Human Rights

Palestinian Teen Killed In Southern Gaza By Israeli Gunfire

GAZA, Nov 30 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed and another injured on Friday afternoon, by Israeli gunfire, in the east of the southern Gaza Strip.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said, Israeli soldiers shot and killed 16-year-old Fahed el-Astal and wounded another teenager near the border fence.

The teen was shot in his abdomen and died shortly after arriving at the hospital in southern Gaza.

Israel to build 11,000 new illegal housing units in Jerusalem

29 Nov 2019; MEMO: Israel has announced a plan to build 11,000 housing units in the north of the occupied Jerusalem, Israel Today reported yesterday.

The agency said that the new settlement units would be built over an area of 600 dunums in the illegal Atarot industrial settlement in the north of the occupied Jerusalem, noting that the confiscating lands were owned by Palestinians.

Israel targets UNRWA in occupied Jerusalem

29 Nov 2019; MEMO: Heads of the parliamentary blocs of the Likud Party, Yisrael Beiteinu, the Shas party and the United Torah Judaism alliance, as well as the Jewish House and the New Right parties, have signed a bill aimed at banning the activities of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in occupied Jerusalem.

A Likud MK and former Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barkat, presented a bill to ban UNRWA activities.

India: 'Prisoners of Revolution': Revisiting the Naxal movement

New Delhi, Nov 29 (PTI) A new novel set against the backdrop of the Naxalite movement that had its genesis in an obscure village of West Bengal provides a direct window to the real life experiences of the people who willingly or unwillingly became a part of the campaign.

Amar Mudi's Prisoners of Revolution: A Political Novel recounts the tempestuous movement that unravelled through six momentous years from 1967 to 1973 in a place called Babulpur, a microcosmic representation of thousands of other villages in Bengal.

UNHCR welcomes Somalia’s ratification of treaty to protect displaced people

MOGADISHU, Nov 29 (NNN-XINHUA) — The UN refugee agency welcomed Somalia’s ratification of an Africa-wide treaty on the protection of internally displaced people.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Africa is a landmark achievement for the country and the African continent.

Riyadh will always stay beside Dhaka on Rohingya issue, Saudi CGS tells PM

DHAKA, Nov 29 (NNN-BSS) — Visiting Chief of General Staff (CGS) of Saudi Armed Forces General Fayyadh bin Hamed Al- Ruwaili highly appreciated the role of Bangladesh in Rohingya issue and said Riyadh will always stay beside Dhaka on this issue.

He said this during a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence here.

Pointing out the excellent cooperation between Saudi and Bangladesh Armed Forces, General Fayyadh said the cooperation is being enhanced day by day.

Israel launches fresh air strikes in Gaza

27 Nov 2019; MEMO: Israeli warplanes carried out fresh air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday following a rocket fire, according to the military, reports Anadolu Agency.

The army said fighter jets struck a number of targets belonging to Palestinian groups Hamas, which rules the seaside territory.

No injuries were reported.

Pompeo urges Egypt to respect freedom of press after journalist detentions

27 Nov 2019; MEMO: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday called on Egypt to respect freedom of the press, days after Egyptian security forces raided the office of independent news website Mada Masr and briefly detained three of its staff, reports Reuters.

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