Human Rights Watch’s 27 April report, A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution could also have been entitled Better Late Than Never.
Category: Hate Campaigns
The Day the UN Buried its Report on Apartheid in Israel
When the UN’s Beirut-based Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), released a landmark 2017 report on “apartheid” in Israel, the United Nations disassociated itself with the study and left it to die— unceremoniously and unsung.
Drivers of anti-immigrant hate crime in South Africa
By Steven Gordon Johannesburg, South Africa, Sep 9 2019 (IPS) – Mobs have attacked foreign-owned businesses on the streets of at least three South African cities in recent days. This has caused outrage across Africa. There have even been retaliatory…
18 years later, America vows to ‘never forget’ 9/11
New York, Sep 11 (AP/UNB) — People who were too young on 9/11 to even remember their lost loved ones, and others for whom the grief is still raw, paid tribute with wreath-layings and the solemn roll call of the…
IS claims responsibility for bomb attack on Dhaka police
Dhaka, Sept 1 – Middle-East-based militant outfit Islamic State or IS yesterday claimed responsibility for the bomb attack on police in Science Laboratory intersection. In a twitter message of the ‘Site Intel Group’, it wrote on Sunday: “IS Claims credit…
At least 5 dead as 21 injured in Texas shooting: police
Washington, Sept 1, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – At least five people have been killed in a mass shooting that left 21 victims in the US state of Texas on Saturday, police said.
US wants action, accountability for Rohingya Ethnic Cleansing
Dhaka, Aug 25 – The United States has called upon all those involved in Myanmar to respect human rights, allow unhindered humanitarian access, and engage in political dialogue to pursue peace. The US further said military abuses continue in Rakhine…
Officials say 95 dead in new ethnic massacre in central Mali
Bamako, Jun 10 (AP/UNB) — Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in a central Mali village overnight, government officials said Monday, the latest massacre in a growing ethnic conflict driven by fear and suspicion over alleged ties to extremist…
Connecticut man accused of threatening to kill Trump
New Haven, May 12 (AP/UNB) — A Connecticut man has been indicted on charges that he threatened to kill President Donald Trump and sent letters he claimed contained anthrax. Gary Joseph Gravelle of New Haven faces charges including conveying false…
Refugees threatened, attacked in Sri Lanka: HRW
(New York) – The Sri Lankan government should take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of South Asian refugees and asylum seekers from violence. Since the April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday bombings by alleged Islamist militants on churches and hotels that…
Dhaka issues travel alert for Bangladesh nationals in NZ
Dhaka, March 18 – Bangladesh government has issued travel alerts for its citizens who are living in New Zealand or preparing to visit the country after the gruesome attacks on two mosques in Christchurch. Foreign minister AK Abdul Momen yesterday…
NZ mosque shootings mentally break some BD cricketers
Dhaka, Mar 17 — Bangladesh team has returned to Bangladesh after an unexpected end of New Zealand tour. Mahmudullah Riyad, the Bangladesh Test captain during the absence of Shakib Al Hasan, said upon the return to the country that they…
Victory of Leeds Palestine Solidarity students
By Junaid S. Ahmad Last week, students, led by the Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) at the University of Leeds, immediately mobilized to demonstrate as soon as they found out that Zionist war propagandist, Mark Regev, was visiting campus to speak.…
Climate of repression marks upcoming elections in Fiji
By Josef Benedict Johannesburg, (IPS) – Powdery white beaches. Crystal clear turquoise water. Palm trees swaying in the breeze. This is the postcard picture of paradise that comes to mind when tourists think of Fiji. But for many citizens of…
Mosques want Wilders banned from Twitter for hate speech
A federation representing more than 100 mosques in the Netherlands has called on Twitter to block the account of anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders. The group says it will take legal action if the platform fails to act. The Turkish Islamic…
Trump launches fresh assault on US media
US President Donald Trump has launched a fresh assault on the US media, saying he has “forcefully condemned hatred and bigotry” but this goes unreported. Speaking at a rally in Florida ahead of next week’s mid-term elections, he said a…
Jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov wins EU rights award
The European Union on Thursday awarded its top human rights prize to Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian filmmaker imprisoned in Russia accused of plotting acts of terrorism, calling him a symbol of all political prisoners being held there.
Israel’s criminal behaviour
By Chandra Muzaffar The violent assault upon a number of unarmed passengers on board Al Awda, a ship bringing humanitarian aid to Gaza has exposed yet again the hideous face of Israeli occupation. Reports suggest that some of the victims…
Austria to close down seven ‘political’ mosques, expel imams
Austria has said it will close down seven mosques and expel imams who it says are funded by foreign countries. Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said the move was a crackdown on political Islam. Some mosques are suspected of having links to…
Hungarian govt stoops to new low hate campaign
Everywhere you turn in Budapest these days, there are posters and billboards portraying a grinning George Soros, the Hungarian-born philanthropist billionaire. The government-funded posters say that 99 percent of the public who submitted the May national consultation questionnaires on migration…