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Lessons from Cox’s Bazar

  It isn’t a name that’s familiar to the people of Jamaica, or the wider Caribbean –Cox’s Bazar. Cox’s Bazar is a 13 square kilometre tent city in Bangladesh. The people who live there, 1.2 million Rohingyas from Myanmar, are not without relevance to Jamaica and the Caribbean.  But, they are an example of what can happen when societies are destabilised - whether by conflict, natural disasters or other disruptions. According to the United Nations, the Rohingyas in Bangladesh rely entirely on humanitarian assistance for protection, food, water, shelter and health.  Another 3.7 million are internally displaced in Myanmar, most since the military takeover in 2021. The first military crackdown against Rohingyas began in October 2016.  A Muslim ethnic minority, Rohingyas have lived for centuries in Myanmar (previously Burma) without official recognition as an ethnic community. Many have no legal identity or citizenship, which they have been denied since 1982.  They we...
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‘Right to protest genocide’ denied: Scotland’s Palestine Action supporters

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  Glasgow, Scotland – A year ago, 70-year-old Cathy Allen raised a placard that read, “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action”, in Edinburgh. The July 19 protest was the first Scottish action organised by Defend Our Juries, a group leading a civil disobedience campaign against the proscription of Palestine Action. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Pro-Palestinian badges should not be worn by NHS staff, UK review suggests list 2 of 4 ‘They used dogs’: New Al Jazeera film exposes Israel’s use of rape in jails list 3 of 4 ‘Torture isn’t new to Palestinians’: How Israel learned from colonialism list 4 of 4 Sanctions on settlers not enough: Target Israeli gov’t, say campaigners end of list Allen was taken into custody a few days later, making her one of the first in Scotland to be arrested for supporting what the British government considers a terrorist group. “We’ve watched what’s happening in Palestine, in Gaza, and been horrified,” she told Al Jazeera. “If our g...
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Five Indian air force staff killed as transport plane crashes in Assam

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  ive Indian air force personnel have been killed after the aircraft they were travelling in crashed in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, according to officials. The Antonov An-32 transport plane “met with an accident” during a “routine sortie” in Assam’s Jorhat region, the Indian Air Force said in a statement on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 4 items list 1 of 4 ‘Right to protest genocide’ denied: Scotland’s Palestine Action supporters list 2 of 4 US orders Anthropic to disable AI models for all foreign nationals list 3 of 4 The US border runs straight through the World Cup list 4 of 4 Israel attacks Lebanon despite being included in potential peace deal end of list “Crash site management and initial enquiries are on at this time,” the Air Force wrote, adding that an investigation to determine the cause of the accident was under way. This content is unavailable due to your cookie settings. To continue, please allow functional cookies from third-party platforms. Allow ...
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US-Iran deal ‘expected within 24 hours’; Israel hits Lebanon

  l Jazeera on Google Shehbaz Sharif, prime minister of Pakistan , which has mediated talks between Iran and the United States , says the finalisation of a deal  between the two sides is likely expected in the next 24 hours, with “the electronic signing of the peace deal immediately after”. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says the document will not be signed on Sunday, but he does not rule out that it could happen in the “coming days”. At least five people have been killed in separate Israeli attacks across southern Lebanon, despite the progress in Iran-US talks. Iran’s state media says the funeral for Iran’s slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to begin on July 4 in Tehran, with the burial to take place on July 9 in Mashhad.
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CAIR-Arizona Calls on Governor to Veto Anti-Muslim Hate Bill

  CAIR-Arizona Calls on Governor to Veto Anti-Muslim Hate Bill Civil rights group says legislation purporting to ban "sharia law" is based on misinformation, promotes bigotry and will lead to real harm for Arizona Muslims   The Arizona chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Arizona), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said an anti-Muslim hate bill approved by the Arizona legislature targeting so-called "Sharia law" is rooted in misinformation and bigotry, and will contribute to growing hostility toward Arizona's Muslim community.     CAIR-Arizona urges Governor Katie Hobbs to veto the legislation, warning that it stigmatizes Muslim Arizonans, undermines religious freedom, and sends a harmful message that state government is willing to single out a minority faith community for political purposes.   That legislation passed despite the absence of any evidence that American courts are being replaced by religio...
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Netanyahu is Annexing Gaza ‘Step-by-Step’ by Ramzy Baroud

  Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the vast majority of Gaza, with consequences that require little elaboration considering what we already know about the ongoing genocide. Currently, much of the international debate centers on a single official: Bulgarian diplomat Nickolay Mladenov . The former United Nations Special Coordinator has been designated by the United States as the Executive Director of the Trump administration’s newly established ‘Board of Peace’—an international council founded to oversee the implementation of Washington’s 20-point Gaza roadmap. The issue, however, is much bigger than a single Washington-backed bureaucrat. A growing number of Palestinians and political analysts accuse Mladenov of manufacturing the very conditions that co...
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