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  • Uyghurs in Turkey File Complaint Against Chinese Officials

    Muslim ethnic group filed a criminal complaint with a Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday against Chinese officials The complaint was filed with the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor's Office. China's embassy in Turkey and the prosecutor's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment China and was filed against 112 people, including members of the Chinese Communist Party, directors and officers Turkey's foreign minister said in March the deal was similar to those Ankara has with other states and

  • Libya’s Foreign Militias

    The presence of foreign armed groups in Libya’s south poses an increasing threat to local security and , did not charge Haftar’s forces with provocation, but placed the blame squarely on the presence of foreign the mayor of Sabha, Hamid al-Khayali, declared in an incendiary outburst to Libyan television that “foreign Both the Sudanese JEM and the Chadian FACT officially deny taking sides in the conflict, but senior commanders Regardless of the bluster over who is aligned with whom, the presence of foreign forces on Libyan soil

  • Conference on Sudan begins amid RSF massacres in Darfur

    UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy (AFP) UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy unveils £120m aid package at The UK and western powers are not likely to give them any military protection. The UK announced a £120m aid package as the conference kicked off. Darfur since the RSF began its offensive on Thursday is over 800 people, according to activists and officials No Sudanese Ali Youssef al-Sharif, Sudan’s foreign minister, said on Monday that the RSF’s offensive

  • Taliban control 65% of Afghanistan, EU official says

    said the militants now control 65% of the country after a string of gains as foreign forces pull out self-imposed house arrest or to find a way to leave for Kabul," said Sher Mohamed Abbas, a provincial tax officer Abbas said the Taliban had arrived at his office and told workers to go home. its forces at the end of this month under a deal with the Taliban, which included the withdrawal of foreign The Taliban promised not to attack foreign forces as they withdraw but did not agree to a ceasefire with

  • Kazakh Official Says Six protestors Were Tortured To Death

    The previous death toll provided by the authorities was 230, including 19 law enforcement officers. Shyndaliev added that eight officers of the Committee of National Security (KNB) and a police officer Overall, he said, 15 officers are suspected of using torture and illegal methods of interrogation on The Prosecutor-General's Office said earlier that 25 people were officially considered victims of torture Thousands of people were detained by officials during and after the protests, which President Qasym-Zhomart

  • Looking Backward Into The Future

    The colonial powers, including the UK, France, Russia, and China wanted to keep their empires. When I was a Foreign Service Officer in the US State Department, State Department lawyers told me, “Oh The original memo I wrote in 1996 was intended to educate State Department officers about the genocidal The State Department Legal Advisors Office and UK Foreign Office even say they can’t use the term genocide Neither did the State Department Office of the Legal Advisor They thought the killings were part of a

  • Catholic Youth ask Pope to Denounce Darfur Genocide

    British youth call on Pope Leo to speak out Independent Catholic News by Rebecca Tinsley Nov 3rd, 2025 UK including small arms target systems and armoured personnel carrier engines) has been found in Darfur, the Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, said that the UK's export regulations were "extremely strong." UK Government export data reveals that the UK sold £750m worth of arms to the UAE between 2019 and 2023 President Donald Trump meets UAE Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Source: UAE Foreign Ministry International

  • Kosovo Demands Release of Ex-Policeman Detained by Serbia

    Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry announced on June 11 on Facebook that “the Liaison Office of the Republic of Kosovo’s Foreign Ministry said that Jetish Jashari, from the Kosovo liaison office in Serbia, “together “The Kosovo Liaison Office in Serbia has immediately submitted an official request for permission for in Serbia, the QUINT countries and the EU Office. The QUINT countries comprise the US, the UK, France Germany and Italy.

  • US designates Ecuador’s Chone Killers gang as terrorists

    File: Marcos Pin/AFP] The US⁠ State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign “Chone Killers has committed numerous attacks targeting civilians, law enforcement officers and government officials, including high-profile assassinations of public officials,” Rubio said in a statement announcing Ecuador’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the US decision, saying it reflected Washington’s strong decision by President Daniel Noboa to maintain an all-out fight against ‌criminal ‌organisations,” the Foreign

  • US official in Sudan to support democratic transition

    Govt officials retaliated when they wrote on issues like Covid deaths or unemployment. CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. official who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning book on genocide landed Saturday in Agency for International Development, is set to meet in Khartoum with top Sudanese officials including The U.S. official would also meet with Ethiopian refugees in Sudan who recently fled the conflict and Power will meet with Ethiopian officials “to press for unimpeded humanitarian access to prevent famine

  • Arab League: Syria reinstated

    The US and UK have criticised the move. The UK's Minister of State Foreign Commonwealth & Development Affairs, Lord Ahmad, said the UK remained In a statement, Syria's foreign ministry said it had received the League's decision "with great attention Foreign ministers from 13 of the 22-nation group's members were present at the meting in Cairo where The US and UK are among the Western countries that have recently stated they will not restore relations

  • Witness, Official: Myanmar Troops Massacre 11 Civilians

    By Grant Peck FILE - In this June 20, 2017, file photo, United Nations spokesman Stephane Dujarric fields questions for U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during his first press conference with U.N. correspondents, on World Refugee Day, at U.N. headquarters. Dujarric expressed deep concern at the reports "of the horrific killing of 11 people" and strongly condemned such violence. He reminded Myanmar's military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible "for this heinous act" to be held accountable. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File) Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be children, tied them up and slaughtered them, according to a witness and other reports. An opposition leader said the civilians were burned alive, as repression of resistance to a de facto coup takes an increasingly brutal turn. A video of the aftermath of Tuesday’s assault — apparently retaliation for an attack on a military convoy — showed the charred bodies of 11 people, lying in a circle amid what appeared to be the remains of a hut. Outrage spread both inside and outside Myanmar as graphic images were shared on social media of the assault, which Human Rights Watch said was similar to other recent attacks — and looked like it was meant to be discovered. “This incident is quite brazen, and it happened in an area that was meant to be found, and seen, to scare people,” researcher for the group, Manny Maung, said. “Our contacts are saying these were just boys and young people who were villagers who were caught in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Opposition spokesperson, Dr. Sasa, said the attack began after a military convoy — which was raiding villages in the country’s northwest — hit a roadside bomb. Troops retaliated first by shelling the village of Done Taw, then rounding up anyone they could capture there. “They were lashed together, tortured, and ultimately burned alive,” he said, adding that the victims ranged in age from 14 to 40. “The sheer brutality, savagery, and cruelty of these acts shows a new depth of depravity, and proves that, despite the pretense of the relative détente seen over the last few months, the junta never had any intention of deescalating their campaign of violence,” said Sasa, who uses one name and is the spokesperson for Myanmar’s underground National Unity Government. That group declared itself the country’s only legitimate leaders in the wake of the military takeover on Feb. 1 that prevented elected lawmakers from taking their seats in parliament. The seizure of power was initially met with nonviolent street protests, but after police and soldiers responded with lethal force, violence escalated as opponents of military rule took up arms. In recent months, fighting has been raging in northwestern areas. U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric expressed deep concern at the reports of the “horrific killing of 11 people” and strongly condemned such violence, saying “credible reports indicate that five children were among those people killed.” The government has denied that it had any troops in the area. But a witness told The Associated Press that about 50 troops marched into Done Taw at about 11 a.m. Tuesday, seizing anyone who did not manage to flee. “They arrested 11 innocent villagers,” said the witness, who described himself as a farmer and an activist and spoke on condition of anonymity because he fears for his safety. He did not see the moment of their killing but said he believed they were burned alive, as did other people who spoke to Myanmar media. He later saw the charred remains — and was present when the widely distributed images were taken. The images themselves could not be independently verified. The witness said that those captured were not members of the locally organized People’s Defense Force, which sometimes engages the army in combat. He said they were as members of a less formally organized village protection group and did not give a reason for the soldiers’ assault. Other witnesses cited in Myanmar media said the victims were members of a defense force. Dujarric, of the U.N., reminded Myanmar’s military authorities of their obligations under international law to ensure the safety and protection of civilians and called for those responsible “for this heinous act” to be held accountable. As of Wednesday, he said security forces have killed more than 1,300 unarmed people, including more than 75 children, since the military takeover. In seizing power, the military claimed there was massive fraud in the 2020 election that saw Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy win in a landslide. The military said that justified the takeover under a constitution that allows it to seize power in emergencies — though independent election observers did not detect any major irregularities in the voting. On Monday, Suu Kyi was convicted on charges of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions and sentenced to two years in prison. The court’s action was widely criticized as a further effort by military rulers to roll back the democratic gains of recent years. © copyright 2021 The Associated Press

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