Turgut Ozal Hospital in the capital city of Ankara refused to accept patients in the evening of failed coup attempt on 15 July 2015. A person who went for treatment said: “They [the staff] started to shout at us. They said “How dare you fight against the [rogue] soldiers? How dare you go out on …
Shooter screams: “you f*cking Turks!” before opening fire!
A video of the shooter arguing with residents shows him screaming “You fucking Turks!” according to one report. Perpetrator: “shit Turks.” … Perpetrator: “I am a German.” Residents: “A wanker you are!” Perpetrator: “I was born in Germany, in a Hartz-4- area” There are conflicting reports: we know that the shooter says “I’m a German” …
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French mayor shares Islamophobic cartoon on social media
French mayor shares Islamophobic cartoon on social media while 30 of the 84 victims were Muslims in Nice attack.
Counterprotests allowed in Köln during Democracy Rally against Turkish coup
Approximately 40.000 people with Turkish roots gathered in the German city of Cologne on Sunday to denounce the failed July 15 coup in Turkey and show solidarity for Turkish people and government. While this organization called “Democracy Rally against Coup” was rallying in Cologne, four counter-protests were allowed to take place elsewhere in the city, …
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Canada: 60 Migrants Detained Indefinitely Launch Hunger Strike
Nearly 60 immigrant men at two Ontario maximum security prisons Thursday entered the fourth day of a hunger strike to protest the Canadian policy of indefinite immigration detention that denies immigrants access to any judicial process. Between 2006 and 2014, under the Conservative government of former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Canada jailed over 87,000 immigrants …
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Florida islamic center is removed as a polling site after complaints and threats
For years, the Islamic Center of Boca Raton, Fla., served as a polling station for Palm Beach County voters.Since at least the year 2010, citizens have cast their votes within the pastel green walls of the mosque, whether it was for a presidential primary, a municipal election or a special primary. Last week, however, the …
Code Pink activist carrying a banner that read “Boycott Israel” was taken off the floor by security
Code Pink, a non-governmental organization describes itself as women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement, tried to protest Israel for supporting Palestinian human rights at the DNC (Democratic National Convention). Code Pink entered the convention halls to urge delegates to “support justice for Palestine.” They held banners that said “Free Palestine” or “Building Settlements Prohibits …
Children’s prison abuse scandal in Australia
On Monday evening, Four Corners, one of Australia’s peak investigative journalism programs, broadcast shocking footage of young detainees at the Don Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory being mistreated by staff. In one image, a young man, Dylan Voller, is strapped to a chair by his wrists and neck, and covered with a “spit …
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Australia Closes Embattled Offshore Prison for Asylum Seekers
Leaked documents reveal hundreds of incidents of abuse at the offshore refugee detention centers. Bowing to public pressure, Australia and Papua New Guinea Wednesday announced an agreement to close an Australian prison camp for asylum seekers on Manus Island, although it’s not at all clear what will happen to the nearly 800 refugees currently housed …
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2 Muslim women kicked off an American Airlines flight in Miami
Two American Muslim women were asked to leave an American Airlines plane after one of them talked to another passenger about the lack of water and food and a flight attendant said they had made him feel “unsafe”. Niala Mohammad, a journalist for the government-funded news outlet Voice of America, and her friend, who works …
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