Abdul Rahman
The number of forcibly displaced people in Myanmar has doubled in the last six months

In addition to the state-led violence against Rohingyas since 2017, the military’s violent suppression of resistance against its February 2021 coup is a major cause of displacement

Pakistani farmers launch a nationwide movement demanding fair prices for wheat

Pakistan’s new government has decided to drastically reduce the procurement of wheat this year amidst record production, creating fear among farmers of massive losses and distress to the rural population

Israel shuts down Al Jazeera operations in the country

The ban comes at a time when Israel prepares to invade Rafah despite serious concerns of the disastrous humanitarian crisis such an invasion would create for the over a million Palestinians trapped there

Media freedom faces unprecedented threats globally, reports say on World Press Freedom Day

Israel has killed over 100 Palestinian journalists in seven months of its war on Gaza while Julian Assange has spent over 1850 days in prison for merely doing his duty

US veto on Palestinian UN membership criticized as “irresponsible” and “disappointing”

The session held on May 1 was in response to the US veto on the April 18 vote over Palestine’s UN membership

After 13 years, Palestine renews attempts to become full member of the UN

Though 140 out of 193 UN members already recognize Palestinian statehood, it will depend on the UNSC to finally decide the fate of Palestinian membership bid

Regional resistance continue its support to the Palestinian people as Israeli war completes six months

The forces part of the regional Axis of Resistance continue to launch attacks on Israel and its allies despite retaliatory attacks

44% of all Palestinians killed by Israel since October 7 are children

Over 14,000 children have been killed and nearly 17,000 others have lost at least one or both of their parents in the Israeli bombings or ground offensives in the last six months in Gaza

Israel’s killing of seven aid workers in Gaza was intentional

Israel has killed aid workers and levelied false charges against agencies such as UNRWA, revealing its use of starvation as a weapon

The US and its allies refuse to condemn Israeli attacks on Iranian consulate in Syria

Iran and Syria claimed in the UN Security Council that the US is equally responsible for the Israeli attacks inside Syria but asserted that no amount of attacks can dissuade them from supporting Palestine

Israel passes law to ban Al-Jazeera, calls it a “terrorist channel”

Israel has already banned all foreign reporters from Gaza, making the flow of information about its genocidal war extremely difficult

Israeli occupation forces kill eight Palestinians in West Bank in large scale raids

Occupation forces deliberately target civilian infrastructure such as roads, hospitals and residential buildings during their raids inside the Palestinian towns and refugee camps