Youth Join Forces to Educate About Global Poverty

This week nearly 70 people packed into a classroom at the University of MN to hear a presentation from Ala Jaradat, the program manager for Addameer, a Palestinian prisoner support and human rights organization in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Jaradat was in the Twin Cities for 2 days as part of a national speaking tour to raise awareness about the plight of political prisoners in Palestine, and the specific practice of administrative detention where Palestinian detainees can be held indefinitely without charge or trial. 
 
Over 750,000 Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli government since 1967. Of the 3.8 million Palestinians currently living in the occupied territories, nearly 35% of them have been arrested by Israeli officials at least once. Since the majority of th

Children and Involuntary Commitment

Who can be Baker Acted
What are the rules on consent and psychiatric drugs
What are the rules on consent and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

NEWSWIRES--- NY/ THE LAST PHARAOH: MUBARAK AND THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE OF EGYPT IN THE OBAMA AGE WRITTEN BY EGYPTIAN/AMERICAN AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR AND LECTURER, ALADDIN ELAASAR, WHO WAS NOMINATED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN EGYPT IN 2005. THE LAST PHARAOH IS ALSO THE TITLE OF A FORTHCOMING HOLLYWOOD MEGA ACTION MOVIE STARRING WILL SMITH IN 2010.

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By Aladdin Elaasar