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From: "Martin Thomas" <martin@workersliberty.org>
To: <awl-internal@leftlists.org.uk>
Sent: 14 September 2001 21:45
Subject: [AWL Internal] Arab NGO statement on terror attack in the United
States
> >September 13, 2001
> >
> >Arab NGO's denounce the criminal terrorist attack on American and non-
> >American innocent civilians on Tuesday.
> >
> >Arab human rights organizations have always based their advocacy for
> >individual and collective human rights on one standard; they have always
> >denounced all barbaric attacks on Palestinian and Iraqi as well as other
> >civilians. Likewise, Arab human rights organizations denounce the
> >barbaric onslaught on American civilians. We do hope that the American
> >authorities would comply with the principles of the international law in
> >hunting down and punishing the perpetrators. We also hope that the
> >American authorities would not to carry out any collective punishments,
> >which would increase the number of innocent victims.
> >
> >Henceforth, the undersigned organizations express their concern about the
> >growing incitement campaign, which is a form of racial discrimination,
> >against Arabs and Muslims in America and Europe -irrespective of who
> >would be held accountable at the end of investigations.
> >
> >Signatures:
> >
> >* Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
> >* Palestinian Center for Human Rights, Gaza
> >* LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and
> >the Environment
> >* Ittijah - Union of Arab Community Based Associations (consisting 56
> >NGO's)
> >* Al-Mizan Human Rights Center, Gaza
> >* Palestinian NGO Network (consisting 68 NGO's)
> >* Moroccan Organisation for Human Rights
> >* The Truth & Equity Forum in Morocco
> >* The Sudanese Human Rights Group
> >* The New Jordan Center for Studies
> >* The Bahraini Association for Human Rights
> >* The Palestinian Association for Human Rights in Lebanon
> >* Hisham Mubarak Law Center, Egypt
> >* The Arab Center for Judiciary Independence and Advocacy, Egypt
> >* The Human Rights Center for Prisoners' Aid, Egypt
> >* The Egyptian Center for Women Rights
> >* The Egyptian Organisation for Human Rights
> >* The New Center for Women Studies, Egypt
> >* The Committees for Defense of Human Rights, Syria
> >* Human Rights Center for Information and Rehabilitation, Yemen
> >
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