Posts Tagged ‘criticised’

War on Gaza: French newspaper Liberation criticised over cartoon mocking starving Palestinians

12 March 2024 Social media users slam the illustration as racist and dehumanising, as experts warn that Gaza is on the brink of famine By Ayah El-Khaldi The French daily newspaper Liberation has come under fire for publishing a cartoon that mocks fasting Palestinians in Gaza searching for food. The cartoon by artist Corinne Rey depicts an emaciated Palestinian man chasing after […]

British dual-national who faces 25 years in jail for ‘treason’ after he criticised Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

The UK has sanctioned six figures involved in the trial of a British-Russian dissident for criticising Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, after the ‘unjustifiable’ decision to reject his appeal. Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has called for the immediate and unconditional release of dual-national Vladimir Kara-Murza, 41, who is facing 25 years in prison on ‘bogus’ charges […]

Ukraine war: Russia’s mobilisation, referenda criticised and Pope slams Ukrainians’ suffering

1. Vladimir Putin orders Russia’s first military mobilisation since WWII In an early-morning television address and on the back of a successful Kyiv counteroffensive in the Ukraine war, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War II. The decree published on the Kremlin’s website said the call-up would apply only to reservists with previous […]

Biden criticised by Sanders for visit to Saudi Arabia

US President Joe Biden has been criticised at home for his visit to Saudi Arabia. Senator Bernie Sanders said that it "rewards a dictatorship" and the visit shouldn't have occurred given the de facto Saudi ruler's "involvement in the murder of a journalist," Reuters has reported. Biden fist-bumped Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman shortly […]

Victorian Chief Health Officer Criticised National Roadmap For ‘Missing Recovery Phase’

Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton published a co-authored opinion piece in the Australian Medical Journal, criticising Australia’s national plan for missing an explicit “recovery phase” to address long-term health and economic impacts of the pandemic on Nov. 15. The commissioned article was co-authored with professor Stephen Duckett from the Royal Melbourne Institute of […]

Polish media law criticised for curbing freedoms faces uncertain future amid coalition splits

Polish media law faced an uncertain future on Wednesday amid splits in the ruling coalition over a proposal that could see a US-owned TV channel critical of the government lose its licence. The ruling nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party has long argued that foreign groups own too much of the media, distorting public debate, […]

UK’s New Internet Bill Criticised by Civil Liberties Groups

The UK government on Wednesday published the draft of a new “landmark” internet bill to regulate online space. The ambitious new bill (pdf), which is expected to be brought before Parliament in the coming months, is set to be the first major set of regulations for the internet anywhere in the world. It aims to […]

Before second deadly Capitol attack, lawmakers criticised extra security and balked at threat warnings

The second attack on the US Capitol building in under three months was preceded by pressure from mostly Republican lawmakers to remove extra security measures put in place after the first. One Capitol police officer was killed and another injured when a man rammed his vehicle into a checkpoint outside the building on Friday. The […]

London police criticised for clashing with mourners at vigil to remember Sarah Everard

London police were criticised on Saturday for their handling of a vigil to remember Sarah Everard, whose death has led to an officer being charged. The Metropolitan Police have defended their action, citing the pandemic and the ban on gatherings. Hundreds of people turned up Saturday in the Clapham area of London, near where Everard […]

Lauren Boebert criticised for calling Equality Act ‘supremacy of gays’

Controversial freshman lawmaker Lauren Boebert has been criticised online following her recent remarks about a bill banning discrimination of LGBT+ groups, calling the act “supremacy of gays”. On Wednesday, the Colorado representative appeared on Real America’s Voice, a right-leaning media network, where she lashed out at the Equality Act. Ms Boebert claimed that “there is […]

Move to relocate Rohingya refugees to remote island criticised by human rights groups

More than 1,600 Rohingya refugees are being relocated to a remote island as part of the first phase of a controversial relocation program launched by the Bangladeshi goverment. Some 1,640 men, women, and children are being moved from Bangladesh’s southern port of Chittagong to the remote island of Bhasan Char. Around a million Rohingya refugees […]

Slovenian government criticised for "suspending funding" to national press agency

The Slovenian government has faced a backlash from journalists after reports that it will suspend funding for the country’s national press agency. On Tuesday, a senior official indicated that funding had been halted for the Slovenian Press Agency (STA) for the next year. “We cannot finance STA or sign a new contract for 2021,” the […]

‘Shocking’: Police criticised over dismantling of Paris migrant camp

Police have come in for criticism after dismantling a new migrant camp in the centre of Paris. Volunteers had helped set up around 500 blue tents at the Place de la Republique in the heart of the French capital late on Monday, which were quickly filled by migrants, the majority from Afghanistan. Around an hour […]

Monument to icon Mary Wollstonecraft criticised for nudity

She is known as the mother of feminism. Born in 1759, Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th Century author, intellectual and radical who promoted the rights of women. Finally, a statue has been unveilled in London as a memorial to this great feminist thinker – but her supporters are not happy. The silvered-bronze sculpture by artist […]

‘Apartheid state’: israel’s human rights record criticised at UN

GENEVA – A fiery exchange between Iran and Israel broke out at the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday while South Africa labelled Israel an “apartheid state” over its treatment of Palestinians. The exchange came during a major review of Israel’s human rights record by more than 100 country delegates, including the 47-strong United Nations […]

Attributing the sentence that “Even Imam Mahdi (PBUH) can be criticised” to President is an absolute lie

president.ir- The Office of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran made an announcement in a reaction to untrue words about President’s speech at the meeting of the Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance and his deputies, stressing that attributing the sentence that “Even Imam Mahdi (PBUH) can be criticised” to President is an […]

[WATCH] Police Criticised After Officer Filmed “Deliberately” Kneeing Suspect Five Times

Mobile phone footage has emerged showing a police officer appearing to deliberately knee a suspect five times as his colleagues pinned him to the ground. Steven Walker was on his way home from work last Thursday when police descended on a suspected armed robbery at a local shop in Bolton, Greater Manchester. The shocked father-of-two […]

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