Dubai, Hub of Tyranny

(Beirut) – The UAE authorities in 2014 aggressively restricted the rights of freedom of expression, association, and assembly, cracking down on dissidents and anyone considered a threat to national security, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2015. The authorities also failed to investigate credible allegations that security forces arbitrarily detained and tortured dissidents.

The UAE did not adequately protect the country’s migrant workers from serious abuses, including construction workers on one of its most high-profile projects. Migrant domestic workers in the country are employed in circumstances that sometimes amount to forced labor, slavery, or trafficking. Read Full

Imamia Chamber of Commerce & Industry

The US' Dark Empire Has Secret Operations in Over 100 Countries

"During the fiscal year that ended on September 30, 2014, U.S. Special Operations forces (SOF) deployed to 133 countries -- roughly 70% of the nations on the planet -- according to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Bockholt, a public affairs officer with U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM).  
This capped a three-year span in which the country’s most elite forces were active in more than 150 different countries around the world, conducting missions ranging from kill/capture night raids to training exercises." Report

Election Gimmicks by Netanyahu

Cradle of Wahhabism

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the cradle of Wahhabism, the extreme form of Islam that put the Saud family in power and keeps it there.
The Saudis are almost as enthusiastic about public beheading as their mortal enemy ISIS, which shocked the world with videos of Western hostages about to suffer this awful fate. 
Where do people think Isis got the idea? 
Both al-Qaeda and IS want to restore a mostly imaginary caliphate that would be, in many respects, indistinguishable from Saudi Arabia."

Don't Forget Bahrain

The Bahraini Uprising, 4 Years Later
ALAN TAYLOR

In early 2011, inspired by the widespread "Arab Spring" movements in countries across the Middle East, opposition groups in the small island nation of Bahrain rose up in a series of protests against the ruling Al Khalifa family. Within months, most of the demonstrations were violently broken up by government forces. Dozens of protesters were killed and hundreds were jailed. In the four years since, the pro-democracy movement has grown quieter but never died away. Jailed opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman awaits trial next week for "promoting political change using illegal forceful means and threats." Prominent Bahraini human rights activist Nabeel Rajab was just sentenced to six months in prison for "insulting a public institution" in a message sent out on Twitter. The tweet insinuated that Bahrain's armed forces served as ideological incubators for the jihadist ideals promoted by ISIS.

On the street, demonstrations continue sporadically, sometimes devolving into violent clashes—just yesterday, an activist was apparently shot in the face by security forces while protesting, an incident caught on video. Gathered here are images of Bahrain's continued uprising, taken over the past year.

http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/01/the-bahraini-uprising-4-years-later/384702/

First Pakistan and Now Children Butchered in Australia

Australian police have closed off the street of the property where eight children were found dead in Cairns, December 19, 2014.

Australian authorities say eight children aged between 18 months and 15 years old have been found dead at a house in the northern city of Cairns, reportedly after a mass stabbing.
The police said Friday that a woman was also found with stab wounds at the property in the city’s suburb of Manoora.
The 34-year-old woman was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition and helping detectives with their inquiries.
Another sibling, a 20-year-old man, reportedly arrived home to find his eight siblings dead inside the house.
Reports widely stated that the children were stabbed to death, while other outlets said they had been suffocated. Police did not immediately give any details on the issue.
"As it stands at the moment, there's no need for the public to be concerned about this other than the fact that it's a tragic, tragic event," said Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar.
Police were questioning neighbors and officers had not determined the relationship between all of the children and the injured woman.
However, the woman’s cousin Lisa Thaiday reportedly said that the dead children were all siblings and the woman was their mother.
A stepfather was also known to live at the property, reported Sky News, saying, however, that his whereabouts are unknown.