Human Rights

20 Sep 2019; MEMO: Russia and China yesterday vetoed a resolution at the United Nations (UN) Security Council that called for a ceasefire in Syria’s north-western province of Idlib, revealing the deep divisions in the UN’s most powerful body regarding the eight-year civil war.

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear the Ram Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid dispute case for an extra hour next Monday.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which was hearing the decades-old politically sensitive land dispute on 28th day, told the counsel for both the Hindu and Muslim parties that it has decided to rise at 5 pm instead of 4 pm on September 23, which is the scheduled time to wrap up the day's proceedings in the apex court.

United Nations, Sep 20 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is likely to use the opportunity of discussions during the high-level UN General Assembly session that begins here next week to raise the Kashmir issue, the UN chief's spokesperson has said.

Nashik, Sep 19 (PTI) Around 20 workers of the Nationalist Congress Party were detained by police ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Maharashtra's Nashik city on Thursday.

Those detained included city NCP president Ranjan Thakare and state vice-president Nanasaheb Mahale and also some women.

It was a preventive measure as NCP workers had staged a protest during chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' rally here on Wednesday, said an official of Ambad police station.

All of them were released in the evening, he said.

KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A U.S. drone strike intended to hit Daesh hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s labour in the fields, officials said.

The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and labourers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir Tangi in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said.

“The workers had lit a bonfire and were sitting together when a drone targeted them,” tribal elder Malik Rahat Gul said.

19 Sep 2019; MEMO: Germany had renewed a freeze on the delivery of arms to Saudi Arabia until March 2020, DW reported a government spokesman saying yesterday.

19 Sep 2019; MEMO: Saudi authorities have unexpectedly transferred a number of detained scholars and clerics to the capital Riyadh in order to prepare them for their trial.

Abdullah Al-Ouda, the son of prominent scholar Salman Al-Ouda, wrote on Twitter today that authorities had quickly moved his father to the capital after the court date was brought forward, taking the family by surprise as his original court date was set to be over a month away.

19 Sep 2019; MEMO: Amnesty International yesterday renewed its call for “international justice” for Palestinian victims of Israeli occupation forces after a woman was shot and killed at a checkpoint.

New Delhi, Sep 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Wednesday said parties to the Ram-Janmabhoomi Babri Masjid land dispute case can amicably resolve the matter through mediation if they want to and that it wants day-to-day hearings in the case to be concluded by October 18.

A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said it has received a letter from former apex court judge F M I Kalifulla, who was heading the three-member mediation panel, saying some parties have written to him for resumption of the mediation process.

Srinagar, Sep 18 (PTI) The situation in Kashmir showed some signs of normalcy on Wednesday with more private vehicles plying on roads and street vendors resuming their business though markets and commercial establishments remained shut and students stayed away from schools.