Worshippers in Saudi Arabia have been told not to snap selfies in front of the Kaaba or elsewhere in Mecca’s Great Mosque while on pilgrimage. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah bemoaned the number of photographs being taken in the holy site during the Umr…
Twitter: Rights groups decry Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover
Rights groups and activists have decried Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar Twitter takeover, announced on Monday, raising concerns over the monitoring of abusive content on the platform. The Tesla owner, who describes himself as a “free speech absolutis…
US close to admitting failure in Iran deal: Israeli media
The United States is closer than ever to admitting its failure in reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Israeli media reported on Tuesday. “US administration officials are closer than ever to admitting defeat on US President Joe Biden’s goal to ret…
Moroccan activist threatens to burn self after sentencing
A Moroccan activist has threatened to set himself on fire and become “the second Bouazizi” after he was sentenced to four years in jail for “offending the king.” On Monday, the court of El Hoceima in north Morocco sentenced Rabie Al Ablaq, a Hirak Rif …
CAIR report finds major rise in anti-Muslim bias in the US
In its annual report.pdf) on anti-Muslim bias, titled “Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia”, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reports a major increase in bias incidents against Muslims in the United States. The main are…
Israeli forces kill young Palestinian refugee in West Bank
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man on Tuesday when they stormed a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Jericho. The Palestinian health ministry said 20-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim Oweidat “succumbed to critical wounds sustained by live bullet…
Le Pen flops in Lebanon as Macron secures four in five votes
A large majority of people who took part in the French presidential election last week in Lebanon voted for Emmanuel Macron, his campaign manager in Lebanon said on Monday. Danny Othman said that the voter turnout reached 41.24 percent, and that 5,942 …
Sexual violence rife in conflict-ridden South Sudan: UN
At least 72 civilians were killed over a seven-week period in a single county in South Sudan, with some beheaded and others burned alive, along with women experiencing sexual violence as interethnic violence roils the oil-rich region, the United Nation…
Israel rejects reopening investigation on 2014 boys massacre
TheIsraeli Supreme Court rejected a petition on Sunday filed by the various human rights organisations and parents of four children who were killed by an Israeli airstrike while they were playing on the beach in Gaza City during Israel’s war on the bes…
Argentina’s efforts to criminalise Palestine solidarity fail
On May 19, 2021, while the second week of Israeli bombardments against Gaza was taking place, member of parliament Juan Carlos Giordano took the floor in the Argentine Congress. In a brief speech, he denounced the “criminal bombings by the racist State…