Human Rights

06 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Jerusalem Religious Endowment (Awqaf) Council insisted on Wednesday that Al-Aqsa Mosque is open 24 hours a day, every day, for Muslim worshippers. The council is under the authority of the Jordanian government. It called for Muslims to visit and perform prayers in Al-Aqsa as much as possible.

06 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Government of the Republic of South Africa has "noted with concern" the Israeli occupation forces' assault on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. In a media statement issued by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, the government in Pretoria said that it "condemns these violent acts by the Israeli government against the worshippers and calls for calm and the withdrawal of the forces from Al-Aqsa Mosque."

06 Apr 2023; MEMO: A senior member of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement in the diaspora has described events at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem as an "existential battle with the Zionist enemy and its racist government," Quds Press has reported. Abdel Jabbar Saeed added that it is also a "battle of wills and sacred rights."

06 Apr 2023; MEMO: The BBC has come under fire for using a photograph which included images of Palestinian flags in a story about one of the worst cases of child sex abuse in Britain. Twenty-one people were convicted yesterday of serious sexual offences against children in Walsall, after the largest child sexual abuse investigation ever conducted by West Midlands police.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: Pakistan and Indonesia, on Wednesday, strongly condemned an Israeli police raid on Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem, which resulted in injuries and large-scale arrests, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, in a statement blamed "impunity granted to Israel", which has "emboldened Tel Aviv to violate basic human rights with abandon."

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: Following the latest Israeli police raids on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Occupied East Jerusalem, Turkiye's presidential spokesman called on the international community on Wednesday to put pressure on Tel Aviv over the incident, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In an exclusive interview with Anadolu, Ibrahim Kalin condemned the "reckless attack" by Israeli forces in the strongest terms.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: 60 human rights organisations have urged the United Nations not to adopt the controversial and inaccurate definition of anti-Semitism created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA), over concerns that it would be weaponised to suppress any criticism of Israel.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, is "appalled" by the violence from Israeli forces against worshipers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, his spokesman said Wednesday, Anadolu News Agency reports.

05 Apr 2023; MEMO: The Arab League, on Wednesday, called on the UN Security Council to intervene to halt Israeli "crimes" at the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in Occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu News Agency reports.

In a statement issued following an emergency meeting in Cairo, the Arab League condemned Israeli assaults against worshipers inside Al-Aqsa complex.

04 Apr 2023; MEMO: Interim results of a long-awaited, comprehensive study on attitudes of police officers in Germany show that a significant slice of police officers are prejudiced against Muslims, Anadolu News Agency reports.

According to the interim results released Tuesday, 18 per cent of German police officers said they feel as if Germany is being "overrun" by foreigners.