Following a hate-crime killing spree by a self-proclaimed extremist, France is cracking down on visits to terrorist and hate websites.

Yassine Ferchichi is a Tunisian national who faced persecution in his country of origin because of his religious practice. Fearing for his life, he eventually fled Tunisia after he was tortured by the security forces in 2005. 

Yassine Ferchichi is a Tunisian national who fled persecution from his country of origin. He was arrested and sentenced in France on terrorism charges. His conviction was largely based on statements made by M’hamed Benyamina under torture in Algerian custody. In 2009, Yassine Ferchichi was deported to Senegal in opposition with a decision of the European Court of Human Rights. Since then, he has been living homeless without any legal document.

On 29 July 2001, Djamel Beghal was detained by the Emirati authorities in Abu Dhabi while on his way to Morocco from Pakistan.

Djamel explains how suicide and madness are constantly trying to break into the mental fortress he tried to build. But the absence of sunlight and the permanent immuring also harm the body: muscles suffer atrophy, bones become fragile, the skin starts its decomposition and the appetite fades away.

 

اعتبرت الصحافة الفرنسية الخميس أن العملية الانتحارية التي أدت إلى مقتل خمسة جنود فرنسيين الأربعاء في أفغانستان هي دليل اضافي على أن الوضع في أفغانستان هو "فخ لا مخرج منه" وقعت فيه قوات الحلف الاطلسي المنتشرة في هذا البلد

أعلن الرئيس الفرنسي نيكولا ساركوزي الثلاثاء في القاعدة المتقدمة للقوات الفرنسية في تورا قرب كابول أن فرنسا ستسحب ربع جنودها أي الف عسكري من أفغانستان بحلول نهاية 2012

وفي شيشاني الثلثاء في نيس (جنوب شرقي فرنسا) بقفزه من نافذة الشقة التي كان ينزل فيها هرباً من الشرطة التي كانت تنفذ عملية ضد الإرهاب، كما أعلن مصدر في الشرطة أمس

أفاد مصدر قضائي فرنسي انه تم اتهام اربعة اشخاص كانوا اعتقلوا الثلثاء للاشتباه بنيتهم التوجه الى مناطق القتال القريبة من افغانستان وباكستان، ووضعوا قيد التوقيف الاحتياطي

As of this week, it has become illegal for people in France to wear face veils in public – that means that Muslim women who cover their faces for Islamic purposes (burqa) are no longer able to do so without being subject to paying a fine.

As the saying goes in life there are two things that you can’t avoid: death and taxes. Well, I formally suggest that this saying be revised, or at least amended, to add in ‘unless you are a Muslim, in which case you will also have to deal with schedule 7 of the Terrorism 2000 act.’ Granted it may be a little long to catch on, but the point still stands.

Another anniversary of America's illegal detention camp comes round and the president's closure order remains unfulfilled

Like many other Algerians, Rachid Ramda fled the terrors of war and torture in his home country to seek asylum in the UK.

Rabah Kadre is 38 years old and from Algeria.