RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel released senior Hamas leader Hasan Yousef from prison on Sunday after 20 months of detention, according to his son. “My father was released from Ofer prison, west of Ramallah, and he is at home now,” Oweis Hassan told Anadolu. There was no confirmation yet from the Israeli authorities. In February 2022, [&helli...
Geneva, Switzerland (AFP): The United Nations has voiced deep concern that the crackdown on freedoms in Tunisia is now targeting journalists. UN human rights chief Volker Turk said vague legislation was being used to criminalise independent journalism and stifle criticism of the authorities. “It is troubling to see Tunisia, a country tha...
WASHINGTON (AA): US Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib said on Tuesday that she will be boycotting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to Congress. “It’s shameful that Modi has been given a platform at our nation’s capital—his long history of human rights abuses, anti-democratic actions targeting Muslims & religious minorit...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): The US has announced a new visa policy with a provision to restrict issuing visas to any Bangladeshi citizen believed to be involved in undermining free and peaceful elections. The new visa policy can restrict anyone, including current and former Bangladeshi officials, members of political parties, and members of law en...
Conakry, Guinea (AFP): Private media and online outlets in the West African state of Guinea on Tuesday launched a one-day boycott of news in protest at press and internet restrictions by the ruling junta. Espace TV and Kalac TV posted an image of two hands pushing apart steel bars against a backdrop of the national […]
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): A Tunisian court on Thursday released two students arrested earlier this week for a song criticising police, shortly after President Kais Saied denounced their detention as “unacceptable” amid a public outcry. Dhia Nassir and Youssef Chalbi, aged 26 and 27, were arrested on Monday in the town of Nabeul, east o...
Tunis, Tunisia (AFP): Tunisian journalists on Thursday protested against “repressive” anti-terror laws they say are being used to intimidate the media after a broadcaster was jailed for five years earlier this week. Dozens of protesters gathered in front of the national union of journalists’ headquarters in the capital Tunis,...
London, United Kingdom (AFP): UK police drew condemnation after arresting leading members of the anti-monarchy group Republic as they prepared to protest along the route of a procession for the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday. Officers from London’s Metropolitan Police force detained six organisers from the pressure group and ...
Dhangri, India (AFP): Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 people who have joined all-Hindu militia units armed and trained by Indian forces to fight Kashmiris. India has more than half a million soldiers permanently stationed in the parts of Muslim-majority Kashmir that it has illegally occupied, as the...
ANKARA (AA) – Al Jazeera journalist Hisham Abdelaziz was released after being held for almost four years in pre-trial detention in Egypt, the Doha-based news network announced on Monday. Abdelaziz, an Egyptian journalist who works for Al Jazeera’s Mubasher channel, was released early Monday. Abdelaziz was arrested in June 2019 while traveling ...
