Activists call on the international community to help revoke the designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organizations. The terrorist label allows Israel to search their offices, seize assets and arrest employees. Israel accuses the groups of being part of a small Palestinian movement with a political party …
Read More »Turkey Calls 10 Foreign Diplomats Over Activists’ Release Call
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador and ambassadors of nine other countries to protest a statement calling for the release of Osman Kavala, a philanthropist and civil rights activist who was imprisoned, according to a decision by the European Court of Human Rights. (ECHR). The remarks angered government officials …
Read More »Climate Activists Call for Research on Brazilian President
A group of climate lawyers on Tuesday (Oct 12) called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to launch an investigation into Brazil’s president for possible crimes against humanity in his administration’s policies on the Amazon. The AllRise group filed a lawsuit with the ICC alleging that Jair Bolsonaro’s government was …
Read More »UK to Call for ‘Significant Changes’ to Northern Ireland Protocol
Britain will notify the EU again next week that a “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol is important for the restoration of good relations between London and Brussels. The protocol is part of the Brexit deal Prime Minister Boris Johnson negotiated with the European Union. However, London has said …
Read More »Indonesia’s Call for Multilateralism Amid US-China Tensions
Indonesian President Joko Widodo made a speech on the second day of the General Debate Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Various issues were raised, starting from the handling of Covid to the crisis in Myanmar and Afghanistan. All of this requires a common solution, at …
Read More »Indonesia’s Call for Multilateralism Amid US-China Tensions
President Jokowi raised various issues in a speech delivered virtually before the UN General Assembly. Among them are the handling of COVID-19 as well as calls for multilateralism in the midst of increasing tensions between major countries. Mouab reporter Virginia Gunawan reports from New York.
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