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Turkey expels Israeli consul in spat over Gaza violence
Turkey’s foreign ministry has asked Israel’s consul-general in Istanbul to leave the country « for some time », after Israeli forces killed more than 60 Palestinians during protests in the Gaza Strip. On Tuesday, the ministry made a similar call to Israel’s ambassador to Ankara, which got reciprocal response from Israel on the same day. Israel protested…
Pakistan’s minorities in crosshairs of recent violence in Quetta
Islamabad, Pakistan – Muhammad Ali Rezai’s light skin and facial features make him stand out from the crowd in the Pakistani city of Quetta. It is not often that one’s face could be a death warrant. For the last several years, he dedicated himself to working for the betterment of his persecuted community of Hazara…
Estimated 60 percent of Yarmouk destroyed amid violence: Community
An estimated 60 percent of Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp for Palestinians has been destroyed as government forces and their allies escalate a military offensive against armed groups in the Damascus-area camp, according to a watchdog group. Citing an eyewitness, the UK-based Action Group for Palestinians of Syria said on Friday that the destruction has largely…
March for Our Lives: ‘Nearly all people had a story about gun violence’
Washington, DC – Almost everyone at Saturday’s March for Our Lives in Washington, DC had a story about gun violence. I met a man whose friend committed suicide with a gun when he was 11 years old. Teenagers told me about lockdown drills at their schools, done in case there is ever an active attacker there.…
US cities mediate pupil-led walkout over gun violence
New York City – Hundreds of students have gathered in New York City’s Washington Square Park after walking out from their high schools to share speeches and protest signs in an urgent call for gun control and safety in US schools. The students were just a few of the thousands of those who walked out of their…
Did Sri Lanka’s Facebook ban support quell anti-Muslim violence?
Colombo, Sri Lanka – Rioters were already on the streets when authorities in Sri Lanka blocked access to the internet. The mob – angered by the death of a Sinhala Buddhist man who was beaten by a group of Muslim men – swept through neighbourhoods in the South Asian nation’s central Kandy district for a…
In Sri Lanka, hate speech and impunity gas anti-Muslim violence
A day before anti-Muslim mobs swept through a peaceful hill town in central Sri Lanka, the leader of a Sinhala nationalist group took a stroll through the town’s centre. « We have been distributing leaflets and have now reached Digana, » Amith Weerasinghe said into the camera of his phone. « But the problem is we haven’t come…
Sri Lanka ‘on the brink’ amid unique anti-Muslim violence
Ambatenna, Sri Lanka – The Sinhalese Buddhist mob came by the hundreds, screaming at the top of their lungs and carrying sticks, stones and petrol bombs, as they descended on the hill town of Ambatenna in central Sri Lanka on Wednesday. Some two dozen policemen and soldiers watched helplessly, according to residents, as the mob…
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