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Tom Brennan October 5 at 10:01 PM A few days ago a friend wondered on FB how or why the public majority stayed silent while the Nazis killed so many innocent people or corralled them into deathcamps & ghettos. The answer is right under our noses. This evening Israeli snipers …

in Palestine — by Maureen Clare Murphy — September 29, 2018 countercurrents.org Paramedics carry an injured protester during Great March of Return demonstrations east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on 28 September. Ashraf Amra – APA images Friday marked what Gaza’s health ministry described as the single bloodiest day of the Great March of Return protests …

The recent attacks and looting of shops owned by “foreign nationals” in Soweto is part of a pattern that has been manifested with greater or lesser intensity and visibility throughout the years of post-apartheid South Africa, in the cities and rural areas throughout the country. It involves state actions and …

10 september 2018 At least 37 Afghan security forces and pro-government fighters killed in attacks, according to provincial officials. Afghan security forces take their position during a clash with Taliban fighters near Kunduz city [File: The Associated Press] MORE ON AFGHANISTAN Taliban kills dozens of Afghan forces in multiple attackstoday Afghanistan: …

The culprits of the Rabaa Massacre sentence the victims to death Egypt has sentenced 75 prominent members or affiliates of the Muslim Brotherhood to death and delivered verdicts for a further 739 in a mass trial over the Rabaa massacre. Amnesty International described the trial as “a grotesque parody of …

Chinese authorities have ensnared tens, possibly hundreds of thousands of Muslim Chinese – and even foreign citizens – in mass internment camps. The re-education camps are shrouded in secrecy and operate outside of the legal system. Prisoners are physically and mentally tortured in efforts to quash religious beliefs and any …

27 August 2018 The death toll from floods and landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala has risen to 445, local media reported Sunday. Triggered by torrential monsoon rains, the floods and landslides have affected 800,000 people, while more than 5,600 people were shifted to relief camps. The search …

In 2016 a faction of the Turkish military attempted to forcibly remove the democratically elected leader of the country. The coup miserably failed as millions of ordinary Turks took to the streets in defiance of sections of the military. Shopkeepers, doctors, engineers and teachers marched onto the streets facing off …

Five years ago, at least 3000 people were martyred when they peacefully took to the streets in support of their elected President.[1] These deliberate murders—labelled a massacre by many—were carried out by Egyptian ‘Security’ Forces, which killed the people whom it was mandated and entrusted to protect. The orders to carry …

Mohamed Ameen Dabhelia – 2018/08/15 Chinese authorities in the Muslim region of Xinjiang have forced millions of Muslim Chinese, and even foreign citizens in mass internment camps. Uyghur activist Aidan Anwar told Radio Islam that the authorities want the Muslims to denounce Islam. “Adopt atheism and pledge allegiance to the …