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Only Parliament can decide on
scrapping Art.370:SC
New Delhi: Days after the J&K High Court
observed that Article 370 is a “permanent” provision of the Constitution, the
Supreme Court Friday said that only Parliament can take a call on scrapping
Article 370 that accords special autonomous status to Jammu and
Kashmir.Refusing to entertain a PIL that wanted Article 370 removed from the
Constitution, a bench led by Chief Justice H L Dattu said that the court cannot
issue such directives. “Will it be done by the court or by Parliament? Can we
ask Parliament to delete a provision from the Constitution? It is not for this
court to do so,” observed the bench, also comprising Justice Amitava Roy.PIL
petitioner BP Yadav, a lawyer based in Andhra Pradesh, argued that the issue
required interference by the Supreme Court but the bench turned down his plea.
“We can strike down a provision if it is unconstitutional but we cannot be
asking Parliament to remove a provision. It has to be done by them(Parliament),”
said the bench as it asked Yadav to file a better petition if he intends to
pursue this matter any further.Noting that Article 35A protected the existing
laws of the state, the High Court said that J&K had retained limited
sovereignty while acceding to the Dominion of India, and did not merge with the
Dominion of India like the other princely states that signed the Instrument of
Accession. Indian Express
Gujarat HC removes prosecutor
who appeared in Best Bakery case
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court ordered removal of
Vadodara district govt pleader Raghuvir
Pandya over his record as a public prosecutor in the 2002 Best Bakery case.
Mere eligibility is not enough for selection as a district pleader, a chief law
officer in the district, but his or her credentials and "institutional
integrity" must be assessed, said Justice JB Pardiwala in his order.
Laxman Meghwani and two others had challenged Pandya's appointment in May. They
cited the Supreme Court order against Pandya which had termed him as unfit for
the post in view of his performance in the Best Bakery trial. "The public
prosecutor appeared to have acted as defence counsel," the apex court had
said, while ordering fresh probe. Timesofindia
HC rejects selection of
counsel who argued Best Bakery case
Moody’s to Modi: Rein in BJP
members or risk losing global credibility
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi must keep "his
party members in check" from making controversial statements "or risk
losing domestic and global credibility", an arm of global ratings agency
Moody's said on Friday while urging the govt to focus its attention on the
reforms agenda. Moody's Analytics (MA) said, "In recent times, the govt also hasn't helped itself, with controversial
comments from various BJP members. While Modi has largely distanced himself
from the nationalist gibes, the belligerent provocation of various Indian
minorities has raised ethnic tensions." "Along with a possible
increase in violence, the govt will face
stiffer opposition in upper house as debate turns away from economic
policy," MA said in a report. NDA's lack of a majority in the Rajya Sabha
has proved to be a major stumbling block to reforms. Times of India
Rein in BJP or risk losing
global credibility: Moody’s
Intellectuals intolerant: RSS
RSS on Friday hit out at intellectuals returning
awards and honours in protest against “growing intolerance,” accusing them of a
long-standing “intolerance towards the Sangh and Hinduism.” RSS Akhil Bharatiya
Prachar Pramukh Manmohan Vaidya said that Sangh joint-general secretary
Dattatreya Hosbale had raised the issue in a statement on Day-1 of the ongoing
Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal meet in Ranchi. thehindu
Civil society groups inlcuding
Jamaat to hold rally over 1984 riots
New Delhi:Demanding justice for the victims of
the 1984 anti-Sikh riots post assassination of then PM Indira Gandhi, civil society groups have
called for a joint rally here on Sunday.Various human rights organisations on
Friday jointly condemned the 'state terrorism' of 1984 in which thousands of
Sikhs were killed."A joint rally will be held from Mandi House to Jantar
Mantar on Sunday to condemn the state terrorism of 1984," S Raghavan,
president of the Lok Raj Sangathan, told mediapersons here.The rally has the
support of more than 30 political and non-political organisations, including
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Social Democratic Party of India, United Muslim Front,
National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations and the Sikh Forum.IANS
Now, scholars slam 'assault on
academic freedom'
New Delhi: A group of academics and scholars on
Friday expressed their outrage and anger against the "assault on academic
and constitutional freedom", joining the recent protests by writers,
artistes, filmmakers, historians and scientists over "rising
intolerance". "We as social scientists, scholars, teachers and
concerned citizens, feel extremely concerned about the lynching at Dadri, and
the murders of scholars and thinkers like MM Kalburgi, Narendra Dabholkar,
Govind Pansare and others and wish to register our strong protest," a
statement signed by a group of 250 academics said. The scholars, including professors
from leading institutions like Delhi University, JNU, Madras Institute of
Development Studies, IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta, expressed "shock" at
PM Narendra Modi's "late
response" to the incidents as also the "implications of the victim
blaming statement he made". PTI
Under RSS, India is becoming
mirror image of Pakistan: Irfan Habib
JKLF supports Geelani’s
‘Million March’ to counter Modi’s rally
JKLF has supported the ‘Million March’ called by
Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani here on Nov,7 to counter PM NarendraModi’s rally in the summer capital
that day.JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik said they intended to hold a parallel
rally at historic LalChowk on November 7. But, he said, since a rally has
already been announced by Geelani, JKLF has “decided to appeal people to make
it successful.”Geelani called for ‘Million March’ to Tourist Reception Centre
grounds.Malik said if Geelani’s rally is not allowed by the govt , people
should observe civil curfew and complete shutdown on Nov7. greater kashmir
Where should Abu Qasim lie
buried? Villagers clash in Kashmir
Srinagar: Several people in south Kashmir are
coming forward to lay claim to the body of top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Abu
Qasim and demand his burial at their respective villages.Police had to use
force after a group of people from Khandaypora village of Kulgam district on Friday
tried to exhume the Lashkar commander’s body who was buried in Bugam village of
the district.Qasim, a Pakistani national, was killed on Thursday after security
forces launched an operation in Khandaypora village following information about
his presence in the area. Some locals of Bugam opposed the exhumation by
Khandaypora villagers leading to verbal spar between the two groups. Some
locals of Bugam had agreed to the exhumation after the people of Khandaypora
argued that the militant commander had wished to be buried in their village
near grave of a local militant. Eyewitnesses said that police lobbed tear-smoke
smoke shells to prevent the people from exhuming the body, which resulted in
clashes between the people and police. Similarly, residents of Kakapora in
Pulwama had also claimed the militant’s body.Meanwhile, a family from
Khandaypora has claimed that the slain Laskhar operations chief was actually a
family member, Muhammad Yaqoob Hajam, who went missing when he was
15-years-old. The family also wanted his body to be handed over to them. Hindustan
Times
J&K: FIR against 8
students for raising pro-Pak slogans
Jammu: J&K Police have started looking for 8
Class 12 students who on Thursday raised pro-Pakistan slogans during school
hours, leading to tension at Sial Sui in Kalakote area of Rajouri district.A
case has been registered against the 8 students following a written complaint
by Anil Kumar Gujral, Principal of Govt Higher Secondary School at Sial Sui. The
complaint was lodged after students opposed to the sloganeering protested along
with some local residents, including panchayat members led by their Sarpanch,
at the school, leading to the Tehsildar and the SHO concerned visiting the
school and pacifying them. indianexpress
Hindus, Muslims should stand
united: Kanchi Math head
New Delhi: The head of one of India’s leading
Hindu monastic institutions, the Shankaracharya of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham,
said it was time for the Hindus and Muslims to stand together.“This is a time
for both Hindus and Muslims to stand as one. Despite differences, they have to
realise that their aims are the same. National unity is pertinent,” Jayendra
Saraswathi, the 69th pontiff of the Kanchi Math told HT when asked for his
views on the level of tolerance in the country, amid incidents like the Dadri
lynching and the Sena’s attack on Sudheendra Kulkarni.82-year-old seer’s
statement is considered to be significant due to his reported proximity to the
leaders of the RSS and the VHP. HT
Muslim population growth is
higher in border areas: RSS
Praveen Togadia demands
immediate implementation of Uniform Civil Code
Ranchi: VHP leader Praveen Tagodia today
demanded immediate implementation of Uniform Civil Code in the country.
Welcoming the Supreme Court's recent queries on the situation of Muslim women, 4
marriages under Muslim Personal Law and divorce, the international president of
VHP said time has come to adhere to SC's decision and end discrimination
against Muslim women. "It is a basic fundamental right in a modern state
that Uniform Civil Code should be implemented with immediate effect. PTI
President Mukherjee again
calls for preserving pluralistic character of India
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday once
again called for preserving the multiplicity and pluralistic character of the
country and said India has thrived due to its power of assimilation and
tolerance. President, who had on a number of occasions spoken against growing
intolerance in the last 3 weeks, was speaking at the Golden Jubilee
celebrations of Delhi High Court.PTI
India would become weak if
minorities feel insecure: Teesta
Aligarh:
Centre must understand that if minorities were feeling insecure, India would
become weak and divisive forces would gather strength, activist Teesta Setalvad
said in Aligarh.“We are witnessing a very determined bid by fascist forces to
denigrate the country’s Constitution and the entire socio-justice system which
safeguards the interests of the weakest and most vulnerable sections of
society,” she alleged, while delivering a lecture at the Aligarh Muslim
University.PTI
Considerable fear in minds of
minorities: Murthy
New Delhi: Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on
Saturday expressed concerns that there is considerable fear in the minds of
minority in India and said the govt s should bring back the sense of confidence
in them. "I am not a politician, I am not interested in politics,
therefore, I don't want to comment on that but the reality today is that there
is considerable fear in the minds of minority in India," he said. He said
there was also "considerable fear" in the minds of people of one
region living in another region. PTI
‘Inequality’ in Hinduism:
spiritual leader for reforms
Bhopal: Politicians from Maharashtra and Madhya
Pradesh have often called on him and sought his advice, both in crises and good
times. 4 years ago, he was called to Delhi to end the fast unto death
undertaken by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare.But Indore-based spiritual
guru Bhaiyyuji Maharaj is now growing increasingly frustrated with Hinduism, mainly
the “frippery” and “inequality” that has entered the religion. The preacher,
who is in his mid-40s and has undertaken extensive social work in Maharashtra,
has called for immediate reforms in the religion.Trashing speculation that he
is planning to embrace Buddhism, he said that he was unhappy with several
things associated with Hinduism, like the continuation of evil practices like
Devadasis, “VIP treatment” the rich get in temples and the extravagant spending
on religious events.indianexpress
Beef protest brings together
people of various hues
Kolkata: An ordinary event by a non-descript
organisation here on Friday to protest the ban imposed on beef in some parts of
the country brought together people of different political leanings at one
table. The senior CPI(M) leader and former Kolkata Mayor, Biaksh Ranjan
Bhattacharya, helping the poet and Sahitya Akademi awardee, Subodh Sarkar, with
a delicacy of beef is an unusual sight, given the political divide between the
two. They spoke in one voice, espousing the freedom of choice in food.The
former Left Front Minister, Abur Razzak Mollah, was there at the venue of
protest organised by Bhasa-O-Chetna Samity.Emanul Haque, one of the key
organisers and a Bengali professor, told The Hindu that vegetables and sweets
were on the menu along with beef. thehindu
Centre cancels screening of
film on beef & caste politics
Days after filmmakers returned their national
awards protesting "growing intolerance" in India, a film on beef by
students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, set to be screened at a
Films Division Festival in Delhi, has been called off at the last minute.This
was the only one of 35 films that the information and broadcasting (I&B)
ministry did not clear, based so ely on its synopsis. While the film, `Caste on
the Menu Card', was supposed to be screened on Saturday , the festival
organizers were informed by the I&B ministry on Thursday that it could not
be screened. Many feel the ministry's last-minute decision was to ensure no
time for protest. TOI
Ex-Akali Dal leader among 12
new faces in Akhilesh Yadav’s cabinet in UP
Lucknow:Ex-union minister and Shiromani Akali
Dal leader Balwant Singh Ramoowalia was surprise inclusion as cabinet minister
during the fifth ministry expansion of CM Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday. Governor Ram Naik
administered oath to 21 ministers which include 12 new faces including two
cabinet, two minister of state with independent charge and eight minister of
state. 2 MoS and one MoS independent charge have been promoted as cabinet
minister while 6 MoS have been independent charge. The total strength of
Akhilesh’s ministry is now 58 ministers.Among other new faces is Sahib Singh
Saini as cabinet minister who was close to former CM ND Tiwari before joining
SP. Hailing from Saharanpur, Saini is involved in a controversy for having 2
wives. Saini was also appointed as Chairman of Seeds Corporation and later
nominated as MLC by Akhilesh Yadav.2 new faces have been appointed as minister
of state with independent charge. Madan Chauhan is MLA from Garh Mukteshwar and
is close to Amar Singh. Shadab Fatima is another new entry fitting into the
category of Shia Muslims who are presently against Akhilesh Yadav. Indian express
UP Governor Ram Naik lands in
controversy over stopping national anthem mid-way
Most polluted city in the
world, Delhi suffers from a toxic blend, says UK study: Indian Express
Delhi:A new study on air pollution in Delhi by a
team of researchers led by University of Surrey in the United Kingdom has found
the city suffers from a “toxic blend of geography, growth, poor energy sources
and unfavourable weather that boosts its dangerously high levels of air
pollution”. The study also recommends all-round solutions instead of just
focusing on vehicular pollution. The study was recently published in the
journal Atmospheric Environment and includes a professor from IIT Delhi. The
team researched how Delhi’s landscape, weather, energy consumption culture, and
growing urban population combines to elevate concentrations of air pollutants,
including ultra-fine particles, the most harmful to human health.
Delhi: Potential trouble in
mosque thwarted by the elderly
New Delhi: An empty liquor bottle was allegedly
thrown inside a North Delhi mosque during Friday prayers, causing tension.
However, restraint shown by the Namazis ensured that the situation remained
peaceful. Those present at Masjid Shahgul in Sadar Bazar at the time of the
incident said that there were a large number of devotees at that point of time
and an instant appeal for calm by the elderly managed to pacify those enraged.
The matter was reported to the police soon after. Recounting the incident,
Zuheb who was also performing the prayer said as soon as the prayers started
and the Namazis had occupied their slots in three different floors including
the open area on the ground floor, an empty liquor bottle landed from one of
the bordering multi-storeyed buildings and shattered taking everyone by
surprise. No one was, however, injured.A senior police officer said all angles
including the possibility of a planned conspiracy with an attempt to trigger a
riot were being probed. thehindu
Sisi promises to release 2
Indians in Egypt prison after meeting with PM
New Delhi: Soon after his bilateral meeting with
PM Narendra Modi, President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi decided to release 2 Indians
languishing in an Egypt jail. Modi thanked Sisi for attending the India-Africa
Forum Summit saying the summit would not have been complete without him. Sisi
had earlier wanted to send a representative to the summit but after his meeting
with Modi in New York changed his mind and decided to come himself. timesofindia
INDIAN MEDIA ON TERROR CASES
Jhabua blast main accused
Rajendra Kaswa alive, SIT hopes to get leads with narco test on kin
Indore: SIT of MP police believes Rajendra
Kaswa, prime accused in Petlawad blast, is alive and hopes to find out his
whereabouts with narco test of Manoj Gadia, a distant relative of
Kaswa."We have got few video footage of Kaswa. In one footage, which was
recorded after the blast, Kaswa was seen riding pillion on a two-wheeler and
Manoj Gadia in front seat," additional SP (SIT) Sima Alawa said. The
footage is of a CCTV installed close to Kaswa's house in Petlawad. The footage
shows Gadia is taking Kaswa from his house to some other place on his
bike.Alawa said they are sure that person riding as pillion on Gadia's bike was
Kaswa. "During interrogation, Gadia admitted someone was sitting on his
bike after the blast, but he claims to have not remembered, who was sitting
behind," said Alawa, adding that with the help of the narco test we are
hoping to find out the truth. They expect that Gadia will reveal where he had
dropped Kaswa after the blast.TOI
MP SIMI activist Abu Faisal,
convicted for ATS constable murder: indian express report
Bhopal:SIMI activist Abu Faisal alias ‘doctor’
was on Friday convicted for killing Sitaram Yadav, a constable of
anti-terrorist squad of Madhya Pradesh Police, in Khandwa in Nov.2009.Police
said Faisal, Aijazuddin and Mohammed Aslam had shot dead the constable in the
communally sensitive Khandwa town in broad day light and minutes later also
killed two others, one for challenging them and another for snatching his bike.
Aijazuddin and Aslam were killed in an encounter in Telangana in April this
year.Faisal, who had hatched the conspiracy to kill Yadav, was also the
mastermind of the daring jailbreak in Khandwa after which 6 SIMI activists
escaped in Oct.2013. Faisal, who wanted for several cases, was caught two
months later, the police said.B S Bhadoriya, the special judge in Bhopal, is
likely to announce the quantum of punishment on Saturday. Mehtab, another SIMI
activist, was acquitted of the murder charge but convicted under the Arms Act,
said his lawyer Parvez Alam. Indian Express
After 13 yrs, Godhra train
carnage accused held
Vadodara: Panchmahal police on Friday arrested
Farooq Hafiz Mohammed Dhantiya, an accused in the Sabarmati Express train
carnage at Godhra. Acting on a tip-off, the local crime branch nabbed Dhantiya
from his residence in Signal Falia early in the morning. He was on the run ever
since the carnage took place on Feb.27, 2002. Sources said Dhantiya used to
frequently visit his house. It has come to light that Dhantiya was sleeping on
the upper floor when the police swooped on his house. An SIT team arrived at
Godhra on Friday to take custody of Dhantiya from the local crime branch. TOI
Lucknow: Court grants acquits
6 alleged HuJI men 8 yrs after arrest
WORLD
'Missing' Russian airliner
with 224 passengers crashes in Egypt
Cairo: A
Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers and crew crashed in Egypt's Sinai
peninsula today, the Egyptian govt has
confirmed. The search and rescue team has found more than 100 bodies, including
those of five children, in the wreckage of the Russian aircraft, an officer at
the site told Reuters. "The plane split into two, a small part on the tail
end that burned and a larger part that crashed into a rock. We have extracted
at least 100 bodies and the rest are still inside," the officer
said.Egyptian search and rescue team members have also heard voices in a
section of a Russian plane, an officer, who requested anonymity, said.
"There is another section of the plane with passengers inside that the
rescue team is still trying to enter and we hope to find survivors especially
after hearing pained voices of people inside." he said. Most passengers on the flight are
believed to be Russian tourists. Reuters/ndtv
Russian plane: No survivors
found, officials say
Cairo:
Egyptian search and rescue team members have found no survivors in the
wreckage of a Russian plane that crashed in the country's Sinai peninsula
today, media reports quoting officials said.NDTV
Egypt plane crash: Pilot spoke
of technical problems, 100 bodies recovered
World powers agree to more
talks on Syria crisis
Major powers meeting in Vienna for talks on
Syria have found enough "common ground" to meet for a new round of
talks in two weeks, even as the conflict enters a new phase with the deployment
of US special forces in the country. President Barack Obama has ordered the
deployment of fewer than 50 commandos to help coalition forces coordinate with
local troops, Josh Earnest, the White House spokesperson, said on Friday. The
troop announcement came as diplomats in the Austrian capital representing 17
countries and the EU agreed to launch a broad new peace attempt to gradually
end Syria's long civil war - a declaration that avoided any decision on when
President Bashar al-Assad might leave. aljazeera
Nearly 150 killed in deadly
day of air strikes in Syria
More than 140 people were killed in govt and
Russian air strikes across Syria within 24 hours, according to sources and
monitors.At least 80 people were killed in Aleppo city and nearby towns by a
series of Russian and regime air strikes on Friday, sources told Al Jazeera. About
25 areas within Aleppo province were hit by the air strikes.The deadly raids
came after at least 61 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded
after Syrian govt air strikes hit a marketplace in a Damascus suburb, sources
said.An officer of Syria Civil Defense in the Damascus suburbs branch told Al
Jazeera that the air raids struck a busy market in Douma on Friday, killing at
least 61 and injuring more than 100 others. Douma, east of Damascus, has been
under intense govt attack for weeks now.Witnesses said missiles were fired into
the marketplace in a rebel-held part of Douma.aljazeera
ISESCO condemns Russian strikes
on public market in Syria
Islamic Educationa, Scientific and Cultural
Organisation (ISESCO) has condemned the Russian airstrikes on a popular market
in the Syrian city of Duma, Quds Press reported. The body condemned the airstrike,
which killed and wounded a large number of Syrians.“This aggressive act proves
that Russian intervention in war, which has been going on in Syria, is a clear
aggression on the Syrian people, not a war on terror as Russian leadership is
claiming,” it said. middleeastmonitor
Russian planes transport
Iranian weapons to Syria
US deploys ground troops in
Syria
US will send less than 50 Special Forces troops
to Syria to advise, assist and train moderate Syrian opposition forces fighting
ISIL, the White House said Friday. Spokesman Josh Earnest maintained that the
American troops will not take part in a combat mission, but acknowledged that
those being sent to Syria will face significant risks.“If we were envisioning a
combat operation, we probably would be contemplating more than 50 troops on the
ground,” he said, adding, “This is a dangerous place on the globe and they are
at risk, and there's no denying that.”The troops will be advising Syrian Arab,
Turkmen and Kurdish forces, according to a Defense official who spoke on
condition of anonymity because the official was not authorized to publicly
comment on the matter. World Bulletin
US Troops in Syria Will Only
Fight IS: Kerry
US Secretary
of State John Kerry says American special operations troops being sent to Syria
will only fight Islamic State militants and won't become involved in the
long-running civil war. Kerry
calls IS a threat to every nation and says U.S. policy is clear — the group
must be defeated.Kerry isn't ruling out a further US escalation of the fight,
saying he can't predict the future.AP
Assad, Iran-backed foreign
forces must quit Syria: Saudi
Riyadh: Russia and Iran must agree to a date and
means for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to quit the country, and agree to
withdraw all foreign forces from Syria, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel
al-Jubeir said in an interview with Sky News Arabia broadcast on Saturday. Arch
regional competitors Saudi Arabia and Iran, whose rivalry has been aggravated
by their support for opposing sides in Syria, both took part in talks to find a
peaceful solution for the country for the first time in Vienna on Friday.Jubeir
said in the interview the Vienna talks, which will resume within two weeks,
would show how serious Assad and his backers Iran and Russia were in seeking a
peaceful solution to the crisis.Reuters
Saiudi Prince Bin Talal denies
pro-Israel statements
Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal has denied reports
claiming he would support Israel if a new Palestinian uprising broke out.The
prince’s office described the article by AWDNews as “completely bogus and
untrue”, adding that he had not spoken to the Kuwaiti media outlet mentioned in
the article or made any of the statements attributed to him.Al-Waleed’s office
said the site in question had “repeatedly spread false and fabricated material
about Al-Waleed without confirming the authenticity with his office.” middleeastmonitor
Fabricated quotes attributed
to Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal on Israel-Palestine go viral
Israeli forces kill 3
Palestinians including a baby
3 Palestinians -
including an 8-month-old baby - have died from Israeli fire and another is
critically wounded, while many others were injured in West Bank and Gaza
protests. Palestinian health ministry confirmed on Friday the death of Ramadan
Mohammed Faisal Thawabta, the baby who suffocated from tear gas inhalation in a
village near Bethlehem.He died in Beit Fajjar in clashes as the Israeli army
sprayed tear gas at Palestinians.The ministry also confirmed the first
incident, citing the death of Qasem Sabaana, 20, and the injury of a
17-year-old, as yet unnamed, at a checkpoint south of Nablus in the occupied
West Bank. Aljazeera
Palestinian baby killed during
Israeli bomb attack
African Union calls on Egypt
to spare Brotherhood chief
African
Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) has issued a recommendation to
the Egyptian govt to take all necessary
measures to stop the execution of the Muslim Brotherhood’s General Guide
Mohamed Badie in accordance with several articles of the African Charter on
Human and People’s Rights, to which Egypt is committed.Recommendation letter
said that Badie was arrested after he filed a formal complaint against the
killing of his son Ammar in the wake of protests in Egypt on 16 Aug. 2013 by govt
troops. Following his filing of the
formal complaint against Egyptian authorities, Badie himself was arrested,
tortured and detained. middleeastmonitor
Egyptian army again floods
Gaza tunnels: AnadoluAgency
Rafah: For the second time in recent weeks, Egyptian
authorities flooded the area along the border with Gaza with water to destroy
underground tunnels between Sinai and the Palestinian territory.Palestinian
source said that many tunnels were flooded with sea water in 6 areas in
southern Gaza.
Sunni preacher handed death
sentence in Iran
Iran
Supreme Court has approved the death sentence issued against the Sunni preacher
Shahram Ahmadi, Arabi21 has learnt from informed sources.Ahmadi, an Iranian
Sunni preacher, was sentenced to death after he was arrested in 2009 by the
Iranian intelligence forces.In July, the Supreme Court denied his sentence, but
he was re-tried in the same court by the same judge, and was sentenced to death
again. His lawyer informed him of the court’s decision on 15 Oct.and his case
was referred to the court that will carry out the execution. During his
imprisonment, Ahmadi was subject to various forms of severe physical and
psychological torture. He was initially sentenced to death in 2012 by the
Iranian Revolutionary Court during a hearing where his lawyer was prohibited
from attending.Ahmadi suffers from chronic illnesses, and he lost one of his
kidneys due to the suffering and torture exercised against him during his time
in prison. Despite this, the judicial authorities did not allow him to receive
treatment outside jail, even after a medical report was issued stating he
needed to be admitted to a hospital immediately.His younger brother, Bahram
Ahmadi, was executed in Ghezel Hesar on 27 Dec.2012. middleeastmonitor
Reconciliation process will
include Muslims: Sri Lankan govt
Colombo: Sri Lankan Muslims will be an integral
part of the proposed truth, justice, reparations and non-recurrence process,
according to the country’s Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera.“Muslims’
grievances and concerns will be a part of the consultations, design and
operationalisation of the domestic mechanisms including Commission for Truth, Justice,
Reconciliation and Non-recurrence, the Judicial Mechanism, the Office of
Missing Persons and the Office of Reparations,” Samaraweera said at a function
held by the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress to mark 25th anniversary of Muslims’
expulsion by LTTE from Northern Province.The Hindu
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