By Ghada Karmi The Saudi kings have betrayed the unique history and culture of the holy cities entrusted to their care As the week of the Hajj, Islam’s annual pilgrimage to Mecca, draws to a close, the UN has announced the imminent outbreak of a third wave of cholera in Yemen. According to UN estimates,…
By Mark Curtis The scale of its commercial interests makes Britain probably the leading apologist for Sisi’s regime Five years ago on 14 August, the new Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crushed a protest at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo, killing at least 817 people. Since then, increasing repression has enabled Sisi to…
By Hartosh Singh Bal Echoes of the majoritarian rhetoric preceding the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya can be heard in India as four million, mostly Bengali-origin Muslims, have been effectively turned stateless. Members of United Hindu front rallied to demand the deportation of Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims in New Delhi last Sunday.CreditSajjad Hussain/Agence France-Presse…
Reporters Without Borders said it had restored its website in Egypt on Friday, exactly one year after it was blocked by the authorities. “Access to hundreds of websites are blocked in Egypt, placing journalists in a virtual jail,” the press freedom body said on its site. “To draw attention to this censorship, and to circumvent…
By Mark Curtis The scale of its commercial interests makes Britain probably the leading apologist for Sisi’s regime Five years ago on 14 August, the new Egyptian military regime under General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi crushed a protest at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square in Cairo, killing at least 817 people. Since then, increasing repression has enabled Sisi to…
On 29 July, the Israeli Navy stormed the Freedom Flotilla boat al-Awda and diverted it from Gaza to Israel. Dr Ang Swee Chai, medical doctor on board, recalls what happened that night The last leg of the journey of al-Awda (The Return) was scheduled to reach Gaza on 29 July. We were on target to…
By Daniel Boffey and Saeed Kamali Dehghan Federica Mogherini urges Europeans to increase business with Tehran despite US threats The EU is set on a collision course with Donald Trump after its foreign policy chief called for Europeans to increase their business dealings with Iran in defiance of bellicose statements from the US president. As Trump vowed…
Doctors confirm sexual abuse at Bihar home, with children reporting being beaten, drugged and scalded with hot water. A seven-year-old was the youngest of 34 girls who were raped at a children’s shelter in India’s Bihar state, in a case that has led to national anger over the management of care homes for the most…