Habib Siddiqui

  The Charter of the United Nations is the founding document of the United Nations. It was signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The Preamble of United Nations Charter states: “ WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED   to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbo...

 The news below is almost a month old but very important to many Bangladeshi expats who wanted to see justice in the murder of Major Sinha. It's good to see some justice for the victims.  ========== A Cox’s Bazar court on Monday sentenced Teknaf's suspended OC Pradeep Kumar Das and inspector Liaqat Ali to death in Major (retd) Sinha Mohammad Rashed Khan murder case. The court also sentenced six others to life in prison in the case. They are sub-inspector Nandolal Rakkhit and constable Rubel Sharma, constable Sagar Deb, and Md Nurul Amin, Mohamamd Iyaz and Md Nizam Uddin of Marishbunia village of Baharchhara union of Cox’s Bazar’s Teknaf upazila. Seven accused were acquitted in the case. District and sessions judge Mohammad Ismail handed down the verdict on Monday. Major Sinha was shot dead by inspector Liaqat Ali of Baharchhara police station at Shamlapur check post on Cox's Bazar-Teknaf Marine Drive road at 9.30pm on 31 July 2020. Police arrested Shahedul Islam Sifat who w...

  The Palestinian Red Crescent Society on Thursday slammed the Israeli forces for targeting its medical staff, adding that their attacks were becoming “common, specifically in Nablus’ southern town of Beita,” the Middle East Monitor reported. The Red Crescent said in a statement that the occupation had “fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters at Palestinian protesters in Beita,” adding that the violence had left about “100 casualties.” Among the wounded, the Red Crescent pointed out, was a 19-year-old Alaa Khudair, in whom a bullet penetrated his right forearm while he was treating a wounded journalist. “Although all the Association’s crews and vehicles clearly bear the Red Crescent emblem, these scenes have become common in Beita and in a number of other Palestinian towns and villages, where the Association’s crews are deployed to cover the protests that erupt almost daily,” the Red Crescent noted. (MEMO, PC, Social Media)

  by  Andrew P. Napolitano   Posted on February 26, 2022 After a jury in 2006 declined to impose the death penalty on Zacarias Moussaoui, who had just pleaded guilty to being the 20th 9/11 hijacker, the government announced that another person was the 20th. Yet, that person, Mohammed al-Qahtani, was ordered released from the U.S. Naval prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, last week. Here is the backstory. Moussaoui had been living in Minnesota and taking flying lessons when he was arrested in August 2001 for an immigration violation. When officials questioned him, the answers he gave aroused their suspicions about what he intended to do with a plane once he was qualified to fly. The FBI conducted a criminal investigation, and shortly after 9/11, Moussaoui was indicted in Virginia for conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism on 9/11. The government sought the death penalty. Five years later, he pleaded guilty during his trial. The court then conducted a penalty-phase trial before...

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  Twitter on Sunday removed an offensive post by the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Gujarat unit that featured a cartoon depicting a group of Muslim men being hanged in in the wake of Friday’s court verdict that sentenced 38 people to death in the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case. The background of the cartoon showed the tricolour and the scene of the blasts. “Satyamev Jayate [Truth alone triumphs],” the caption to the post read. “No mercy to the perpetrators of terror.” The tweet has been taken down for violating the platform’s rules on hateful imagery. As of Monday morning, several posts featuring the cartoon could be seen on Facebook. Some accounts on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, have also posted the cartoon. As of Monday morning, the posts have not been taken down. Several people who objected to the post  on Facebook  got a response from the platform stating that the caricature did not violate its community standards, according to  Boom Live . Gujarat BJP’s media c...

  PRESS STATEMENT   Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (The Gambia v. Myanmar)   Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organization in Malaysia (MERHROM) would like to welcome the public hearing held by the  International Court of Justice (ICJ), The Hague Netherlands from 21 st -28 th  February 2022.   We welcome the oral argument by Mr. Dawda Jallow, Lawyer for Gambia on 23 rd  February 2022. The argument by Mr. Dawda Jallow who is also Gambia’s Attorney General and Justice Minister brings new hope for justice and accountability not only for the Rohingya but the people of Myanmar and the global citizens.   We strongly oppose the preliminary objections by the Myanmar military that Gambia has no rights to take Myanmar to ICJ due to the fact that Gambia is not affected by the state. The truth is that the whole world was affected by the Rohingya Genocide as we put various efforts and...

  2022.02.25 A neighborhood in South Okkalapa Township, Yangon   Photo: RFA   Yangon Division South Okkalapa Township Eyewitnesses told RFA that more than 70 Muslim Rohingya were abducted by the military council on February 24 at around 10 pm from a house on Shwebo Road in Ward 5.   An unnamed security source in the area said they were arrested in a caravan. "The military council came with a large force. A prison car was full of people. Because they knew they were Rohingya, they did not understand why they were made to sit in the car. That's why I know." At the time of their arrest, two military vehicles, Residents in the area said more than 60 military police, including two police cars, blocked the entrances and exits for more than an hour. It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that a Rohingya man was first arrested on Pinya 17 Road in South Okkal...

  Actress Regina King, the queen of television, makes her debut as a film director with ‘One night in Miami’. “America will not be great again while it keeps murdering its citizens”, she says Malcolm X (left) with Cassius Marcellus Clay (Muhammad Ali) in 1964. NY DAILY NEWS VIA GETTY IMAGES GREGORIO BELINCHÓN FEB  20, 2022 - 21:14  EST On February 25, 1964, Cassius Clay, only 22 years old at the time, surprisingly became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world when he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami. Liston, the title holder, was a hard-hitting, iron-fisted fighter. Clay had class, style and a big sassy mouth. But he was also a man conscious of his influence and destiny. His friend Malcolm X attended the pugilistic soirée and invited the brand-new champion to his motel room that night: Clay was about to announce his conversion to Islam, his name change (to that of Muhammad Ali, the one beloved by God), and his joining the Nation of Islam, the religious organization th...