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L’affaire Badawi est toujours devant la justice, indique Riyad | Moyen-Orient
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Juste histoire de ne pas oublier Raif Badawi et ses compagnons de misère
L’affaire du blogueur saoudien Raif Badawi condamné à la prison et à 1000 coups de fouet, dont la famille est réfugiée à Sherbrooke, est toujours devant la justice, a affirmé jeudi le ministre saoudien des Affaires étrangères Adel al-Jubeir.
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« La procédure judiciaire est toujours en cours et il revient au tribunal de se prononcer sur cette affaire », a déclaré le ministre saoudien des Affaires étrangères Adel al-Jubeir.
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« La procédure judiciaire est toujours en cours et il revient au tribunal de se prononcer sur cette affaire », a déclaré le ministre saoudien lors d’une conférence de presse avec son homologue autrichien Sebastian Kurz.
M. Jubeir n’a pas précisé devant quelle juridiction l’affaire est examinée alors que la femme du blogueur avait affirmé en juin que la plus haute cour saoudienne avait confirmé définitivement la peine de 10 ans de prison et de 1000 coups de fouet prononcée contre son mari.
Raif Badawi, 31 ans, arrêté en vertu d’une loi sur la cybercriminalité, a été condamné fin 2014. Sa condamnation avait suscité l’indignation à l’échelle internationale.
Diplomatic Activity Portends “Coup” in Saudi Foreign Relations
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Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif al-Zayani attends an extraordinary GCC meeting of foreign ministers, on February 14, 2015, in the Saudi capital #Riyadh. AFP/Fayez Nureldine Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif al-Zayani attends an extraordinary GCC meeting of foreign ministers, on February 14, 2015, in the Saudi capital Riyadh. AFP/Fayez Nureldine
Riyadh has seen a flurry of diplomatic activity from the Gulf in the past few days amid talk of changes in Saudi foreign policy under #King_Salman_bin_Abdulaziz. The new policy would be geared toward establishing a Sunni alliance against Iran and mending fences with #turkey, #Qatar, and the #Muslim_Brotherhood. After (...)
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L’aéroport de Gaza ou le rêve en ruines - Par Thomas Coex - Making-of
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En photo, j’adore les ruines. Elles permettent de jouer avec les volumes, de faire des images dans une ambiance de fin du monde.
Mais ce bâtiment, c’est aussi le symbole cruel de l’état dans lequel se trouve la bande de Gaza, et de ce que sont devenus les rêves de paix et de souveraineté des Palestiniens.
Aéroport international Yasser Arafat — Wikipédia
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La construction de l’aéroport dura un an et coûta 86 millions de dollars, financée par l’Égypte, le Japon, l’Arabie saoudite, l’Espagne et l’Allemagne. L’aéroport a été dessiné par des architectes marocains qui se sont inspirés de l’aéroport Mohammed V de Casablanca avec lequel il est jumelé. L’aéroport a été inauguré le 24 novembre 1998 en présence de Yasser Arafat et du président américain Bill Clinton. Celle-ci a été présentée comme une étape en direction de la reconnaissance de la Palestine.
La station radar et la tour de contrôle ont été détruits par l’aviation israélienne en 2001 au début de la Seconde Intifada, puis des bulldozers ont détruit la piste d’atterrissage en janvier 2002. Entre 2001 et 2006, le personnel travaillait toujours aux guichets d’enregistrement et au tri des bagages, malgré l’absence de vols pendant cette période.
Five more #MERS patients die in #Saudi_Arabia
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An Indian worker wears a mouth and nose mask as he feeds camels at his Saudi employer’s farm on May 12, 2014 outside Riyadh. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Saudi Arabia has reported five new deaths from the MERS respiratory virus, bringing the death toll in the world’s worst-hit country to 168. In its latest tally, issued on Saturday, the health ministry said the total number of infections in the kingdom from the coronavirus since it first appeared in 2012 now stood at 529 people. Among the latest fatalities were two men aged 67 and 55 and an 80-year-old woman in Jeddah, the port city where a spate of cases among staff at King Fahd Hospital last month led to the dismissal of its director and the health minister. read (...)
#Yemen reports first #MERS virus death as Saudi toll up to 68
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Saudi medical staff leave the emergency department at a hospital in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 8, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Yemen reported its first case of the deadly MERS coronavirus on Sunday in a further spread of the deadly strain in the Middle East two years after its outbreak in neighboring #Saudi_Arabia. “Medical personnel have recorded one case of the coronavirus in Sanaa and the victim is a Yemeni man who works as an aeronautics engineer,” the semi-official al-Thawra newspaper quoted Public Health Minister Ahmed al-Ansi as saying. read (...)
Saudi crown prince slams banks for “giving little” to society
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Saudi Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin Bin Abdulaziz speaks during the inauguration of the first Saudi Human Genome Project in the Middle East at the King Abdulaziz City for Science in Riyadh on December 8, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
The second-in-line to the Saudi Arabian throne has denounced banks in the kingdom, saying they are contributing too little to society compared to what they take, Saudi media reported on Wednesday. There were no indications that the comments by Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz, who was appointed to the post last month, would be followed by any concrete policies against banks in the oil-rich country. read (...)
Saudi women take on oppressive guardianship system
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Fully veiled Saudi women browse the annual International Book Exhibition in the capital Riyadh on March 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Fayez Nureldine) Fully veiled Saudi women browse the annual International Book Exhibition in the capital Riyadh on March 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Fayez Nureldine)
Confined for years to the margins of society by a repressive and dictatorial government, #Saudi_Arabia’s women’s rights advocates continue to revolt against gender segregation and “absolute male guardianship.”
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Riyadh and Doha: A fierce but low-profile battle
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Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz (L) and Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (R) arrive to attend the 130th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on March 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Fayez Nureldine) Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal bin Abdulaziz (L) and Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Sabah (R) arrive to attend the 130th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in Riyadh on March 4, 2014. (Photo: AFP- Fayez Nureldine)
What is happening is far more than a spat and an ensuing withdrawal of ambassadors. It is a relentless war in (...)
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#Egypt's Mubarak to stand trial for embezzlement
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An Egyptian man walks past portraits of Egypt’s military commander Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who is to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections on January 31, 2014 on the 6th October Bridge in Cairo. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Ousted Egyptian president #Hosni_Mubarak, in court for alleged incitement to kill protesters and corruption, is to also stand trial this month on embezzlement charges, the prosecution said Thursday. Mubarak, 85, has remained in a military hospital in Cairo since he was freed from prison in August after the maximum pre-trial detention period expired. He had been convicted of involvement in the murder of protesters during the 2011 uprising that toppled him, but a court ordered a retrial last year on technical grounds. (...)
#Egypt cabinet reshuffle paves way for Sisi presidential candidacy
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An Egyptian man stands under portraits of Egypt’s military commander Field Marshal #Abdel_Fattah_al-Sisi, who is to run for the presidency in the upcoming elections on January 31, 2014 on the 6th October Bridge in Cairo. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has said a cabinet reshuffle will include the defense ministry, an Egyptian newspaper said on Saturday, in the clearest sign yet that Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi plans to stand for president. Deposed President #Mohammed_Mursi, meanwhile, is facing trial on Saturday over violence outside the presidential palace during unrest in late 2012. read (...)
Saudi police kill three Ethiopian workers
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Foreign workers gather outside Saudi immigration department as they try to get visas and legalize their work situation, on November 3, 2013 in Riyadh. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Saudi police have killed at three Ethiopian migrants who were preparing to return home following a brutal #crackdown on clandestine workers in the Gulf kingdom, Ethiopian officials said Tuesday. “The act of killing innocent civilians is uncalled for, we condemn that,” Foreign Ministry (...)
Migrants surrender to Saudi police after deadly raid
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Foreign workers carry their belongings and a baby as they leave the #Manfuhah neighborhood of the Saudi capital Riyadh on November 10, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Hundreds of clandestine migrants targeted in a Saudi nationwide crackdown turned themselves in on Sunday after security forces besieged a Riyadh neighborhood and shot dead at least one person. Men, women and children lined up carrying their belongings to board police buses transferring them to a (...)
Two more contaminated with #MERS virus in #Saudi_Arabia
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A Muslim pilgrim wearing a mask due to fears of the deadly MERS virus arrives to throw pebbles at pillars during the “Jamarat” ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on October 15, 2013. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Saudi Arabia has recorded two new cases of the MERS virus, the health ministry said on Saturday, a day after authorities in neighboring Qatar reported one new case. Saudi Arabia accounts for a full 52 of 127 deaths (...)
Amid migrant worker crackdown, Saudis gripe about higher labor costs
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Foreign laborers work outside a fabric shop on November 7, 2013 in Riyadh, #Saudi_Arabia. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Saudis have begun complaining of surging labor costs following the exodus of a million foreign workers, although economists insist there will be long-term planning benefits from fully regulating the market. Professionals in the kingdom, both Saudi and expatriate, say the freelance tradesmen who used to queue for odd jobs in public squares have (...)
Two million pilgrims come to Mecca for #hajj despite #MERS virus fears
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Muslim pilgrims wait for performing morning prayer in Mecca’s Grand Mosque, on October 13, 2013, as hundreds of thousands of Muslims have poured into the holy city of Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage. (Photo: AFP - Fayez Nureldine)
Some two million pilgrims poured out of the Muslim holy city of Mecca on Sunday to begin the annual hajj, their numbers reduced on fears of the deadly MERS virus. Saudi Health Minister Abdullah Al-Rabia told reporters late Saturday (...)