links for 2010-01-01

• Video: Egyptian Security beating #Gaza Freedom March activists #GFM – justicentric
  video of police heavy-handedness with foreign activists in Tahrir
  (tags: GFM gaza palestine egypt activism police humanrights)
• International Gaza march stymied in Cairo (News Feature) – Monsters and Critics
  reporting on GFM
  (tags: GFM gaza palestine activism egypt cairo international)
• Twitpic – Share photos on Twitter
  pic of foreign activist bleeding in Tahrir
  (tags: GFM gaza cairo egypt activism violence)
• 'Jordan to carry out studies for new projects to cut greenhouse gas emissions – Arab Environment Watch
  (tags: climatechange policy jordan UNFCCC international)
• Jordan to implement a $4.3 million programme to enhance adaptation to climate change – Arab Environment Watch
  (tags: jordan UNDP climatechange water environment policy)
• Environment in Jordan 2009: A Year in Review – Arab Environment Watch
  The year 2009 can be better described, from an environmental perspective as the year when Jordan finally opened its eyes to the threats of Climate change.
  [..]
  For many years Jordan has neglected the issue [..] due to three major reasons. [First,] the fact that Jordan is facing many acute socio-economic and environmental problems that [..], which put the long-term impacts of climate change at the lower level of priorities. Second, Jordan was lacking political power to address climate change seriously and was mainly content with echoing the "denialist" approach developed by many other Arab countries, mainly oil producing ones that wanted to marginalize climate change from the regional environmental agenda to protect the global demand for oil. Third[, the lack of] scientific basis for documenting the actual and projected impacts and scenarios of climate change and the absence of well researched data contributed to a big gap of knowledge.

  The three barriers were removed this year.

  (tags: jordan environment climatechange policy)
• Activists maintain a foothold near Tahrir/#Gaza Square. #GFM – justicentric
  Very interesting observation:
  "Separately, Sam shared more observations about the police presence. As Sam sees it there are distinct classes of police — indicated by commonalities in their actions, state of dress, build, and apparent ethnic background. The plainclothes "goons" who attacked demonstrators earlier were more athletic and lighter skinned. The uniformed police in riot gear who are still present and holding a perimeter around the remaining activists are thinner, darker skinned men. One assumes that these observed external traits and behaviors are the product of class and ethnic prejudice within the command of the police force, if not the culture of the state in general."
  (tags: GFM police humanrights egypt activism)
• France24 – Foreign activists in Gaza protest Israeli closures
  (tags: gfm gaza humanrights activism egypt cairo international palestine)
• Report f dead French demonstrator are not verified. #Gaza #GFM – justicentric
  no evidence of dead french woman
  (tags: GFM egypt cairo gaza activism humanrights)
• Maan News Agency: Report: French woman killed in Cairo protests
  Bethlehem – Ma'an – Organizers of the Gaza Freedom March in Cairo reported the death of Marie Renee, a French citizen, from injuries sustained at the hands of Egyptian security forces during a demonstration with the Gaza Freedom March on Thursday, sources said.
  (tags: GFM gaza egypt activism humanrights)