HIV is not allowed in Qatar media jobs

Are their no human rights for people living in Qatar with AIDs: deporting HIV positive expatriate workers; 2011 renders 45 most powerful images at least; First stage Egyptian election results; Teenagers write their own eulogies and sharing their presentiments for how they will be 'lost' as blogging adults; Boycotting Israeli products to take Apartheid off the menu.

Al Jazeera has a South African member of staff deported from Qatar for showing an HIV positive blood test result.

Daily Maverick [2]

HIV+ SA journalist's deportation from Qatar enrages rights group

"On Wednesday, human rights watchdog Section 27 fingered Al Jazeera English and the State of Qatar for infringing on the human rights of people living with HIV. A South African journalist is reported to have been detained in a Doha prison, dismissed from his position at Al Jazeera and deported from Qatar – all because an HIV test taken without his consent returned a positive result."

Buzz Feed [3]

The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011

"What a year it has been! Here's to 2012 being a more quiet and less destructive year."

Egyptian Chronicles [4]

#Elections 2011-2012 : First Stage results

"And today the high elections commission has announced the first stage of parliamentary elections’ results at 8 PM on Friday in a short press conference. Actually the HEC told the journalists that they will get the papers with detailed breakdown and publish it."

And far away [5]

NBO: A Eulogy Written for My Funeral

"Having shared the eulogy I wrote for the pretend death of my childhood best friend, I thought I’d share the other side of the coin: the eulogy she wrote for my own pretend funeral."

Desert Peace [6]

CHOKING ON APARTHEID

"If anyone asks why I boycott Israeli products, this is what I tell them. The fact that some people profit from oppressing others, forcing them into poverty is not something that I want to support."