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Marc Lamont Hill UN Speech That Got Him Fired From CNN

Marc Lamont Hill UN United Nations Speech That Got Him Fired From. CNN severed ties with contributor Marc Lamont Hill on Thursday, following comments the university professor made about I and Pal in a speech at the United Nations. “Marc Lamont Hill is no longer under contract with CNN,” a CNN spokesperson said Hill urged […]

“Moaning About Mosque Loudspeaker Not Blasphemy”: Indonesian Muslim Group

"Moaning About Mosque Loudspeaker Not Blasphemy": Indonesian Muslim Group

JAKARTA:  Indonesia’s biggest Islamic organisation called for greater tolerance on Friday as it criticised a court that jailed a mother of four for blasphemy after complaining that a mosque in her neighborhood was too loud. The 44-year old ethnic Chinese Buddhist woman, named Meiliana, was found guilty and sentenced to 18 months in prison by a court […]

Indonesian Woman’s Jailing Over Mosque Noise Sparks Backlash

Indonesian Woman's Jailing Over Mosque Noise Sparks Backlash

JAKARTA —  Indonesia’s jailing of a woman for complaining about the volume of a mosque loudspeaker has sparked a wave of criticism, with a petition calling for her release gaining more than 100,000 supporters. Rights groups and the Muslim-majority country’s biggest religious organization slammed the 18-month blasphemy sentence handed out Tuesday to the defendant, an […]

Who Fears The Covenants Of The Prophet Muhammad With The Christians Of The World?

By Roberto Vertutti   To ask: “Who fears the Covenants of the Prophet?” is synonymous with asking “Who fears the truth?” This is the issue at hand. Those who fear the truth also fear the one who spreads it. They fear The Covenants of the Prophet Muhammad with the Christians of the World because they go together with the truth. Although either title would be […]

Dr. Mike Evans:  Fighting Terrorism Is a Human Right

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, for saving Egypt from a human rights catastrophe. JERUSALEM, March 9, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — BY MIKE EVANS President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt deserves a Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Presidential Medal of Freedom award, […]

UN Rights Chief: Send Alleged Crimes Against Rohingya to ICC

UN Rights Chief: Send Alleged Crimes Against Rohingya to ICC

The highest-ranking United Nations human rights official has called for alleged crimes committed against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority population to be assigned to the International Criminal Court for prosecution. U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein referred allegations of atrocities to the ICC at a Friday news conference in Geneva. “There are strong […]

The deafening silence on China’s human rights abuses

The deafening silence on China's human rights abuses

Where is China headed in 2018? President Xi Jinping promised “world peace” for the new year – but his 2017 track record suggests otherwise. Remember the singular stain of the July death of 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, surrounded by state security? Many condemned China’s conduct, but such interventions are fewer and further […]

Terror attacks kill 25,000 in 2016 UN report

MANILA, Philippines Over 25,000 people died and 33,000 injured in at least 11,000 terrorist attacks in more than 100 countries last year, according to the United Nations. Terrorists are losing physical ground in Syria and Iraq, but gaining virtual ground in cyberspace such as Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube, the UN said. “Terrorism is fundamentally […]

Rights groups blast Egypt’s human rights record

Rights groups blast Egypt's human rights record

International rights organisations have gathered in the French capital to highlight Egypt’s human rights abuses, as Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is set to arrive for a two-day visit. Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, Reporters without Borders and the France-based International Federation for Human Rights were among the groups scheduled to speak at a news […]

Rights groups question Palestine’s electronic crime law

Rights groups question Palestine's electronic crime law

Human rights groups are calling on the Palestinian Authority to suspend a new “electronic crimes” law that limits freedom of expression online. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas clamped down on social media and news websites with a vaguely worded decree. Social media and websites are one of the main outlets for debate and dissent in the […]