‘Get out of France’: Paris police tear gassing refugees and stealing blankets in freezing conditions, report reveals

Exclusive: ‘Alarming’ research shows almost two thirds of migrants ‘violently’ forced to move Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden Refugees sleeping on the streets in freezing conditions inParis are having their blankets and sleeping bags stolen by police while being “violently” forced to move on, a report has found. Research exclusively published by The Independent […]

Applying the brakes

Source: ET Prior to President Trump’s inauguration there was speculation as to whether or not he would be subject to the inbuilt checks and balances within the American system of governance. A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has demonstrated in the most decisive manner possible […]

Rising Islamophobia

Source: Dawn “A SPECTRE is haunting Europe — the spectre of Communism. All the Powers of old Europe have entered into a holy alliance to exorcise this spectre.” If adapted to the situation we now face, and have witnessed in the last three decades and more, these opening lines of […]

Thousands gathered at Jakarta mosque urged to vote for Muslim governor

   Reuters International FEB 11, 2017 –  Protesters pray during a rally against Jakarta incumbent governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama inside Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 11, 2017. REUTERS/Beawiharta (reuters_tickers) By Johan Purnama and Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Thousands of Indonesians gathered on Saturday at a mosque […]