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Earlier this fall, minorities in Iraq spoke out against a revision to a provincial election law that struck a clause guaranteeing Christians and other minorities political representation. In response to their pleas, members of Iraqi parliament voted to allocate 6 seats to religious and ethnic minorities – 6 out of 400. This decision was met [...]
Although many citizens and policymakers in Iraq were displeased that the most recently passed election law failed to address critical issues like the city of Kirkuk, a whole new wave of opposition to the law has risen from people who are outraged and opposed to it entirely. When the law was passed, legislators struck from [...]
In the wake of the previous day’s violence between rival Christian groups, the Lebanese government attempted to deal with the uneasy security situation in a seven-hour Cabinet meeting on Thursday, September 18. Headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, the meeting addressed the shootout as well as last week’s assassination of opposition politician Saleh Aridi, both [...]
