Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif said that Pakistan paid homage to the thousands of Kashmiri martyrs especially of November 1947 who sacrificed their lives in their long struggle for freedom. “In utter denial of United Nations Security Council resolutions and in violation of international law, India has held illegal usurpation and illegitimate occupation of Kashmir. […]
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Biden vows to ‘fill the silence’ over 1921 massacre of African Americans
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday honored the forgotten victims of a 1921 massacre in the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the worst episodes of racist violence in US history. “I come here to help fill the silence because in silence wounds deepen,” Biden told an audience that included survivors of the Tulsa race […]
100 years after Tulsa massacre, Black residents await Biden, and reparations
In Tulsa, the city that still bears the scars of a 1921 racial massacre, African American residents are eagerly awaiting the arrival of President Joe Biden on Tuesday, hoping he will hear their call for financial reparations. “I just want him to feel our pain,” said local activist Kristi Williams. The Democratic leader will attend […]
New Zealand massacre suspect set to enter pleas, face new terrorism charge
Suspected white supremacist Brenton Tarrant is expected to enter pleas, and will face a new terrorism charge, when he appears in court on Friday over the mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch. In an attack on March 15 that was broadcast live on Facebook, a lone gunman armed with semi-automatic weapons targeted Muslims attending […]
Colorado school officials consider razing site of Columbine massacre
Public education officials in Colorado are considering a plan to tear down and rebuild Columbine High School, saying the site remains a “source of inspiration” for potential gun violence 20 years after a mass shooting there left 15 people dead. The idea was floated on Thursday in an open letter from the superintendent of Jefferson […]
Mali’s prime minister steps down as anger mounts over massacre
Mali’s prime minister resigned along with his entire government on Thursday following criticism over their handling of an upsurge of violence in the center of the country and a massacre last month that left 160 people dead. A statement from President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita’s office said he had accepted Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga’s resignation, along with […]
No official British apology for 1919 Amritsar Massacre
The Amritsar massacre, 100 years ago this Saturday in which British troops opened fire on thousands of unarmed protestors, remains one of the darkest hours of British colonial rule in India. Known in India as the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, it is still an emotive subject with many demanding a British apology — which so far […]
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised for insensitive content in Election Rallies
The mass shooting that occurred in New Zealand’s Christchurch on Friday, killed more than 50 worshipers of the Islamic faith after they became a victim of hate crime. The terrorist (which many around the world failed to acknowledge) Brenton Tarrant used a semi-automatic rifle and walked into a mosque continuously shooting at the followers, over […]