One of the most important freedoms in America is our right to free speech. We are not the only country with this freedom but there are still places where citizen do not have this freedom. Saudi Arabia is one of those places. Tuesday, October 2nd, a Saudi Journalist named Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and he never… Read more »
KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban on Monday directed Afghans to boycott upcoming parliamentary elections and demanded a complete withdrawal of foreign forces as the only solution to end the 17-year-old war as they ramped up attacks in strategic provinces. The statement from the hardline Islamic militant group coincided with the visit of top U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, who has been… Read more »
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – East Libyan forces on Monday captured a top suspected Egyptian militant long sought by Cairo on charges of orchestrating a deadly desert ambush on police last year and other high-profile attacks, the Libyan military said. Hisham al-Ashmawy, a former Egyptian special forces officer, was apprehended in the city of Derna, on the coastal road about 265… Read more »
Saudi and Turkish officials have made conflicting statements on the whereabouts of a prominent journalist who has reportedly gone missing while visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident critical of the country’s crown prince, entered the consulate’s premises at around 1pm (10:00 GMT) on Tuesday in what seemed to be a routine visit to sort out paperwork, before disappearing…. Read more »
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has welcomed Turkey to search the Saudi consulate in Istanbul following the disappearance of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi who entered the mission earlier this week. In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg, published on Friday, bin Salman said Saudi Arabia is “very keen to know what happened” to the Saudi citizen, adding “we have nothing to hide”. Khashoggi, a Saudi… Read more »
Iraq like much of the middle east is unstable. Due to the instability, upholding the rights of their people has been pushed aside as a priority, and maintaining control comes to the forefront. “The International Commission on Missing Persons estimates that the number of missing people in Iraq ranges from 250,000 to one million people. According to the International Committee… Read more »
Despite more than three years of war, Yemen, the scene of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, still struggles for its fair share of the world’s attention. Since March 2015, the Saudi-UAE military alliance has carried out more than 16,000 air raids, almost one-third of which have struck non-military sites. These attacks have targeted weddings and hospitals, as well as water and electricity plants, killing and wounding thousands. According… Read more »
Masked gunmen have shot dead a human rightsactivist, and mother of four, outside a supermarket in Basra, Iraq’s southern city wracked by violent protests. A police official said Soad al-Ali, 46, who has been involved in organising protests demanding better services in the city, was killed instantly on Tuesday by the attackers who fled the scene after shooting at her and her… Read more »
Dozens of Iraqi men and boys have been forcibly disappeared by Iraqi security forces since 2014, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW). In a report published on Thursday, the rights group said 74 mostly Sunni Arab men and four boys had been disappeared between April 2014 and October 2017, often in the context of counterterrorism operations. Since 2014, pro-government forces have carried… Read more »
AIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian prosecutors are investigating the death of a monk who was from the monastery where a bishop was murdered in July, a case that has rattled the biggest church in the Middle East. Zenon al-Makari, 45, died while being rushed to hospital after suffering severe stomach pains. He had served as a confessional priest for one of… Read more »