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End the killing of women, end the murder and violence in our society Mohammad Zeidan - "HRA - General Director" International human rights conventions and declarations state that "the rights of women and female children are an inalienable and integral part of universal human rights". In addition, they confirm that violence against women both violates and impairs women’s enjoyment of human rights and their fundamental freedoms, and that all forms of gender-based violence are incompatible with human dignity and worth. These covenants uphold fundamental principles related to the universality of human rights, their indivisibility and interdependence, which preclude their being selectively implemented. There should be no attempt to diminish these rights on the basis of what are termed “cultural sensitivities”, including using socio-cultural heritage as a justification for retracting or withholding such rights or justifying their violation.

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Upper(ty) Nazareth “I am all for a democratic Upper Nazareth, but first of all a Jewish one" declares Gapso, a Tunisian immigrant vying for the town’s mayorship in the coming elections. With that he dismisses the appeal of a delegation of Arab residents to take their concerns into consideration. He is not the only contender for the post who is dismissive of Arab demands

29/8/2008

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Academic Freedom? Not for Arabs in Israel By Jonathan Cook, Nazareth In the strange world of Israeli academia, an Arab college lecturer is being dismissed from his job because he refused to declare his "respect for the uniform of the Israeli army". The bizarre demand was made of Nizar Hassan, director of several award-winning films, after he criticised a Jewish student who arrived in his film studies class at Sapir College in the Negev for wearing his uniform and carrying a gun.

3/3/2008