Tag: justice

Shireen Abu Akleh Was Deliberately Killed By an Israeli Sniper, Claims New Investigation Report

A joint investigation conducted by London-based research group Forensic Architecture and Palestinian group Al-Haq claimed on Tuesday, September 20, that Israeli forces deliberately shot Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and called it an “extrajudicial killing.” It used advanced spatial technology and data and video evidence provided by Al-Jazeera to recreate the act of the Israeli sniper. The report released on their websites… Read More Shireen Abu Akleh Was Deliberately Killed By an Israeli Sniper, Claims New Investigation Report

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Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware

Daniel Boffey The wife of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is preparing a lawsuit in the US against the spyware maker NSO Group, claiming she was targeted with the Israeli company’s Pegasus software. Hanan Elatr, 52, is also planning to sue the governments of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their involvement in the alleged attempts… Read More Jamal Khashoggi’s wife to sue NSO Group over Pegasus spyware

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Iran Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists To Death For ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

NB: The Iranian theocracy is a criminal and inhuman regime. Those who equate the rule of law with justice; or those who believe that Almighty God requires people to be murdered for same-sex love; or those who think men with long beards are in direct communication with God, are pathologically insane. These deranged men also… Read More Iran Sentences Two LGBTQ Activists To Death For ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

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Infirm Logic: How the SIT report gave the Modi government a free pass on the 2002 violence

HARTOSH SINGH BAL IN JUNE THIS YEAR, the Supreme Court dismissed charges of criminal conspiracy against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in relation to the 2002 Gujarat violence. Immediately after the judgment, the Gujarat police arrested the activist Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar, a former director general of the state police. Along with the former… Read More Infirm Logic: How the SIT report gave the Modi government a free pass on the 2002 violence

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Standing Still

The absence of justice for the Maliana massacre is a blot on our democracy PRABHJIT SINGH It has been thirty-five years since 72 Muslims were brutally killed in the small town of Maliana, in Uttar Pradesh, during communal violence in Meerut district. Their families still await even the first glimmer of justice. The Maliana case,… Read More Standing Still

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Teesta Setalvad gets interim bail in 2002 Gujarat riots case

Activist Teesta Setalvad was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court on Friday in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots case.Teesta Setalvad is accused of drafting false statements of witnesses and submitting them before the Nanavati commission set up to investigate the riots. Granting interim bail to Teesta Setalvad, the Supreme Court asked her to… Read More Teesta Setalvad gets interim bail in 2002 Gujarat riots case

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‘Corrupt as hell’: Demands surge for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign amid new details of wife’s election scheming

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced fresh calls to step down Thursday after new reporting revealed that his wife’s involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election was broader than previously known, extending to the battleground state of Wisconsin as well as Arizona. Emails obtained by the Washington Post and the organization Documented show that Ginni Thomas, a… Read More ‘Corrupt as hell’: Demands surge for US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign amid new details of wife’s election scheming

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Avay Shukla on the Bilkis Bano case: How much further can we sink as a Nation?

Nothing reveals better the depths to which we have sunk as a nation and a polity than the remission granted to the 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano case, and the events surrounding this depraved decision. One can’t help but notice that the muted reaction to the release of these rapists/ murderers is in sharp… Read More Avay Shukla on the Bilkis Bano case: How much further can we sink as a Nation?

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In Turning India into a Tyranny, Modi Has Made Economic ‘Crimes’ His Latest Weapon

Prem Shankar Jha Eight years into government by Narendra Modi, it is no longer possible to pretend that India’s multi-ethnic, multi-religious democracy is not in acute danger. The reason is the collapse of the judiciary, the only pillar of democracy that had remained standing after the second victory of the Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)… Read More In Turning India into a Tyranny, Modi Has Made Economic ‘Crimes’ His Latest Weapon

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U.S. v. Donald Trump: What comes after FBI raid? I know one thing: Be afraid

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA The Department of Justice is now formally investigating Donald Trump for serious possible, crimes including violating the Espionage Act and obstruction of justice in connection to his unlawful possession of top secret and highly classified materials. During a court-ordered search of his Mar-a-Lago resort and home last week, the FBI retrieved 11 sets of classified… Read More U.S. v. Donald Trump: What comes after FBI raid? I know one thing: Be afraid

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