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URGENT ALERT: TURKEY

IHRC is urging all campaigners to act regarding the deteriorating Human Rights condition in Turkey. The government is now considering passing legislation that will allow the government to purge all Islamists from the government.

A Call from Selam Weekly.

Selam weekly is an Istanbul based newspaper. Its journalists have been regularly persecuted for their outspoken criticism of the government and their Islamic beliefs.

URGENT ALERT: Philipines

Last Sunday, June 18, 2000, at about 5:00 pm, a group of Filipino soldiers who were on R&R (rest and recreation) in Cagayan de Oro City, the regional capital of Northern Mindanao, stopped at one of the city’s busiest markets and upon seeing Muslims attend

URGENT ALERT: ISRAELI WAR CRIMINAL PROMOTED BY BARAK

Ehud Barak’s perceived image as a peacemaker was further dented, with the news that he has promoted Amos Yaron to Director -General of the Israel Defence Ministry. Yaron has been implicated in the infamous Sabra and Shatila massacre, by an official

URGENT ALERT: GERMANY / EGYPT: Fear of Deportation & Torture

‘Abd al-Akher Hammad, aged 44 and Muhi al-Din Ahmad ‘Abd al-Mun’im, aged 40 are alleged leading members of al-Gama’a al-Islamiya…Their asylum applications were examined and rejected, and their appeals were turned down by an administrative court (Verwalt