GENEVA (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in a Rohingya genocide case brought by Gambia. In its judgment, which is final and without appeal, the ICJ unanimously rejected the first, second, and third preliminary objections raised and the fourth objection with one dissenting ...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The chief of India’s Border Security Force claimed on Thursday that Bangladeshis killed along the border were criminals, ignoring his government’s commitment not to use lethal weapons during cross-border movements. Pankaj Kumar Singh, the force’s director general, made the remarks at a press conferenc...
KAMPALA, Uganda (AA) – Muslim women in Uganda have complained in the parliament that they are being forced to remove their veils before getting any services. The women said that apart from being forced to remove veils before being photographed at passport offices, some schools force female students to remove their veils. Female MP for [&...
ANKARA (AA) – The French president on Wednesday called for a direct dialogue between Israel and Palestine. “In the short term, we know, this first requires the end of unilateral measures on the ground,” Emmanuel Macron said in a joint news conference with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at Elysee Palace in Paris. “I am thinking [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Fakhri al-Barghouthi spent 33 years in Israeli prisons for his role in the struggle against the Israeli occupation. Inspired by freedom movements all over the world and believing in the ability to liberate Palestine from Israeli rule, he along with many other Palestinians joined the resistance more than 40 year...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have staged rallies to demand legal protection to detainees held by Israel. “Freedom to Detainees” and “No to Administrative Detention” were among banners waved by protesters during the rally held outside the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza City. “The [&h...
ANKARA (AA) – An Australian teenager detained at a prison in Syria’s northeastern city of Al-Hasakah has died, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said over the weekend. In a statement, HRW said Yusuf Zahab’s family reported that he was forced as a child to live under Daesh/ISIS before he was detained. The family was informed by […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Resistance group Hamas on Sunday called on the international community to intervene to halt Israeli violations against Palestinians. The call came after a UN report highlighted Israeli violations, settler violence and settlement building in the Palestinian territories. On Friday, the UN Special Committee to Investig...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar are facing unforeseen delays in the international justice process for genocide and other gross human rights violations, prolonging the plight of the displaced community living in squalid makeshift tents in Bangladesh. “It’s almost five years since the most inhuman militar...
ANKARA (AA) – Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the US announced Saturday that they would provide $11 billion to address regional and international food security challenges. The US welcomed the “decision by the Arab Coordination Group (ACG), which includes 10 Arab and national specialized financial developmental ins...
