Saudis with beaten Ethiopian
"Abdulla Shahmola trudges up the road leading from Addis Ababa airport to the outskirts of the city, his battered black suitcase balanced precariously on his head. Weariness and relief are etched into his delicate features as he heaves his heavy bag to the floor. "I have so many possessions that I had to leave behind in Saudi Arabia – a television, a bed, a fridge," he laments, adding that he is thankful to be back in Ethiopia. Abdulla is one of hundreds of men, women and children steadily streaming from the airport cargo terminal, where up to 20 flights have been arriving daily from Jeddah and Riyadh since 13 November. A kilometre's walk from the hastily erected transit centre, which has been processing some 7,000 returning migrants each day, a small crowd, held back by federal police officers in blue military fatigues, waits anxiously for a glimpse of a loved one. As of 8 December, 115,465 Ethiopians – 72,780 men, 37,092 women and 5,593 children, 202 of whom were unaccompanied – had returned from Saudi Arabia, according to government figures. The migrants, most of whom were in Saudi Arabia without work permits, were expelled after a tightening of labour regulations in March and the expiration of an amnesty for illegal workers on 4 November."
Saudi Arabia Migrant Expulsions: 'They Beat Us. I Want To Warn Others Not To Go' Document
Draft, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote.
GA Second Committee Draft Resolution "Harmony with Nature", A/C.2/68/L.59 Development
Three of the four executed Iranian political prisoners
"Four Ahwazi Arab political prisoners have been executed, according to reports received by Iran Human Rights (IHR). The executions are also reported by BBC Persian and several other sources. Ghazi Abbasi, Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh , Abdul-Amir Mojaddami and Jasim Moghaddam Payam were sentenced to death by Branch 1 of the Ahwaz revolutionary court on August 15, 2012. They were convicted of 'enmity with God', which is a common charge made against critics of the government. The death sentences were upheld by the Supreme Court in February, although it is believed that the lawyer representing Abdul-Reza Amir-Khanafereh was still in the process of appealing against the conviction before the executions."
Iran Human Rights Condemns Execution of Four Ahwazi Political Prisoners Document
Shezanne Cassim has been in a UAE jail since April
"A Minnesota man is being held in an Arab jail after putting a spoof video about youth culture in Dubai online. Shezanne Cassim, 29, was arrested in April and charged with violating a 2012 cyber crime law that has penalties for allegedly challenging authorities, his attorney, Susan Burns, said. Mr Cassim, who was moved to a maximum security prison in Abu Dhabi in June, has been accused of endangering national security. He is the first foreigner arrested under tougher measures governing internet use in the United Arab Emirates, according to the Emirates Center for Human Rights... 'It's tragic. It's something that can happen to anybody, especially young people who post all the time on YouTube,' Ms Burns said. To be incarcerated over something that's clearly a joke, clearly meant in jest, clearly meant in good humor - and held for seven months - is a violation of human rights.'"
American Arrested in Dubai for Video About Arab 'Gangstas' Document
Waleed Saad Shaker, one of two Coptic Christians killed by Muslims in Libya
"Two Egyptian Christians living in Libya were killed by Muslims when they refused to convert to Islam in late September. The Morning Star News reported that Waleed Saad Shaker, 25, and Nash'at Shenouda Ishaq, 27, Coptic Christians from Egypt living in Libya, were surrounded by a group of militant Muslims in northeastern Libya's Derna District, in what initially seemed like an armed robbery. After taking their belongings and beating them, the group demanded that the two men recite the shahada, the Islamic conversation declaration. When the men refused, the extremists tied them up and shot them."
Egyptian Christians Killed In Libya For Refusing To Convert To Islam Document
Draft was adopted without a vote.
GA Second Committee Draft Resolution "Women in development", A/C.2/68/L.51 Development
Draft, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote.
GA Third Committee Draft Resolution "Freedom of religion or belief", A/C.3/68/L.49/Rev.1 Development
Draft, as orally revised, was adopted without a vote.
Draft was adopted with 87 votes in favor, 66 against, and 22 abstentions.
GA Third Committee Draft Resolution "Report of the Human Rights Council", A/C.3/68/L.75 Development
Draft was rejected with 74 votes in favor, 76 against, and 18 abstentions.
Amendment to draft resolution A/C.3/68/L.75 "Report of the Human Rights Council", A/C.3/68/L.77 Development
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