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| USA/Somalia: Shroud of secrecy around civilian deaths masks possible war crimes | ||||
Forensic investigation yields credible evidence 14 civilians were killed in just five strikesMore than 100 strikes by US drones and manned aircraft since early 2017 Strikes in Somalia tripled under Trump, outpacing Yemen and Libya combined | ||||
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| Egypt car sales affected by boycott over prices | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-A campaign calling on Egyptians to stop buying new cars to curb price rises has dented sales, but supporters say values must fall further to lure cash-strapped customers back to the forecourt.With a population of more than 98 million, Egypt is a potentially huge market, though only a minority owns cars. Most popular models cost 200,000 to 350,000 Egyptian pounds ($11,500 to $20,000), almost 10 times the annual salary of an average... | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday called on Egyptian authorities to locate the disclose the whereabouts of former parliamentarian Mostafa Al-Nagar who has been missing “for nearly five months”.“The Egyptian authorities should exert serious efforts to find and reveal the whereabouts of Mostafa Al-Nagar,” HRW said. The rights organisation pointed out that the Egyptian government had denied playing a role in Al-Nagar’s arrest,... | ||||
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| Amnesty International stands in solidarity with school strike for climate | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Amnesty International today warned that the failure of governments to tackle climate change could amount to the greatest inter-generational human rights violation in history, as it welcomes a global day of school strikes against climate change planned for Friday 15 March by young people.Instead of criticizing young people for taking part in these protests, like some misguided politicians have done, we should be asking why governments are getting... | ||||
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| 18-year-old shared terror movie - risking long prison sentence | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-In connection with the attack on the mosques in Christchurch, an 18-year-old shared the terrorist's live broadcast on Facebook. Now he risks a long prison sentence on New Zealand, reports New Zealand Herald.For 17 minutes, the accused terrorist Brenton Tarrent sent his act on Facebook. The clip was widely distributed - and Facebook has later said that they have erased 1.5 million videos from the terrorist act that took 50 people's... | ||||
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| Gyroscopes crashed at airfield in Sjöbo | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: -The helicopter-like aircraft crashed at 15.30 at Sövde airfield in Sjöbo municipality.- The pilot we found outside, consciously. He had a little headache, says Mats Streer, internal officer at the Swedish Rescue Service Syd to P4 Malmöhus. The Gyrocopter pilot was taken care of by ambulance staff on site and has been taken to hospital. It is still unclear what caused the crash. The site, a grass path next to the airfield,... | ||||
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| Yemen: Ta’iz authorities must tackle child rape and abuse under militia rule | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-An investigation by Amnesty International has revealed that children as young as eight years old have been raped in the Yemeni city of Ta’iz. The suspected perpetrators, including members of militias backed by the Saudi Arabia-led Coalition, are yet to be held to account.The families of four boys told Amnesty International that their sons had been sexually assaulted in a series of incidents over the past eight months. In two of the cases, families... | ||||
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| Eleven Egyptians among those wounded in Mosques’ attack in New Zealand | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Eleven Egyptians were wounded in Friday’s attack against two mosques in New Zealand, Egyptian ambassador to New Zealand, Tariq Al-Wasimi said on Saturday.In a televised interview, Al-Wasimi said that initial assessments indicate that eleven wounded Egyptians need more than precise surgeries, noting that the attacker was focused on shooting the skulls and dangerous body areas. At least 50 were killed and more than 45 were injured... | ||||
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| Tunisia Repressive state of emergency bill a threat to human rights | ||||
A deeply flawed draft state of emergency law currently being discussed in parliament could grant Tunisian authorities sweeping powers to ban demonstrations and strikes, suspend activities of NGOs, impose arbitrary restrictions on movement of individuals and carry out unwarranted searches of properties based on vague national security grounds, said Amnesty International. A parliamentary debate on the proposed law has started and is expected to go to a vote in the coming weeks.The organization... | ||||
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| Michael Skråmos's mother: "He died of his injuries" | ||||
Mellanöstern i dag / Sverige / Stockholm:-IS-rekryteraren Michael Skråmo har dött, säger hans mamma till SVT Nyheter. Enligt mamman ska han ha ”avlidit av sina skador”.”Det går inte att föreställa sig den sorg vi känner nu”, skriver hon i ett uttalande. Michael Skråmo är norsk medborgare, men född och uppvuxen i Göteborg. Tidigare har mamman och systern träffat tv-kanalen ITV och berättat att de fått information om Skråmos död. Pappan... | ||||
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| Russia: Anastasia Shevchenko’s house arrest extended as persecution of opposition activists widens | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Responding to news that a court in Rostov-on-Don, Southern Russia, has extended until 17 June the house arrest of Anastasia Shevchenko, prisoner of conscience and former coordinator with Otkrytaya Rossiya (Open Russia), a pro-democracy and human rights movement, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central Asia Director, Marie Struthers, said:“The criminal case against Anastasia Shevchenko is profoundly flawed, and by forging ahead with... | ||||
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| See Red Hot Chili Peppers Cover Radiohead’s ‘Pyramid Song’ at Egypt Gig | ||||
Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer delivers solo piano rendition of Amnesiac trackMiddle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Red Hot Chili Peppers covered Radiohead’s “Pyramid Song” while performing in front of the Giza pyramids during the band’s live-streamed Egypt concert Friday. Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer delivered a solo piano rendition of the Amnesiac track, seen at the 1:58:00-mark of the above video, to kick off the Chili Peppers’ encore; after performing the song’s two... | ||||
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| After Christchurch, how to beat Islamophobia and hate | ||||
Racists and bigots believe that diverse societies don’t work. Frustrated that their howling at the moon wasn’t enough, they’re now picking up weapons in an attempt to prove themselves right. We can’t keep expressing shock and then moving on until the next outrage. We watched in astonished horror last year when a Nazi entered a US synagogue and shot dead 11 worshippers. And yet after the initial alarm, the world carried on like before. | ||||
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Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Egypt imposes new rules that allows state to block websites and social media accounts for 'fake news' or incitement.Egypt's top media regulator put into effect tighter restrictions that allow the state to block websites and social media accounts with more than 5,000 followers, if they are deemed a threat to national security. The move, implemented on Tuesday, is the latest step by the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to... | ||||
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| Alaa Al Aswany: Egypt 'sues novelist for insulting state' | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-The bestselling author Alaa Al Aswany has said he is being sued by military prosecutors in Egypt for insulting the president, armed forces and judiciary.Aswany, who lives in the US, said the lawsuit was connected to his last novel - The Republic, As If - and columns he had written for Deutsche Welle Arabic. He condemned the case as a "clear violation" of Egypt's constitution. Aswany's acclaimed 2002 novel, The Yacoubian... | ||||
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| Graphic novel: Zero Civilian Casualties – The hidden US war in Somalia | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-US air strikes in Somalia have surged in the past two years – more than 100 have been launched since President Trump relaxed protections for civilians in 2017. Despite this, the US consistently claims not to have killed or injured a single civilian there. Evidence from in-depth Amnesty International investigation shows otherwise – in just five incidents US air strikes were found to have killed at least 14 civilians and injured eight more. | ||||
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| Turkey’s List of Deportation Angers Muslim Brotherhood | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-A decision by Turkish authorities to deport to Egypt 12 people affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood on a number of charges has infuriated the group’s members, triggering differences with their leaders abroad.The new list appeared a few months after Turkey deported Brotherhood member Mohammed Abdel-Hafiz, who has been sentenced to death in Egypt on charges of targeting former Egyptian Attorney General Hisham Barakat. Hafiz was... | ||||
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| Israeli fighter aircraft strike against targets in Gaza - retaliation after rocket attack | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Israeli fighter aircraft have hit about 100 Hamas-related targets in the Gaza Strip, reports AP. The attack is said to be a retaliation on the projectiles fired at Israel's second largest city, Tel Aviv, on Thursday night.- There is some kind of permanent instability in Gaza so this is really not a new situation. We have seen this kind of limited escalation several times. It appears to be lesser demonstrations of strength, says Anders Persson,... | ||||
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| U.N. experts urge Israel to rein in security forces | ||||
The Commission of Inquiry said Israel should investigate the shooting of more than 6,000 people, far beyond the criminal inquiries it has announced into 11 killings.“The most important thing for the government of Israel is to review the rules of engagement immediately and to ensure that the rules of engagement are according to accepted international law standards,” the commission’s chairman Santiago Canton told the Human Rights Council. Israel says the U.N. council... | ||||
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| Powerful detonation at nightclub in Malmö | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm: -A strong blow has been heard in the central parts of Malmö.According to Sydsvenskan, an explosive charge will detonate on Stortorget. The bomb group on site at the nightclub Etage where the entrance was broken up. It was at 23.59 that the police were slammed for a high bang in the central parts of Malmö. At the same time, several readers contacted Aftonbladet and testified about the same thing. | ||||
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| Snöoväder: Varning för strömavbrott | ||||
Snow weather: Warning of power failureSMHI warns of heavy snowfall in Norrland and parts of Svealand during the afternoon. A class 2 warning, which means that the weather can be a danger to the public, has been issued for Västernorrland. In western Götaland, trains have been canceled as a result of the weather. The precipitation area is currently moving north over western Götaland. Most snow is expected to fall over Västernorrland, but SMHI has also issued several class... | ||||
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| Löfven on Christchurch attack: "All kinds of extremism a threat to democracy" | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-Prime Minister Stefan Löfven condemned the terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, in a brief press conference on Friday. "It is a cowardly and heinous crime," he said.He did however not want to comment on the information that the suspected terrorist was motivated to his actions, as some kind of revenge for the death of an 11-year-old girl in the 2017 terrorist attack in Stockholm. On Thursday, the Swedish intelligence and... | ||||
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| EGYPT PUSHES HAMAS TO FIX TIES WITH ISRAEL AFTER TEL AVIV ROCKET ATTACK | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm:-"Hamas is not behind the launch," Sinwar said, but the Egyptian delegation did not believe him. Tensions were high between Egyptian officials and Hamas delegates after Egypt tried to play peace broker between Israel and Hamas, Israel Hayom reported. Egypt tried to wage peace after two rockets were fired at Tel Aviv on Thursday night from Gaza. Read More Related Articles Regev on terrorist attacks: 'This is... | ||||
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| Egypt police checking for rainbow flags at Red Hot Chili Peppers pyramids concert | ||||
Middle East today / Sweden / Stockholm-Egyptian police officers on Saturday ensured concertgoers attending a Red Hot Chili Peppers performance in Cairo were not carrying the famous rainbow LGBT flag, according to social media reports.Several people on Twitter reported officers checking for flags at the concert, which was attended by more than 10,000 people on Saturday at the Pyramids of Giza. "Entering Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at Cairo Pyramids. Police officer asks:... | ||||
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