Istanbul, Turkey’s vibrant metropolis and economic center, has become the focal point of this election campaign By Iftikhar Gilani ANKARA – The battle lines are being drawn in Turkiye’s 81 provinces as the country prepares for Sunday’s crucial local elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Par...
By Taha Ghayyur (Executive Director, Justice For All Canada) Dehumanization, which paves the way for hate and persecution, is a distressing tactic employed by various states to strip certain groups of their inherent human qualities, identity, and dignity. This process not only facilitates but also justifies the systematic persecution of these ...
By Mohammed Abuanhel Who am I?, I am the United States. What do I do? I support, launch, and spark wars, and prevent peace from taking place. Additionally, I use democracy as a pretext to do what I want to do. When do I do this? I have been doing this since my foundation. Where […]
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, a Vermont Democrat, on Thursday said the latest rant by a Republican lawmaker about Israel’s ongoing U.S.-backed slaughter of civilians in Gaza should be recognized for what it is: “a member of Congress calling for the genocide of the Palestinian people.” Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) was confronted...
By Mohammed Abunahel, first published at World BEYOND War, February 26, 2024 The United States is known for its history of making and launching wars. Since its establishment, peacetime has been rarer than a blue moon. U.S. President Joe Biden is endorsing and supporting the brutal usurpation of Palestinian lands, which in recent months has [&h...
A closer look at the unprecedented hostilities and the wider implications for regional stability By Iftikhar Gilani Following the tit-for-tat airstrikes on militant groups in the Balochistan-Sistan region, Pakistan and Iran have decided to ease tensions after Pakistan’s caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani held talks with his Ir...
By Tariq Maqbool This story was originally published by Prison Journalism Project On February 8, 2022, about an hour before the 6:30 a.m. morning count, an announcement rang out over the loudspeakers at New Jersey State Prison. It was an emergency code, a “Code 53,” indicating a medical situation. Located in Trenton, NJSP is the […]
By Dr. Katherine Bullock On his way to a recent caucus meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appealed for people to stop targeting Canadian Jews and Muslims in the wake of Hamas’ violent October 7th attack on Israelis and Israel’s subsequent retaliatory war on Gaza. “This is not who we are as Canadians,” he said. Unfortunately, […]...
Fact-checker Pratik Sinha dubs India the ‘disinformation capital of the world,’, the title unfortunately, seems rooted in the rise of right-wing nationalism Muslim Network TV Desk The unfolding Israel-Palestine conflict has cast light on the alliance between India’s ruling Hindutva extremist ideology and Israeli Zionism. Both seemingly r...
-Indian diplomacy in recent times has been characterized by its claims to leading the Global South, but aligning with the colonial West on key global issues By Iftikhar Gilani After successfully hosting the G-20 summit, India was in the spotlight as the new leader of the Global South. A month later after achieving this coveted position, it wa...
