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SC to hear Ayodhya title suit pleas in Jan; refuses
early hearing
New Delhi:A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme
Court, led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, on Monday posted the Ayodhya title suit appeals
in January before an appropriate Bench to fix a date for hearing the case.When
parties indicated urgency and an early hearing, CJI-led Bench clarified that it
cannot really say when hearing would begin. It left it to the discretion of the
"appropriate Bench" before which the matter would come up on Jan. "We
have our own priorities...whether hearing would take place in Jan, March or
April would be decided by an appropriate Bench," CJI said.CJI repeated
that all the court was ordering was that the appeals would come up in January
first week before a Bench "not for hearing but for fixing the date of
hearing".On Sept. 27, a three-judge Bench of the court led by then CJI
Dipak Misra, in a majority opinion, decided against referring the question
‘whether offering prayers in a mosque is an essential part of Islam’ to a
seven-judge Constitution Bench.With this, the court had signalled that it would
decide the appeals like any other civil suit, based on evidence, and pay little
heed to arguments about the “religious significance” of Ayodhya issue and the
communal strife it has led to over the past many years.These appeals are
against the Sept.30,2010 verdict of the Allahabad High Court to divide the
disputed 2.77 acre area among the Sunni Waqf Board, Nirmohi Akhara and Ram
Lalla. Bench had relied on Hindu faith, belief and folklore.thehindu
SC to hear Ayodhya case in Jan, refuses UP
govt’s early hearing request
Ayodhya: Hindus running out of patience on Ram
temple issue, says Union Minister Giriraj
Hindus are running out of patience on the Ram
temple issue, Union minister Giriraj Singh said on Monday. “Shri Ram” is the
cornerstone of the faith of the Hindus, the minister of state for micro, small
and medium enterprises said. His comments come on a day a 3-judge bench, headed
by CJI Ranjan Gogoi, said an “appropriate bench” will decide in January next
year the future course of hearing on the appeals filed against the Allahabad
High Court verdict in the Ayodhya land dispute case.“Congress has decided to
make it a Hindu-Muslim issue…Hindus are running out of. I fear what will happen
if Hindus lose patience,” Kishore said.indianexpress
Ayodhya: we want law to buld temple, can’t
wait eternally for court verdict, says VHP
New Delhi:The Supreme Court’s decision to
postpone till January the issue of fixing a bench to hear the title suits in
the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case has resulted in a demand from the Sangh
Parivar that an ordinance for the construction of a Ram Temple be brought in by
the Union government.Working president of the VHP Alok Kumar said, “VHP is for
a law to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya, and we cannot wait eternally for
judgement of the court.”It may be recalled that in his recent Vijay Dashami
address in Nagpur, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat made a similar demand.thehindu
No one would want Babur’s structures in
Ayodhya: UP deputy CM Maurya
Lucknow:A day before the Supreme Court decides
on the date and composition of the bench to hear the Babri Masjid-Ram
Janmabhoomi title suit, Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad
Maurya ratcheted up the political temperature, saying no one would want a
structure named after Mughal emperor Babur in Ayodhya.“We are hopeful that the
top court will provide a solution to the issue which is a matter of faith for
millions of people. If courts and consensus fail, the option of bringing in
legislation on the construction of temple would be taken,” he said in Lucknow
on Sunday.
Subramanian exudes confidence to win Babri
case
Bhima-Koregaon: SC stays HC order denying more
time to file charge sheet against activists
New Delhi:The Supreme Court on Monday stayed a
Bombay High Court order refusing the Maharashtra police a 90-day extension to
complete its investigation and file chargesheet against lawyer Surendra Gadling
and others, who were accused of Maoist links in the aftermath of the
Bhima-Koregaon violence.A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi
asked whether the State whether it has filed the chargesheet. The Bench
initially pointed out to the State that the Bombay HC has stayed its own order
till Nov. 1.The High Court order, on Oct.24, had opened the window for Mr.
Gadling, Nagpur University professor Shoma Sen, activists Sudhir Dhawale and
Mahesh Raut and Rona Wilson to seek default bail.They were arrested on June 6
by Pune Police and a case was registered against them under the various
provisions of UAPA, and IPC. “Police started investigation but could not
complete the same. On Sept.3, 90 days were completed since the date of arrest
of the respondents,”Maharashtra govt petition filed through State counsel
Nishant Katneshwarkar said. Katneshwarkar mentioned the case before the Bench
led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi.Bench is likely
to hear the case on Friday.On September 2, the trial court had allowed an
extension of 90 days, following which Gadling and the others moved the HC,
which set aside the trial court order.The HC however stayed its order till Nov.
1 to give the State time to appeal the Supreme Court.thehindu
Koregaon-Bhima: SC stays Bombay HC order
refusing extension of time to police to file chargesheet against rights
activists
CBI No.2 Asthana gets protection from arrest
till Nov 1
New Delhi:CBI special director Rakesh Asthana,
who was being probed by the agency for bribery, will not be arrested till leave
following allegations of corruption, will not be arrested till Thursday, the
Delhi High Court said on Monday, extending the officer’s shield against arrest.
The court interim order came after CBI sought more time to respond to Asthana’s
petition challenging the corruption case registered against him.CBI told the
high court that they do not have the case file as all the related files and
documents are with the CVC. “Has CBI come to a standstill?”Justice Najmi Waziri
shot back.The high court had last Tuesday stopped CBI from arresting Asthana
who had petitioned the judge to cancel the corruption case filed against him. Soon
after, the govt ordered the two officers to go on leave till Central Vigilance
Commission completes its inquiry against Verma.The case against Asthana has
been registered on a complaint by a Hyderabad-based businessman, Sana Satish
Babu, who alleged that 2 Dubai-based brothers – Manoj Prasad and Somesh Prasad
– claimed that they were acting on behalf of CBI special director and allegedly
struck a deal for Rs 5 crore to protect him in a case that agency registered
against controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. Former CBI director AP Singh
is also an accused in the case.HT
CBI vs CBI: Under Supreme Court gaze, CBI
changes probe officer in Moin Qureshi case
New Delhi :Amid the turmoil within the CBI,
with two of its top officers sent on leave after levelling serious allegations
against each other and the Supreme Court monitoring the matter, agency has
changed Investigating Officer (IO) probing the case involving controversial
businessman Moin Qureshi, Indian Express has learnt.Satish Dagar, SP in CBI’s
Anti-Corruption III unit (AC-III), has been entrusted with Qureshi case,
replacing S Kiran who holds the same rank in AC-II. Sources said that documents
of the case were transferred to the new IO Sunday.Dagar was among the several
officers brought in during the midnight move by the Centre last Tuesday, when
it sent CBI Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana on leave.indianexpress
Probe against CBI director Alok Verma: CVC
seeks papers, mostly linked to Moin Qureshi, IRCTC cases
New Delhi :Assigned to probe allegations
against CBI Director Alok Verma, the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has
sought from CBI file notings, records and other documents related to mainly two
cases — Moin Qureshi and IRCTC scam involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his
family members, sources said. CBI No. 2 Rakesh Asthana has accused Verma of
misconduct, interference in investigation and corruption.Officials said the
communication from CVC is learnt to have been issued soon after the Supreme
Court ordered it to complete its investigation within 2 weeks and appointed
Justice AK Patnaik, a retired judge of the SC, to monitor the probe. When
contacted, CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal said, “The matter is being examined
by the CVC and we would not like to comment.” indianexpress
CBI interim chief’s wife gave Rs 1.14 crore to
firm, says Registrar of Companies
While the govt has appointed M Nageshwar Rao
to take over “duties and functions of Director, CBI”, records maintained by
Registrar of Companies (RoC) point to a
series of financial transactions between Rao’s wife and Angela
Mercantiles Private Ltd (AMPL), a Kolkata-based trading company, from financial
years ending 2011 to 2014.RoC records show that Rao’s wife, M Sandhya, borrowed
Rs 25 lakh from AMPL in the financial year ending March 2011. They show that
between financial years ending 2012 and 2014, Sandhya gave loans amounting to
Rs 1.14 crore to AMPL in 3 tranches — Rs 35.56 lakh in FY’12, Rs 38.27 lakh in
FY’13 and Rs 40.29 lakh in FY’14.Kolkata-based Praween Agarwal, listed in RoC
records as a director of AMPL, said over phone: “She (Sandhya) is the wife of
our dear family friend (Rao). I know him (Rao) for a long time, when he was an
officer in Odisha. They are like our family. What is wrong if you give loans or
accept some investment from a person you know as your family friend?”A CBI
spokesperson declined to comment when contacted by Indian Express with queries
on the transactions recorded by RoC between Rao’s wife and AMPL.Rao, an
Odisha-cadre IPS officer, took charge of the CBI on an interim basis last
Tuesday night after Director Alok Verma was asked to go on leave along with the
agency’s Special Director Rakesh Asthana following a bitter fallout between the
2. Indian Express
Govt versus RBI: Pressure on RBI to ease
credit to small firms, relax lending norms
New Delhi :While the trouble between the
government and the Reserve Bank of India has been simmering for a while, RBI
Deputy Governor Viral Acharya’s public outburst on Friday followed a persistent
demand by some recently-appointed non-official directors to the central bank’s
board for MSME (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) forbearance and relaxation
of RBI’s prompt corrective action (PCA) framework for some banks to ensure
better credit flow to stressed sectors. According to sources, S Gurumurthy of
Swadeshi Jagran Manch, who is now a part-time, non-official director on RBI’s
Central Board, has been unbending on his demand for MSME forbearance and
increased credit flow, particularly at a time when growth is seemingly slowing
down.MSME forbearance would ease the criterion for banks in recognising loans
to this segment as non-performing assets. Some other directors nominated by the
government, including former cooperative banker Satish Marathe, former Indian
Audit and Accounts Service officer Revathy Iyer and Director General, RIS,
Sachin Chaturvedi, have also differed with RBI’s full-time directors on these
issues.indianexpress
Malegaon blast case: Bombay High Court
declines to stay framing of charges against Lt Col Purohit
Mumbai :Bombay High Court Monday refused to
stay framing of charges by the trial court against Lt Col Prasad Shrikant
Purohit and other accused persons in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case.A bench
of Justices S S Shinde and AS Gadkari, however, agreed to hear next month, a
petition filed by Purohit, one of the seven accused in the case, challenging
his prosecution under UAPA.It directed the NIA counsel Sandesh Patil to file a
reply to Purohit’s plea by Nov.21, the next date of hearing. The bench refused
Purohit’s request for staying the proceedings in the trial court, noting that
in the past, both the Supreme Court and the Bombay HC had passed orders
directing the trial court to expedite the hearing in the case.Besides Purohit,other
accused case are Pragya Singh Thakur, Major (retd) Ramesh Upadhyay, Sameer
Kulkarni, Ajay Rahirkar, Sudhakar Dwivedi and Sudhakar Chaturvedi. All of them
will face trial under the UAPA since earlier this month, the special NIA court
had rejected their pleas on the applicability of the anti-terror law against
them.PTI
UP Police Books 80 Muslims under UAPA after
Communal Clash
Lucknow:In apparently blatant misuse of
anti-terror law UAPA-1967, the Uttar Pradesh police have booked 80 Muslims as
named accused and 100-200 others as unknown for allegedly attacking an idol
procession during Dussehra on 20th Oct.According to FIR lodged at the Baundi
police station in the Bahraich district, on the written complaint of an alleged
member of the procession Ashish Kumar Shukla, those 80 Muslims along with
100-200 others were hiding on the way of the procession and when it was passing
through the Khaira village on way to Badnapur for immersion, they attacked it.
The complainant claimed in FIR that the attackers were armed with guns,
pistols, bombs and swords. He named three persons and 50-60 unknown persons
from the procession who he said were seriously injured in the attack.However,
human rights groups Rihai Manch and NCHRO,whose joint delegation visited the
area on 28th October, have made holes in the police FIR. They claimed that the
complaint seems to have been prepared even before the incident.Caravan News
Sabarimala remark: Opposition slams Amit Shah,
wants Supreme Court to take cognizance
New Delhi :Opposition parties have criticised
BJP president Amit Shah’s remarks on the Sabarimala verdict and said that the
Supreme Court should take cognizance of Shah’s statement.In a press statement,
BSP chief Mayawati said, “The statement of the ruling party president is
condemnable and irresponsible. Such irresponsible remarks from the president of
the party ruling at the Centre shows that democracy of the country is in
danger.”Congress also criticised Shah’s remarks, saying the ruling party’s goal
was to first weaken and then finish institutions.Congress spokesperson Abhishek
Manu Singhvi said Shah’s remarks “insult intelligence of the institution and
the electorate”.AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal tweeted, “Amit Shah
actively encouraging people to violate SC orders… Hopefully, SC will take
cognizance.”RJD national spokesperson Manoj Kumar Jha tweeted that Shah’s
remarks were a threat to the Supreme Court. indianexpress
He Is A Man Of Great Eloquence Who Is Silent
When Dalits Flogged, Muslims Killed: Shashi Tharoor
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said
Narendra Modi could have succeeded as prime minister because he often got his
diagnosis right but "failed" on account of poor prescriptions. It is
time for Modi to go, he said, highlighting a range of contradictions in the
prime minister's style of working over the last four and a half
years."It's too late for a message now. The message is: Sorry Mr Modi, you
have failed. It is time to go," Tharoor said in an interview to PTI on his
new book 'The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi and His India'. The
book was released Friday by former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Tharoor,
however, noted that Modi could have been a successful prime minister had he
genuinely concentrated on economic development and on the promises that powered
him to victory in 2014. He said instead of his rhetoric of ushering in
transformational change in the country's progress and economic development,
Modi focussed on his votebank and gave a free hand to such elements that
indulged in lynching, cow vigilantism and attacks on minorities and Dalits. Tharoor
was also critical of Modi's silence on these incidents of violence and drew a
parallel with former US President Barack Obama who addressed the nation on
every attack on Americans.PTI
'Whoever talks of Hindu rights will rule
India': BJP leaders amplify Hindutva pitch ahead of state polls
Hyderabad: Ruling BJP party fervently
increased its communal rhetoric ahead of state assembly polls in 5 states. BJP
MP Anurag Thakur and Rajasthan Minister of State (MoS) for Panchayat Raj Dhan
Singh Rawat at different rallies used Hindutva to drum up support ahead of
elections.Thakur while speaking at the party’s Vijay Laksh 2019 event in
Hyderabad said “whoever talks of Hindu rights will rule India”. He attacked the
Congress leaders for taking a U-turn on its stance after alleging Hindu terror
over Hindutva politics. “Those who spoke of Hindu terror for political
appeasement now wear ‘janehu’ (a holy Hindu totem), and make temple runs –
thereby vindicating the Hindutva stand,” he said. Times Now
BJP doesn't have experience of running
country: Ghulam Nabi Azad
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged
that PM Narendra Modi speaks more outside Parliament than inside the House and
BJP does not have the experience of running the country.Ex- Union minister made
the statement while addressing party workers here."Prime Minister Narendra
Modi seldom speak inside Parliament, but he never gets tired while speaking
outside Parliament,"Azad said.He claimed that due to implementation of
GST, lakhs of small and medium industrial units have shutdown. "Labourers
working there have become unemployed. Similarly, demonetisation has rendered 35
lakh people jobless across the country,"Congress leader said. Senior
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said, "BJP remembers the Ram temple only
when the elections approach, and by the time elections are over, the issue is
forgotten." PTI
Rift in UP Congress out in open after Muslim
leaders express dissent in Varanasi
Over the past few years, political parties
have been trying every trick in the book to consolidate the vote bank against
BJP for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. But it seems that the Indian National
Congress, the biggest political rival of the BJP, is actually losing the
confidence of Muslims in eastern Uttar Pradesh, especially Varanasi. Various
leaders and activists from Varanasi have come out in protest, alleging district
as well as state Congress committees of ignoring minorities, especially
Muslims.They accused the Congress party of using Muslims only for votes and not
paying them enough attention within the party or before the media. The issue
erupted a couple of weeks back when Anwar Ahmad Pappu, a senior Congress leader
and ex-Councillor, wrote a Facebook post alleging that the using them only during the election time. The
post went viral within hours and a great rift could be seen in the comments on
the post. District Congress president Sitaram Keshari commented that with such
posts, Ahmad can only be reduced to a politician of social media.The grievance
raised by Ahmad aggravated and soon, he threatened to resign from the party
after the festival of Navratri. Many Muslim leaders from the party along with
the Corporators joined the chorus, exposing how Muslims were being ignored by Congress.TCN
Assam's rights body opposes Centre's
notification on allowing collectors to grant citizenship
Guwahati: Criticising the Union home
ministry’s notification on allowing some district collectors of seven states to
grant citizenship to religious minorities from neighbouring countries, Assam
Sanmilita Mahasangha (ASM) on Saturday said the move was unjustified as a
petition on the issue is being heard by the constitutional bench of the Supreme
Court. Eight prominent citizens of the state under ASM in 2016 had filed a
petition challenging Centre’s Sept.2015 notification that paved the way for an
ordinance for amending the Citizenship Act by tabling the Citizenship Amendment
Bill 2016. The Bill seeks citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Jains,
Parsis and Buddhists from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bangladesh who were
compelled to seek shelter in India because of religious persecution without
valid documents.“Religious minorities from Bangladesh staying in Assam can also
apply online for citizenship. This is a way of giving citizenship to
non-nationals even as the citizenship amendment bill 2016 is still being
reviewed by the joint parliamentary committee,” ASM working president Motiur
Rahman said.TOI
SC prohibits plying of 15-yr-old petrol,
10-yr-old diesel vehicles in NCR
The Supreme Court on Monday prohibited the
plying of 15-yr-old petrol and 10-yr-old diesel vehicles in the national
capital region and directed the transport department to announce that such
vehicles will be impounded if found plying. The apex court, which described as
"very critical" the prevailing situation of pollution in the
Delhi-NCR region, said that the list of 15 yr old petrol and 10 year old
vehicles be given on the website of Central Pollution Control Board and
transport department of NCR. CPCB will immediately make social media account on
which citizens can complain about pollution, the top court ordered.PTI
WORLD
'No survivors' after Indonesian plane carrying
189 passengers crashes into sea
Indonesia's search-and-rescue agency said on
Monday there are likely no survivors from the Lion Air passenger flight that
crashed into the sea north of Java Island. Rescue officials told Al Jazeera
there were 189 people on board the aircraft."We need to find the main
wreckage," Bambang Suryo, operational director of the agency, told
reporters."I predict there are no survivors, based on body parts found so
far," Suryo said.The plane - which was travelling from Jakarta to the
island of Sumatra - lost contact at 6:30am local time - 13 minutes after
takeoff, according to the official. Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner was flying from
the capital to the city of Pangkal Pinang at 1,113 metres above sea level when
it lost contact with air traffic controllers.Pilots requested to return to base
shortly before losing contact, said Yohanes Sirait, a spokesman for the
country's air navigation authorities.aljazeera
Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja was flying the Lion
Air flight that crashed into Indonesian seas
New Delhi:Lion Air flight that crashed Monday
morning into Indonesian seas was commanded by Indian pilot Bhavye Suneja. A total
of 189 passengers and crew were aboard the plane that took off from Jakarta and
went missing minutes later. The rescue operations are still underway and
officials have no information on survivors as of now.According to Suneja’s
LinkedIn profile, he belongs to New Delhi and is associated with the airline
since March 2011. indianexpress
Bangladesh court jails ex-PM Zia for 7 yrs for
corruption
angladesh's imprisoned opposition leader
Khaleda Zia was handed another seven years in prison on Monday on corruption
charges her supporters say are politically motivated to prevent her running in
general elections due at the end of the year.Zia, long a rival to Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina, is already behind bars after being handed a five-year
term in February on separate embezzlement charges.Judge Md Akhtaruzaman on
Monday found her guilty of misuse of power as prime minister in collecting
$375,000 for the Zia Charitable Trust Fund from unknown sources.BNP leader was
absent in court as she is currently hospitalised while serving a prison term.
The terms will run concurrently, meaning she will spend an extra two years in
jail.The judge also sentenced three others to seven years in jail each for
collecting the money from undeclared sources for the trust named after Zia's
late husband and former President Ziaur Rahman.Her lawyers, who were also
absent during the verdict, have consistently described the trial as
"political vengeance" by Hasina, who has been accused of stifling her
opponents.The opposition vowed nationwide marches on Tuesday to protest against
the guilty verdict."People will never accept this judgement," BNP
Secretary-General Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told reporters.The fresh conviction is
expected to further impede Zia's chances of challenging her erstwhile ally
Hasina in the parliamentary elections slated for December.aljazeera
Egypt court lists 164 Islamists as leading
"terrorists"
Cairo : An Egyptian court listed 164 Islamists
as leaders of terrorist entities, including leading members of Al-Jamaa
Al-Islamiya (Islamic Group) as well as loyalists of the Muslim Brotherhood
group, official MENA reported. The list includes Assem Abdel-Maged, Mohamed
al-Islambouli and Tarek al-Zomor of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, a self-proclaimed
anti-government Islamic group that committed violent and terror activities in
Egypt in the 1990s, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. Cairo Criminal Court
also ordered to seize their funds to be supervised and run by special
committees.Leading members of Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya, who have been jailed
following the assassination of late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1981,
were pardoned and released in the wake of the 2011 uprising that toppled former
President Hosni Mubarak.Most Islamists and Brotherhood loyalists have either
been jailed or fugitives since military ouster of former President Mohamed
Morsi in early July 2013.IANS
Israeli air raid kills 3 Palestinian boys in
Gaza
3 Palestinian boys aged between 13 and 14 have
been killed in an Israeli air strike in the southeastern Gaza Strip near the
fence with Israel, according to health officials.Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesperson
for the health ministry in the besieged enclave, identified the children as
Khaled Bassam Mahmoud Abu Saeed, 14; Abdul Hameed Mohammed Abdul Aziz Abu
Zaher, 13; and Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah al-Sutari, 13.He said ambulances
brought their bodies to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the
central Gaza Strip. Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli army
"reportedly opened fire toward the ambulances and prevented their
access" to the scene of the bombing, located northeast of Khan Younis.
17 killed as bus crashes into ravine in
northern Pak
At least 17 people have been killed after a
bus plunged into a deep ravine in northern Pakistan's district of Kohistan,
officials say, with at least eight passengers still missing after the
accident.The accident took place late on Sunday night on a remote road winding
through steep mountains near the boundary between Kohistan and the
Gilgit-Baltistan region, about 200km north of the capital Islamabad, senior
police official said.Al Jazeera
Brazil: Far-right leader Bolsonaro wins
presidency
Sao Paulo:Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro
won Brazil's presidential elections, signalling a political shift for South
America's most populous nation and largest economy. Official results gave
Bolsonaro a 55.2 percent share of the vote in Sunday's runoff, comfortably
ahead of Fernando Haddad, the candidate of the centre-left Workers' Party (PT),
who had 44.8%.Bolsonaro gave an internet address via Facebook Live, shunning a
traditional press conference because of security concerns. In Sept., he
suffered a near-fatal stabbing at a campaign rally."We could no longer be
flirting with socialism, communism, populism and extremism on the left,"
he said.Bolsonaro said US President Donald Trump - whom he has expressed
admiration for - called to wish him good luck after his victory in what he
called "obviously a very friendly contact".aljazeera
Riyadh should reveal all truth on Khashoggi,
says Turkey as Saudi Chief Prosecutor held meeting with Turkish counterpart
ISTANBUL:Turkish foreign minister on Monday
called on Saudi Arabia to reveal “all truth” regarding journalist Jamal
Khashoggi’s killing.“Those who committed the premeditated murder were arrested
in Saudi Arabia. There is an investigation going on [in Saudi Arabia] as well,”
Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a joint news conference with his Azerbaijani and
Georgian counterparts Elmar Mammadyarov and Davit Zalkaliani,
respectively.Noting that Turkey is making “intense” efforts to reveal all the
names behind the incident, Cavusoglu said: “Body of Khashoggi couldn’t be
reached yet.”He said the culprits were in Saudi Arabia and the country had a
big responsibility in this regard.Cavusoglu said Saudi top prosecutor has also
admitted that the murder was premeditated.“This is our concern.This
investigation should be concluded as soon as possible,” Cavusoglu said, adding
the whole world was waiting for it.He also applauded cooperation and
information sharing by the chief prosecutors of the two countries.Earlier
Monday, Saudi Arabia’s Chief Prosecutor Saud Al-Mujeb and the delegation
accompanying him held a meeting with Turkey’s Chief Public Prosecutor Irfan Fidan
at the Istanbul Caglayan Courthouse over Khashoggi’s killing.Turkish police
have been investigating the case, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
has said 18 people arrested in Saudi Arabia over the killing should be sent to
Turkey to face trial.Anadolu Agency
Khashoggi case: Saudi,Turkish prosecutors meet
Ghannouchi: ‘Like Bouazizi’s case, Khashoggi’s
assassination kindled the world’s sympathy’
Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda
movement in Tunisia, has compared the repercussions of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s
assassination to the worldwide reaction ignited by Mohamed Bouazizi’s
self-immolation in December 2010.At the opening of Ennahda’s second annual
seminar this weekend, Ghannouchi said: “This seminar is being held under
circumstances similar in many respects to those triggered by Bouazizi’s tragic
self-immolation and the resulting international empathy and resentment of the
conditions that caused such [a] horrible incident”.The leader of the Islamist
party added that: “Khashoggi’s alarming death [has] awakened the world’s
conscience from its deep slumber, by rejecting the logic of prevailing
interests among nations and insisting on unveiling the whole
truth”.middleeastmonitor
Rohingya genocide continues in Myanmar: Rights
group
New York:Some states hinder our work in
raising awareness about the Rohingya genocide in Myanmar, head of a rights
groups said Sunday.In a special interview to Anadolu Agency, Kyaw Win, director
of Burma Human Rights Network (BHRN), said: “Some countries in the UN Security
Council seem to prefer their interests over humanity. Some superpowers put
obstacles in front of us on the Myanmar issue.”Anadolu
Hundreds of Rohingya imprisoned ‘indefinitely’
in Saudi: report
Hundreds of Rohingya men, women, and children
have been held indefinitely for several years without charge inside a detention
centre in Saudi Arabia.Many members of the persecuted group came to Saudi
Arabia after 2011 on fake passports to flee persecution in Myanmar and earn a
living - but they were swept up in a series of crackdowns against undocumented
workers, Middle East Eye can reveal.During a four-month-long investigation, MEE
has spoken to former and current detainees, alongside Rohingya living in Saudi
Arabia, Bangladeshi refugee camps and activists, who confirmed that hundreds
are being detained in the Gulf Kingdom. Current detainees and those who fled to
Bangladesh told MEE that many had spent between one to six years stuck inside
the Shumaisi detention centre in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, unable to leave, and
incarcerated for an indefinite period.“Saudi Arabia’s historic stance to stand
by persecuted Muslim Rohingya refugees is in tatters."Among the detainees
are children, alongside men and women of all ages. Abu Ubayd, whose name was
changed to protect his identity, is currently locked up in the centre. Using a
smuggled phone, he explained the situation inside the detention centre.“Everyone
who is here just wants to leave. We feel frustrated and claustrophobic just
being here,” Ubayd told MEE. “Lot of people are locked up here because they
came on fake passports, but what do you expect us to do.“The Myanmar government
refuses to give us any form of documentation let alone a passport.“It feels so
claustrophobic just being here for so long, unable to leave, and not able to
live the basic freedom of feeling the wind running through our hair.”middleeasteye
Muslims crowdfund for victims of Pittsburgh
synagogue attack
Muslim-American community has raised tens of
thousands of dollars in a crowdfunding effort to help the victims of the
Pittsburgh synagogue shooting that left at least 11 people dead and 6
wounded.The campaign, which is hosted by Muslim crowdfunding site LaunchGood,
aims to help shooting victims, "whether it is the injured victims or the
Jewish families who have lost loved ones".It was started by Tarek
El-Messidi, a Muslim-American speaker and founder of CelebrateMercy, a
nonprofit body that "teaches about Prophet Muhammad's life and
character". According to an update the campaign's page, its original goal
of $25,000 was raised in "only" 6 hours. The goal has now been
extended to $50,000, with nine days left. At the time of publication on Sunday,
the sum had exceeded $43,000.Robert Bowers, 48, has been named as the suspect
in Saturday's mass shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh's
Squirrel Hill neighbourhood. He has been charged with 29 offences, including
hate crimes.According to the Allegheny County medical examiners' office, 11
people killed in the synagogue included a married couple, Bernice and Sylvan
Simon, and 2 brothers, Cecil and David Rosenthal. David Rosenthal was the
youngest at 54. The eldest was 97-year-old Rose Mallinger.The dead also
included Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Jerry Rabinowitz, Daniel Stein,
Melvin Wax and Irving Younger.aljazeera
Lanka: Warnings of 'bloodbath' as political
tensions rise
The speaker of Sri Lanka's parliament has
warned the country's political crisis could devolve into a
"bloodbath" unless President Maithripala Sirisena reconvened
parliament to let lawmakers resolve his power struggle with a sacked prime
minister.The warning on Monday came as legislators loyal to ousted Prime
Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe called on their supporters to converge on Sri
Lanka's capital, Colombo, to protest against what they labeled a coup by
Sirisena.Speaker Karu Jayasuriya urged Sirisena to let Wickremesinghe prove his
majority support on the parliament floor. "If we take it out to the
streets, there will be a huge bloodbath," he told reporters.Referring to
the death of one man when the bodyguard of a deposed minister opened fire on a
crowd on Sunday, Jayasuriya added: "There is unrest and foreign countries
are issuing travel warnings. This will set the country back on the
international stage and damage our economy."The dismissed minister, Arjuna
Ranatunga, was taken into custody over the incident on Monday, a police
spokesman said. Sri Lanka, a majority Buddhist nation in the Indian Ocean, has
been plunged into constitutional chaos after Sirisena's surprise decisions over
the weekend to sack Wickremesinghe and suspend parliament, in an apparent bid
to shore up support for newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, a
former president accused of human rights abuses and corruption. The initial
shock and confusion triggered by the president's moves dissipated on Monday,
and Sirisena was under increasing political and diplomatic pressure to
reconvene parliament.Some 126 legislators out of 225-member House signed a
motion urging Jayasuriya to call an emergency session of parliament. Patali
Champika Ranawaka, member of Wickremesinghe's UNP, which has 104 seats in the
house, said the resolution also had the support of 22 legislators from the
minority Tamil National Party and the People's Liberation Front."This is a
constitutional coup and spells the death knell for democracy," Ranwaka said.
"I challenge Mahinda Rajapaksa to turn up at the parliament and show his
majority."Aljazeera
Sri Lanka crisis: Sacked petroleum minister
Ranatunga arrested after Sunday’s fatal shooting
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