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بيان صحافي منح الصندوق العربي لحقوق الإنسان تتخطّى ال 1.5 مليون دولار عقد مجلس إدارة الصندوق العربي لحقوق الإنسان إجتماعه الدوري في فندق "أرجان روتانا" في بيروت في السادس والسابع عشر من آذار (مارس) 2012، و تم عرض مجمل النشاطات التي يقوم بها الصندوق في المنطقة العربيّة. كما تم الإعلان رسميّاً عن تخطّي مجموع منح الصندوق مبلغ 1.5 مليون دولار منذ نشأته عام 2008 لدعم 71 منظمة ومدافع(ة) في مجال حقوق الإنسان في 20 بلد عربي. وبحث المجاس نشاطات الصندوق الحالية والمستقبليّة في المنطقة العربيّة من خلال المنح المقدمة الى الجمعيات والمنظّمات الحقوقية الفاعلة في مختلف قضايا حقوق الانسان. وبما ان...

------ Arabic Below ------- The Lebanese Emigration Research Center (LERC) and Carthage Center for Research (CCRD), a subunit under the Lebanese Development Network (LDN), jointly announce the research project Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, April 2011-2012. This scientific research project reviews the arrival of Syrian refugees to Lebanon following security deterioration in Syria between April 2011 and April 2012. The main objective of this study is to analyze the assistance to and protection of Syrian refugees in Lebanon in the context of recent political developments and historical...

The tragic murder of Alem today should be a call to action. While her death is being called a "suicide" in the press, the conditions that led to it mark it as homicide. Alem is only the latest in a long line of migrant workers who travel across thousands of miles in search of a livelihood that will support their families. That same desire is what propels thousands of Lebanese to migrate to Europe or North America each year. Just as we do not condone the racism that Lebanese people experience abroad, racism that often leads to vicious attacks, imprisonment, and sometimes torture, we do not...

DOT Lebanon, the Solidarity Association for Social & Cultural Development (SASCD) and the Women's Program Center (WPC) organized a joint graduation ceremony for the youth and women in the Ein El Helwe Palestinian Refugee Camp on January 07, 2012 to celebrate the completion of DOT Lebanon's "Let's Communicate" and "Our Voices (ASWATOUNA)" projects. DOT Lebanon, the Solidarity Association for Social & Cultural Development (SASCD) and the Women's Program Center (WPC) organized a joint graduation ceremony for the youth and women in the Ein El Helwe Palestinian Refugee Camp on January 07, 2012 to...

JOINT STATEMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Seizing a historic opportunity to end torture in the Middle East and North Africa Ten steps against torture Geneva, 10 December 2011. On the occasion of the UN Human Rights Day, the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) and fourteen partner organisations from eight countries in the Middle East and North Africa (see below) jointly call on all governments of the region to make the absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment a reality. To this end, OMCT and its partner organisations have set forth a “10 Steps” agenda outlined below. The year...

Within the framework of constructive participation in the process of activating the role of civil society in Lebanon and the Arab world, the Lebanese Development Network (LDN) will be launching during the month of December 2011 its new initiative - Capacity Academy - which includes a wide range of programs aiming at providing the best means of modern theoretical and technical skills conducive to the development of the performance of the non-profit organizations as well as the social activists. The "Academy" includes a series of various programs on topics related to Democracy, Leadership...

Under the auspices of H.E. Mr. Wael Abou Faur, Minister of Social Affairs for the Republic of Lebanon, and Dr. Mona Kamel, Director of Family and Childhood Department for the League of Arab States and in collaboration with the Nordic Trust Fund at the World Bank a regional two day meeting, from 9 to 10 November, was held in Beirut to present the findings of the research project“The Role of Human Rights/Child Rights Based Programming in areas affected by conflict”. The two-day meeting brought together more than 30 global and regional practitioners and experts working in fields of development...

allegations in the case of Mr. Tarek Rabaa. The undersigned organizations demand an immediate, independent and thorough investigation into the alleged torture and arbitrary detention of Mr. Tarek Rabaa in Lebanon. Furthermore the undersigned organizations call on the Lebanese authorities for his immediate release, if his confession proves to have been forcibly extracted under torture. Tarek Rabaa, a 41-years old Lebanese citizen, working as engineer at Alfa Telecom Company, was summoned to the Ministry of Defense for investigation on 12 July 2010. There, he was asked about a French phone...

On 7 November 2011, Lebanon Support, Information Center on Emergency, Recovery, and Development, launches the alpha release of the second version of Lebanon’s most accessed portal on civil society work in Lebanon, with a million and a half pageviews per year. The new version, under the name of “daleel-madani.org”, contains information on 1300 (and counting) national and international organization (including, NGOs, INGOs, IOs, Governmental Agencies, etc.), including detailed information on more than 900 emergency, recovery, and development projects implemented in Lebanon since 2007. The online...

نظمت جمعية «سيتيآكت»، أمس الأول، نشاطاً بعنوان «فرّقونا.. والتقينا.. الحقونا»، شارك فيه ثلاثونشاباً وشابة ينتمون إلى طوائف واعتقادات سياسية متفاوتة، استقلوا دراجات هوائيةوانطلقوا من أمام كنيسة «مار مخايل»، متجولين في مناطق الشياح وعين الرمانيةوالضاحية والحدث، بالتنسيق مع بلديات المناطق والقوى الأمنية. وهدف النشاط إلى «كسر الحواجز الوهمية واجتياز الحدود» بين المناطق المتجاورة، وحث سكانها على «الانخراط والاندماج في محيطهم المتنوّع، خصوصاً أنها مناطق متداخلة جغرافياً، إلاأنها لا تزال منقسمة على نفسها، جرّاء الحروب والخلافات الطائفية». وتخلل نهارأمس الأول، إلى جانب جولة الدراجات الهوائية، نشاطات...

In Lebanon, the insufficiency and lack of independence of the Judiciary makes death penalty even more unacceptable There are many arguments against the death penalty; one of the main is the risk of miscarriage of justice inherent to any trial. This argument is even more applicable in Lebanon since the Judiciary system – or systems (civil, military, Justice Council) – as they exist today do not provide any guarantee of a fair trial. The rules to be followed for a fair trial are clearly laid out by the Lebanese law, in addition to the International covenant on civil and political rights that...

Egyptian and Tunisian People Revolted against Unjust Economic Models Aid Supporting the People’s Revolutions should not Restrict the Democratic Transition A Call of Civil Society Organizations from the Arab Region and International Groups Against Diverting the Revolutions’ Economic and Social Justice Goals through conditionalities imposed by the IMF, WB, EIB and EBRD The G8 met on the 26th and 27th of May 2011 in the French city of Deauville, where it discussed support to the “Arab Spring” 1, in the presence of official representatives from the Egyptian and Tunisian transitional governments...

Dear all, Kindly find below an article from l'Orient des Campus on ALPHA association and our activities with the children and the youth in South Lebanon!! We designed this "Art of Italian Cooking " to fundraise for ALPHA social and education activities ...Unfortunately we had to stop these cooking classes . Thanks to all the people who particpate in these cooking classes and keep on followins us: http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ Looking forward to hearing from you again!! ALPHA TEAM

Article posted by The Daily Star on Saturday March 12th, 2011. It talks about the work of ALPHA association in the South of Lebanon and especially the activity of Art therapy (paintings). Thanks to the French Cultural Center for the exhibition of these paintings. Have a look! Join us on our main platform: http://lebalpha.blogspot.com/ Looking forward to hearing from you! ALPHA team