Habib Siddiqui

  Gaza’s Children & Our Rohingya Children: A Tale of Israeli and Myanmar Genocides We, the Rohingya have been chased from our homelands through a series of massacres and Burmese military campaigns since 1978. Our villages have been exterminated and wiped out of all maps. The Palestinian situation is just the same, if not, even worse.   Raïss Tinmaung  on   November 28, 2023   Last month I was at Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh as part of my yearly visits to the Rohingya children’s education & vocational training programs that I run through a registered charity. During my visit I saw many kids playing and running around in narrow unkempt alleys between densely crowded shelters. I got to know a few kids by their names: Kulsum, 6, Jannatara, 7, and Nurhashim, 6. Their smiles were innocent and their laughter simply oblivious. I can still see them when I close my eyes. But what if I closed my eyes and I saw them bombed to death all of a sudden? Alas, su...

  International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 2023 Message by the United Nation's Secretary-General, António Guterres. 29 NOVEMBER 2023 | STATEMENT THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE 29 November 2023 This International Day of Solidarity comes during one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Palestinian people. I am horrified by the death and destruction that have engulfed the region, which is overwhelmed with pain, anguish and heartache. Palestinians in Gaza are suffering a humanitarian catastrophe. Almost 1.7 million people have been forced from their homes – but nowhere is safe. Meanwhile, the situation in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, risks boiling over.  I express my sincere condolences to the thousands of families who are mourning loved ones. This includes members of our own United Nations family killed in Gaza, representing the largest loss of personnel in the his...

  STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE Today, the 29th of November, is International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People; a platform and a reminder of the ongoing Palestinian struggle for human rights, peace and self-determination. Today, we are asking you to stand in solidarity and allyship with the Palestinian-Australian community, to support them in their enduring fight for freedom and justice. Sending a message will only take a few minutes, but your words will have a profound impact . Together, we can let them know there are thousands of people who stand with them. We are continuing to urgently advocate for a sustained ceasefire, a crucial step towards a just and lasting solution to the conflict. Over the last few weeks you have joined the global movement to address the injustices endured by Palestinians. One million supporters like you signed Amnesty’s global petition demanding a ceasefire to end bloodshed. And here in Australia, more than 17,000 emails ha...

  https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/11/1144122     UN News   Global perspective Human stories UN affirms solidarity with the Palestinian people on International Day © Unsplash/Manny Becerra   International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. 29 November 2023 UN Affairs From New York to Jerusalem and beyond, United Nations offices on Wednesday commemorated the  International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People .     The annual observation on 29 November marks the day in 1947 that the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on partitioning Palestine into two independent States, one Arab and one Jewish. The 1948 displacement of Palestinians from land that became Israel – known as the Nakba (“catastrophe” in Arabic) – is the subject of an exhibition currently on display at UN Headquarters in New York. UN Photo   Barefoot and pushing their belongings in prams and carts, Arab families leave  the coastal town of Jaffa whic...