Journalist Ed Ou has travelled the world for his work, and he’s had his share of run-ins with authorities in Somalia, Bahrain, Yemen and Egypt. But he wasn’t expecting problems getting into the United States. In October, the CBC assigned the freelance reporter to cover the protests in Standing Rock, N.D., over the Dakota Access …
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The body of a 16-year-old Arab-Israeli was discovered yesterday morning in a park near the Arab town of Kisra Sumei in the western Galilee of northern Israel, Israeli media reports said. Israeli media outlet Ynet reported that the teen, Wijdan Abu Ahmed, was pronounced dead at the scene and was reportedly stabbed three times while …
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Civilians in regime-besieged neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo have faced severe bread shortages since Saturday, according to a local civil defense official. “Only three bakeries are still functioning to meet the needs of thousands of city residents,” Najib al-Ansari, a pro-opposition civil defense official based in Aleppo, told Anadolu Agency. “The bakeries don’t have the capacity …
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Sexual violence has become an effective tool of oppression for the Myanmar security forces who continue to raid villages in the country’s Rakhine state in search of insurgents, allege locals and the Rohingyas who have taken refuge in Bangladesh. This correspondent spoke with several Rohingya women who claimed to have been picked up by the …
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A commission probing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state said on Wednesday that there was no evidence of genocide or religious persecution against Rohingya Muslims. The interim report of the commission came days after a video emerged showing police beating civilians from the Muslim minority. The size of, what the report calls, the ‘Bengali’ population, mosques …
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A Muslim gathering in a small Myanmar town has been canceled due to a protest from a Buddhist nationalist group — the second such disturbance in the country this month. The event due to be held in the town of Pyay in Bago region, around 440 kilometers northwest of Myanmar’s former capital Yangon, was canceled …
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With renewed international attention on Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank, a closer look at how these Jewish-only colonies affect Palestinians is necessary. Settlements are not just illegal, as the recently passed UN Security Council resolution confirms, but devastating to those they exclude. Settlements do not just consist of creating housing for one ethno-religious …
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President Bush opened it amid global protest, President Obama vowed to close it. After 15 years the Guantanamo Bay prison camp does not just remain open, it could even experience a revival under President Trump. What began on January 11, 2002, with the transfer of 20 prisoners suspected of belonging to the Taliban and al …
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There were 762 murders in Chicago in 2016. It was the deadliest year in nearly two decades. The number alone doesn’t tell the entire story of Chicago’s bloodshed. There’s another statistic that points to a disturbing trend the city is facing: a surge. There was more than a 50% increase in murders in just one …
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After issuing orders to demolish their home and rounding them up in detention centers, Israel now plans to revoke the Jerusalem residency of the relatives of the man who ran a truck into a group of Israeli soldiers at a settlement near Jerusalem on Sunday, killing four and injuring more than a dozen others. The …
