The First International Conference of the Arab Human Rights Movement: Prospects
The nineties have witnessed an increasing qualitative and quantitative growth of the human rights movement in the Arab world. The number of human rights NGOs currently exceeds fifty,1 covering the fields of monitoring, protection, awareness raising, education, legal assistance, research and victim rehabilitation. As a result of their activities, the human rights records of most Arab countries have been disclosed before both the Arab and the international community, 2 whereas in the eighties this task was restricted to international human rights organizations.
Date entered: 9/13/2002 11:26:19 AM
| Religious Human Rights in Muslim States of the Middle East and North Africa
THE LAW OF MODERN MUSLIM STATES. Unlike the classical era of Islam, in which sects and schools of jurisprudence formed the major constituent blocs, contemporary Islam cannot be analyzed in isolation from the modern nation-state, which takes a variety of forms and modes of origin. In the Middle East and Muslim Africa, only Turkey (the Ottoman Empire), Saudi Arabia, Iran (Persia), Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan (Nubia), and Oman (Muscat and Oman) had independent national identities, as such, that pre-existed the modern era. Most states in this region were created and their borders defined by European powers after World War I; many, including Algeria, Tunesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Sudan, and Libya, did not achieve sovereignty until after World War II. While some began their modern independence as traditional monarchies, socialist-influenced revolutions turned kingdoms into republics in Egypt, Yemen, and Iraq. Iran's monarchy was replaced by an Islamic revolution in 1979. Of the remaining monarchies, parliamentary elections have recently been held in Jordan, Morocco, and Kuwait, while elections have yet to be held in Saudi Arabia, Oman, or Qatar. The Muslim Asian states of Pakistan, Malaysia, and Indonesia are a parliamentary democracy, a constitutional monarchy, and a military-dominated republic, respectively. Afghanistan's government is currently in "post-Communist Islamic transition
Date entered: 9/13/2002 12:27:33 PM
| APHR
The Arab Program for Human Rights Activists (APHRA) is a non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, registered in Cairo as a practical step and positive development of continuous general and public dissection of the problems, needs, and aspirations of the activists working in the field of human rights in the Arab world.
Date entered: 9/13/2002 12:35:18 PM
| Centre For Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa
The Centre for Media Freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (CMF MENA) is an independent regional
non-governmental organisation dedicated to the defence of journalists and the promotion of media freedom in the
Middle East and North Africa. It was founded in November 1998.
Date entered: 9/13/2002 12:40:43 PM
| Focus on the Arab World
An international conference of the Arab Human Rights movement, instigated by CIHRS, an independent Egyptian research organisation, was held in Casablanca from 23 - 25 April in the presence of more than one hundred national (operating both within Arab countries and from exile) and international Human Rights organisations
Date entered: 8/20/2002 9:22:46 AM
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