Monthly Archives: September 2024

2024-09-15: News Headlines

bwitanek (2024-09-15). Ultimate Serial Homicidal Maniac Dick Cheney's Endorsement of Kamala Should Tell You All You Need to Know. fightbackbetter.com Most people from my generation know that Dick Cheney was architect of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. What a…

Juliette Rousselot (2024-09-15). Afghanistan: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 10 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered an oral statement during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The statement, prepared with FIDH's member organisation Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to escalate its response to the situation in the country and to establish a new independent international accountability mechanism. Read the oral statement below.
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noemail (2024-09-15). Rising Fears in Balochistan: Another Youth Reportedly Forcibly Disappeared. devdiscourse.com Amid the increasingly dire human rights situation in Balochistan, another youth has reportedly been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani security forces in Gwadar. The Balochistan Post reported that Zubair Baloch, son of Umar, was allegedly detained from the Dasht Dhor Kundag area and taken to an undisclosed location, with his whereabouts still unknown.

_____ (2024-09-15). Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev banned from entering Turkey. en.turkmen.news

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2024-09-13: News Headlines

newarab (2024-09-13). IS claims deadly attack on Shia Muslims in central Afghanistan. newarab.com

newarab (2024-09-13). Australia strips medals over Afghanistan war crime allegations. newarab.com Several serving and former Holding commanders to account for alleged misconduct of

Staff (2024-09-13). "How We Do Freedom": V (Eve Ensler) on Fighting Fascism Through Community. democracynow.org We speak with V, the playwright formerly known as Eve Ensler, about "How We Do Freedom: Rising Against Fascism," a daylong educational event to be held at New York City's Judson Memorial Church on Saturday. V is the founder of the global activist movements V-Day and One Billion Rising that is organizing the event. "The rise of fascism, from India to Italy, from Afghanistan to U.S., [is] the most pressing concern everywhere," says V, who ties the crisis to growing loneliness and isolation. "One of the antidotes to fascism we know is community, is solidarity, is coming together,…

Juliette Rousselot (2024-09-13). Afghanistan: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 10 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered an oral statement during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The statement, prepared with FIDH's member organisation Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to escalate its response to the situation in the country and to establish a new independent international accountability mechanism. Read the oral statement below.
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tn.ai (2024-09-13). Iran Calls for Justice After Deadly Terrorist Attack in Afghanistan's Ghor Province. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran denounced a terrorist attack carried out by Daesh (ISIS-K) in Afghanistan, urging authorities to punish those responsible for the deaths of 14 people in Ghor Province.

_____ (2024-09-13). Taliban label Afghanistan International an 'enemy' for reporting on alleged aid misuse. x.com

Pressenza New York (2024-09-13). Baloch Activist Highlights Balochistan's Issue at London Conference. pressenza.com Baloch human rights and political activist Aomar Karim brought attention to the ongoing issues in Balochistan during his participation in the "Solidarity with Ukraine" and Trade Union Congress (TUC) conference in London. | In his address, Aomar Karim outlined the campaign's objective: to inform UK lawmakers and activists about the critical situation in Balochistan and to urge them to advocate for the cessation of human rights abuses by Pakistan. | He emphasised the need for these influential figures to amplify their voices on Balochistan's plight and to pressure the Pakistani government to address the human right…

_____ (2024-09-13). Turkmen journalist Ruslan Myatiev banned from entering Turkey. en.turkmen.news

Staff (2024-09-12). Headlines for September 12, 2024. democracynow.org Israel Strikes Gaza's al-Jaouni School for 5th Time, Kills 18 Palestinians, Incl. 6 UNRWA Staffers, Israel's Assault on West Bank Continues as Death Toll in Occupied Territory Reaches 50 Over 2 Weeks, Biden Calls Israel's Killing of Turkish American Activist Ay≈üenur Ezgi Eygi "Totally Unacceptable", Kyiv Pushes for U.S. Greenlight on Long-Range Missiles as Russian Army Retakes Parts of Kursk, Protesters March to Demand End to Ethnic Violence in India's Manipur State, 3.2 Million Afghan Children Face Acute Malnutrition, Spanish Congress Recognizes Edmundo González as…

Leonid Savin (2024-09-12). 09/11 — The Road to Guantanamo. thealtworld.com September 11 marked yet another anniversary of the terrorist attacks in the United States, which prompted the George W. Bush administration to invade Afghanistan, and a little later, in the spring of 2003, Iraq. In addition to the consequences of these wars for the inhabitants of the two countries and the United States itself, the shameful stain associated with this military adventure is the secret prison at Guantanamo, where prisoners are still being held. This place has become not only a household name associated with torture and double standards, but the mere decision to create this center itself had and still…

Human Rights Watch (2024-09-12). Winding Path to Justice for Australian War Crimes. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A soldier searches a house in a village in Baluchi pass in Uruzgan province, November 1, 2004. | © 2004 Reuters | Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles announced this week that he has stripped distinguished service medals from some military commanders who served in senior roles in Afghanistan. The move was described as a "final step" in enacting recommendations from the 2020 Independent Afghanistan Inquiry, known as the Brereton Report, which found credible information of war crimes, including the unlawful killing of 39 people by Australian special forces in Afghanistan from 2…

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2024-09-12: News Headlines

aljazeera (2024-09-12). Australia strips medals from Afghanistan war commanders. aljazeera.com Defence minister cancels awards of small number of officers over alleged war crimes committed on their watch.

Juliette Rousselot (2024-09-12). Afghanistan: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 10 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered an oral statement during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The statement, prepared with FIDH's member organisation Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to escalate its response to the situation in the country and to establish a new independent international accountability mechanism. Read the oral statement below.
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_____ (2024-09-12). Taliban label Afghanistan International an 'enemy' for reporting on alleged aid misuse. x.com

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2024-09-11: News Headlines

newarab (2024-09-11). Afghanistan says to begin work on huge gas pipeline. newarab.com Progress on the TAPI pipeline ⚪ running through "From today the operations will…

Juliette Rousselot (2024-09-11). Afghanistan: Oral statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council. fidh.org On 10 September 2024, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) delivered an oral statement during the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan. The statement, prepared with FIDH's member organisation Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA, calls on the UN Human Rights Council to escalate its response to the situation in the country and to establish a new independent international accountability mechanism. Read the oral statement below.
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_____ (2024-09-11). Taliban label Afghanistan International an 'enemy' for reporting on alleged aid misuse. x.com

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2024-09-07: News Headlines

Esha Mitra, Waging Nonviolence. (2024-09-06). Repression Backfires In Pakistan. popularresistance.org In July, hundreds of thousands of people set out for a national gathering in Gwadar, a picturesque port city on the Arabian sea in Balochistan — Pakistan's largest, but least populated, province. Making their way through an expanse of mountainous desert were the members of a severely oppressed community, the Baloch, whose population extends into neighboring Iran and Afghanistan. | At this first-of-its-kind national gathering, called Baloch Raji Munchi, people were planning to press their demand for an end to enforced disappearances, wrongful arrests and extrajudicial killings — all of which have been…

Abdul Rahman (2024-09-06). The crisis in Afghanistan is a result of US recklessness. peoplesdispatch.org The third anniversary of the end of the two decades of US war and occupation in Afghanistan coincides with a particularly contentious presidential election year in the US. Both the Democrats and Republicans are busy blaming each other for the fiasco. It is clear that Afghanistan has become yet another embarrassing episode in the long history of US imperial adventures which no one wants to take responsibility for. | Two of the top generals in the US army, Mark Miley, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Kenneth McKenzie, former chief of US Central Command, who led the withdrawal from Afghanistan in Au…

Owen Schalk (2024-09-06). Canada's Militarization and the End of U.S. Hegemony. mronline.org Owen Schalk details how Canada's policies—the hostile moves toward geopolitical opponents, efforts to decrease economic ties to China through critical minerals exploration, and hundreds of billions of dollars in projected military spending over the next decades—do not make Canadians safer.

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2024-09-06: News Headlines

Nava J. Thakuria (2024-09-05). Pakistan Loses 10th Journalist to Assailants This Year, PEC Expresses Serious Concern. pressenza.com Geneva: Pakistan has slowly turned into a graveyard of working journalists as the South Asian nation loses another journalist, the tenth victim this year to date, to assailants. Local media reports confirm that senior journalist Nisar Lehri was shot dead on 4 September 2024 in the Mastung locality of Balochistan. Lehri (50), a member of Mastung press club, who was targeted by armed miscreants for reasons not officially disclosed. | Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the continued killing of media persons in Pakistan even though it's not witnessing…

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2024-09-05: News Headlines

Nava J. Thakuria (2024-09-05). Pakistan Loses 10th Journalist to Assailants This Year, PEC Expresses Serious Concern. pressenza.com Geneva: Pakistan has slowly turned into a graveyard of working journalists as the South Asian nation loses another journalist, the tenth victim this year to date, to assailants. Local media reports confirm that senior journalist Nisar Lehri was shot dead on 4 September 2024 in the Mastung locality of Balochistan. Lehri (50), a member of Mastung press club, who was targeted by armed miscreants for reasons not officially disclosed. | Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the continued killing of media persons in Pakistan even though it's not witnessing…

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2024-09-04: News Headlines

newarab (2024-09-04). US congressional committee subpoenas Blinken over Afghanistan. newarab.com

presstv.ir (2024-09-04). Iran's president reiterates full support for Palestinian resistance. presstv.ir President Pezeshkian made the remarks in a message delivered during the 9th International Conference of "Mujahideen in Exile."

newarab (2024-09-03). The Taliban haven't changed — open borders for Afghan women now! newarab.com

Jason Ditz (2024-09-03). ISIS Suicide Bombing Kills At Least Six in Kabul. news.antiwar.com On Monday, a suicide bombing was carried out on the southern outskirts of the Afghan capital city of Kabul. The attack killed at least six people and wounded 13 others, according to Afghan police. The strike was in the Qala Bakhtiar neighborhood. ISIS-K, the local ISIS affiliate which US officials repeatedly claimed was totally destroyed …

Islam Murad Baloch (2024-09-03). BNM Demonstrates in Amsterdam on International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. pressenza.com On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the Netherlands chapter of the Baloch National Movement (BNM) organized a poignant demonstration in Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands. This gathering aimed to raise awareness of the ongoing plight of the Baloch people, particularly the widespread practice of enforced disappearances carried out by the Pakistani military. | BNM activists passionately delivered speeches, chanting slogans that echoed through the streets of Amsterdam. They held banners, placards, and flags symbolizing the Baloch National Movement and the quest…

Andrew Korybko (2024-09-03). The CIA Isn't Responsible for the Upsurge of Terrorism in Pakistan's Balochistan Region. globalresearch.ca Ignoring the decades-old political roots of the Baloch Conflict, their new economic dimension over the past decade since CPEC, and the latest Taliban connections via its TTP partners leads to inaccurate assessments about its latest manifestations and impedes work on …

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2024-09-02: News Headlines

newarab (2024-09-02). Taliban, UN say committed to engagement post-morality law outcry. newarab.com A Taliban government spokesman has said the Afghan authorities were committed to engagement with the international community after a The United Nations and the European Union have

Juliette Rousselot (2024-09-02). Need for an urgent rethink of international response to the human rights crisis in Afghanistan. fidh.org

presstv.ir (2024-09-02). Iran's dash toward becoming regional gas hub. presstv.ir Iran and Turkmenistan on Wednesday signed an important energy agreement under which the two neighbors will expand gas swap cooperation.

Andrew Korybko (2024-09-01). The CIA Isn't Responsible For The Upsurge Of Terrorism In Pakistan's Balochistan Region. thealtworld.com

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