Human Rights

Israeli forces demolished a new Palestinian home on Sunday, in the latest spate of demolitions in the occupied West Bank, according to a local official, Anadolu reports.

The house was razed in the village of Al-Aqaba in the northern West Bank area of Al-Aghwar in the Jordan Valley, said Moataz Bisharat, who is responsible for monitoring Israeli settlement building activity in Tubas.

He said Israeli forces cited lack of a building permit in Area C for the demolition.

30 Jan 2022; MEMO: Shahd Abusalama is allowed to teach again at Sheffield Hallam University after a week's suspension due to an anonymous 'anti-Semitism' complaint filed against her.

Palestinian lecturer was suspended from teaching by the university over an anti-Israel social media post after it received a complaint against Abusalama.

New Delhi, Jan 30 (PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday attacked the Centre over the issue of employment, saying its priority is "spying" on citizens when it ought to be jobs for the youth.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Evidence about Minneapolis Police Department policies and training is expected to be the focus as testimony resumes for a second week in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights.

Jammu, 30 January 2022: Five Kashmiris were killed on Wednesday by Indian security forces in Pulwama and Budgam district of the Indian Administered Kashmir, Indian officials said.

Indian security forces alleged that one of the insurgent was JeM commander Zahid Wani.

Bengaluru, Jan 29 (PTI): Calling journalist Gauri Lankesh a victim of hate crime, members of civil society on Saturday expressed concern over the alleged rise in incidents of such crimes. At a webinar organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust (GMT) and Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) to recall the life and courage of Gauri Lankesh on her 60th birth anniversary, the topic discussed was "Hate as a State Project."

28 Jan 2022; MEMO: Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to renew Saudi Arabia's licence to use the controversial software Pegasus in return for Riyadh opening its airspace to flights from the occupation state, a new report has revealed.

Bangkok, Jan 29 (AP) The army takeover in Myanmar a year ago that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi not only unexpectedly aborted the country's fledgling return to democracy: It also brought a surprising level of popular resistance, which has blossomed into a low-level, but persistent, insurgency.

Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander of Myanmar's military known as the Tatmadaw seized power on the morning of February 1, 2021, arresting Suu Kyi and top members of her government and ruling National League for Democracy party, which had won a landslide election victory in November 2020.

New Delhi, Jan 28 (PTI) Day after a 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted, gang-raped and paraded by her attackers in east Delhi's Kasturba Nagar, police arrested two more people in connection with the incident, officials said on Friday.

With this, eight women and three men have been arrested, a senior police officer said.

New Delhi, Jan 29 (PTI) The Congress on Saturday attacked the Centre over a New York Times report which claimed that the Indian government bought the Pegasus spy tool in 2017 as part of a deal with Israel, saying illegal snooping using the spyware amounts to "treason".

According to the report in The New York Times, the Israeli spyware Pegasus and a missile system were the "centerpieces" of a roughly USD 2-billion deal of sophisticated weapons and intelligence gear between India and Israel in 2017.