Link to article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/15/canadian-police-accuse-india-criminal-network-kill-dissidents The Indian government has been known to kill off Sikh political opponents and be violent against Sikhs in general. The mob known as the Bishnoi group, whose leader Lawrence Bishnoi is currently incarcerated in India, is accused of acting on his orders to kill Canadian citizens who are dissidents of the Indian government. India has a… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/treasury-sanctions-iran-gaza-israel-hezbollah-lebanon-5c3d798a1916e4ee197b13d000a776c1 In response to Iran’s missile attack on Israel, the U.S is now implementing new sanctions on Iran. These sanctions are in an attempt to weaken Iran’s trading, shipping and energy producing power in hopes that it will make them weaker militarily. Additionally, these sanctions are meant to keep American citizens and businesses from being involved with… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-gaza-news-10-01-2024-eb175dff6e46906caea8b9e43dfbd3da On October 1, 2024, Iran acted on their threats of a missile strike on Israel. This missile strike was in retaliation to Israel’s bombing on Iran’s ally Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel had previously blown up pagers and then bombed the leaders of Hezbollah. It was said that there were only a few injuries caused in Israel… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/11/afghan-women-summit-taliban-albania Afghan women recently had a law made against them by the Taliban that prevented them from being able to speak in public or show any skin outside. This has come after continuous depletion of human rights for women under the three year reign of the Taliban including being prohibited from paid work, walking in public parks… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/9/9/bangladesh-taking-steps-to-extradite-former-pm-hasina-from-india Sheikh Hasina has been the prime minister of Bangladesh for the past 15 years. For the past month, she has been in hiding in India after being driven out by student-led protests that turned into a full scale uprising. Hasina has been known to abuse human rights, kill off her political opponents and in recent weeks… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/iran-hamas-israel-30968a7acb31cd8b259de9650014b779 On July 31, 2024, Ismail Haniyeh, who was Hamas’ head political leader, was killed. This happened in the Iranian capital of Tehran while Haniyeh was visiting for Iran’s new president Masoud Pezeshkian’s swearing-in ceremony which happened the day before. Iran held a funeral parade for Haniyeh the following Thursday. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is now swearing revenge… Read more »
