Scholz is visiting Turkey in the wake of an EU summit focused on migration and amid an emotional debate on harsher asylum rules and increased deportations at home. Erdoğan, during a meeting which marks the 100th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Germany and Turkey, expressed a desire to move past prior difficulties in defense cooperation. … Read more
The British statement released Friday said only that this is “an area [on] which the U.K. and China must engage, even where viewpoints diverge.” That’s a far cry from Labour’s position in opposition. As Shadow Foreign Secretary, Lammy told POLITICO last March Labour would pursue legal routes towards declaring China’s crackdown on Uighur Muslims a … Read more
A demonstration was held at New Delhi’s landmark Jantar Mantar to show solidarity and condemn the Israeli genocide attack in Gaza on Monday, October 7, marking the first anniversary of the ongoing onslaught in war-torn Gaza. The protest was attended by renowned activists including Communist Party of India (Marxist) memberswho spoke out against Israeli aggression … Read more
Huge protests rocked central London on Saturday, October 5, marking the first anniversary of the Israeli aggression in war-torn Gaza. The protestors also raised their voices against the ongoing killings and invasion of Lebanon. Thousands participated in the powerful demonstration, including the holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos and British-Palestinian activist Leanne Mohamad who gathered to raise their voice against … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia has strongly called on all parties in the Middle East to urgently de-escalate the increasing hostilities and tensions that are destabilising the region. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in making the call, said continued aggression and attacks by Israel in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen are deliberate attempts to divert the global … Read more
In a significant move, Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg led a rally in Stockholm attended by thousands of people to condemn Israel’s “genocide” in war-torn Palestine and urged global action against Israel’s military aggression. The rally held on Saturday, September 21, drew significant attention as an estimated 5,000 people gathered to express solidarity with the … Read more
She also condemned the police’s actions, saying: “We will not accept the repression from Swedish police against students peacefully protesting against a genocide.” Thunberg, an activist best known for her campaigning on climate change, was arrested in Copenhagen last week during a pro-Palestine demonstration. According to Swedish media, the Stockholm police were alerted at 12:52 … Read more
There is no indication as yet that Mongolia plans to arrest Putin. If it fails to, it will likely face prosecution over its inaction, a legal expert told POLITICO. “Mongolia will most certainly be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court for breaching its duty of cooperation,” said Tamás Hoffmann, senior research fellow at the Institute … Read more
“I will never go to Serbia again as long as the dictator is in power,” Severina said on Monday. “I asked the law enforcement authorities why they did not arrest German Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently when he came to visit them, since Germany voted in the United Nations for the resolution on Srebrenica,” the singer … Read more
Nigeria has been identified as one of the countries standing the risk of facing war crimes probes for supplying crude oil and refined fuels to Israel amid the ongoing Gaza war. The Guardian reported that legal experts warned that Nigeria and the other countries, which are signatories to the Genocide Convention and Geneva Conventions, are … Read more
