This briefing details the restrictions to the freedom of expression in the kingdom of Morocco. It also investigates the cultural and political factors involved, and the nature of the sensitive issues that are restricted within the country.
Mat Sah bin Mohammed Satray is a Malaysian individual held under the Internal Security Act (ISA) of Malaysia for the past five years and has been released in September 15 2009.
Yehudit Kirstein-Keshet explains the horror of checkpoints as a tool  toward s Israel’s realisation of maximum territory with a minimum of Palestinians; yet another element in the ongoing system of population transfer that began with the Naqba-Disaster of 1948 and that continues, by various means, up to the present time. (June 2007)
In this ‘What’s New’ the latest issue of the Palestine Internationalist, an important development in the case of Babar Ahmed, IHRC’s critical response to Salman Rushdie’s Knighthood, as well as an event commemorating the 2000th day of detention at Gitmo
Checkpoints, closures, curfews and the bureaucracy of permits and licences that back up these measures have long been the tools that facilitate the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory. However, since September 2000 the system has been intensified, ‘industrialised’ and, increasingly, brutalized. This article will make the point that the very existence of this massive scheme of obstacles, even when no physical or verbal abuse are perpetrated there, is in itself an abuse of a fundamental human/civil right: freedom of movement. More than this, allegedly a necessary security measure, the checkpoints are in fact instruments of control and humiliation of a civilian population and the paralysis and disruption of their economy and society (World Bank, 2007). Checkpoints are a tool towards Israel’s realisation of maximum territory with a minimum of Palestinians; yet another element in the ongoing system of population transfer that began with the Naqba-Disaster of 1948 and that continues, by various means, up to the present time.[1]
Khairat Al-Shater is the deputy to the supreme guide of Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.
Khairat Al-Shater is the deputy to the supreme guide of Muslim Brotherhood (MB). He is seen as the chief strategist and financier of the organization. He was captured on 14 December 2006 in relation to an incident which took place on 10 December 2006,
IHRC calls on all campaigners to contact the Foreign Office and the Moroccan Embassy to protest the spurious charges against prominent Moroccan nasheed (religious songs) artist, Rachid Ghoulam.
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