Military and police deployed across Congo’s capital on Monday amid fears of unrest on the last official day of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate. He intends to stay on after the midnight deadline, said a presidential adviser, who also advised there is “no possibility” of elections in 2017.
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Military deploys across Congo’s capital as Kabila stays on
Military and police deployed across Congo’s capital on Monday amid fears of unrest on the last official day of President Joseph Kabila’s mandate. He intends to stay on after the midnight deadline, said a presidential adviser, who also advised there is “no possibility” of elections in 2017.
Amnesty: Myanmar may be guilty of crimes against humanity
Amnesty International said Myanmar may be guilty of crimes against humanity in a report published Monday documenting a brutal “scorched earth” campaign against the Rohingya Muslim minority. “The Myanmar military has targeted Rohingya civilians in a callous and systematic campaign of violence,” Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International’s director for South-east Asia and the Pacific, said in a statement.
Amnesty warns Myanmar over treatment of Rohingya
Amnesty International has warned Myanmar that the actions of its military may constitute crimes against humanity, based on accounts of violence against the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority. Myanmar has come under heavy criticism for its army’s forceful treatment of the Rohingya.
Alleged BDS activist writer may be forced to leave Israel
A journalist who has allegedly engaged in activity supportive of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement may not be able to remain in Israel, the Government Press Office told The Jerusalem Post exclusively on Sunday. GPO director Nitzan Chen said he was leaning against renewing the press card of Antony Loewenstein, a Jerusalem- based freelance reporter who writes for The Guardian and other publications.
Newport-born actor Michael Sheen dismisses claims he is giving up acting full-time for activism
BORN actor Michael Sheen has dismissed claims that he is swapping Hollywood to become a full-time activist following an interview with the Times. The 47-year-old actor was quoted as saying that he could step back from his acting career to become more involved with political issues in his hometown of Port Talbot.
A rare view from inside South Sudan’s most-feared prison
More than 30 political detainees in South Sudan’s most notorious prison face torture, starvation or death, according to a Danish man detained alongside them for over two months before being released in late November. Henrik Tobiesen, a businessman and former United Nations de-mining worker who had lived in South Sudan for 11 years, told The Associated Press he was locked up for 67 days starting Sept.
Michael Sheen puts activism before acting to fight rise of ‘hard populist right’
Michael Sheen is stepping back from his acting career to fight against the rise of the “hard populist right” as an activist. Michael Sheen is stepping back from his acting career to fight against the rise of the “hard populist right” as an activist.