{"id":82580,"date":"2020-06-29T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82580"},"modified":"2020-06-29T11:34:32","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T16:34:32","slug":"news-and-analysis-6-29-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=82580","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis (6\/29\/20)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Mayor Sam Liccardo said he expected any officer who made &#8216;racist, anti-Muslim or menacing comments&#8217; to be fired&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/4-san-jose-police-officers-on-leave-after-racist-facebook-posts-found\/\">4 San Jose Police Officers Placed on Leave After Racist, Anti-Muslim Facebook Posts Found<\/a> (KTLA)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A number of Lebanese media outlets &#8230; [defied] a judge&#8217;s ruling that banned local and foreign media from featuring her statements after she criticised Iran-backed Hezbollah in an interview last week&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/ambassador-appears-lebanese-tv-denounces-court-media-ban-200628163646096.html\">US Ambassador Appears on Lebanese TV, Denounces Court Media Ban<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Interpol is refusing to prosecute the assassination on the grounds that &#8220;its guidelines for notices forbids it from &#8216;any intervention or activities of a political&#8217; nature&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicoer.com\/2020\/06\/29\/iran-issues-arrest-warrant-for-trump-that-interpol-rejects\/\">Iran Wants to Arrest President Trump, Interpol Rejects the Warrant rRquest<\/a> (AP \/ Enterprise-Record)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;First, we have to fight when our loved ones are abducted and now we must flight for the simple right of internet access&#8221; &#8212; Mahrang Baloch, Baloch Students Action Committee:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/south-asia\/balochistan-students-internet-access\">Beaten for Demanding Internet Access, Balochistan Students Draw Parallels with Kashmir<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The state regularly subjects minority women to pregnancy checks, and forces intrauterine devices, sterilization and even abortion on hundreds of thousands, the interviews and data show&#8221;:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/269b3de1af34e17c1941a514f78d764c\">China Forces Birth Control on Uighurs to Suppress Population<\/a> (AP)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Caught between India&#8217;s oppression, internal disputes within the peaceful resistance, and natural disasters, Jammu and Kashmir see a renewed militancy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/06\/kashmir-muslims-fear-demographic-shift-thousands-residency-200627103940283.html\">Kashmir Muslims Fear Demographic Shift as Thousands Get Residency<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/security\/kashmir-slain-militants-mother-arrested-under-uapa\">Kashmir: Slain Militant&#8217;s Mother Arrested Under UAPA for &#8216;Recruiting Militants&#8217;<\/a> (The Wire)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-53221447\">Syed Ali Geelani: Kashmir Leader Quits Hurriyat Conference<\/a> (BBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/jk-govt-issues-order-to-stock-up-lpg-in-kashmir-as-highway-closures-spike-due-to-monsoon\/450817\/\">J&amp;K Govt Issues Order to Stock Up LPG in Kashmir as Highway Closures Spike Due to Monsoon<\/a> (The Print)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/national\/north-and-central\/is-new-militancy-rearing-its-head-in-kashmir-855058.html\">Is New Militancy Rearing Its Head in Kashmir?<\/a> (Deccan Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A generational shift  recognizes the similarity of police treatment of minorities in America to colonization tactics coincides with rising international opposition to Israel&#8217;s annexation plans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bangordailynews.com\/2020\/06\/28\/opinion\/contributors\/its-time-for-a-moral-awakening-on-israels-treatment-of-palestine\/\">It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Time for a Moral Awakening on Israel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Treatment of Palestine<\/a> (Bangor Daily News)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/opinion\/annexation-palestine-netanyahu-calculus-200626104214700.html\">Annexation in Palestine and Netanyahu&#8217;s Calculus<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Muslim youths compassionate rescue of an injured bull goes viral:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/state\/mangaluru\/bull-rescued-by-muslim-youths-854742.html\">Bull Rescued by Muslim Youths<\/a> (Deccan Herald)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>US sanctions against Iran hasten Tehran&#8217;s plan towards self-sufficiency:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.xinhuanet.com\/english\/2020-06\/28\/c_139173348.htm\">Iran Offers Projects, Supports for Domestic Auto Parts Producers <\/a>(Xinhua)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Mayor Sam Liccardo said he expected any officer who made &#8216;racist, anti-Muslim or menacing comments&#8217; 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