Srinagar, India (AFP): India’s top court has begun considering a challenge to the 2019 imposition of direct rule in Indian Occupied Kashmir, a decision accompanied by mass arrests of Kashmiris and a months-long internet blackout. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government suspended a section of the constitution that guarantees limit...
JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police evicted yet another Palestinian family from their home in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. “Police stormed the house as we were asleep and evicted us from the building,” Ahmed Sub Laban told reporters. Witnesses said police later allowed Israeli settlers into the house in Aqbat al-Khalidiya in Jerusalem’s Old ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated her call to repatriate the Rohingya people to Myanmar. Speaking at an international conference on public health and diplomacy in Dhaka, the premier said the immediate return of Rohingya refugees to their home country is the only durable solution to the longstandin...
ANKARA, Türkiye – Prominent Afghan citizens have launched a campaign to force the Taliban to allow the reintroduction of girls’ education in Afghanistan. One of the members of this campaign, Fazl Hadi Wazeen, told Muslim Network TV that this campaign has been launched both inside and outside Afghanistan. Wazeen, an academic and politicia...
TEHRAN, Iran – An Iranian court has sentenced rapper Toomaj Salehi to 6 years in prison for participating in protests and criticizing the government. Salehi had been arrested last October after taking part in protests that erupted in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini. The 22-year-old Amini woman had died in police custody. The [&he...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan has said the lack of access to Myanmar is hampering his investigation into the alleged Rohingya genocide. Speaking to reporters in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, he said he has access to war-torn areas of Ukraine but not to Myanmar. He said this affected...
NEW YORK (AA) – The U.S. state of Texas is building a barrier on the Rio Grande River border to keep out irregular migrants. A tweet from the Texas Department of Public Safety showed images of large orange buoys being transported to be installed on the river in the town of Eagle Pass. Texas shares […]
Sfax, Tunisia (AFP): Hundreds of African migrants were stranded in dire conditions in a desert area of southern Tunisia after being expelled from the port city of Sfax, witnesses reported. Racial tensions flared this week into violence as migrants from sub-Saharan African countries were targeted, with dozens fleeing the city or being forcibly ...
GENEVA (AA) – An independent fact-finding mission has called on Iranian authorities to end their crackdown on protesters. The mission called on Tehran to end the wave of executions, mass arrests, and detentions. The mission had been mandated by the U.N. Human Rights Council to prepare a report on Iran. Protests had erupted in Iran [&hell...
WASHINGTON – Nelson Mandela’s granddaughter praised the American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council for promoting human rights. Ndileka Mandela praised the group’s efforts to build bridges between communities and promote tolerance. “It is so important for women of all faiths to come together and sup...
