News and Analysis (1/1/20)

Enabling round the clock surveillance is the government’s price for liberalized store hours:

• Saudi Arabia to Allow Shops and Businesses to Open 24 Hours (Alarabiya)

The U.S. called the demonstrations in Iraq a protest against Iranian intervention while Iran accused the U.S. of fomenting violence; now the shoe is on the other foot:

• Iran Is Accused of Being Behind Attack at U.S. Embassy in Iraq (NPR)
• Trump Tweets ‘Threat’ to Iran over Embassy Attack (CNN)
• Iran-backed Militias and Protesters Begin to Withdraw from US Embassy in Iraq (CNBC)

For 16 days, women in India’s capital, are leading protests over India’s citizenship law:

• ‘Won’t Leave’: Women Lead Protest in India Capital’s Muslim Area (Al-Jazeera)

Muslim women abused and forced to have abortions in China’s detention camp say they are unable to bring abusers to justice:

• Muslim Women Detained in China Claim Forced Abortions (Al-Jazeera)

In an aggressive campaign to transform and indoctrinate Muslim minorities mostly Uighurs and Kazakhs, Chinese officials pushing Xinjiang’s into cheap labors to supply Chinese factories:

• Inside China’s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities into an Army of Workers (NY Times)

The Department of homeland security of Dekalb County, Georgia, is investigating a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim flyers found in homes and cars:

• Anti-Semitic, Anti-Muslim Flyers Found in DeKalb County Neighborhood (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

Esquire publishes a history of U.S. election meddling, and US political propaganda in other countries …

• This Is What the Deep State Actually Looks Like (Esquire)

… and an Iranian rear admiral declares “the era of American free action in the region is over”:

• Iran Warns U.S. Its Middle East Dominance Is Over After Naval Drills With Russia, China (Newsweek)

“Accountability has, until now, been largely missing in action throughout the 52-year-old occupation” — Michael Lynk, Special Rapporteur for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory:

• Israel/Palestine War Crimes Probe ‘Momentous Step Forward’, Says UN Rights Expert (UN News)

“[M]ass arrests, torture, killings, use of excessive force, harassment, and intimidation” following the India’s removal of Kashmir’s special status have changed everything:

• How 2019 Changed the Kashmir Dispute Forever (Al-Jazeera)