Taliban Militias Forcibly Evict Hundreds of Hazara Families from Helmand and Balkh Province: Human Rights Watch
New
Age Islam News Bureau
06
November 2021
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• Pakistan
Asked Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan to Lay Down Arms, Surrender: Say
Taliban Sources
• Indonesia,
UAE ‘Like Brothers,’ Can Work Together To Promote Moderate Islam: Joko Widodo
• Right-Wing
Hindu Groups Hold Govardhan Puja at Designated Namaz Site, Where Muslims Offer
Prayers on Fridays
South Asia
• In
Message to Taliban Commanders, Akhundzada Warns Against Infiltrators
• Fear
stalks Rohingya refugee camps after murders
• Kabul
residents face difficulties withdrawing money from banks, say will no longer
use banks
• Utmost
financial problems, technician of a state-run TV commits suicide in Kabul
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Pakistan
• Pakistan's
Punjab Cabinet Approves Recommendations to Lift Ban On TLP
• Shariah
law is widely supported in Pakistan: Dr. Hafiz Ikram-ul-Haq
• TLP
keeps its marchers engaged in Wazirabad with proper arrangements
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Southeast Asia
• PAS
sec-gen: Don’t question party leaders, even an underdog football team can
succeed by following manager’s tactics
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India
• Pak
Denies Visas to Hindus Wishing To Travel with Sikh Jathas, Claim Sikh Groups
• India
confirms Afghanistan conference, slams Pakistan for 'pernicious' role
• Terrorists
flee after brief firefight with forces at Jhelum valley medical college
hospital in Srinagar: Police
• Friday
Namaz takes place at fewer sites amid fear in Gurgaon
• Plain
hatred towards Muslims, says AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on protests against
Namaz in Gurugram
• Muslim
Unity Conference Held in Kashmir, India
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Arab World
• Clashes
in Baghdad Hurt 30 as Iran-Aligned Parties Dispute Iraq Vote Results
• Iraqi
security forces clash with pro-Iran protestors in Baghdad
• Kuwait
nominates former governor Haitham al-Ghais as new OPEC chief: Sources
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Mideast
• Israeli
Troops Raid Al-Aqsa's Dome of Rock After Razing Mosque
• Turkish
Man Fined For Calling Erdoğan ‘A Jew Pretending To Be A Muslim’
• AEOI
Spokesman: Iran's 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Stockpile Surpasses 210 Kilogram
• Finnish
charity cuts ties with Palestinian NGO accused by Israel of aiding militants
• Palestinian
teen killed by Israeli troops in West Bank clash: Health ministry
• Palestinian
prisoner released after 19 years in Israeli jails
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Europe
• Algerian
President Rules Out Normalizing Relations With France
• Coup
puts into question Sudan’s debt cancellation: France
• UN
Security Council calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia
• UN
rights chief urges restored civilian rule after Sudan military takeover
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Africa
• UN
Security Council Voices ‘Deep Concern’ Over Ethiopia Escalation; Calls For
Ceasefire
• Sudan
FM calls for trial of coup leaders by International Criminal Court
• UN
rights chief calls on Sudan's military leaders to 'step back'
• African
Union condemns deadly terror attack in Niger
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North America
• American
Civil Liberties Union Of Mississippi Hopes To Resolve Muslim Mosque Issue In Horn
Lake Out Of Court
• US
forms task force to help diplomats, citizens evacuate Ethiopia after warning
• US
senator moves against Turkish defence exports, Azerbaijan
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Taliban
Militias Forcibly Evict Hundreds of Hazara Families from Helmand and Balkh
Province: Human Rights Watch
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November
6, 2021
Taliban
officials in several provinces across Afghanistan have forcibly displaced
residents partly to distribute land to their own supporters, Human Rights Watch
reported. Many of these evictions have targeted Hazara Shia communities, as
well as people associated with the former government, as a form of collective
punishment.
In
early October 2021, the Taliban and associated militias forcibly evicted
hundreds of Hazara families from the southern Helmand province and the northern
Balkh province. These followed earlier evictions from Daikundi, Uruzgan, and
Kandahar provinces. Since the Taliban came to power in August, the Taliban have
told many Hazaras and other residents in these five provinces to leave their
homes and farms, in many cases with only a few days’ notice and without any
opportunity to present their legal claims to the land. A former United Nations
political analyst said that he saw eviction notices telling residents that if
they did not comply, they “had no right to complain about the consequences.”
“The
Taliban are forcibly evicting Hazaras and others on the basis of ethnicity or
political opinion to reward Taliban supporters,” said Patricia Gossman,
associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “These evictions, carried out
with threats of force and without any legal process, are serious abuses that
amount to collective punishment.”
The
media have reported that Hazara residents of Mazar-e Sharif's Qubat al-Islam
district in Balkh province said that armed men from the local Kushani community
were working with local Taliban security forces to force families to leave, and
had given them only three days to do so. Taliban officials claimed the
evictions were based on a court order, but evicted residents assert that they
have owned the land since the 1970s. Disputes over conflicting claims arose out
of power struggles in the 1990s.
Residents
of Naw Mish district in Helmand province told Human Rights Watch that the
Taliban issued a letter to at least 400 families in late September ordering
them to leave. Given little time, the families were unable to take their
belongings or complete harvesting their crops. One resident said the Taliban detained
six men who tried to challenge the order; four remain in custody.
Another
resident said that in the early 1990s, local officials distributed large tracts
of land among their relatives and supporters, exacerbating tensions between
ethnic and tribal communities. Securing a claim to land depended on who was in
power, and those who lost out in earlier decisions have now petitioned the
Taliban to support their claims. An activist from Helmand said that the
property is being redistributed to Taliban members holding official positions.
They “are cannibalizing land and other public goods” and redistributing it to
their own forces, he said.
The
largest displacements have taken place in 15 villages in Daikundi and Uruzgan
provinces, where the Taliban evicted at least 2,800 Hazara residents in
September. The families relocated to other districts, leaving their belongings
and crops behind. One former resident said that “after the Taliban takeover, we
received a letter from the Taliban informing us that we should leave our houses
because the lands are in dispute. A few representatives went to the district
officials to ask for an investigation but around five of them have been
arrested.” Human Rights Watch was unable to determine if they have been
released.
The
former resident added that the Taliban had established checkpoints on the roads
out of the villages and “did not let anyone take even their crops with them.”
Following media coverage of the evictions, Taliban officials in Kabul retracted
eviction orders for some Daikundi villages, but as of October 20, no residents
had returned.
In
Kandahar province in mid-September, the Taliban gave residents of a
government-owned residential complex three days to leave. The property had been
distributed by the previous government to civil servants.
International
law prohibits forced evictions, defined as the permanent or temporary removal
of individuals, families, or communities against their will from their homes or
land, without access to appropriate forms of legal or other protection.
The
Hazaras are a predominantly Shia Muslim ethnic group that was the target of
mass killings and other serious human rights violations by Taliban forces in
the 1990s. They have faced discrimination and abuse by successive Afghan
governments going back over 100 years.
The
forced evictions in Afghanistan are taking place at a time of record internal
displacement driven by drought, economic hardship, and conflict, with 665,000
people newly displaced in 2021, even before the Taliban takeover. About four
million people are displaced in the country overall.
“It’s
particularly cruel to displace families during harvest and just before winter
sets in,” Gossman said. “The Taliban should cease forcible evicting Hazaras and
others and adjudicate land disputes according to the law and a fair process.”
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Pakistan
Asked Banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan To Lay Down Arms, Surrender: Say
Taliban Sources
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November
5, 2021
PESHAWAR:
The PTI-led government has asked the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to
lay down their arms and surrender, sources within the Afghan Taliban informed
media on Friday.
According
to the sources, Afghan Taliban commander Sirajuddin Haqqani is playing a key
role in ceasefire talks and is working to make negotiations between the PTI-led
government and the banned outfit a success.
Per
the sources, chief of the banned TTP Mufti Noor Wali is leading the talks from
the group’s side.
The
banned outfit has maintained that it would be “too early to” lay down arms and
has demanded the government release their members from prison.
The
government has not reacted to the demands of the banned outfit yet, the Afghan
Taliban sources said, adding that negotiations could be successful if strong
guarantors are provided and the outfit’s conditions are accepted.
They
added that while some factions of the banned TTP are in favour of holding talks
with the Pakistani government, others are still taking a hardline approach.
Pakistan
in talks with TTP factions for disarmament: PM Imran Khan
It
should be recalled that last month, Prime Minister Imran Khan had admitted that
his government was in disarmament talks with some factions of the banned TTP as
Pakistan sought stability in the country in the backdrop of a fast-evolving
situation in Afghanistan.
PM
Imran Khan, speaking to TRT World’s Ali Mustafa in Islamabad, said: “I think
some of the Pakistani Taliban groups actually want to talk to our government.
You know, for some peace, for some reconciliation.”
When
asked to confirm whether Pakistan is actually in talks with the TTP, the
premier had clarified to say that talks are ongoing “with some of them”.
He
had said that the Afghan Taliban are “helping”, in the sense that the talks are
taking place in Afghanistan.
The
premier had said that these talks, for disarmament, if successful, will lead to
the government “forgiving” them, “and then they [will] become normal citizens”.
Stressing
that he does expect some sort of deal to emerge with the TTP, he said: “I do
not believe in military solutions. I am anti-military solutions. So, I always
believe that you know, as a politician, political dialogue is the way forward,
which I always believed was the case in Afghanistan with the US.”
The
premier had noted he always believed that a non-military solution was the only
way forward for Afghanistan — and he has reiterated it time and again on
national, international forums.
The
premier’s announcement was met with stiff resistance and outrage by the
Opposition.
TTP
announce suspension of hostilities in South Waziristan
Early
last month, a cessation in hostilities between the TTP, Pakistan fighters in
South Waziristan, and the army was announced by the outlawed group in a
statement.
Our
leaders have asked all fighters to observe a ceasefire from today to October
20, the TTP statement said.
The
TTP said that their leaders are engaged in some “secret talks”, without
elaborating any further.
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Indonesia,
UAE ‘like brothers,’ can work together to promote moderate Islam: Joko Widodo
Indonesian
president Joko Widodo
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5
Nov 2021
Indonesia,
the most populous Muslim country in the world, and the UAE, share common values
of moderate Islam and can work together to promote tolerance and act against
religious extremism, Indonesia’s President told WAM.
"I
think this is a great potential. I see that religious moderation and diversity
in the UAE are widely respected. And that is the area of cooperation we would
like to explore more because we both share the closeness in the vision and
characters of moderate Islam that propagates tolerance," Joko Widodo said
in an exclusive interview in Abu Dhabi.
"In
religious life, I see that the UAE has been able to develop these moderate
values that complement the country’s pursuit for peace and development."
Widodo,
who was on a three-day official visit to the UAE, said the cooperation between
the two countries in this regard is moving in the right direction.
"We
exchange our views and experiences on this, and we have sent many imams [those
who lead prayers at mosques] to the UAE. We hope that both countries can
promote the concept of religious moderation and tolerance, and enhance the
awareness among people on the dangers of extremism and radicalism," he
said.
"Our
relationship with the UAE is not just like friends; we are like brothers.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy
Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, is a man of vision and a man of
action; I feel comfortable cooperating with him and that is reflected in the
close relationship between our countries."
CEPA
to triple trade volumes
Talking
about the bilateral economic relations, he said the economic and investment ties
with the UAE are one of the priorities of the Indonesian Government.
Indonesia
is among the ten countries that the UAE wants to increase its annual exports to
by 10 percent, as announced in the country’s ‘Projects of the 50’ initiative.
The two countries have started negotiations in September on a Comprehensive
Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
"I
hope if we are able to conclude the CEPA, then the trade volumes will further
be increased two to three times," the President said, revealing that the
bilateral trade witnessed 27.78 percent upsurge to reach $215 million during
the first seven months of 2021, from $168 million during the same period in
2020.
"The
bilateral economic and investment relations have huge potential; both countries
have the same vision to move forward. The affinity between two peoples is good
and we have the same characteristics. We are open and diverse, and that is the
importance of the relationship between the two countries," he explained.
UAE
as hub between ASEAN, Middle East
Indonesia
considers the UAE as a hub in the Middle East for its trade with the region,
Widodo said.
"The
cooperation between Indonesia and UAE could also help improve the relations
between ASEAN (association of 10 Southeast Asian nations) and the Middle East.
We are also exploring the cooperation in such sectors as healthcare, technology
and renewable energy. I think these sectors are important for the future,"
the President affirmed.
Widodo
believes that the Indonesia Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai will help exchange
knowledge, expertise and investment opportunities in those three areas with the
UAE and the rest of the world.
Expo
2020: Dubai can work miracles, says Indonesian envoy
"We
want to showcase Indonesia's potential in all areas, especially in trade and tourism.
We hope Expo would help attract more tourists to Indonesia and increase our
trade and investment relations with the UAE and other parts of the world."
UAE's
$10 billion investments in Indonesia
The
UAE had announced in March 2021 that it will invest $10 billion in Indonesia’s
sovereign wealth fund, Indonesia Investment Authority (IIA).
"We
are delighted about the UAE’s announcement on the $10 billion investment. I
believe this is an initial investment, because there is a bigger potential [for
investments] in the future. We have plenty of opportunities in the renewable
energy development, as well as the construction of the new Indonesian capital
city," he said.
Indonesian
President in UAE: Deals worth $28 billion to be inked
Indonesia’s
progress will be focused on development of infrastructure and human capital,
the President stressed, saying this has been his focus during the first and
second terms of his presidency. Widodo first became the President in 2014 and
won a second term in 2019.
Talking
about his priorities, he said, "I’m an ordinary person, born in an
ordinary family. Hence, it is very normal for me to deal with common people. I
would like to focus on work and achieve my goals."
Cooperation
in climate change, global arena
"I
respect the UAE’s commitment to tackle climate change and the steps taken in
that direction. And I support your offer to host the COP 28 (the 28th session
of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Abu Dhabi in 2023), the President said.
Dubai:
Sheikh Mohammed meets Indonesian President, discusses bilateral relations
"And
I also appreciate and welcome ‘the UAE Net Zero by 2050 Strategic Initiative, a
national drive to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050," he said referring
to the UAE’s announcement on October 7, making the Emirates the first country
in the Middle East and North Africa to make such a commitment.
Indonesia
will also take concrete actions to achieve net zero emission by 2060 or
earlier, Widodo revealed.
"We
would like to concentrate in the rehabilitation of mangrove forests. We also
want to reduce forest fire incidents in Indonesia."
Indonesia
is committed to international cooperation on global issues such as climate
change, especially with the UAE.
"We
will continue to be an active player in the international arena."
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Right-Wing
Hindu Groups Hold Govardhan Puja at Designated Namaz Site, Where Muslims Offer
Prayers on Fridays
BJP
Leader Kapil Mishra Attend Goverdhan Puja at the site of Namaz at Gurugram
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Nov
06, 2021
By
Leena Dhankhar
Members
of right-wing Hindu groups on Friday organised Govardhan Puja at a designated
namaz site in Sector 12, where Muslims offer prayers on Fridays. Members of the
ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also attended the rituals, which were
organised by the Sanyukt Hindu Sangharsh Samiti.
While
members of Hindu groups said that the action was to mark their protest against
namaz being offered in open spaces, members of Muslim communities said that
they decided not to offer prayers at the site in Sector 12 due to objections
raised by residents as well as protests by Hindu groups over the past few
weeks.
Namaz
was majorly held at Leisure Valley Ground in Sector 29 besides other designated
locations, while Govardhan Puja was offered at designated namaz sites in Sector
47 and DLF Phase-3, on a small scale, besides Sector 12.
Heavy
police deployment was witnessed at all sites and the prayers by both
communities went off peacefully.
KK
Rao, the commissioner of police, said, “No report of disruption was received
from any area and majority of Muslims offered prayers at Leisure Valley Ground
in Sector 29, and they did not visit the Sector 12 area on Friday as they knew
Govardhan puja was organised.”
Addressing
the gathering of hundreds at Sector 12, BJP leader Kapil Mishra said that roads
are not for religious activities. “Blocking roads is not part of any religion.
People have first right to the roads,” said Mishra.
Surendra
Kumar Jain, the international joint general secretary of Vishva Hindu Parishad,
alleged that namaz was being offered in open spaces to establish control over
public land.
Altaf
Ahmad, a representative of the Muslim community in the city, said, “...we
voluntarily stepped back as the same was advised by police... We have asked our
Muslim community to show restraint and walk away in case troublemakers try to
provoke or disrupt namaz.”
Over
the past two weeks, right-wing outfits had tried to disrupt namaz at the open
site in Sector 12 and on October 29, 35 protesters were detained for attempting
to disrupt Friday prayers. Representatives of the Muslim community had agreed
to relocate from the site, calling for an alternative space and clearing
encroachments from Waqf Board properties.
Mahavir
Bharadwaj, a member of the Sanyukt Hindu Sangarsh Samiti, claimed that the
administration had to “bow down to their demands”. “The Muslim community has a
month to make arrangements... to ensure they don’t offer namaz in open, “ he
said.
However,
officials of the district administration said permissions were withdrawn only
for eight sites, and a decision on other sites will be taken later.
Yash
Garg, the deputy commissioner of Gurugram, said that a committee, comprising a
subdivisional magistrate, an assistant commissioner of police and members of
religious organisations and civil society groups will discuss the issue. “The
committee will also take consent from locals at the time of designating a spot
for offering prayers but no concrete decision has been taken yet,” he said.
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South Asia
In
message to Taliban commanders, Akhundzada warns against infiltrators
Nov
06, 2021
Taliban
supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has warned against infiltrators, saying
they could be working against the Afghanistan government. Akhundzada has been
the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement since 2016 but has remained a
reclusive figure, even after his group seized power in Afghanistan in August.
In
a rare written public statement, Akhundzada has urged Taliban commanders to
purge their ranks.
"All
those elders of their groups must look inside their ranks and see if there is
any unknown entity working against the will of the government, which must be
eradicated as soon as possible," Akhundzada said in the statement tweeted
out by multiple Taliban accounts.
"Whatever
wrong happens, the elder will be responsible for the consequences of the
actions in this world and in the afterlife," he further warned in the
statement.
The
Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in August (completed their military
campaign by capturing the presidential tower in Kabul on August 15) just days
before American troops left the country as agreed in a peace deal.
Since
taking over, the Taliban have issued multiple diktats reminding of their old
rule when the group ruled with iron fist and suppressed any voice of
resistance.
As
the Taliban government formed, the group was forced to recruit former foes,
allied Islamist militants and young madrassa students.
Now
that it is the government, the movement faces attacks in its turn from hardline
factions like the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K).
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Fear
stalks Rohingya refugee camps after murders
Nov
6, 2021
KUTUPALONG:
Bloodstains still mark the spot where assassins gunned down Mohib Ullah, an
activist who was a leading voice for the 850,000 Rohingya living in fear in
Bangladeshi refugee camps.
In
the weeks since the murder, a senior member of the now-shell-shocked volunteer
group that Ullah headed has received phone calls telling him he'll be next. And
he's not alone.
"They
can hunt you down the way they have brazenly shot dead our leader and so many
people," Noor, too frightened to give his real name or be filmed, told
AFP.
"They",
he believes, are members of the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), an
insurgent group fighting the Myanmar military but also thought to be behind a
wave of killings and criminal activity in the camps.
ARSA
has denied it killed Ullah.
Most
of the Rohingya have been in the camps since 2017 when they fled a brutal
military offensive in Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where the predominantly Muslim
minority are reviled and seen as illegal immigrants.
Refusing
to go back until they are assured of security and equal rights, the refugees
remain stuck in bamboo-and-tarp shacks with no work, poor sanitation and little
education for their children.
Overflowing
latrines fill narrow mud lanes with excrement in monsoon season, and fires can
rip through the flimsy homes in minutes during the hot summers.
By
day the Bangladesh authorities provide some security. But at night the camps
become the domain of gangs -- allegedly linked to ARSA -- that traffic millions
of dollars worth of methamphetamine from Myanmar.
"The
scenario is different as soon as the sun sets," Israfil, a Rohingya
refugee who goes by one name, told AFP.
"The
dark time is the long hours when they do whatever they want to do," he
added.
Working
among the chaos and unease in the camps, Ullah and his colleagues quietly
documented the crimes that his people suffered at the hands of the Myanmar
military, while pressing for better conditions.
The
former schoolteacher shot to prominence in 2019 when he organised a protest of
around 100,000 people in the camps to mark two years since their exodus.
That
year he met US President Donald Trump in the White House and addressed a UN
meeting in Geneva.
But
his fame appears to have gone down badly with ARSA.
They
saw Ullah as threatening their place as the sole voice representing the
Rohingya -- one who was opposed to their violence, his colleagues and rights
activists say.
"He
became a thorn in ARSA's side," said Nur Khan Liton, a top rights activist
in Bangladesh.
"ARSA
was also frightened by his enormous popularity."
Three
weeks after Ullah's murder in late September, gunmen and machete-wielding
attackers slaughtered seven people in an Islamic seminary that had allegedly
refused to pay protection money to ARSA.
"The
brutal carnage bore all the marks of ARSA. The group previously slaughtered at
least two top Islamic clerics because they didn't back ARSA's violent
struggle," said a top expatriate Rohingya activist.
"ARSA
has carried out the murders to establish its full control in the camps. After
the latest carnage, everyone seems to be silenced," he added, asking to
remain anonymous.
After
the attack on the seminary, the UN refugee agency urged the Bangladesh
authorities "to take immediate measures to improve the security in the
refugee camps".
A
series of turf war killings in 2019 prompted the Bangladesh army to erect
barbed-wire fences around the camps. The elite Armed Police Battalion was
tasked with patrolling the area.
Police
have also carried out a series of security operations that have killed dozens
of alleged Rohingya drug traffickers.
But
although they have arrested dozens of people over Ullah's killing, they are in
denial about ARSA's activity, blaming instead "rivalries" in the
camps.
"ARSA
has no presence in the camps," Naimul Haque, the commanding officer of the
Kutupalong camp, insisted to AFP.
Members
of Ullah's group are far from reassured, saying that their security concerns
fall on deaf ears.
Some
even mutter that ARSA and the Bangladesh security forces are in cahoots --
something Dhaka vehemently denies.
Kyaw
Min, a top Rohingya leader, said police assist ARSA to "reign" at
night by "conveniently" not being around when they operate.
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Kabul
residents face difficulties withdrawing money from banks, say will no longer
use banks
Nov
5, 2021
KABUL:
A number of Kabul residents on Thursday said that they no longer want to keep
their money in the country's banks as they are facing difficulties in
withdrawing their money, local media reported.
Since
the fall of the former government, Afghans have faced challenges in withdrawing
their money from the banks and said they no longer want to deposit funds,
adding that they will take out all of their previously deposited funds, Tolo
News reported.
"We
used to save our money in the banks, but currently they are not paying us on
time. The banks have lost trust among the people, we no longer want to save our
money in the banks," said Noorullah, a resident of Kabul.
Meanwhile,
a number of economists said that if the banking system continues at this rate,
the banks will not be able to provide services, and this will have a negative
impact on the country's economy, Tolo News reported.
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Times of India
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Utmost
financial problems, technician of a state-run TV commits suicide in Kabul
04
Nov 2021
Muhammad
Haroon Niromand who was working as a technician in a state-run TV channel-
Wolisi Jirga TV- committed suicide in Kabul on Thursday, November 4 due to
critical financial problems.
Obiadullah
Ikhlas, a close relative of the slain Niromand has confirmed his death and
added that he was recently suffering from serious financial and mental difficulties.
Ikhlas
said that Niromand worked at the TV channel for three years and was laid off
liked tens of others after the TV channel closed following the Taliban takeover
on August 15.
Journalists
are among those who have been impacted the most after the recent political
changes in Afghanistan.
Based
on the statistics of the national union of journalists in Afghanistan, 70% of
media have stopped operation and 67% of Afghan journalists left jobless after
the Taliban takeover.
Source:
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Pakistan
Pakistan's
Punjab cabinet approves recommendations to lift ban on TLP
Nov
6, 2021
ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan's Punjab cabinet has approved the recommendations for lifting the ban
on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP), local media reported on Friday.
"Punjab
cabinet has approved the summary to lift the ban on Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan
(TLP) after the home department forwarded the recommendations," ARY News
reported.
Moreover,
a summary was sent to the Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar to request the
federal interior ministry. Following the CM's permission, the home department
will write a letter to the interior ministry for lifting the ban, said the
Pakistani media.
Earlier
on Thursday, while making progress on an agreement between the government
committee and the banned outfit, the Punjab home department had recommended the
chief minister to lift the ban on TLP.
The
Punjab home department commenced the process to lift the ban on TLP, ARY News
reported citing sources. It added that the department forwarded a summary to
Punjab Chief Minister.
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Shariah
law is widely supported in Pakistan: Dr. Hafiz Ikram-ul-Haq
BY
ARSHAD YOUSAFZAI
NOVEMBER
5, 2021
The
Ziauddin University’s Faculty of Law organized the enriching conversation with
Dr. Hafiz Ikram-ul-Haq, the federal secretary of the Council of Islamic Ideology
to get an opinion and analysis of the expert about the Islamic principles in
the constitution of Pakistan.
The
session was moderated by Syed Muaz Shah, director of the ZU Law Faculty Centre
for Human Rights. On the occasion, Dr. Hafiz Ikram-ul-Haq said the Council of
Islamic Ideology is a permanent constitution body of Pakistan under 1973, which
is composed by ‘ulema’ and legal experts to advise the President and the
Parliament on laws that are consistent with Quran and Sunnah, he said shariah
law is widely supported in Pakistan.
Secretary
of council of Islamic ideology explained the students of Allama Iqbal’s 6th
lecture about the principle of movements in the structure of Islam that how to
take Islam and modern world together in which he said that “the decision of
making Islamic ideology constitution in the parliament was mandatory. By
clearing the concept of fraternity in the constitution, I agree that it’s
sadden to know that there is still no further effect of law on the final report
after 1996”.
“Before
Pakistan when Quaid-e-Azam supported the idea of Allama Iqbal during the season
of Round Table Conferences he wants Muslims to also have rights in the
framework of the constitution which was in making for the future but he got
failed, Allama iqbal also attended one of its session but return then he gave
lecture on presidential address in Lahore All India Muslim Conference in which
he asked for the permission to get the separate assembly for the Muslims in
which only Muslim rulers and ullema’s make discussions and laws”, he carried
out.
“In
1940 when Pakistan resolution got pass after that they made a committee which
was finance by Nawab Saeed Ahmed Chataari who was prime minister of Hyderabad
Deccan Islamic state and also the minister of united state at that time put
some famous great scholars to make the Muslim laws.
During
the Q&A session he answered some question asked by the students of law and
other general students who attended the seminar of Islamic ideology, by
clearing the confusions “I understand that there is gender imbalance in our
country but our constitution allows one or more than one woman in the council
as there were several women who participated in the council before and has full
right to put her involvement in making the laws”.
“There
is an example of the articles 227-231 of the constitution of Pakistan enlighten
the Holy Quran and Sunnah that the way we take care of the Muslims rights same
goes for the non-Muslim nothing is going to affect their personal laws they can
live freely in the state”, Dr Haq further stated.
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TLP
keeps its marchers engaged in Wazirabad with proper arrangements
Waseem
Ashraf Butt
November
6, 2021
GUJRAT:
Participants in Tehreek Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) long march have established 250
camps to stay in a park and nearby spaces in Wazirabad town of Gujranwala
district.
On
way to Islamabad, the TLP workers had reached Wazirabad on Oct 29. Initially
they kept the GT Road blocked for three days before shifting to an adjacent park
after the TLP struck a deal with the government.
The
camps have mainly been set up along the railway line, green belt and adjoining
Hamid Nasir Chatha park in Allahabad, also known as Nizamabad.
The
organisers have established a separate camp for medical treatment with two
doctors and ample medicines available round the clock.
Leader
says they will resume journey if Saad is not freed by Monday
Moreover,
three trucks loaded with daily-use items like food, regular meals, dry fruit,
bottles of mineral water and medicines etc whereas two trucks are loaded with
blankets to keep the participants warm under the cold weather conditions in an
open area.
Zainul
Abideen, who introduced himself as TLP’s Attock district emir and also in
charge of a zone of camps, told Dawn the Tehreek had planned a different
strategy to handle the government pressure as a large number of party workers
had already reached near Rawalpindi and Islamabad and warned if the government
did not release TLP chief Saad Rizvi by Monday (Nov 8) the participants of
Wazirabad sit-in would resume their journey towards Islamabad.
The
sit-in leaders would daily organise a gathering within the camps between 7 to
10pm at night where participants would recite Quran and Naat. Some would
deliver speeches to keep the participants charged for their cause.
Abideen
said 150 large and some 110 small camps had been set up for the participants in
and around the park.
The
internet services in Wazirabad city and its adjoining rural areas have been
suspended for the last 10 days, causing a great deal of inconvenience to the
locals.
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Southeast Asia
PAS
sec-gen: Don’t question party leaders, even an underdog football team can
succeed by following manager’s tactics
06
Nov 2021
BY
RADZI RAZAK
KUALA
LUMPUR, Nov 6 ― PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan has today
told PAS members at its 67th muktamar or annual congress to trust, adhere and
follow instructions from top leadership without question.
Using
the analogy of football, he compared party president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi
Awang and other leaders as managers and coaches of a team while he is the “kit
manager” who oversees the jerseys and boots for the team.
“You,
the ladies and gentlemen perform roles in their respective positions whether as
defenders, midfielders or strikers.
“In
the history of football, many teams lose when players act like coaches.
“However
there are many underdog teams, no star player succeeds when players are
disciplined according to the coach’s instructions,” he told delegates in Kuala
Terengganu.
The
event is also live-streamed.
Previously
there were murmurs of discontent from the PAS members who voiced their
discontent with the party's decision since the leadership decided they would
not contest in the Sabah state election last year.
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India
Pak
denies visas to Hindus wishing to travel with Sikh jathas, claim Sikh groups
Yudhvir
Rana
Nov
6, 2021
AMRITSAR:
Various Sikh societies in India have alleged that Pakistan High Commission in
Delhi often rejects visas of Hindus who apply for pilgrimage to Pakistan along
with Sikh jathas, which is unfortunate.
While
talking to TOI on Friday, Harpal Singh Bhullar, president of Bhai Mardana
Yadgari Kirtan Darbar Society, said a large number of Hindu followers apply for
visas to Pakistan for paying obeisance at various Sikh shrines in the
neighboring country but are disappointed after being denied the documents.
“This
time also I have applied for visas for 16 Hindus who aspire to travel along
with a Sikh jatha to Pakistan to celebrate the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak
Dev but I am not sure that they will be given the visas,” said Bhullar.
The
leader of another Sikh group who also takes jathas to Pakistan told TOI on
condition of anonymity that when they took up the issue with the officials of
the Pak High Commission in Delhi, they threatened they “will deny visas to two
Sikh applicants for every Hindu applicant”.
Sources
said that a total of 3,250 people have applied for visas to Pakistan for the
upcoming Guru Nanak jayanti celebrations, however, as per the protocol
agreement, a total of 2,500 visas would be issued.
Sources
added that Pakistan had always been making attempts to create a wedge between
Hindus and Sikhs since "it has lent support to Khalistan movement, which
is spearheaded by a handful of Sikh militants". “Denying visas to Hindus
who wish to travel along with Sikh jathas is part of Pak ISI’s anti-India plan
and they have been successfully executing the same,” said a source.
“We
have decided to take up the issue with Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak
Committee president Aamir Singh to press the Pakistani government for issuing
liberal visas to Hindu followers for pilgrimage along with Sikh jathas,” the
source said.
Besides
Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and Delhi Sikh Gurdwara
Parbandhak Committee, small Sikh groups from Amritsar, Chabhal, Dabwali, Jammu,
Bathinda etc. also send jathas to Pakistan every year on different religious
occasions.
Chief
secretary of SGPC Harcharan Singh Dhami said that the Pakistan High Commission
“had their own criteria for issuing visas, which are not known to us”.
He
added that the pilgrims had to get themselves both doses of Covid-19
vaccination, besides they should be carrying negative Covid test report, issued
not more than 72 hours before crossing the border.
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India
confirms Afghanistan conference, slams Pakistan for 'pernicious' role
Sachin
Parashar
Nov
6, 2021
NEW
DELHI: India will host a NSA-level conference, Delhi Regional Security
Dialogue, on Afghanistan on November 10, the government confirmed Friday. While
a formal response to India's invite is still awaited from China and Pakistan,
official sources said there had been an "overwhelming response" to
India's initiative with Russia, Iran and for the first time all central Asian
countries, including the ones which don't share a boundary with Afghanistan,
confirming participation.
Official
sources also slammed Pakistan for indicating it won't attend the in-person
conference that will be chaired by NSA Ajit Doval and said the recent remarks
by Islamabad, including the one by Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf in which he
described India as a spoiler, were an unsuccessful attempt to deflect attention
from its pernicious role in Afghanistan.
"Pakistan
has indicated through the media that it will not attend. Pakistan’s decision is
unfortunate, but not surprising. It reflects its mindset of viewing Afghanistan
as its protectorate," said a government source on Islamabad's refusal to
participate, adding Pakistan had not attended the previous meetings of the
format.
Russian
NSA Nikolay Patrushev's participation is of particular significance for India
because of Moscow's leading role in formulating an international response to
the situation in Afghanistan. The government sees the "enthusiastic"
high-level participation in the conference, which was first reported by TOI on
October 16, as a manifestation of the importance attached to India’s role in
regional efforts to promote peace and security in Afghanistan.
China
though has been quiet on the issue it seems unlikely at this stage that it will
even join the conference virtually. Pakistan's reluctance to participate in the
conference also doesn't bode well for India's proposal to deliver 50,000 MT
wheat to Afghanistan through the land route via the Wagah-Attari border.
Islamabad is yet to accede to the proposal.
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Times of India
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Terrorists
flee after brief firefight with forces at Jhelum valley medical college
hospital in Srinagar: Police
M
Saleem Pandit
Nov
6, 2021
SRINAGAR:
In a significant development, terrorists managed to escape from Jhelum valley
medical college hospital at Bemina on Friday afternoon when security forces
surrounded to apprehend the terrorists
However,
the terrorists, who according to sources, had come for medical treatment to the
hospital escaped after exchanging fire briefly with the security forces, police
said here.
Srinagar
police in a Tweet said that there was a brief exchange of fire between
militants and security forces at SKIMS (JVC) hospital at Bemina in Srinagar.
Police
also said that the terrorists managed to escape, taking advantage of the
civilian presence in the hospital.
“There
was a brief firefight between terrorists and security forces at SKIMS Hospital,
Bemina. Terrorists managed to escape taking advantage of civilian presence,”
Srinagar police Tweeted.
However,
one civilian identified as 19 year Masood Ahmad(19) resident of Doda, received
bullet injuries in the right arm and leg and is currently being treated at JVC
hospital.
This
second time that the terrorists escaped from the hospital. A Pakistani
terrorist namely Naveed Jhatt on February 6. 2018 escaped from police custody
from SMHS hospital where he was got by the jail authorities for treatment. The
Pakistani terrorists were helped by local Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the
mission to escape from the police custody.
Jatta,
a top Lashkar terrorist killed two cops of J&K police namely constable
Mushtaq Ahmad and constable Babar Ahmad. However, Jatt was also killed in an
encounter along with his accomplice later in November 2018
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Friday
namaz takes place at fewer sites amid fear in Gurgaon
Pheroze
L. Vincent
06.11.21
Friday
namaz took place at fewer locations in Gurgaon with worshippers avoiding spots
where pujas were held, at a time Hindutva and residents’ groups have opposed
Friday prayers in open spaces.
After
a tripartite meeting between deputy commissioner Yash Garg with Muslim and
Hindu representatives earlier this week, the administration had withdrawn
consent to eight of the 37 sites where Friday prayers were offered in places
where mosques are not available.
The
37 sites, which include three Muslim institutions, had been earmarked by the
administration in 2018 after protests by Hindutva groups. Prior to this, Friday
and Id prayers were offered at 106 open spaces in Gurgaon in addition to
mosques, almost all of which are in the city’s older parts.
On
Friday, Hindutva groups organised Govardhan Puja at three grounds where Jumma
namaz takes place. Muslims withdrew from there.
At
the largest such puja in Sector 12A, Vishwa Hindu Parishad joint general
secretary Surendra Jain said: “The administration has asked us for a few weeks
and said that it (namaz in open spaces) would be gradually decreased. But we
don’t believe the assurance. If they do so, then it is good or we will take to
the streets.”
Haryana,
where Gurgaon is located, is ruled by the BJP. Union home minister Amit Shah
launched his party’s Assembly poll campaign in Uttarakhand last week by
attacking the Congress for allegedly allowing Friday prayers on a highway.
Gurgaon
police have been providing protection to open-air Jumma namaz following disruptions
by Hindutva groups and residents’ welfare associations since September 17.
These groups had used loudspeakers and played Hindu devotional songs while the
namaz took place.
A
leader of the protests, Dinesh Bharti, was taken into preventive detention.
However, the administration this week asked Muslim representatives at the
meeting to keep off eight sites.
One
Muslim representative, Altaf Ahmad, told The Telegraph on Friday: “There are
three sites where Jumma namaz did not happen, Sector 12, Sector 47 and Sector
18. Rest, namaz happened peacefully although there was a lot of fear. Caution
was exercised by the Muslims to not have any sort of confrontation with the
vigilante groups.”
“At
the three sites, Govardhan Puja was happening; hence we voluntarily stepped
back, as advised by the police on the
ground,” he added.
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Plain
hatred towards Muslims, says AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on protests against
namaz in Gurugram
Himanshu
Mishra
November
5, 2021
Reacting
to the protests against namaz being offered in the open in Haryana's Gurugram,
Asaduddin Owaisi took to Twitter on Friday and stated that it was a case of
"plain hatred towards Muslims".
All
India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi said that the
protests were a perfect example of "how radicalised these 'protesters'
have become". He asked, "How’s practising my faith or offering jumah
namaz once a week for 15-20 minutes hurting anyone?"
For
a few months now, various Hindu outfits and some locals have been protesting
against the offering of namaz in open spaces in Gurugram. On many occasions,
there have been attempts to disrupt the Friday prayers, leading to protesters
being detained.
In
2018, the district administration had designated 37 sites in the city for
Muslims to offer Friday namaz after consultation with the Hindu and Muslim
communities.However, the protesters have been objecting to this.
On
Friday, the Gurugram administration withdrew permission for namaz at eight of
the 37 designated sites in the city. The administration cited "objection
from local residents and resident welfare associations" as the reason for
revoking permission.
In
his tweet, Asaduddin Owaisi attached the link to an Al Jazeera report about the
administration having revoked the permission that was granted in 2018.
After
the permission was revoked at eight sites, Hindu group Sanyukt Hindu Sangarsh
Samiti conducted Govardhan Puja and Annkoot Puja on what used to be a designated
namaz site in Sector 12 of Gurugram on Friday. BJP leader Kapil Mishra attended
the puja.
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Muslim
Unity Conference Held in Kashmir, India
November
6, 2021
A
large number of Shia and Sunni scholars of the region took part in the
gathering, held in the city’s Shalimar District.
“Unity
of the Ummah and Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) Heritage” was the title of the
conference.
It
concluded with prayer for unity in the Muslim world.
Islam
is the major religion which is practiced in Kashmir, with 97 percent of the
region’s population identifying as Muslims.
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Arab World
Clashes
in Baghdad hurt 30 as Iran-aligned parties dispute Iraq vote results
05
November ,2021
Clashes
in Baghdad between Iraqi security forces and supporters of parties that are
disputing the results of an October general election injured more than two
dozen people on Friday, police sources and health workers said.
It
was the first significant violent clash between government forces and
supporters of the political parties, most of which have armed wings and are
aligned with Iran, since those groups lost dozens of parliament seats after the
Oct. 10 vote.
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Police
fired tear gas and live ammunition into the air as scores of the protesters
threw stones and tried to advance towards Baghdad's fortified Green Zone, which
houses government buildings and foreign embassies, the security sources said.
More
than 21 protesters were hurt mostly from smoke inhalation and another nine
policeman injured from being pelted by stones, the hospital sources said.
The
parties that made the biggest gains in Iraq's October election include that of
populist Shia Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, who publicly opposes Iranian
interference in Iraqi politics and has called for all remaining Western troops
to withdraw from the country.
The
Iran-backed groups disputing the election result are also Shia but follow an
Iranian model of theocratic governance which the nationalist Sadr and many
ordinary Iraqi Shia reject.
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Iraqi
security forces clash with pro-Iran protestors in Baghdad
05
November ,2021
Hundreds
of supporters of pro-Iran groups clashed with security forces in Iraq’s capital
Friday, expressing their fury over last month’s election result, AFP
journalists and a security source said.
Demonstrators
from groups loyal to the Hashed al-Shaabi, the Iranian-backed Popular
Mobilization Units (PMU) militias, threw projectiles and “blocked... access to
the (high-security) Green Zone” on three sides, before they were pushed back by
police who fired in the air, a security source said, requesting anonymity.
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Kuwait
nominates former governor Haitham al-Ghais as new OPEC chief: Sources
05
November ,2021
Kuwait
has nominated its former governor to the Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries (OPEC), Haitham al-Ghais, to lead the oil producer group
after Mohammad Barkindo’s term as secretary general, two sources close to the
matter said.
Nigerian
Barkindo, whose is due to step down at the end of July next year, took OPEC’s
top job in mid-2016 and was granted a second three-year term in 2019.
Al-Ghais
is the only candidate to be nominated so far, the sources said.
Al-Ghais
stepped down as Kuwait’s OPEC governor in June this year and was appointed
deputy managing director of international marketing at state-owned Kuwait
Petroleum Corporation (KPC).
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Mideast
Israeli
troops raid al-Aqsa's Dome of Rock after razing mosque
05
November 2021
The
Palestinian Ministry of Endowment and Religious Affairs has condemned the
Israeli regime over demolition of a mosque in the northern part of the occupied
West Bank, describing the move a “clear attack on the holy sites and religious
places for Muslims.”
Husam
Abu al-Rub, undersecretary of the ministry, slammed the demolition, saying it
“violates international and humanitarian norms.”
“This
act is a clear challenge to the feelings of Muslims, and it requires us to take
a serious stand to prevent its recurrence and the expansion of this occupation
that spares no opportunity to push the entire region into a religious war, in
its continuous encroachment on our Islamic sanctities,” he said in a statement.
Abu
al-Rub called on the international community and religious institutions to
prevent further “violations of our sanctities and places of worship.”
According
to Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official who monitors Israeli settlement
activities and settler aggression in the West Bank, Israeli forces on Thursday
morning escorted a bulldozer into the town of Douma and razed the mosque to the
ground.
Daghlas
added that the mosque was built two years ago on a Palestinian-owned piece of
land.
He
noted that Israeli forces also destroyed farm roads in the southern part of the
town.
Suleiman
Dawabsheh, head of the local council in Douma, said the demolished mosque
spread over 60 square meters, and residents of the town frequently visited the
mosque for prayers.
The
official said the Israeli army razed the mosque on the grounds that it was
built on an area classified as Area C without a permit.
Area
C of the West Bank constitutes about 61 percent of the territory. Under the
1995 Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA), control of
the area was supposed to be gradually handed over to the PA. Instead, Israel
retains total control until today.
Area
C is currently home to 300,000 Palestinians, the vast majority of whom are
Bedouins and herding communities who predominantly live in tents and caravans
and caves.
According
to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
(OCHA), Israeli forces demolished at least 698 Palestinian-owned structures and
displaced 949 Palestinians in Area C of the West Bank and East al-Quds since
the beginning of this year.
Israeli
forces storm Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa Mosque
Separately,
Israeli forces stormed the Dome of the Rock at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound on
Thursday in order to prevent maintenance work.
The
Palestinian Information Center, citing local sources, reported that Israeli
police officers tried to prevent electrical maintenance work by the
Reconstruction Committee.
The
report added that altercations took place between the director of the
Reconstruction Committee, Bassam al-Hallaq, and Israeli police, who threatened
to take him to a detention center in al-Quds.
At
least 126 extremist Jewish Israeli settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday
morning and carried out tours in its courtyards.
They
performed Talmudic rituals at the site, which is venerated by Jews, Christians
and Muslims.
Hardline
Israeli legislators and settlers regularly storm the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in
the occupied city, a provocative move that infuriates Palestinians. Such mass
settler break-ins almost always take place at the behest of Tel Aviv-backed
temple groups and under the auspices of the Israeli police in al-Quds.
The
al-Aqsa Mosque compound, which sits just above the Western Wall plaza, houses
both the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque.
The
Jewish visitation of al-Aqsa is permitted, but according to an agreement signed
between Israel and the Jordanian government in the wake of Israel’s occupation
of East Jerusalem al-Quds in 1967, non-Muslim worship at the compound is
prohibited.
Back
in May, frequent acts of violence against Palestinian worshipers at the al-Aqsa
Mosque led to an 11-day war between Palestinian resistance groups in the
besieged Gaza Strip and the Israeli regime, during which the regime killed at
least 260 Palestinians, including 66 children.
Palestinians
want the occupied West Bank as part of their future independent state and view
al-Quds’ eastern sector as the capital of their future sovereign state.
ICC:
Israel systematically targets Palestinian journalists
Additionally,
a group of lawyers said in a complaint filed with the International Criminal Court
on Wednesday that Israel is systematically targeting journalists to prevent
their coverage of human rights violations in the occupied territories.
The
lawyers are working on behalf of four Palestinian journalists, identified as
Ahmed Abu Hussein, Yaser Murtaja, Muath Armaneh and Nedal Eshtayeh, who were
either killed or maimed by Israeli snipers while reporting Great March of
Return demonstrations in the Gaza Strip.
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Turkish
man fined for calling Erdoğan ‘a Jew pretending to be a Muslim’
By
MICHAEL DAVENTRY
November
5, 2021
A
Turkish man has been convicted of insulting the country’s president Recep
Tayyip Erdoğan after calling him a “Jew pretending to be a Muslim” on Facebook.
Yüksel
Üstün was initially jailed after being convicted on Thursday of breaking a law
that makes it a criminal offence to insult the president’s “honour, pride and
respectability”.
Lawyers
for Erdoğan, a pious Muslim, had argued it was “belittling” to describe him as
a Jew.
The
conviction came despite Üstün’s lawyer Baran Güneş arguing the remark could not
possibly be an insult.
“Jews
are honoured citizens of this country. It is not a crime to call someone a
gypsy or a Jew,” he told the court, according to Deutsche Welle.
But
judges initially handed Üstün a 10-month prison term, before reducing the
sentence to a 7,000 Turkish lira (£535) fine.
Insulting
the president is a longstanding criminal offence in Turkey but Erdoğan, who was
first elected to the position in 2014, has a reputation for being exceptionally
litigious.
A
study commissioned by the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) in August
found he had launched 38,581 cases for defamation in the courts in his first
six years in office.
Just
1,138 cases had been filed in the previous decade, the study found.
It
is unclear if Erdoğan was aware of the specific case involving Yüksel Üstün.
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AEOI
Spokesman: Iran's 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Stockpile Surpasses 210 Kilogram
2021-November-5
According
to the Parliament's 'Strategic Action Plan to Counter Sanctions and Protect
Rights of the People' law, we were tasked with producing 120 kg of 20-percent
enriched uranium, while now we have exceeded 210 kilogram," Kamalvandi
said.
He
also added that the AEOI has already produced 25kg of 60-percent enriched
uranium.
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Finnish
charity cuts ties with Palestinian NGO accused by Israel of aiding militants
05
November ,2021
A
Finnish Christian missionary group has cut ties with a Palestinian children’s
rights NGO which Israel labelled a terrorist organization, the charity’s
executive director said, citing concerns about possible banking sanctions.
Defense
for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) is one of six Palestinian groups
Israel accused of funneling donor aid to militants. It rejects the charge and
says it has asked the missionary society Felm to reconsider cutting funds.
Israel
says the six accused groups have close ties to the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which has carried out deadly attacks on
Israelis and is on US and EU terrorism blacklists.
Felm
executive director Rolf Steffansson said his organization had seen no evidence
its funding had been misused.
“We
have actively monitored the use of the money and it has been used for work
advancing children’s rights,” Steffansson, whose organization provided DCIP
with 30,000 euros annually from 2015 to 2021, told Reuters.
But
the Israeli designation had made it impossible to maintain ties with the group,
Steffansson added.
“It
could have impacted the work we do in 30 countries through banking services for
example,” he said.
DCIP,
which relies on European aid to fund its advocacy and rights monitoring work in
the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza, told Reuters no other donors had moved
to cut off funding since the Israeli designation.
“We
have been subject to escalating delegitimization and disinformation campaigns
advanced by an international network of extremist groups with the support of
Israeli government ministries,” DCIP Director General Khaled Quzmar said via a
lawyer.
Felm
operates under the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and receives part of
its funding from the Finnish foreign ministry. None of that money has been
channeled to DCIP, Steffansson and Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told
Reuters.
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Palestinian
teen killed by Israeli troops in West Bank clash: Health ministry
05
November ,2021
Israeli
troops shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during clashes in the
occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
There
was no immediate comment from the Israeli military on the incident, which
occurred east of the city of Nablus in the central West Bank.
The
boy was shot in the abdomen and died soon after being rushed to hospital, the
health ministry and medics said.
Six
other Palestinians were treated at the scene of the clashes in the village of
Beit Dajan after inhaling tear gas launched by Israeli troops, the Palestine
Red Crescent ambulance service said.
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Palestinian
prisoner released after 19 years in Israeli jails
05
November 2021
A Palestinian
prisoner has finally been released from captivity after spending 19 years in
the Israeli regime’s jails.
Israeli
authorities released Majdi Hussein al-Qubaisi on Thursday. He was arrested in
November 2002 when his family’s house was stormed by Israeli forces in the
village of Abwein, located north of the city of Ramallah in the occupied West
Bank.
The
occupying regime accused Qubaisi at the time of belonging to the Ezzedine
al-Qassam brigade, the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas,
and participating in attacks on Israeli settlers’ cars near Ramallah.
The
prisoner was subjected to harsh interrogations for more than two months, during
which he faced the most severe forms of torture and abuse.
Before
his arrest, Qubaisi was studying computer engineering at Birzeit University but
the Israeli authorities prevented him from completing his education and denied
his family visits for years.
The
unjust sentence and the violations against Qubaisi did not affect his resolve
as he embarked on studying and writing in prison, and decided to memorize the
entire Holy Qur’an within nine months in 2008.
More
than 7,000 Palestinians are reportedly held in Israeli jails. Hundreds have
been incarcerated under the practice of administrative detention.
Some
Palestinian prisoners have even been held in administrative detention for up to
eleven years.
Last
month, hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons went on a hunger strike
in protest against an intensified Israeli crackdown on Palestinian detainees
that took place following the escape of six inmates from a maximum-security
Israeli jail on September 6.
The
hunger strike, which began on October 13, was suspended nine days later after
the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance movement declared “victory” over the
Israel Prison Service.
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Europe
Algerian
president rules out normalizing relations with France
Abbas
Mimouni
06.11.2021
Algerian
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has ruled out resuming normal relations with
France due to what he described as "very dangerous" statements by
President Emmanuel Macron.
Tebboune’s
remarks came during an interview with the German newspaper Der Spiegel at the
presidential palace in Algiers published on Friday.
“No
Algerian would accept that I resumed contacts with those who hurled such
insults,” the Algerian president responded when asked whether relations between
Algiers and Paris will return to normal soon.
Since
late September, tensions have escalated between Algeria and France over remarks
made by Macron that the Algerian nation did not exist before the French
colonial rule and that another colonization preceded that by his own country,
sparking a storm of condemnations in Algeria.
In
a bid to palliate its atrocious colonial past, Macron claimed that “there was a
colonization before the French colonial rule” in Algeria, alluding to the
Ottoman presence in the country between 1514 and 1830.
Algeria
responded by recalling its ambassador in Paris and banning French military
aircraft from using Algerian airspace on Oct. 3.
Source:
Anadolu Agency
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Coup
puts into question Sudan’s debt cancellation: France
05
November ,2021
The
coup in Sudan puts into doubt the process that would have seen France cancel
some $5 billion debt it was owed by the African country, France's foreign
ministry said on Friday, the latest power to pressure military leaders who
seized power.
France,
Sudan's second-largest creditor, has been a main actor in backing the interim
authorities after former President Omar al-Bashir was ousted in 2019, but the
civilian transition was derailed in October when the military took control.
Speaking
to reporters in a daily briefing on Friday, Foreign ministry spokeswoman
Anne-Claire Legendre said Paris had been an “unwavering” partner for Sudan and
that the general debt cancellation program as part of the Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries (HIPC) initiative was agreed at a conference in Paris in May.
“A
Paris Club agreement was reached on July 15, each creditor now having to sign a
bilateral agreement with Sudan,” Legendre told reporters, responding to a
question on whether Paris was reviewing its debt cancellation promise.
“It
is clear that the military coup of October 25 calls into question this
process.”
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Al Arabiya
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UN
Security Council calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia
06
November ,2021
The
UN Security Council called on Friday for a ceasefire in Ethiopia, expressing
“deep concern” as Tigrayan fighters threatened to advance an assault on the
capital Addis Ababa.
“The
members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the expansion and
intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia,” the UNSC said in a
statement.
“They
further call to put an end to hostilities and to negotiate a lasting
ceasefire.”
The
Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) formed an alliance with eight other
anti-government factions to oust Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government, the
latest development in a year-long war that has claimed the lives of thousands
and displaced more than two million people.
Tigrayan
and allied forces have threatened to march on Addis Ababa.
The
Ethiopian army is preparing for a confrontation and has asked retired military
personnel to rejoin the army to fight the Tigrayan forces.
The
international community has renewed calls for a ceasefire. US Secretary of
State Antony Blinken said on Thursday: “We call on the Government of Ethiopia
to halt its military campaign, including air strikes in population centers in
Tigray and mobilization of ethnic militias.”
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Al Arabiya
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UN
rights chief urges restored civilian rule after Sudan military takeover
Peter
Kenny
05.11.2021
GENEVA
The
military takeover in Sudan is “deeply disturbing” and that the civilian rule
should urgently be restored, the UN human rights chief said Friday.
Michelle
Bachelet was speaking at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on
the implications of the ongoing situation in Sudan following the Oct. 25 coup
in the northeastern African country.
This,
she said, “recalled a somber page in the country’s history when freedom of
expression was stifled, and human rights were comprehensively repressed.”
“It
betrays the courageous and inspiring revolution of 2019, and contravenes both
international human rights law, as well as the country's own constitutional
document and other foundational documents of the transition,” Bachelet said in
Geneva.
The
special request for the session was made by the UK, US, Norway and Germany, and
supported by more than 45 nations which noted the decision of the African Union
Peace and Security Council to suspend Sudan from participation in all AU
activities following the military takeover.
They
are calling on the Sudanese military to engage in dialogue with civilian
leaders to enable the immediate re-establishment of the transitional government
of Sudan.
Nations
such as China, Russia and Venezuela opposed the holding of the session, saying
it infringed on Sudan’s sovereignty.
“Numerous
people – including government ministers, members of political parties, lawyers,
civil society activists, journalists, human rights defenders, and protest
leaders – have been arrested and detained,” said Bachelet.
She
recalled that the UN Security Council called last week for the immediate
release of all those arrested and detained since the military takeover, saying
this is essential for starting urgently needed dialogue and a swift return to
civilian rule.
“Massive
street protests since Oct. 25 have in several instances met with excessive use
of force, including use of live ammunition,” said Bachelet.
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Anadolu Agency
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Africa
UN
Security Council voices ‘deep concern’ over Ethiopia escalation; calls for
ceasefire
06
November 2021
The
United Nations Security Council has expressed "deep concern" over the
escalation of fighting in Ethiopia, calling for a ceasefire and the initiation
of peace talks in the restive northern region of Tigray.
"The
members of the Security Council expressed deep concern about the expansion and
intensification of military clashes in northern Ethiopia," the 15-member
body said in a joint statement on Friday.
"They
further called to put an end to hostilities and to negotiate a lasting
ceasefire and for the creation of conditions for the start of an inclusive
Ethiopian national dialogue to resolve the crisis."
The
council also expressed concern over the humanitarian situation and national
stability, and "reaffirmed their strong commitment to the sovereignty,
political independence, territorial integrity and unity of Ethiopia."
A
public meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the Ethiopia issue is
set to be held on Monday.
The
UNSC issued the statement as members of the rebel Tigray People's Liberation
Front (TPLF) have threatened to march on the capital Addis Ababa, a year into
the fighting, prompting Ethiopia to declare a six-month state of emergency.
Tigray
has been the scene of conflict since November 2020, when Prime Minister Abiy
Ahmed sent troops there to topple the TPLF in response to attacks on army
camps.
Three
weeks later, the government declared victory when it gained control of the
regional capital, Mekelle. However, the TPLF forces resumed fighting later and
retook Mekelle and most of Tigray at the end of June after the government
withdrew its soldiers and declared a ceasefire.
The
fighting has continued since then.
The
conflict between Ethiopian troops and TPLF has raised fears of a more
devastating humanitarian crisis in a region the United Nations says is already
in the grip of famine following a yearlong conflict.
Tigray
is under a de facto blockade that is preventing most aid from getting in,
according to the UN. Ethiopian authorities and the TPLF have blamed each other
for obstructing deliveries. Ethiopian officials also accuse the international
community of ignoring alleged abuses by the TPLF.
The
conflict in Tigray has killed thousands of people and pushed 400,000 people to
the brink of famine, according to analyses by UN agencies and aid groups.
Ethiopia's government, however, has disputed those claims.
Abiy's
government has faced criticism over the conflict, notably from the US, a
longtime ally, with President Joe Biden signing an executive order allowing for
sanctions against the warring parties if they fail to commit to a negotiated
settlement.
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Sudan
FM calls for trial of coup leaders by International Criminal Court
06
November 2021
Sudan's
ousted foreign minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi has demanded the military
leaders of the October military coup to be brought to justice in the
International Criminal Court (ICC).
Al-Mahdi,
in a statement addressed to the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, said, “Coups
are crimes that fall under the jurisdiction of the International Criminal
Court.”
In
the statement published on Sudan’s information ministry Facebook page, she
referred to Article 8 of the ICC’s Rome Statute in making her argument for the
criminalization of the coup as a “war crime”.
Al-Mahdi,
one of the few members of the government not to have been arrested by the
military, has been a vocal critic of the coup.
Her
comments came as the UN Human Rights Council convened a special session in
Geneva on Friday to discuss a draft resolution condemning the military takeover
in Sudan presented by Britain, Germany, Norway and the United States.
The
resolution calls for “the immediate restoration” of the civilian-led government
and “and the release of all those detained arbitrarily, since the takeover
began.”
The
council did not release her statement that was only posted online by Sudan’s
ministry of information, which is still loyal to Hamdok's government.
On
October 25, a military coup was staged and Sudan’s top general, Abdel Fattah
al-Burhan, dissolved the cabinet and the ruling military-civilian sovereign
council. He also declared a state of emergency and put Prime Minister Abdalla
Hamdok under an effective house arrest, while detaining other leading members
of his government.
Before
the military coup, the African country was ruled by a transitional government
that was installed in the aftermath of the ouster of president al-Bashir in a
palace coup two years ago. The military shared power with civilians in a
transitional authority since the removal of al-Bashir in 2019 in a popular
uprising after three decades in power.
In
the recent weeks, the military has been mounting a harsh crackdown on
protesters, who have been taking to the streets after Sudan’s main opposition
coalition called for civil disobedience and protests across the country hours
after the apparent military coup.
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UN
rights chief calls on Sudan's military leaders to 'step back'
05
November 2021
United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has described the
recent military coup in Sudan as "deeply disturbing," calling on the
country's military leaders to "step back," amid a deepening political
crisis in the African country.
Bachelet
made the remarks at an emergency session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva
on Friday, following a request from Britain, Germany, Norway, and the United
States to discuss a draft resolution condemning the military takeover in Sudan.
"I
urge Sudan's military leaders, and their backers, to step back in order to
allow the country to return to the path of progress towards institutional and
legal reforms," she said, stressing that it was "urgent to restore
civilian rule."
The
UN rights chief further denounced the arrest of politicians, journalists and
protesters, who she said were mostly being held "incommunicado, with no
access to lawyers or their relatives."
Bachelet
said, "All those arbitrarily detained should be released,"
emphasizing that their release was "essential for an inclusive dialog and
a swift return to civilian rule."
She
also called for an immediate end to the "disproportionate and deadly use
of force" by the Sudanese armed forces as well as military police and
intelligence elements, and condemned an internet shutdown and a communications
blackout in Sudan.
On
October 25, Sudan's top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, dissolved the cabinet
and the ruling military-civilian sovereign council. He also declared a state of
emergency and put Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under an effective house
arrest, while detaining other leading members of his government.
Since
then, the military has been mounting a harsh crackdown on protesters, who have
been taking to the streets after Sudan's main opposition coalition called for
civil disobedience and protests across the country hours after the apparent
military coup.
According
to Bachelet, at least 13 people have been killed and more than 300 others have
been injured since the army's power grab.
Meanwhile,
the 47-member UN council will decide on the draft resolution presented by
Britain, Germany, Norway, and the United States later in the day. The
resolution calls for the appointment of a rights expert to monitor the
situation in Sudan following the coup and prepare a written report in early
2022.
Bachelet
called on diplomats in Geneva to "take appropriate action" to ensure
"focused and expert monitoring."
Katharina
Stasch, Germany's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, also called the resolution
"an important step to ensure accountability for human rights violations
committed."
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African
Union condemns deadly terror attack in Niger
Addis
Getachew Tadesse
05.11.2021
The
African Union has condemned Tuesday’s terrorist attack in Niger's southwestern
region of Tillabery that killed 69 and injured several others.
“The
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat condemns in the
strongest terms the terrorist attack,” it said in a statement on Friday.
“The
Chairperson reaffirms that this shocking new attack against civilians is a
stark reminder of the urgent need for renewed regional and international
support and solidarity with the governments and people of the Sahel Region in
their fight against terrorism.”
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Anadolu Agency
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North America
American
Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi hopes to resolve Muslim mosque issue in
Horn Lake out of court
November
6, 2021
According
to the complaint filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi,
there are no Muslim mosques in DeSoto County leaving worshippers to drive to
Memphis. Legal Director Attorney Joshua
Tom says the two plaintiffs seeking to build one in Horn Lake, were denied a
permit despite meeting and exceeding the the site plan requirements. He says the proposed mosque, the Abraham
House of God, would be on a street already zoned for houses of worship.
“There’s
quite a few churches on Church Road that runs in Southaven and Horn Lake, so
it’s pretty interesting to drive down that road and see all the churches and
you know ironic, they’re not going to allow a similar house of worship on the
same street,” Tom said.
At
an April 2021 meeting posted on Facebook, aldermen voted to support the
planning commission’s decision to deny the permit. Former Alderman John Jones expressed concerns about the mosque leading
to more traffic and violating noise ordinances.
He also had this to say.
“And
if you let them build it they will come so I think we need to stop it before it
gets here,” Jones said.
Attorney
Joshua Tom contends Jones remarks were based on anti-Muslim sentiment. He adds similar comments were made by
community members at other city meetings.
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US
forms task force to help diplomats, citizens evacuate Ethiopia after warning
06
November ,2021
The
US has formed a task force to help organize and ensure the safe evacuation of
American diplomats and citizens from Ethiopia as the situation quickly
deteriorates, a State Department official said Friday.
Washington
authorized what is known as voluntary departure for Embassy staff and their
families from Addis Ababa earlier in the week, according to US officials.
“The
Department has established an Ethiopia Conflict Task Force to oversee the
Department’s planning, management, and logistics related to events in
Ethiopia,” a State Department spokesperson told Al Arabiya English late Friday.
“The
safety of US government personnel, their dependents, US citizens, and the
security of our facilities remains among our highest priorities,” the official
added.
On
Friday, the US Embassy posted a statement on its website urging all US citizens
to leave the country as soon as possible.
But
the official said the State Department does not provide numbers of American
citizens living in or traveling to a particular country. “We do not want to
provide figures that cannot be considered authoritative,” the official said.
US-based
Foreign Policy was first to report on the formation of the new task force.
Meanwhile,
US Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman was in the country
continuing his efforts to de-escalate tensions between government forces and
Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF).
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Al Arabiya
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US
senator moves against Turkish defence exports, Azerbaijan
Kasım
İleri
05.11.2021
WASHINGTON
A
senior US senator has proposed measures targeting Turkey’s defense sector
exports as well as aid to Azerbaijan.
New
Jersey Senator Bob Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, also known for this ties to the US’ Greek and Armenian lobbies, on
Thursday introduced measures to put Turkey’s drone program under harsh scrutiny
and deny any further aid to Azerbaijan.
Menendez’
proposed changes to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) seek to
tighten US government tracking and reporting on the national security
implications of Turkey’s UAV (drone) exports and prevent further exceptions to
bypass a 1992 law banning US military assistance to of Azerbaijan.
The
senator has claimed that Turkey’s drone sales are “dangerous, destabilizing and
a threat to peace and human rights.”
Mentioning
how Turkish drones played a critical role in Azerbaijan’s fall 2020 liberation
of Nagorno-Karabakh from nearly 30 years of Armenian occupation, Menendez
pointed out how Poland, a NATO member, Morocco and Ukraine, both allies of the
West, also purchased Turkish drones.
Several
other countries have expressed interest in purchasing Turkish drones, he said,
including Angola, Niger, Nigeria, and Rwanda.
Menendez’
proposed changes would require the US state and defense departments to probe
whether Turkish drones contain US-made parts or technology. They would also
require the State Department to determine whether Turkey’s exports are a
violation of the Arms Export Control Act or any other US law or sanctions.
On
Azerbaijan, Menendez is pushing to stop any more exceptions to a 1992 law
banning US military assistance to of Azerbaijan. The 1992 law in question bans
most assistance to Azerbaijan “until it takes demonstrable steps to cease all
blockades and other offensive uses of force against Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh.”
Liberation
of Karabakh
Relations
between the former Soviet republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been tense
since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as
Upper Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan,
and seven adjacent regions.
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