UAE has accused al-Jazeera TV station of spreading sectarianism and promoting violence and anti-Semitism in response to UN’s refusal to call on the Arab countries that have boycotted Doha to shut the channel. UAE Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, addressing his country’s concernsRead more
Angelina Jolie said that discriminating against refugees for their religion or country of origin “invites the very instability we seek to protect ourselves against.”
She said in a New York Times editorial Thursday that the US decision to suspend refugee resettlements and visits from several Muslim-majority countries is not the American way. Trump has not responded to Jolie’s open letter.Read more
Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit sent messages to the UN high commissioner for refugees, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the director-general of WHO, the director-general of the International Organization for Migration and the executive director of UNICEF urging them for taking action to improve conditions the Syrian city of Aleppo.
A statement byRead more