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Αναδημοσίευση από Madamasr (από τον τρόπο παρουσίασης των γεγονότων φαίνεται ότι το αντι-ισλαμικό στρατόπεδο δεν μπορεί να χωνέψει ότι ο στρατός δολοφονεί συστηματικά ισλαμιστές διαδηλωτές).

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Μερικές εκατοντάδες συγκρούστηκαν στο Trappes μπροστά στο αστυνομικό τμήμα με τις δυνάμεις καταστολής. Το περιστατικό που αποτέλεσε την αφορμή ήταν η σύλληψη ενός άντρα που προσπάθησε να διαμαρτυρηθεί σε αστυνομικούς που έκαναν έλεγχο (σύμφωνα με την κατάθεση της, της επιτέθηκαν) σε μια γυναίκα, η  οποία φορούσε μπούρκα. Στην ίδια περιοχή είχε γίνει επίθεση από δύο άτομα σε γυναίκα που φορούσε μπούρκα στις 14 Ιουλίου. Τα νέα της σύλληψης του άντρα οδήγησαν σε διαδήλωση έξω από το αστυνομικό τμήμα και στα επακόλουθα επεισόδια, καθώς μετά από ένα σπάσιμο στάσης το κράτος έστειλε εκατοντάδες αστυνομικούς στην περιοχή.

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Δες και εδώ

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Riot police dispersed a protest in central Kiev early on Friday over last month’s rape of a woman who accused police officers of the crime, local media reported.

The city government had allowed the protest on Kiev’s main square to be held on Thursday. But after some protesters set up tents to spend the night on the square, the authorities ordered them to leave and police arrived shortly afterwards, the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper reported.

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Τι αποτελέσματα θα έχει τις επόμενες μέρες; Ο Ραχόι απονομιμοποιείται και τα γεγονότα Τουρκίας & Βραζιλίας δεν είναι καλός οιωνός για το ισπανικό κράτος

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Χάος στη Μαδρίτη αλλά και στη Βαλένθια κατά τη διάρκεια της νύκτας, όταν οι αστυνομικές δυνάμεις επενέβησαν δυναμικά για να καταστείλουν αντικυβερνητικές διαδηλώσεις.

Συνολικά τραυματίστηκαν 16 άτομα στη διάρκεια των συγκρούσεων ενώ η αστυνομία προχώρησε σε 6 συλλήψεις.

Η οργή του κόσμου στην Ισπανία για το σκάνδαλο με τα μαύρα ταμεία διογκώνεται.
Τα γραφεία του Λαϊκού Κόμματος βρίσκονται υπό στενή πολιορκία με δυνάμεις επιβολής της τάξης να τα περιφρουρούν ενώ οι διαδηλωτές ζητούν την παραίτηση του πρωθυπουργού Μαριάνο Ραχόι.

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Video από τη διαδήλωση στο Leblon:

Last Wednesday, thousands of people made a protest on the street of Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral Filho. The protesters denounced corruption in the management Cabral, stroke of public money, the removals of poor neighborhoods on behalf of mega events, the extermination of the youth in the slums and the attack on the indigenous peoples. The protesters walked through the streets of Leblon, one of the world’s most expensive neighborhoods. Just A few metres from the casa de Cabral, PMs did not hesitate to attack. But as has happened repeatedly, resisted bravely and faced the troops of fascist state repression.

Οι φοιτητές κατέλαβαν το πανεπιστήμιο ζητώντας “εκδημοκρατισμό” και την πρώτη ν΄ύχτα της κατάληψης η στρατιωτική αστυνομία του Σάο Πάολο εισέβαλε, τους συνέλαβε και … όλα καλά.

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For three nights in a row there have been heavy riots in Hamburg-Altona. On Thursday evening a mob attacked policemen. Last night they burned cars and hurled stones.

About 150 young people gathered Friday night in Chemnitz Street and in Holsten Street. “They wanted to let loose,” said a police spokesman. First the rioters only lit firecrackers; later they torched cars.

In Karl Wolff Street a car was completely gutted. Another car was set on fire in Hospital Street, but was able to be extinguished. Some time later the tires of another car were burning. More than 100 police officers were out in force. They used pepper spray against the rioters. In response the mob hurled stones at the officers. A 21-year-old man was arrested.

The following night on Sunday again around 80 young people gathered in Holsten Street, and fireworks were ignited again — luckily nothing more happened on the third night of riots. “The situation has become very calm,” said the spokesman for Hamburg police on Sunday morning.

The riots started on Thursday night when a group of youths blinded car drivers with a laser pointer. The police moved in – and suddenly saw a group of over 150 people moving towards them. 16 rioters were detained.

There was an aggressive mood and the situation escalated.

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Last September, sixteen-year-old Eman Mustafa was walking with a friend in the village of Arab Al Kablatin Assiut, when a man groped her breasts. She turned to face him and spat in his face. He shot her dead with an automatic rifle as a price for her bravery. Mustafa’s death was an eye-opener call to those who claim that sexual violence is an urban issue. Thanks to human rights organizations and activist groups, Eman’s killer was sentenced to life imprisonment in June 2013.

Violence against women across historical, cultural, and national divides continues to be a socially accepted practice, if not a norm. In the realms of both policy and social awareness, we have collectively failed to tackle this issue with serious rigor. As a result, we seem to be witnessing an increase in sexual violence and brutality.

In Egypt, sexual harassment is widespread and touches the lives of the majority of women whether on the streets, in public transportation, or at the work place, the super market, or political protests. It is true that sexual harassment still lacks a unified definition, but it is not difficult to identify unwelcome verbal or physical sexual violation. Many Egyptians, women included, are unclear as to what constitutes sexual harassment. Others sadly, do not think it is a problem. One thing is clear though, and that is the actions of the various governments of the last thirty years have been limited to statements of regret and unmet promises.

The word taharrush (harassment) is a relatively new term in the daily lexicon. Until recently, sexual harassment was referred to as mu‘aksa (flirtation). That term alone reveals the multiple layers of denial, misogyny, and violence Egyptians must confront in tackling sexual harassment. In addition to rape and physical assault we must equally tackle name-calling, groping, and the barraging of women with sexual invitations. All of these acts normalize violence and hatred against women and they must become socially unacceptable.

Even though, for example, Eman Mustafa was a veiled villager, one key argument in the victim-blaming that is salient in our everyday narratives is the common and vulgar perception that sexual harassment occurs when women dress “provocatively.”  In fact, the only thing that Egyptians who face sexual harassment have in common is that over ninety-nine percent of them are females.

Over the last decade, Egyptians have been working intensively on spreading both social and legal awareness on sexual violence and harassment. In 2005, the Egyptian Center for Women’s rights launched its “Safe Streets for Everyone” initiative to combat sexual harassment. In 2008, more than sixteen human rights organizations and independent groups formed the “Task Force Against Sexual Violence.” In 2010, that Task Force released its own bill to amend Penal Code provisions on sexual violence. That year too, the volunteer-based initiative Harassmap established a free software method to receive anonymous SMS reporting that it would process into a mapping system. Harassmap’s mission was to render sexual harassment socially unacceptable.

Over the past two years, activists have formed many other independent movements and online groups that raise awareness, empower women to stand up against gender-based violence and speak out by sharing testimonies and ideas to combat sexual harassment, and in some cases, expose the perpetrators. After Eman Mustafa’s death last September, anti-sexual harassment protests were held at Assiut University to condemn the murder of a girl who fought for her bodily rights.

Women who have suffered from sexual harassment are usually reluctant to tell their stories, fearing reprisals and the dreaded label of the agitators. Nevertheless, if there is any noticeable progress in fighting sexual harassment in Egypt, it would be the rise in the number of women who are speaking up about their experiences and filing reports against their offenders. Another important development has been the formation of independent volunteer-based groups who fight sexual violence on the ground across the nation. In 2010, Harassmap received requests to expand their campaign to Alexandria, Daqahliya, and Minya. This year, Harassmap has expanded to sixteen governorates other than Cairo. With the help of more than 700 volunteers nationwide, Harassmap is reaching out to rural communities to end social acceptability of sexual harassment.

In June 2008, Noha al-Ostaz experienced a form of sexual violence on a Cairo street. She was confident that ignoring the behavior of the offender was ineffective. With the help of a friend and a bystander, Al-Ostaz managed to take the offender to a police station and file charges against him. Three months later, and for the first time in Egypt, the offender was sentenced to three years in prison on charges of sexual assault. Al-Ostaz paved the way for other women to stand up for their rights. Her action has encouraged several to pursue harassment charges against assailants.

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