Mustafa Qadri

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US drones flown from Pakistan

February 15th, 2009 · No Comments

A senior U.S. lawmaker said Thursday that unmanned CIA Predator aircraft operating in Pakistan are flown from an air base in that country, a revelation likely to embarrass the Pakistani government and complicate its counter-terrorism collaboration with the United States.

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UN rapporteur on Israel’s war crimes

January 25th, 2009 · No Comments

The mental anguish of the civilians who suffered the assault is so great that the entire population of Gaza could be seen as casualties, said Falk, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

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Out Of The Spotlight, Gazans Continue to Suffer

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

The following article, on the recommencement of hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel’s blockade, was published in NewMatilda.com today:

Out Of The Spotlight, Gazans Continue to Suffer

Despite fewer deaths from hostilities since the June ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the situation on the ground in Gaza remains dire, writes Mustafa Qadri

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Israel’s international law loophole

November 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Ambassador to Britain Ron Prosor said earlier this year that the law was detrimental to relations between Israel and the UK and that officials were working to amend the law.

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Interview with Philippe Sands QC

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The following interview of Philippe Sands QC regarding his book ‘Torture Team’ appeared in Dawn newspaper (Pakistan) on 12 October 2008.

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Review: ‘Torture Team’ by Philippe Sands QC

October 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The following review of ‘Torture Team’ by Philippe Sands QC appeared in Dawn Newspaper (Pakistan) on 12 October 2008.

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‘The West’ and ‘The Other’

July 28th, 2007 · No Comments

The respected international relations theorist and former United States Department of State employee Samuel Huntington explains the significance of the West as agent of civilisation:

“The West has, in short, become a mature society entering into what future generations, in the recurring pattern of civilizations, will look back to as a “golden age,” a period of peace resulting in… “the absence of any competing units within the area of the civilization itself, and from the remoteness or even absence of struggles with other societies outside.””

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