Egypt’s Lost Revolution http://mwcnews.net/focus/editorial/46817-egypts-lost-revolution.html …

The UPR process at the UN Human Rights Council has been compared to the Eurovision Song Contest, with friendly States block voting. It is time for the process to establish a certain amount of credibility. Naturally, one is to expect Sisi’s autocratic allies such as Russia, China, Syria and North Korea to vote favorably. However, now is the time for those States that preach as to the importance of human rights, democracy and accountability to stand and be counted.
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New report: Political detentions and human rights violations in Egypt – Arab Organisation for Human Rights in UK http://aohr.org.uk/index.php/en/all-releases-2/2232-new-report-on-egypt-political-detentions-and-human-rights-violations-surge-post-military-coup.html …

Saddened to hear of @rushanaraali resignation but respect her decision on moral grounds for doing so.

UN review of Egypt’s human rights record raises eyebrows http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/united-nations-human-rights-council-conduct-review-egypts-human-rights-record-1840054917 …

Egyptian court postpones Mubarak verdict http://bit.ly/1qGSBiP 

Important post RT@just_security Harold Koh: Obama’s ISIL Legal Rollout: Bungled, Clearly. But Illegal? Really?http://justsecurity.org/15692/obamas-isil-legal-rollout-bungled-clearly-illegal-really/ …

Does the Khorasan Group even exist? http://opiniojuris.org/2014/09/29/invention-khorasan-group-non-imminent-imminence/ …

US government wants secrecy for #Guantánamo force-feeding hearings, prompting @guardian & others to suspect cover up. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/29/obama-guantanamo-bay-force-feeding-hearing-secret?CMP=fb_us …

Proud of @P4HR -trained doctors who just submitted 18 cases – forensic medical documentation #humanrights violations in #Syria – to the UN

A Syrian rescue worker asks, „In #Syria, some 200,000 people have died: Why doesn’t anyone care?“ http://owl.li/C4qAs 

Grayling: „We are a party which supports real human rights“

#Syria: @ValerieAmos remarks to #UNSC on the humanitarian sit: violence that has killed over 190,000 ppl MUST stop http://ow.ly/C7adI

Skepticism around #US-led airstrikes in #Syria: http://owl.li/C7LEi 

#Lebanon authorities failing to take adequate steps to prevent violence by private citizens agnst #Syria|ns says @hrw http://owl.li/C7MDN

New plan by #Burma gov’t will force #Rohingya to choose between giving up identity or being detained in camps http://owl.li/C7Pai 

Moazzam Begg released after 7 months in custody on terror charges. CPS offers no evidence to 7 charges http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-29442623?ocid=socialflow_twitter …

Q&A: Egypt Mass Killings report „All According to Plan“ http://bit.ly/1nKRSmk

There must be more attention on the Egyptian hunger strikers. Some are in a critical condition,others nearing. Coup regime took their rights

Having complained to the UK Home Office to bar Latif Siddique from entering due to incitement – good to see his own party has thrown him out

 

Abbas: “We Will Join ICC Should Our Sec. Council Bid Fail” – International Middle East Media Center http://www.imemc.org/article/69274 

#Palestine Envoy:If #UNSC refuses to set deadline f #Israel to withdraw from all Palestine territory we’ll join #ICC http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.619012 …

Includes immigration case involving terror exclusion RT@JURISTnews: US Supreme Court adds 11 new cases to docket http://bit.ly/1rBjefm 

Opinio Juris @opiniojuris 

OJ’s Ohlin quoted RT@LieberCode: Why Liberia Must Prosecute the Man Who Brought Ebola to the U.S. http://lnkd.in/dyQ4rcE 

Spoiler: ICC might be unconstitutional RT @EVKontorovich: Three International Courts & Their Constitutional Problems http://goo.gl/fb/RKMJhh 

We need to know what was done in our name to make sure it never happens again. Release #torture report. #ItWasTorture