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Activists and environmentalists took to social media platforms to criticize Omani government's decision to allow construction of housing units over Dhofar Plain, which threatens camel grazers' livelihoods and centuries-old traditions.
A businessman at the heart of a corruption scandal which in January brought down Jüri Ratas (Center) as prime minister is to be released from custody, where he has been held since shortly after Ratas' resignation. Hillar Teder, a property and retail magnate, was one of five suspects in an investigation into suspected influence peddling and bribery centered on the Porto Franco real estate development in central Tallinn. Another suspect, former finance ministry adviser Kersti Kracht, was freed from custody last month, while the Center Party itself is also a suspect. Teder's release follows a r...
February 26, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Oman. Description of the situation The Observatory has been informed by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about the arbitrary detention of Dr. A hmed Issa Qatan, an environmental rights defender and specialist in desalination of sea water, who defends the preservation of green areas and their natural heritage in the Dhofar Plain of the Dhofar Governorate in Oman. On Febr...
Oman: Arbitrary detention of environmental rights defender Ahmed Issa Qatan 26/02/2021 Arbitrary detention / February 26, 2021 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in Oman. Description of the situation: The Observatory has been informed by the Gulf Centre for Human Rights (GCHR) about the arbitrary detention of Dr. Ahmed Issa Qatan, an environmental rights defender and specialist in desalination of sea water, who defends the preservat...
Coronavirus was running rampant in Israel. But a swift vaccination program is having dramatic results Posted SatSaturday 6 FebFebruary 2021 at 7:00pm In five weeks, more than half of all Israelis have received their first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, and 20 per cent have received both shots. ( Print text only Cancel Israel has managed to vaccinate more than half of its population against COVID-19 in just five weeks, having a dramatic impact on its infection rate. Israel has even set the ambitious target of having 80 per cent of its 9 million citizens fully vaccinated by May. The swift vaccinatio...