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DIGEST, MID-DAY
02 June 2018:17 Ramazan 1439: Vol:10, No:35
INDIA
I&B ministry to snoop on emails and
profile Twitter users
With less than a year to go for the general
election, the Union Ministry of Information & Broadcasting is setting up a
social media monitoring hub. The tender inviting bids by Broadcast Engineering
Consultants India Ltd. closed on May 31.Bids have been invited from Indian
companies with the capability of developing analytical tools in order to:Create
digital profiles of citizens,Monitor digital platforms like Twitter, YouTube,
Google+, Instagram, Linkedin, Flickr, blogs and email among others,Listen to
email conversations,Create a ‘conversation archive’ of users,Create a
geographical analysis with exact locations,Classify Internet info as positive,
negative and neutral,Produce actionable analytical data on users and,Produce
predictive analysis of potential headlines in media channels and newspapers
across the globe. BECIL tender document also calls for 20 social media
analytics executives to produce six reports every day for the ministry. The
document says that each of the 716 districts in the country will have a social
media executive to track local news and events.While the I&B Ministry has
maintained a Sphinx-like silence on the issue, cyber experts have rung alarm
bells. Listening to emails, profiling social media users, they say, point to
possible misuse of such data in elections. In the absence of a law to ensure
data protection or prescribe the process of obtaining consent from users, the
attempt to monitor social media and profile users would amount to invasion of
privacy, they said.The Government is behaving like the Orwellian Big Brother,
says Congress leader and lawyer Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi. While nine judges of
the Supreme Court has upheld the fundamental right to privacy and despite
Articles 19 and 21 of the Constitution, the Information Technology Act etc.
protecting the citizen’s privacy and human rights, he added, the Government
appears determined to turn the country into a surveillance state.In the entire
tender document of 66 pages, he points out, there is not a single safeguard
mentioned. In fact the document says that the vendor would have to supply the
Meta Data as well.nationalheraldindia
Home ministry launches an online tool to
monitor foreign contributions
New Delhi:Union home minister Rajnath Singh on
Friday launched an ‘Online Analytical Tool’ to facilitate closer monitoring of
the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions received by non-governmental
organisations registered under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010,
also known as FCRA.According to an official statement, the web-based tool
enables “decision-makers in various departments of government to scrutinise
source of foreign funds and their actual use in India”.“The tool gives them
capacity to take data-driven and evidence-based decisions regarding the
compliance of the provisions of the FCRA, 2010. It has analytical features to
conduct big data mining and data exploration,”an MHA official said.HT
Modi govt trying to invade people’s privacy by
creating social media hub: Congress
New Delhi:Alleging that the Modi government
was “acting like a big brother” and trying to invade the privacy of people, the
Congress on Friday claimed that the Information and Broadcasting ministry had
floated Rs 42-crore tender to “snoop and put on surveillance” the social media
activities of the users.Addressing a news conference, Congress spokesperson
Abhishek Manu Singhvi accused the government of “flouting the Right to Privacy
with brazen impunity.” “We find a very curious Rs 42-crore tender under which
bids are invited from private agencies. This is the worst example of using the
taxpayers’ money to snoop on them. The tender is for so-called social media
communication hub creation,” he said.“It is the habitual, perennial,
repetitive, and ingrained tendency of this government to act as a ‘Super Big
Brother’ and to watch you and intrude every aspect of your life, body, and
every aspect of your privacy.”
Citizens’ register: Bangladesh not keen on
accepting deportees from India
Bangladesh would ask for local identity
documents from persons who India would deport once the second list of the
National Register of Citizens is made public on June 30, Dhaka's High
Commissioner to India, Syed Muazzem Ali, said on Thursday."The
deportations, as we exercise it, are for people who have crossed the border and
could give us some verification regarding their identity," Ali said during
his interaction with mediapersons at the India Women Press Corps in New
Delhi.The envoy said that Dhaka and New Delhi had a "peaceful
understanding" on Bangladesh's citizens who are in India
illegally."We have a peaceful understanding regarding people who have lost
their documents, who are either over-stayers or they have committed any trespassing.
We carry out a verification of those people," he said.A freedom fighter
who played a role in the 1971 Bangladesh War of Liberation, Ali went on,
"This is being done in various parts of India. Sometimes, consular
officers travel to cities like Kanpur, Nagpur and Chennai to verify
migrants."Bangladesh's envoy, however, refused to make a detailed comment
on the NRC issue, saying that he would make a statement once the process of
deportations start.Approximately 48 lakh residents of Assam, many Muslims
living in districts bordering Bangladesh, couldn't make it to the first list of
NRC which was released on Dec.31 last year."Most of the people whose names
didn't figure in the NRC live in the districts of Barpeta, Duburi, Nagaon,
South Cachar, Morigaon and Sonitpur," said Syed Azharuddin, Secretary of
Students Islamic Organisation of India, who is leading a fact-finding mission
in Assam.National Herald
Shillong: Cop injured, shop torched, house and
vehicles damaged in night-long violence
Shillong:Curfew continued in parts of Shillong
for the second day on Saturday after night-long violence during which a mob
torched a shop, a house and damaged at least five vehicles besides injuring a
senior police officer.SP(City) Stephan Rynjah sustained injuries after he was
hit by a rod and has been admitted to the Shillong Civil Hospital, a senior
police officer on duty said.At least 10 people, including policemen, have been injured
in the violence, which has triggered demands that the government take action
against alleged illegal settlers in the area.State police personnel were
attacked by stone pelters in the restive Motphran area of the city.Teargas
shells were used to disperse rioters but people in other parts mistook it for
police firing, the officer said.The clashes had begun after a bus handyman was
allegedly assaulted by a group of residents of Them Metor area on Thursday
afternoon.PTI
Farmers’ agitation: Stir enters second day,
vegetable prices surge over dwindling supplies
New Delhi:Demanding remunerative prices for
their produce, implementation of the Swaminathan Commission recommendations and
farm loan waivers among other things, farmers across the country continued
their agitation Saturday as part of a 10-day long nationwide strike.In the wake
of the dwindling fresh supplies of farm produce in mandis, vegetable prices at
various cities in Punjab and Haryana soared even as the farmers dumped
vegetables, milk on roads and blocked supplies to cities. On Friday, agitating
farmers stopped supply of vegetables, fruits, milk and other items to various
cities against the alleged anti-farmer policies of the Centre.Though the impact
of farmers’ stir on price of farm commodities was not visible yesterday, the
retail prices of vegetables in several cities climbed in the range of Rs 10-20
per kg on the second day, forcing consumers in cities to pay more for buying
vegetables.indianexpress
CRPF Vehicle, Attacked By Protesters, Runs
Over 3 In Kashmir; Police Cases Filed
NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: A CRPF vehicle targeted by protesters in
downtown Srinagar ran over 3 people in an attempt to get away, triggering a
fresh wave of protests and criticism for the government. One of the three who
had received serious injuries, later died.The police have filed two First
Information Reports or FIRs against the CRPF and unidentified stone throwers.
While the stone throwers have been charged for attempt to murder and rioting,
the CRPF driver has been charged with rash driving.The incident in Srinagar's
Nowhatta area, just a few days before Home Minister Rajnath Singh is to visit
the valley, could dampen the centre's renewed efforts to reach out to Kashmiri
youth after announcing the Ramzan truce with terrorists.Singh had planned to
use his visit to not only review preparations for the Amarnath Yatra due to
begin on June 29 but more importantly, signal his intent to engage with all
stakeholders including the Hurriyat leaders. The outrage over the latest
incident could overshadow the outreach.A police officer said the incident took
place when CRPF vehicle, on its way back after dropping a senior officer, ran
into a street protest.The outrage over the latest incident could overshadow the
outreach.A police officer said the incident took place when the CRPF vehicle,
on its way back after dropping a senior officer, ran into a street protest.The
sequence of events isn't very clear yet.But video footage that has emerged
shows the vehicle encircled by a mob, people trying to force their way into the
vehicle and the driver trying hard to get away.Another clips shows the vehicle
driving through the hostile group of people who are throwing stones and bricks
from close range, and people removing one of the injured.A couple of
photographs that made its way to social media showed the vehicle just before it
ran over a youth.National Conference leader Omar Abdullah was unsparing in his
attack on Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, who has not spoken on the incident.
"Ceasefire means no guns so use jeeps," he tweeted, asking Ms Mufti
if this was the standard operating procedure of dealing with protesters.
Protests erupt in Kashmir after CRPF jeep runs
over man in Srinagar
Srinagar clashes: Youth dies after being run
over by CRPF vehicle
SRINAGAR:A civilian, hit by a CRPF vehicle
during clashes outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid, succumbed to his injuries on
Friday night, becoming the first casualty since the Centre announced halting of
operations in Kashmir 18 days ago.Kaiser Bhat, from Srinagar's Fateh-a- Kadal,
succumbed to his injuries at SKIMS hospital, according to hospital officials.
He came under the wheels of the CRPF vehicle that was negotiating its way
through the protesters hurling stones at it outside the mosque after Friday
prayers. "He had suffered a serious chest injury and fractures,"
according to the hospital.The incident took place on a day when the police
decided to keep their men away from the mosque for "peaceful
congregation" and "to avoid confrontation after previous Friday's
deadly clashes".thehindu
Ayodhya a National Heritage? HC Asks
Petitioner to Talk to Centre
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/ayodhya-a-national-heritage-hc-asks-petitioner-to-talk-to-centre
A petitioner who demanded that the disputed
Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri masjid site at Ayodhya be declared a national heritage
was on Friday, 1 June, asked by the Delhi High Court to file a representation
in this regard before the Centre.A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Gita
Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar did not issue notice on the PIL and instead
asked petitioner advocate Anu Mehta to make a representation before the Union
Ministry of Culture in this regard.The bench said that the Centre may consider
the representation and take a decision within three months.PIL has sought a
direction to the government to notify and acquire the disputed site and the
monument under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act
and declare it as the national heritage.It further sought a direction to the
Centre to preserve and protect the site, take necessary action "to
preserve the monuments -- the ancient temple as well as the mosque --
independently".PTI
Declare Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid site a
national heritage, says PIL before Delhi HC
Haryana: 3 days after mosque vandalised,
villagers say all is well now after 'Muslims agree to use loudspeakers at low
volume'
THREE DAYS after a bunch of Hindu youths
allegedly disrupted evening namaz at the mosque in Newal village, Karnal,
resulting in tension, both the sides have reached a ‘panchayati raazinama’
(compromise). The police have also put any further action on hold against six
youths of the village, who were booked in connection with the incident.
However, officials said, “a probe was on”. Objecting to the ‘high volume’ of
loudspeakers during evening namaz, a group of youngsters of the village had
allegedly damaged loudspeakers on the mosque premises Wednesday.The village,
with a population of around 4000, is located barely 10 km from Uttar Pradesh’s
border, is dominated by Hindus. There are only 10 Muslim families living in the
village since Partition. A few Christian families are also settled in the
village and a church is being constructed.“This is the first time such an
incident has happened. Peace and harmony had always prevailed in our village,”
says Yakub Ali, a blacksmith.“We reached a compromise as the village panchayat
was held and both the sides gave in writing that the village’s peace and
harmony would not be disrupted”, Yakub told The Indian Express. However, he
added, “Yesterday, a slanderous video was uploaded by somebody on Facebook. In
the video, villagers were passing inflammatory remarks at Muslims inviting
reactions from the viewers. We have informed the police about it”, Ali
added.“There is a temple and gurdwara in the village, where loudspeakers are
used in morning and evening hours. Nobody objects to high volume there. There
are some miscreants who incited a group of youth to disrupt namaz. Police know
about those people”, Ali said.Imam of the mosque, Ahmad Ashfaq, said, “Nearly
two months ago, a villager who was apparently drunk asked me to remove the
loudspeaker from the mosque. He also used foul language. But I took it
lightly.”Recalling the Wednesday’s incident, a 14-year-old boy, Mohammad Usama,
who has come to the village from Uttar Pradesh to deliver a religious lecture,
said, “It was scary… the manner in which 15-20 persons entered the mosque, went
to the rooftop and damaged loudspeakers.”Haryana DGP BS Sandhu, said, “I have
learnt that a compromise has been reached between the 2 parties.”Village’s
sarpanch Harbhajan Singh, said, “Peace prevails in the village. It was an unfortunate
incident”. Former sarpanch, Pintu Naik, said, “They [Muslims] have agreed to
use loudspeakers at low volume”.indianexpress
Praying Muslim men beaten up, mosque
vandalised in Haryana's Karnal
Muslims offering Namaz thrashed inside
Haryana's mosque
PM Modi visits Hindu, Buddhist temples and
mosque in Singapore
Singapore:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today
visited Hindu and Buddhist temples and a mosque in Chinatown here,
demonstrating the age-old people-to-people contact between India and Singapore.PM,
who is here on a 3-day tour, visited Sri Mariamman Temple and participated in
prayers.He also visited Chulia mosque which was built by Chulia Muslim
merchants from India's Coromandal Coast under the leadership of Anser Sahib.
This is one of the earliest mosques in Singapore. The mosque was established in
1826.Modi was presented a green shawl at the mosque.After the mosque, Modi
visited the Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum. PTI
Azamgarh: Several injured in Dalit-Muslim
clash; 3 arrested
Lucknow: 3 persons were arrested on Friday
over a clash between Dalit and Muslim groups at Bakhra village in Azamgarh the
previous evening. Clash was allegedly sparked over a motorcycle mishap. The
three accused, all Muslims, were arrested on the basis of a complaint lodged by
a Dalit. At the time of filing this report, police said no complaint was lodged
by the Muslim group. While several persons were injured the clash, the
condition of one man is said to be critical. According to police, the clash
took place after a 17-year-old boy on a motorcycle accidentally hit a
10-year-old Dalit boy. Village head Mohammad Shahid said the Dalit boy was at
his uncle’s house on Thursday. “At 6 pm, the boy was playing outside along with
other children when the mishap happened. People in the area caught the
motorcycle rider and assaulted him,” said Shahid. “They later let him
off.”10-year-old and 17-year-old suffered minor injuries. “Some time later, a
group, including the motorcyclist’s family members, reached the house leading
to the clash,” Shahid said. CO, Phoolpur, Ravi Shankar Prasad said both sides
threw bricks at each other. Later, police arrived and cane-charged the crowd to
bring the situation under control, he added.ASP, Rural (Azamgarh), Narendra
Pratap Singh said around 9 Dalits and 4 Muslims were injured. indianexpress
2 arrested for terror links, remanded to
judicial custody
Mumbai: A special MCOCA court on Thursday
remanded Faisal Mirza and Allahrakha Mansuri to judicial custody. The
Maharashtra ATS had arrested the duo for suspected links with terrorists in
Dubai.Advocates Sharif Shaikh and Abhishek Pandey, who appeared for Mirza on
behalf of Jamiat-e-Ulema Hind, filed an application before special MCOCA judge
V.P. Awhad, alleging that ATS officers during police custody took Mirza’s
signature on some blank papers. The lawyers also claimed that the accused was
apprehensive that ATS would misuse these signatures. “Mirza is innocent and he
has not given any confessional statement. If the investigating officers come up
with any confession, it would not be that of Mirza,” said advocate Shaikh.ASIAN
AGE
Terror funding: HC dismisses plea of
Salauddin’s son
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today rejected
a plea by Syed Shahid Yousuf, son of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen founder and a
‘specially designated global terrorist’ Syed Salahuddin, challenging an order
dismissing his bail in a terror funding case. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar
and I S Mehta upheld two orders of a trial court, including one by which his
plea for statutory bail was rejected, saying there was no illegality in them.dailyexcelsior
Kerala HC allows young Muslim couple to
continue live-in relationship
Kochi: In a landmark verdict, the Kerala High
Court on Friday declined to separate a 18-year-old boy and 19-year-old girl who
were in a live-in relationship, saying it cannot close its eyes to the fact
that such relationships have become rampant in society.A division bench of
justices V Chitambaresh and K P Jyothindranath pronounced the judgment while
dismissing a habeas corpus petition filed by the girl's father.In his petition,
the girl's father alleged that his daughter was in the illegal custody of the
boy.Both the girl and the boy are Muslims and hail from Alappuzha
district.Dismissing the plea, the bench said it cannot close its eyes to the
fact that live-in relationships have become rampant in society and such
partners cannot be separated by the writ of habeas corpus.PTI
Mumbai : Muslim groups to boycott RSS iftar
party
MUMBAI: Some Muslim groups have called for a
boycott of RSS-sponsored iftar party on June 4. Community leaders and activists
said the iftar by Rashtriya Muslim Manch (RMM), a wing of the RSS headed by
Indresh Kumar, is hypocrisy as the main outfit backs anti-Muslim campaigns of
love jihad, mob lynching in the name of cow vigilantism. They said this iftar
was a "ploy" to garner Muslim votes in the 2019 elections. This will
be RSS's first iftar in Mumbai being hosted at Sahyadri Guest House.
"Muslims in the name of love jihad and cow vigilantism. Muslims should
stay away from such dinners till the time the RSS drops its anti-Muslim
policies," said M A Khalid of All India Milli Council.TOI
17 killed, 11 injured as dust storm hits Uttar
Pradesh
Lucknow:Uttar Pradesh was hit by another
deadly dust storm that claimed 17 lives and left 11 persons injured on Friday
evening.A UP government spokesperson on Saturday said that most of the deaths
were caused due to falling of trees and house collapse.Moradabad bore the brunt
of the storm, with as many as seven deaths reported from the district, followed
by three deaths from Sambhal, the state government spokesman said.Two deaths
were reported each from Muzaffarnagar and Meerut, while one death was reported
from Amroha.Four persons were injured in Amroha, three in Moradabad and two in
Muzaffarnagar, spokesperson said.PTI
Uttar Pradesh: Now BJP MLAs and minister call
Yogi’s govt corrupt
Voices of dissent have started emanating from
within the Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh, after the party suffered
ignominious defeats in the Kairana Lok Sabha and Noorpur assembly bypolls. BJP
law makers and ministers in the state government have attacked Chief Minister
Yogi Adityanath, saying he has failed to end corruption.Two BJP MLAs, one from
Ballia and another from Hardoi districts, praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi
but blamed Yogi and his government for failing to control corruption, which
they say led to this defeat.Suheldeo Bharatiya Samaj Party president and UP
cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar too continued to raise his voice against
the BJP-led state government government over misgovernance and prevailing
corruption.nationalheraldindia
Gauri Lankesh murder case: Suspects hid behind
code words, fake names
Bengaluru :From maintaining notes on
surveillance to using fake names, feature phones and multiple SIM cards and
handsets. The four men arrested in connection with the murder last year of
journalist Gauri Lankesh, and for plotting the murder of Kannada writer and
critic K S Bhagwan this year, made elaborate efforts to hide their identities,
investigations have revealed.The four, who are linked to a radical Hindutva
organisation, were taken into custody Thursday by a SIT of Karnataka Police,
which is probing the shooting of 55-year-old Lankesh outside her home in
Bengaluru on September 5, 2017.indianexpress
CONGRESS, JD-S INK PACT TO RUN COALITION
GOVERNMENT IN KARNATAKA, JOINTLY FIGHT 2019 LOK SABHA POLLS
BENGALURU: Congress and Janata Dal (Secular)
on Friday signed an agreement to smoothly run their coalition government in
Karnataka. They have also agreed, in written, to fight the next Lok Sabha
elections as pre-poll allies.In the recent Assembly elections for the
224-member House, BJP had won 104 seats, Congress 79 and JD-S 37. At the
invitation of the Governor, BJP formed the government but failed to prove
majority in the house, leading to the formation of coalition government of
Congress and JD-S. Congress supported JD-S chief H.D. Kumaraswamy as Chief Minister
and one of its leaders as his Deputy to keep the BJP away from the power.
Kumaraswamy was sworn-in as CM and G. Parameswara of Congress as Deputy Chief
Minister on 23rd May and the coalition government proved its majority in the
House on 25th May. After Friday’s agreement, the cabinet is likely to be
expanded in a day or two.caravandaily
Exclusive: Congress-BSP Alliance for MP Polls
Nearly Done and Dusted, Says Kamal Nath
In a historic first, the Congress party will
have an electoral pact with Mayawati’s BSP in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh
polls. The Congress and BSP are also planning a similar tie-up in Rajasthan and
Chhattisgarh.amal Nath, the newly-appointed Congress chief for MP, confirmed
this to The Wire and said he was the one negotiating with Mayawati.The alliance
with BSP is done and dusted in principle and the Congress has already got the
Gondwana Gantantra Party – which has a tiny hold in eastern MP – on board with
the alliance.For the past 20 years, Mayawati has polled a steady 7% vote share
across Madhya Pradesh. If you add the Congress vote share in the last elections
– 37% – then the Congress and BSP alliance is likely to give the BJP a jolt.
The BJP polled 45% of the votes and is facing huge anti-incumbency in MP after
being in power for three terms. A recent Lokniti-CSDS survey suggests that
anti-incumbency in MP is much worse than in Rajasthan.thewire
WORLD
US vetoes UNSC resolution on Palestinians;
Security Council rejects draft resolution to condemn Hamas for violence
NEW YORK:US on Friday vetoed a UN Security
Council resolution on the protection of Palestinians.10 countries voted in
favor, while the UK, Poland, the Netherlands and Ethiopia abstained.The draft
resolution, submitted by Kuwait on May 18, condemned Israeli violence and
called for the "protection of the Palestinian people" in Gaza and the
West Bank.The resolution, which was revised three times and was said to have
been “watered down”, previously called for international protection for
Palestinian people.The final draft called for “the consideration of measures to
guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilian population in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in the Gaza Strip”.Speaking ahead
of the voting, Nikki Haley, the US's UN ambassador, said the resolution Kuwait
submitted to the Security Council was unilateral and did not mention
Hamas.Later, the Security Council rejected a US proposal calling for
condemnation of Hamas for violence in Gaza.The US resolution was opposed by Russia,
Kuwait and Bolivia while 11 countries abstained from voting.The US resolution
called for condemnation in the strongest terms of the May 29 rocket attacks
from Gaza on Israel which harmed its civilian infrastructure. Since March 30,
at least 118 Palestinian demonstrators have been martyred and thousands more
injured by Israeli army gunfire near the Gaza-Israel security fence.Anadolu
Agency
UNSC rejects US draft resolution on Gaza
US veto a ‘moral blunder’: Palestinian foreign
minister
RAMALLAH:Palestine’s foreign minister on Saturday
blasted the U.S. veto of a UN resolution calling for the protection of
Palestinians as a “moral blunder”.The U.S. veto “is another moral blunder … and
political blindness,” the official Wafa news agency quoted Riyad al-Malki as
saying. “It ignores the international consensus on the crimes and practices
committed by Israel and is completely biased.”Anadolu Agency
OIC slams Israel’s approval of new settlement
units
CAIRO :Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) on Saturday condemned Israel’s approval of the construction of 2,070
settlement homes in the occupied West Bank.“The continuation of the
illegitimate settlement policy represents a blatant violation of international
law,” OIC Secretary General Yousef al-Othaimeen said in a statement. He said the Israeli settlement building “was
a challenge to the international community and relevant UN resolutions”. He
went on to call on international stakeholders to “shoulder their responsibility
toward enforcing UN resolutions and bringing Israel to accountability over its
continuing assaults and violations of Palestinian rights”. Anadolu Agency
Israeli forces kill nurse running to treat
Gaza wounded
Razan al-Najjar was killed by Israeli live
fire during the protests east of the south Gaza city of Khan Younis, according
to Palestinian health officials.21-year-old volunteer paramedic died of a
gunshot wound to the chest, the Palestinian health ministry said.A witness said
she was shot while running towards the fortified fence to help a
casualty.Wearing a white uniform, "she raised her hands high in a clear
way, but Israeli soldiers fired and she was hit in the chest", the witness
told Reuters news agency. Palestinian medical sources say more than 100 other
protesters were wounded, 40 of them with live fire.For more than two months,
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting along the fence with Israel
demanding their right to return to the homes and land their families were
expelled from 70 year ago.Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from the rally
in Gaza, said the demonstrations "showed no signs of
ending"."These protesters have once again been met with live fire
from Israeli forces and repeated, very heavy use of tear gas as well," he
said.aljazeera
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian in
occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man
in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Residents identified the man
as construction worker Ramy Sabreen, 36, who was working on a site in the old
city of Hebron when he was shot on Saturday, according to the Palestinian news
agency WAFA.Citing eyewitnesses, WAFA reported that Sabreen was shot after he
did not hear the Israeli soldiers' commands to stop his vehicle, which was
being used at the construction site. The witnesses told WAFA that Sabreen did
not pose a threat to the soldiers. The
Israeli army said in a statement that the man was shot after he attempted to
"run over" soldiers with his vehicle. It added that no soldiers were
injured. aljazeera
Saudi threatens military action against Qatar
over S-400: report
Saudi Arabia, one of the countries blockading
Qatar, has threatened military action against its Gulf neighbour if it acquires
the Russian-made S-400 air defence system, French daily Le Monde reported on
Friday.In a letter addressed to President Emmanuel Macron of France, Saudi King
Salman expressed his "profound concern" with talks under way between
Moscow and Doha for the sale of the advanced anti-aircraft weapon system.Saudi
monarch, who asked that France increase its pressure on Qatar, said he was
worried about the consequences of Doha's acquisition of the mobile
surface-to-air missile system which he said threatened Saudi security
interests. "[In such a situation],
the Kingdom would be ready to take all the necessary measures to eliminate this
defence system, including military action," King Salman was quoted as saying
in the letter, whose content Le Monde obtained via a source close to Elysee
Palace.aljazeera
Catalonia government sworn in, ending Madrid's
direct rule
Nationalists regained control of Catalonia's
regional government as a new cabinet was sworn in, automatically ending just
over seven months of direct rule from Madrid by Spain's central government.The
cabinet led by Quim Torra, a close aide to former Catalonia leader Carles
Puigdemont, took over on the day Socialist Pedro Sanchez, who has said he wants
talks on Catalonia but opposes any independence referendum, was officially sworn
in as new Spanish prime minister. aljazeera
Egypt's Sisi sworn in for second term in
office
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has
been sworn for a second four-year term in office as the country faces major
economic and security challenges. Sisi took the oath on Saturday in front of
members of his government, after winning 97 percent of valid votes in the March
presidential election.Sisi, who as army chief ousted Egypt's first
freely-elected president Mohamed Morsi, won his first term in 2014 with less
than half of the eligible voters casing their ballot. The former military
commander received 96.9 percent of the votes.aljazeera
Denmark passes law banning burqa and niqab
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/31/denmark-passes-law-banning-burqa-and-niqab
Denmark has joined several other European countries in banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab and burqa, in a move condemned by human rights campaigners as “neither necessary nor proportionate”.In a 75-30 vote with 74 absentees on Thursday, Danish lawmakers approved the law presented by the centre-right governing coalition. The government said it is not aimed at any religions and does not ban headscarves, turbans or the traditional Jewish skull cap.But the law is popularly known as the “burqa ban” and is mostly seen as being directed at the dress worn by some Muslim women. Few Muslim women in Denmark wear full-face veils.The justice minister, Søren Pape Poulsen, said it would be up to police officers to use their common sense when they see people violating the law, which comes into force on 1 August.theguardian
Denmark has joined several other European countries in banning garments that cover the face, including Islamic veils such as the niqab and burqa, in a move condemned by human rights campaigners as “neither necessary nor proportionate”.In a 75-30 vote with 74 absentees on Thursday, Danish lawmakers approved the law presented by the centre-right governing coalition. The government said it is not aimed at any religions and does not ban headscarves, turbans or the traditional Jewish skull cap.But the law is popularly known as the “burqa ban” and is mostly seen as being directed at the dress worn by some Muslim women. Few Muslim women in Denmark wear full-face veils.The justice minister, Søren Pape Poulsen, said it would be up to police officers to use their common sense when they see people violating the law, which comes into force on 1 August.theguardian
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