{"id":81876,"date":"2020-04-20T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81876"},"modified":"2020-04-21T03:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:43:07","slug":"news-and-analysis-4-21-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=81876","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (4\/20\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Her &#8220;work has appeared in several publications including The Washington Post, The New Humanitarian, TRT World, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/features\/kashmir-empty-bed-signifies-life-lost-200114091520056.html\">Al Jazeera<\/a>, The Caravan and others&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/kashmir-journalist-charged-anti-national-social-media-posts-200420100952020.html\">Kashmir Journalist Charged for &#8216;Anti-national&#8217; Social Media Posts<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Iran&#8217;s FM &#8220;said his country would soon start exporting ventilators to the rest of the world&#8221; and that &#8220;the United States should stop interfering in the affairs of other nations&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/iran-reopens-shops-highways-coronavirus-pandemic-200420083322883.html\">Iran Reopens Shops, Highways amid the Coronavirus Pandemic<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Myanmar&#8217;s immigration chief says the prisoners released &#8220;after fears that its overcrowded prisons could become hotbeds for runaway coronavirus outbreaks&#8221; will be quarantined, but offered no details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/se-asia\/coronavirus-myanmar-ships-800-freed-rohingya-prisoners-back-to-rakhine\">Coronavirus: Myanmar Ships 800 Freed Rohingya Prisoners Back to Rakhine<\/a> (Straits Times)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;[M]any other prison systems seemed to almost view the situation as business as usual&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/coronavirus-by-releasing-swathes-of-prisoners-iran-and-turkey-are-setting-example-to-the-west-136563\">Coronavirus: by Releasing Swathes of Prisoners, Iran and Turkey Are Setting Example to the West<\/a> (The Conversation)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; yet despite Iran&#8217;s temporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/03\/hard-hit-iran-frees-prisoners-coronavirus-outbreak-200317110516495.html\">release<\/a> of &#8220;some 85,000 inmates, including political prisoners,&#8221; the director of the prison where  Fatemeh Khishvand is reportedly quarantined denies she has the coronavirus:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/04\/iranian-instagram-star-contracts-coronavirus-prison-200420070039545.html\">Iranian Instagram Star Contracts Coronavirus in Prison<\/a> (Al-Jazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of the pandemic challenges compounding the challenges of the occupation, Palestinians adopt new ways to observe Ramadan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2020\/04\/palestinians-prepare-for-somber-ramadan-under-quarantine\/\">Palestinians Prepare for Somber Ramadan Under Quarantine <\/a>(Mondoweiss) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Bahrain released political prisoners and resumed flights to Iran to bring Bahrainis home: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al-monitor.com\/pulse\/originals\/2020\/04\/bahrain-resume-flights-shiite-pilgrims-iran-coronavirus.html\">COVID-19 Crisis Pushes Bahrain to Resume Flights From Iran After 4-Year Halt<\/a> (Al-Monitor)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>CAIR alleges a Muslim health care worker and customer of La Mart wearing covering for protection from COVID-19 was tased by store security for declining to the covering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalgazette.com\/maryland\/cng-ho-coronavirus-la-mart-cair-20200415-rj42gcarfbdb3mx45nioo7lgda-story.html\">National Muslim Group Calls on Howard Police to Investigate Alleged Tasering Incident at LA Mart in Columbia<\/a> (Baltimore Sun \/ Capital Gazette) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>To underline the role of the military staff working in the front line fighting  coronavirus, Iran demonstrated medical equipment in its National Army Day:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/middle-east-news\/iran\/iran-displays-medical-gear-not-missiles-for-army-day-parade-amid-outbreak-1.8776533\">Iran Displays Medical Gear, Not Missiles, for National Army Day Parade Amid Outbreak<\/a> (Haaretz)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An &#8216;asymmetric&#8221; 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