
Lebanese Center for Human Rights (CLDH) has the pleasure to inform you that the CLDH activities report of 2007 Read more

Arab Association for Human Rights Newsletter	Date: 13-02-2008

Arab Association for Human Rights Newsletter Read more

EMHRN Migration Working group Newsletter	Date: 13-02-2008
Author: EMHRN
EMHRN Migration Working group Newsletter Read more

Implementation of the CEDAW Convention : Non-Governmental Organisations’Shadow Report to the Third and the Fourth Periodic Report of the Moroccan Government	Date: 08-02-2008
Author: ADFM
Coordinated by Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc Read more

Discrimination diary. Little Arafat	Date: 30-01-2008
Author: HRA
After Fathi’s son had been attending a child daycare center for several days, the daycare worker telephoned him and said: “We have a problem with your son… and after the other parents found out, some of them have removed their children from the center.” She continued: “One of the daycare workers opened your son’s bag and found out that he is called Arafat. She spoke about it with her relatives, who also have children in the center, and in response they removed their children from the center because there is an Arab child there.”... Read more

ACHRS July/December 2007	Date: 23-01-2008
Author: ACHRS
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	Date: 14-01-2008

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Migration-Related Detention: A research guide on human rights standards relevant to the detention of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees.	Date: 21-12-2007
Author: Amnesty
Migration-Related Detention Read more

Arab Association for Human Rights Newsletter	Date: 21-12-2007
Author: Arab Association for Human Rights
Arab Association for Human Rights Newsletter Read more

Adalah's newsletter. December 2007	Date: 21-12-2007
Author: Adalah
Adalah's newsletter. December 2007 Read more

New Publication on Human Rights and the Middle East Conflict	Date: 12-12-2007
Author: Stefan August Lütgenau
Human Rights and a Middle East Peace Process Analyses and Case Studies from a New Perspective Read more

Civilians in Danger	Date: 12-12-2007
Author: HRA
The Location of Temporary and Permanent Military Installations Close to Arab Communities during the Second Lebanon War Read more

Adalah Newsletter November 2007	Date: 04-12-2007

Adalah Newsletter November 2007 Read more

Rot Here or Die There. Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon	Date: 04-12-2007
Author: HRW
Rot Here or Die There Bleak Choices for Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon Read more

Comments on the elections of the 15thJordanian House of Representatives	Date: 04-12-2007
Author: ACHRS
Comments on the elections of the 15thJordanian House of Representatives Read more

PCATI Newsletter	Date: 23-11-2007
Author: PCATI
November newsletter Read more

Elections Network in the Arab Region Preliminary Report	Date: 23-11-2007
Author: ACHRS
Elections Network in the Arab Region makes its Preliminary comments on the balloting process For the elections of the 15th Jordanian House of Representatives Read more

Slovakia: Still separate, still unequal, Violations of the right to education of Romani children in Slovakia	Date: 19-11-2007
Author: Amnesty
Education – a human right The right to education is an internationally recognized human right; education is also a key avenue to every aspect of life – health, employment, freedom of expression – as well as a way out of a cycle of poverty and marginalization. Romani children in Slovakia are being denied these rights and opportunities, because they face a barrier of segregation, especially in primary education. Read more

Adalah's Newsletter: Collective Punishment of Gaza	Date: 31-10-2007
Author: Adalah
Adalah's Newsletter: Collective Punishment of Gaza Read more

Occupied Palestinian Territories: Torn apart by factional strife	Date: 24-10-2007
Author: Amnesty
Occupied Palestinian Territories Torn apart by factional strife Read more

Mapping the Realities of Trafficking in Women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Cyprus	Date: 23-10-2007
Author: Mediterranean Institute of gender Studies
On the occasion of the European Anti-Trafficking Day in Human Beings of 18 October 2007 the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies [MIGS] is pleased to announce the publication of a research report entitled "Mapping the Realities of Trafficking in Women for the purpose of sexual exploitation in Cyprus". Read more

Report on Syria: End Repression of Human Rights Groups	Date: 21-10-2007
Author: HRW
No Room to Breathe: State Repression of Human Rights Activism in Syria Read more

	Date: 10-10-2007

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PCHR Publishes “Black Days in the Absence of Justice: Report on Bloody Fighting in the Gaza Strip from 7 to 14 June 2007”	Date: 10-10-2007
Author: PCHR
PCHR has published a special report titled “Black Days in the Absence of Justice: Report on Bloody Fighting in the Gaza Strip from 7 to 14 June 2007.” The report details results of investigations conducted by PCHR into the bloody fighting between Hamas and Fatah movements, represented by their armed wings and security services, which ended with Hamas’ takeover of all headquarters and sites of security services, and consequently, the whole Gaza Strip. Read more

ACHRS publishes "The Right to a Fair Trial"	Date: 10-10-2007
Author: ACHRS
The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies publishes: "The Right to a Fair Trial" in Arabic Language. Read more

	Date: 10-10-2007

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Integration of Female Migrant Domestic Workers: Strategies for Employment and Civic Participation	Date: 08-10-2007
Author: Mediterranean Institute of gender Studies
Within the framework of this project, an information leaflet has been published that provides the results of the research conducted in each of the five partner countries, as well as policy recommendations on an EU level, with regard to the situation of female migrant domestic workers: Cyprus, Italy, Germany, Spain and Greece. To download the leaflet, please access the following link: Read more

Immigration from A to Z	Date: 05-10-2007
Author: FTCR
In french Read more

Note on the seminar on peace and reconciliation in Algeria (In French)	Date: 03-10-2007
Author: Collectif des familles de disparu(e)s en Algérie
In french Read more

Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the future of the Common European Asylum System	Date: 03-10-2007
Author: Amnesty
Response to the European Commission's Green Paper on the future of the Common European Asylum System Read more

Iraq: human rights abuses against Palestinian refugees	Date: 03-10-2007
Author: Amnesty
Iraq: human rights abuses against Palestinian refugees Read more

	Date: 01-10-2007

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Millions in flight: the Iraqi refugee crisis	Date: 26-09-2007
Author: Amnesty
The humanitarian crisis triggered by the mass exodus of refugees from the on-going and widespread violence in Iraq shows little sign of abating. Report Read more

Media in The Arab World Between Liberation and Reproducing State's Domination	Date: 26-09-2007
Author: CIHRS
A recently published study by the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) confirmed that the revolution in information, the era of satellites, and claims of restructuring and development of the audio-visual communication sector experienced in some Arab countries in the last years did not result in severance with the legacy of hegemony and monopoly imposed by Arab governments on audio-visual communication in particular. Hence, the opportunities of a shift to a plural, free and independent media as known in democratic societies are dwindling to a great extent. Read more

ACHRS Publicizes Regional Report on Death Penalty	Date: 24-09-2007
Author: ACHRS
The Amman Center for Human Rights Studies is proud to announce its first published report, with a unique overview, on the death penalty in the Arab world in 2006. The report applies a comparative methodology and examines both the judicial background for the use of the death penalty in various countries, but delivers a detailed insight into the current status of particular case studies. Read more

OMCT handbook series - fighting impunity in cases of torture and CID	Date: 24-09-2007
Author: OMCT
An important aspect of OMCT’s mandate is to respond to the advocacy and capacity-building needs of its network members, including the need to develop effective international litigation strategies to assist victims of torture and illtreatment in obtaining legal remedies where none are available domestically, and to support them in their struggle to end impunity in states where torture and illtreatment remain endemic or tolerated practices. Read more