Archive for September 28th, 2023

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28/09/2023

The Future of Muslims in Saffronsed India

Human Wrongs Watch

By Moin Qazi – TRANSCEND Media Service

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is inflaming hatred of Muslims in India, as the world looks the other way. Hindu hard-liners, one holding a sword, chant slogans against Muslim communities.

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Moin Qazi

A darker narrative is starting to define Modi’s India. The government has been systematically oppressing, marginalizing and inciting hatred toward its 220-million Muslim minority.

This campaign has been slowly gathering momentum over the years and has reached new intensity levels today. India is not a healthy democracy.

The poisonous rhetoric is having an effect. Shortly after these speeches, during celebrations commemorating the birth of Lord Rama, multiple attacks took place all over the country.The dangerous provocations continue.

“Tolerant Muslims can be counted on fingers. T. Even that is a tactic. It is to stay in public life with a mask.”

Meanwhile, Modi was praising an extremely Islamophobic new film at a rally ahead of local elections this month.

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28/09/2023

US/Haiti: Suspend Deportation Flights to Haiti

Human Wrongs Watch

By Human Rights Watch*

Serious Risk of Harm to People Forced to Return

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Haitian community leaders, immigrant community members, and their supporters gather on October 22, 2021 at the Newark Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Newark, New Jersey to demand that President Biden’s administration stop deportations of Haitians. © Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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(Washington, DC) – The United States government should suspend deportation flights to Haiti, 74 organizations including Human Rights Watch said on September 26, 2023, in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas. The groups urged him to suspend all such flights, beginning with one currently scheduled for September 28.

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28/09/2023

Israeli settlements ‘systematically erode’ viability of Palestinian State

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Wednesday [] expressed deep concern over the relentless expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.

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UNICEF/Mouhssine Ennaimi | An Israeli settlement in northern West Bank. (file)

“Settlements further entrench the occupation, fuel violence, impede Palestinian access to their land and resources, and systematically erode the viability of a Palestinian State as part of a two-State solution”, the senior envoy said.

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28/09/2023

Unprecedented Migrant Surge in Central America and Mexico

Human Wrongs Watch

Geneva/San José, 27 September 2023 (IOM)* – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for governments in Central America and Mexico to collaborate to address the immediate humanitarian needs of people on the move as unprecedented numbers of vulnerable migrants transit through the region, while also working on long-term solutions to tackle the drivers of migration.

As in many border towns across Central America, thousands of migrants are crossing daily into Danli and Trojes, Honduras, Despite the efforts of transit nations, UN agencies, and humanitarian organizations, the capacity to offer life-saving aid is stretched thin. Photo: IOM Honduras / Erick Escoto.

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