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US, UN express concern about India’s religion-based Citizenship Law

The US government and the United Nations, on Tuesday, expressed concerns about a contentious religion-based citizenship law in India, with the UN calling the legislation “fundamentally discriminatory in nature”, Reuters reports. Rights advocates have criticised the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act, which the Indian government moved to implement on Monday. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say it discriminates against Muslims. Just weeks before Indian elections, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party government has been pushing to implement […]

14 March 2024

International

UN: 1.8 million displaced in Gaza

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the number of displaced Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 1.8 million people or about 80 percent of the population in the enclave. According to OCHA data, approximately 1.1 million displaced persons have been registered in 156 UNRWA institutions throughout Gaza, and 946,000 of them or about 86 percent live in the agency’s 99 shelters […]

1 December 2023

Local

Al Jama-ah’s Ganief Hendricks has called on the South African Police to take action against the two Jewish bodies based in Cape Town

By Kouthar Sambo Yesterday Al Jama-ah’s Ganief Hendricks has called on the South African Police to take action against the two Jewish bodies residing in Cape Town. This comes after the members were believed to have propagated racism and the violation of the International Law that South Africa has signed. “It is a criminal offense to support racism and apartheid Israel. The United Nations Resolution on Apartheid makes it mandatory […]

24 May 2023

International

Yemenis return favour to quake-hit Turkiye

Despite the hardships in their war-torn country, Yemenis showed remarkable support and solidarity with the victims of two deadly earthquakes that killed thousands in Turkiye, Anadolu News Agency reports. More than 41,000 people were killed and thousands injured by the back-to-back quakes in Turkiye, according to the latest official figures. Following the 6 February earthquake disaster, the Yemeni community launched a donation campaign for the quake victims, in a show of giving […]

22 February 2023

International

Israel’s licensing of firearms to civilians to fuel violence: UN

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that Israel's decision to expand the licensing of firearms for Israelis would lead to further violence with Palestinians, Anadolu reports. "Plans by the Government of Israel to expedite and expand the licensing of firearms, with the stated intention of adding thousands of [Israeli] civilians carrying firearms – coupled with hateful rhetoric – can only lead to further violence and […]

6 February 2023

International

Israel kills at least 10 Palestinians in fresh Gaza bombing campaign

INTERNATIONAL The Israeli army has killed at least 10 Palestinians, including a five-year-old child and a senior military leader, in the latest bombardment on the Gaza Strip on Friday. Follow our live coverage of the situation in Gaza here Taiseer al-Jabari, head of the northern division of al-Quds Brigades (Saraya al-Quds), the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, was killed in air strikes that hit multiple locations in Gaza. At least 55 people were wounded, according to […]

6 August 2022

International

Iran calls for UN action on US over killing of Qassem Soleimani

Tehran, Iran – Iran has called on the United Nations to take formal action against the United States for the assassination of its top general two years ago. Iran says Qassem Soleimani, the then-commander of the elite Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), was in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on a diplomatic mission when his convoy was destroyed by missiles fired from a US drone. In a letter to […]

2 January 2022

International News

Lebanon opens probe into allegations of torture of Syrian refugees

Lebanon's prosecutor general has ordered a probe into the alleged torture of more than 20 Syrians in custody following a report by Amnesty International, state media reported. Ghassan Oueidat announced the launch of the probe on Monday in response to the Amnesty report, which accused Lebanese authorities of "cruel and abusive" treatment and torture of Syrians that had been imprisoned or interrogated. In the report, the rights group blamed in particular […]

30 March 2021

International News

Calls for UN to investigate Israel’s killing of Palestinian journalists

Complaints submitted to the United Nations (UN) accuse Israel of intentionally targeting journalists in Palestine and failing to thoroughly investigate its killings of media workers. The complaints, submitted by the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate (PJS) ask the special rapporteurs to secure justice and accountability for the killings and harm that has been inflicted on journalists. This includes the 2018 killings of Ahmed Abu Hussein, […]

10 December 2020

United Nations

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