{"id":78955,"date":"2020-01-01T12:47:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T17:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=78955"},"modified":"2020-01-02T13:18:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T18:18:48","slug":"news-and-analysis-1-1-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=78955","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (1\/1\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Enabling round the clock surveillance is the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s price for liberalized store hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/english.alarabiya.net\/en\/business\/economy\/2019\/12\/30\/Saudi-Arabia-to-allow-shops-and-businesses-to-open-24-hours.html\">Saudi Arabia to Allow Shops and Businesses to Open 24 Hours<\/a> (Alarabiya)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/01\/01\/792832307\/iran-is-accused-of-being-behind-attack-at-u-s-embassy-in-iraq\">Iran Is Accused of Being Behind Attack at U.S. Embassy in Iraq<\/a> (NPR)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2019\/12\/31\/trump-tweets-baghdad-protesters-sanchez-pkg-vpx.cnn\">Trump Tweets &#8216;Threat&#8217; to Iran over Embassy Attack<\/a> (CNN)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/01\/01\/irans-khamenei-strongly-condemns-us-attacks-in-iraq.html\">Iran-backed Militias and Protesters Begin to Withdraw from US Embassy in Iraq<\/a> (CNBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For 16 days, women in India&#8217;s capital, are leading protests over India&#8217;s citizenship law:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/12\/leave-women-lead-protest-india-capital-muslim-area-191230062707469.html\">&#8216;Won&#8217;t Leave&#8217;: Women Lead Protest in India Capital&#8217;s Muslim Area<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslim women abused and forced to have abortions in  China&#8217;s detention camp say they are unable to bring abusers to justice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2019\/12\/muslim-women-detained-china-claim-forced-abortions-191231153646467.html\">Muslim Women Detained in China Claim Forced Abortions<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In an aggressive campaign to transform and indoctrinate Muslim minorities mostly Uighurs and Kazakhs, Chinese officials pushing Xinjiang&#8217;s into cheap labors to supply Chinese factories:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/30\/world\/asia\/china-xinjiang-muslims-labor.html\">Inside China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Push to Turn Muslim Minorities into an Army of Workers<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/local\/anti-semitic-anti-muslim-flyers-found-dekalb-county-neighborhood\/5iS0ZsPOLYKlZiNGCAYVTI\/\">Anti-Semitic, Anti-Muslim Flyers Found in DeKalb County Neighborhood<\/a> (Atlanta Journal Constitution)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Esquire publishes a history of U.S. election meddling, and US political propaganda in other countries &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/news-politics\/politics\/a30363291\/jimmy-carter-shah-iran-hostage-crisis-ronald-reagan\/\">This Is What the Deep State Actually Looks Like<\/a> (Esquire)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and an Iranian rear admiral declares &#8220;the era of American free action in the region is over&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iran-warns-us-middle-east-dominance-over-naval-drills-russia-china-1479628\">Iran Warns <g class=\"gr_ gr_7 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"7\" data-gr-id=\"7\">U.S.<\/g> <g class=\"gr_ gr_8 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" id=\"8\" data-gr-id=\"8\">Its<\/g> Middle East Dominance Is Over After Naval Drills With Russia, China<\/a> (Newsweek)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Accountability has, until now, been largely missing in action throughout the 52-year-old occupation&#8221; &#8212; Michael Lynk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hrbodies\/sp\/countriesmandates\/ps\/pages\/srpalestine.aspx\">Special Rapporteur<\/a> for the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2019\/12\/1054541\">Israel\/Palestine War Crimes Probe \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcMomentous Step Forward\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Says UN Rights Expert<\/a> (UN News)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[M]ass arrests, torture, killings, use of excessive force, harassment, and intimidation&#8221; 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