The U.N.’s top human rights official said Friday there’s “little evidence” that Israel made an effort to minimalize casualties during protests by Palestinians earlier this week and backed calls for an international inquiry.
Category: Int’l relations
Kuwait urges UN to condemn Israel and protect Palestinians
Kuwait is urging the Security Council to condemn Israel’s use of force against Palestinian civilians “in the strongest terms,” especially in the Gaza Strip, and to deploy and international force to protect civilians.
Royal wedding: Anglican prayers, classical music, gospel
Windsor, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will marry in an Anglican service with an American flavor that mixes prayers, classical music, a gospel choir and sweet soul sounds.
Cubana flight with 110 aboard crashes, 3 said to survive
Havana, May 19 (AP/UNB) — A 39-year-old airliner with 110 people aboard crashed and burned in a cassava field just after taking off from the Havana airport Friday, leaving three survivors in Cuba’s worst aviation disaster in three decades, officials…
At OIC, Muslim nations condemn Israel and US, call for unity
Istanbul, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Muslim nations on Friday condemned Israel and the inauguration of the American embassy in contested Jerusalem as a “provocation and hostility against” the Islamic world, while Turkey’s president called for action, including a peacekeeping force.
Militant-turned-populist cleric Sadr wins Iraqi election
Baghdad, May 19 (AP/UNB) — Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s political coalition has won the most seats in Iraq’s national parliamentary elections, according to complete results released by Iraq’s electoral commission early Saturday.
What if you shoot to kill unarmed men not of instant threat?
By Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein Geneva, May 18 (IPS) – Appalling recent events in Gaza have called this Council into Special Session. Since the protests began on 30 March, 87 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli security forces in…
Will climate change create more migrants than wars?
By Daniel Gutman Buenos Aires, May 17 (IPS) – Climate change is one of the main drivers of migration and will be increasingly so. It will even have a more significant role in the displacement of people than armed conflicts,…
Indigenous peoples recover native languages in Mexico
By Daniela Pastrana May 18 (IPS) – Ángel Santiago is a Mexican teenager who speaks one of the variations of the Zapotec language that exists in the state of Oaxaca, in the southwest of Mexico. Standing next to the presidential…
Myanmar for repatriation of 1101 verified Rohingyas
Myanmar has urged Bangladeshi to start the repatriation of 1101 verified Rohingyas out of 8,032 persons received from Bangladeshi amid a very slow verification process of Rohingyas. Myanmar also wants to take earlier verified 778 Muslims and 444 Hindus.
UN HR Commission adopts draft report on BD human rights
The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) has adopted the draft report on human rights review of Bangladesh with a number of recommendations like ensuring fair polls, and a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders.
Haspel vote sends wrong message on torture: HRW
On May 17, 2018 the US Senate voted to confirm Gina Haspel as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency.The following quote can be attributed to Laura Pitter, senior US national security counsel at Human Rights Watch:
Saudis open a movie theater, is it ready to open more
An invitation-only gala screening of Black Panther in Saudi Arabia on April 19 has attracted worldwide attention as the country’s first public viewing of a film in over three decades. For Saudis themselves, however, the event was just the latest…
BD, S Asia on path of making millions of climate refugees
May 17, 2018 SANDRP Massive human induced freshwater redistribution with profound consequences. A 14-year (April 2002 – March 2016) NASA’s GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across Earth, with…
Trump’s adviser Bolton’s ‘Libya model’ talk angers Kim
US President Donald Trump has contradicted his own national security adviser, saying the so-called “Libya model” for denuclearisation is not being pursued with North Korea.
UN Human Rights Council meets Friday over Gaza massacre
Geneva, 17 May (Kanaga Raja) – The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is meeting in an extraordinary session on Friday, 18 May at 10 am to consider the deteriorating human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.
Premiere of documentary “Wild Edens: Russia” held in Sochi
The documentary by ROSATOM and dedicated to the fight against global warming to be broadcast by National Geographic this summer The premiere of a new documentary Wild Edens: Russia, the first in a new series that highlights the issue of…
Bangladesh skirted HR issues at the UN: HRW
Geneva – The Bangladesh delegation to the United Nation’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva on May 14, 2018, failed to respond to pressing human rights concerns in the country, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
US for participatory polls in Bangladesh
The United States on Thursday underlined the importance of holding “free, fair and participatory election” in Bangladesh that truly reflects the will of Bangladeshi people.
Burma assures BD of speeding up Rohingya repatriation move
Amid no visible progress over Rohingya repatriation, Myanmar on Thursday assured Bangladesh of accelerating verification process to start repatriation of Rohingyas from Bangladesh to Myanmar.
Over 100 Palestinians fatally shot by Israeli forces
In the last 6 weeks, Israeli forces have fatally shot more than 100 Palestinians inside Gaza. Thousands more have been wounded, many with life-changing injuries.
US offers $44 million more for displaced Rohingyas
Mohammad Zainal Abedin in NY New York, May 16 – America has come forward with a welcome humanitarian assistance for displaced Rohingyas many of whom took refuge in Bangladesh to escape genocide.
Gaza bloodbath result of not-needed use of force
Omar Shakir As hundreds gathered Monday in Jerusalem to celebrate the move of the U.S. Embassy, about 100 kilometers away, Israeli forces fired on Palestinian demonstrators protected by the fence separating Israel from Gaza. They killed 60 people and injured…
UN underscores free and fair election in BD: Spokesperson
Dhaka, May 16 – The United Nations has placed emphasis on respecting the need for free and fair elections in Bangladesh. “Well, as you pointed out, we continue to call for the need for all parties and all authorities to…
US disappointed at reported irregularities in Khulna City polls
The United States has expressed disappointment over reported irregularities and intimidation in Tuesday’s Khulna City Corporation elections but congratulated all the parties on making the elections inclusive.
The double standard of America’s China trade policy
A high-profile United States trade delegation appears to have returned empty-handed from its mission in China. The result is hardly a surprise, given the scale and one-sided nature of the US demands. The Americans pushed for a wholesale remaking of…
The exit wounds are fist-size, bone is pulverized into dust
Jason Cone New York/Gaza, May 14 (IPS) – The exit wounds are fist-size. Bone is pulverized into dust. This is the reality for half of the injured patients received in my organization’s clinics since the launch of the Great Return…
‘70 years ago today Palestine was stolen’
By Askiah Adam May 15 – Nakaba or Catastrophe Day is being remembered today in Palestine. The March of Return, which has been going on for over a month, culminates in its commemoration. The Nakba began when Palestinians were robbed…
Palestine: HR experts ask Israel to end use of excessive force
Geneva, 14 May (Chakravarthi Raghavan) – The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has asked Israel to put an immediate end to the disproportionate use of force against Palestinian demonstrators in the Gaza strip and refrain from…
Israeli use of excessive force on Palestinians violation of HR
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday termed the process of pushing force by Israel upon the Palestine as violation of human rights.