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Trouble is brewing in Pakistan. Six persons have died and more than two hundred have been injured. Activists of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah and Sunni Tehreek Pakistan religious groups who had blocked a key highway to Islamabad for nearly three weeks. The protesters have been laying siege to the capital for about three weeks demanding removal of Law Minister Zahid Hamid for changes in a law related to the Khatm-i-Nabuwwat (finality of prohpethood) oath in the Elections Act 2017.They alleged the action undermined Islamic beliefs and linked it to blasphemy.
Australia has decommissioned the Manus island detention centre. The plight of the refugess are pitiable and demonstrations are held across Australia.
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Protests In Pakistan Turn Violent And Emerging Role Of Other Forces
by Dr Vivek Kumar Srivastava
In Pakistan Street protests have affected cities like Imamabad, and is spreading in other cities as well. About six persons have died and more than two hundred have been injured. PTI has reported that the police aided by paramilitary Rangers and Frontier Constabulary yesterday launched a massive operation against activists of Tehreek-i-Khatm-i-Nabuwwat, Tehreek-i-Labaik Ya Rasool Allah and Sunni Tehreek Pakistan religious groups who had blocked a key highway to Islamabad for nearly three weeks.
The Violent Conclusion: Manus Island And The Clearing of Lombrom Naval Base
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
It was another etching in a chronicle of extended violence. For days, resistance by refugees and asylum seekers against forced removal from the Lombrom Naval Base on Manus Island had taken very public form. Images of defiance and distress were receiving international attention. With no electricity, with water supplies destroyed, things were getting dire.
Foreign Policy Blues: The Australian Foreign Policy White Paper
by Dr Binoy Kampmark
The White Paper reveals what is Australia’s self-imposed reality: that it cannot entirely escape from its role as Asian breadbasket, or supplier of commodities. Nor can it detach itself from its destiny as a US satellite. The best it can hope for is avoiding trouble altogether.
Cross Over To Where You Really Bear The Disappearing Bear On Your Back
by Rachel Olivia O'Connor
I submit that if one school district — anywhere — calls a disappearing bear a doomed bear in a world where none of us will be able to survive off of whales or hide in clear cut “woods”… they could get something going which would give us a shot at creating the watershed in history that’s now necessary. Any individual stands to do the same.
Silicon Valley As Richard II: Setting The Stage For Teachers
by Richard Oxman
We have a New National Religion now, and it’s all integrated into the Silicon Valley agenda. It must be made human again… humbled. And only a new generation of children are capable of teaching adults how to handle The Monstrosity of Our Times on a level that honors our common humanity.
Berlin-Moscow, Moscow-Berlin
by Gaither Stewart
PESCO or not, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that NATO is using every opportunity available to deploy as many of its soldiers along the Russian border as possible. Koller added that “Lavrov is right because NATO is 70 percent doing America’s bidding and has long ceased to fulfill its duty to defend Europe. Its main objective was defending Europe against the Warsaw Pact, which is no longer in existence. Secondly, in its standoff with Russia, the US will naturally opt for solutions where Europe will suffer the main casualties and America will emerge in a stronger position vis-à-vis European countries.”
Iran’s Apartheid Policies Destroy Ahwazi People And Environment
by Rahim Hamid
A new wave of dust storms has hit the cities of Ahwaz in the south and south west of the country, a phenomenon to which the Ahwazi people have become accustomed. Dust storms have become commonplace in throughout Ahwaz region.
Conflicts Over Resources
by Sally Dugman
Small scale and massive resource fights are totally understandable while predictable. They’ve been transpiring for millennia because practically everything alive needs to steal energy, directly or indirectly, from something or someone else to continue to exist. This transfer of energy, usually, involves killing.
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