The Muslim Judicial Council has urged Imāms to read the following statement of support and reflection on the life of Imām Abdullah Haron (Raḥimahu Allāh), to mark his birthday on Friday 8 February. This year marks the 50th year in which Imām Abdullah Haron was killed by the former apartheid[…]
Israeli forces on Monday afternoon detained former Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan, most famous for undertaking two grueling hunger strikes to secure his release from Israel’s prisons. Witnesses told Ma’an that an Israeli military vehicle stopped a private car Adnan was driving near Silwad village east of Ramallah and took him[…]
Israeli forces overnight Sunday detained 32 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Palestinian sources and the Israeli army said. In the village of Nabi Saleh northwest of Ramallah, Israeli forces detained six Palestinians after ransacking and searching their homes. They were identified as Anan Naji al-Tamimi, 20,[…]
German authorities have released Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, who had been detained at Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian government. Mansour’s lawyers, who told Al Jazeera of the German decision, were expected to meet him following his release on Monday. Earlier reports had said a court in[…]
A court in Germany is set to consider a request from Egypt to extradite Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was detained at Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian government. Egypt asked Germany and Interpol on Sunday to extradite Mansour, but prosecutors have said they have not yet[…]
OPINION by Dr Aayesha J Soni – The case of the well respected leader, teacher, dedicated humanitarian and South African citizen- Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni, has been in the mainstream media recently. When such a well-known and widely loved public figure such as Bassiouni is arbitrarily held in one[…]
The son of jailed Egyptian-born scholar, Sheikh Abdul Salam Jad Bassiouni has expressed concern over the treatment of his father, who has been held in a Cairo prison without charge since December. Bassiouni, who lives in and currently holds a South African passport, was arrested upon his arrive at the[…]
Malaysia’s parliament has passed an anti-terrorism bill that reintroduces detention without trial, three years after it was revoked by Prime Minister Najib Razak. Opposition members of parliament proposed several amendments to the legislation, under which individuals can be detained for up to two years with two-year extensions thereafter, but it[…]
The Palestinian Higher National Committee has lashed out against the “arbitrary decision” by Israeli military courts on Sunday to sentence Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Khalida Jarrar to six months’ administrative detention. In a statement released Tuesday, the PLO committee tasked with following developments at the International Criminal Court said[…]
Eugene de Kock is out of jail but has apparently been secretly handed over to security forces for detention against his will, The Star reported on Friday. His lawyer is planning to use a writ of habeus corpus, which is a demand to the authorities to produce a missing person[…]
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