Tag: Al Jazeera

EU PARLIAMENT/EGYPT – EU Parliament calls for action over Egypt’s human rights abuses (Al Jazeera)

The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging member states to consider imposing targeted restrictions against Egypt for its crackdown on human rights activists. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/19/eu-parliament-passes-resolution-over-egypts-human-rights-abuses

ARAB SPRING/TUNISIA – Moncef Marzouki: Has the Tunisian revolution succeeded? (Al Jazeera)

It has been 10 years since a Tunisian fruit seller set himself on fire in protest against police who had beaten him and seized...

AUTHORITARIANISM – How Huntington and Fukuyama got the 21st century wrong (Howard Brasted, Shafi Mostofa, Al Jazeera)

What is going on in the 21st-century world of international politics? With very few exceptions, national elections are revealing degrees of partisanship and ideological...

ROHINGYA – Sesame Street unveils Rohingya Muppets to help refugee children (Al Jazeera)

Children’s TV show Sesame Street has created its first Rohingya Muppets to help thousands of refugee children overcome trauma and tackle the pandemic’s effect...

INTERNET FROM SPACE/UK/INDIA – OneWeb sat launch signals UK-India space partnership, says Mittal (Thomas Seal, Al Jazeera)

Britain’s post-Brexit space ambitions took flight on Friday with the launch of 36 satellites for the partly state-owned OneWeb network that’s competing with Elon...

ROHINGYA – Rohingya refugees are being displaced, again (Al Jazeera)

Bangladesh has relocated more than 1,700 Rohingya refugees from crowded camps in the country’s southeast to Bhasan Char, an island prone to flooding, and...

PAKISTAN/INDIA – Pakistan alleges India preparing for ‘surgical strike’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s government has alleged that India is preparing to launch a “surgical strike” on Pakistani soil and has called for the international community...

MOZAMBIQUE – UN appeals for $254m to help Mozambique conflict victims (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has launched an appeal for $254m to help hundreds of thousands caught in violence in northern Mozambique linked to the ISIL...

TURKEY – Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala denies charges in new trial (Al Jazeera)

A Turkish philanthropist businessman and human rights defender has denied accusations of espionage and attempting to overthrow the government in connection with a failed...

MIGRATION/INVISIBLE SHIPWRECKS – ‘Invisible shipwrecks’ belie falling migrant deaths: UN (Al Jazeera)

The number of deaths recorded on migratory routes fell this year, although COVID-19 difficulties and so-called “invisible shipwrecks” mean the real number is probably...

INDIA/FARMERS’ PROTESTS – Dozens die during India farmers’ protests; Modi offers more talks (Al Jazeera)

At least 25 people have died, several of them due to the biting cold weather, during the three-week protest by farmers on the Indian...

AFGHANISTAN – Many killed in blast at central Afghanistan religious gathering (Al Jazeera)

An explosion at a religious gathering in central Afghanistan has killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 20 others, the country’s interior ministry said,...

INDIA/CHINA – Dozens of Indians stranded in Chinese waters for months: Ministry (Bilal Kuchay, Al Jazeera)

At least 39 Indian nationals on board two ships have been stranded in Chinese waters for several months now, India’s foreign ministry has said,...

SRI LANKA – Outrage in Sri Lanka over cremation of Muslim COVID victims (Munza Mushtaq and Shereena Qazi, Al Jazeera)

Muslims in Sri Lanka are outraged over the forced cremation of a 20-day-old COVID-19 victim last week against the family’s wishes, the latest in...

PAKISTAN/UAE – Pakistan FM says expects UAE visa ban issue to be ‘resolved soon’ (Asad Hashim, Al Jazeera)

Pakistan’s foreign minister says he expects the issues being faced by members of the Pakistani diaspora following an abrupt visa ban imposed by the...

ETHIOPIA/TIGRAYAN LEADERS – Ethiopia offers reward for intel on fugitive Tigrayan leaders (Al Jazeera)

Ethiopia is offering a 10 million birr ($260,000) reward to anyone with information on the location of fugitive leaders of the rebellious force in...