Human Rights

WASHINGTON, March 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Indian Americans of different faiths rallied outside Indian consulates in major American cities on Friday evening to protest against the recent violence in Delhi that has killed at least 42 people, and injured hundreds.

Violence erupted in the Indian capital on Monday, leading to a three-day-long rampage, with Hindu mobs attacking Muslim homes, shops and mosques.

29 Feb 2020; MEMO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out against “massacres” committed against Muslims in India after riots in New Delhi left at least 33 dead.

“India right now has become a country where massacres are widespread. What massacres? Massacres of Muslims. By who? Hindus,” Erdogan said during a speech in Ankara after violence broke over a citizenship law.

29 Feb 2020; MEMO: America’s offer to help Iran in dealing with coronavirus is “ridiculous,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Friday, according to the Mehr news agency.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States had offered to help with the coronavirus response in Iran, and raised doubts about Tehran’s willingness to share information.

29 Feb 2020; MEMO: Two volleyball players from Brooklyn College showed solidarity with Palestinians by taking to their knees earlier this week during the playing of “Hatikvah”, Israel’s national anthem, before a match at Yeshiva University in New York.

New Delhi, Feb 29 (PTI) The situation in northeast Delhi was peaceful Saturday morning with residents gradually coming to terms with the damage in communal riots in the area earlier this week.

Security personnel have been conducting flag marches and holding regular consultations with locals to assuage their fears. They are also urging residents to not pay attention to rumours on social media and report them to the police.

Jaipur, Feb 28 (PTI) Barmer Superintendent of Police Sharad Chowdhary and a circle officer were removed from their posts over the custodial death of a 25-year-old Dalit man, the Rajasthan Assembly was told on Friday.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Shanti Dhariwal informed the House during the Zero Hour that no case was registered against scrap dealer Jeetu Khateek, who was detained by the police on Wednesday evening over suspicions that he was involved in a theft.

Khateek's family has alleged he was taken into illegal custody and beaten to death.

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) Yunus, 38, has been making frantic rounds of hospitals and mortuaries for the last five days, hoping to find his 16-year-old son Yusuf.

A Class XI student, Yusuf left his home in northeast Delhi's Chand Bagh, which has been wracked by violence for days, on Sunday to go to an eatery and hasn't returned since.

DHAKA, Feb 29 (NNN-BSS) – Thousands of people in Bangladesh staged demonstrations, protesting against violent clashes in the Indian capital, New Delhi.

After Friday’s weekly Jummah prayers, the protesters marched on the streets from Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in the city, chanting anti-Indian slogans.

Hundreds of anti-riot policemen were deployed to thwart any untoward incident, following the demonstration, joined by members of local political Islamic groups and organisations.

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 29 (NNN-WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinians were injured during clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers that broke out on Friday, in different areas in the West Bank, medics said.

Around 134 Palestinians were injured by Israeli soldiers’ gunfire, rubber bullets and tear gas, in the clashes, mainly near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, said the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Eyewitnesses said, demonstrators threw stones at Israeli soldiers in protest to earlier Israeli settlers’ assaults on south and west Nablus.

28 Feb 2020; MEMO: In a major international survey, only 37 per cent of Israelis said human rights groups should be able to operate freely, as reported by the Times of Israel.