Protests erupt in Iran
Iran’s largest anti-government protests since 2009 gathered strength on Saturday, spread to 80 cities.
Protesters have be reported small city of Oshnavieh, mostly Kurdish. Many fear a crackdown: “We are expecting blood,” said an Iranian Kurdish in Germany, who edits a news site. “It was an extremely stressful situation.”
In response, the authorities escalated their repression, including Open fire on the crowd. On Friday, state media said at least 35 people had been killed, but human rights groups said the number could be much higher. Activists and journalist have also been arrested, according to human rights groups and news reports.
Story: Protests were sparked by the death of Mahsa AminiA 22-year-old woman was arrested by the ethics police for allegedly violating the headscarf regulation. Women led the protests, some tore off their headscarves, waved them and burned them as the men cheered them on.
Text definition: Analysts say that deep resentment has been building for months in response to a crackdown ordered by Ebrahim Raisi, the hardline president, against women. Years of complaining about Covid’s corruption, economic and mismanagement, and widespread political repression played a role.
Japan buried Shinzo Abe
Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan who was assassinated in July, is expected to be buried tomorrow. National mourning led to widespread frustration and outcry.
Thousands of protesters took to the streets or signed petitions, complaining that the ceremony was a waste of public money. They also said that the funeral was imposed on the country by Fumio Kishida, the unpopular incumbent prime minister and his cabinet. Some polls show that more than 60 percent of the public opposes funerals.
Abe’s assassination also sparked uncomfortable revelations about the relationship between politicians in Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party, still in power, and the Unification Church, a marginalized religious group. The Korea-based group is accused of hunting vulnerable people in Japan, like the mother of the man accused of Abe’s murder.
Heritage: The backlash has also turned into a referendum on Abe’s tenure. While Abe has largely been popular on the global stage, he is much more divided in Japan, where he is involved in controversial decision and Scandal. One sociologist says: “Now people think, ‘Why didn’t more people get mad at the time?’.
Text definition: Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of killing Abe, wrote about his anger towards the Unification Church. One journalist said that Yamagami has become a sort of romantic anti-hero for some who feel oppressed by economic and social forces.
In two regions, Kherson and Zaporizka, all men aged 18 to 35 were banned from leaving the country and ordered to report for military service, Ukrainian officials and witnesses said. The rounds follow President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a “partial mobilization“Last week, that was also sweeping through hundreds of thousands of Russians.
Moscow is also forcing residents of the occupied regions to vote referendum held, beginning on Friday, upon joining Russia. Despite the votes, Ukrainian army continues to fight to regain territory. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, urges Ukrainians to avoid mobilization efforts”by anyway“And call on the Russians against Putin’s compulsion.
“Sabotage any enemy activity, interfere with any Russian activity, provide us with any important information about the occupiers – bases, headquarters, ammunition depots. theirs,” he said Friday. “And at the first opportunity, switch to our position. Do everything to save your life and help liberate Ukraine.”
Ukraine is making gains in the south, but the war lead to many casualties. And Ukraine is pushing to recapture areas in the northeast and south, dismissing Moscow’s threats of territorial annexation.
Draft: Russia’s call for reserve troops seems to attract more from minority groups and rural areas. Criticism is increasing, and at least 745 people was detained across Russia following the protests.
Death: Serhiy Sova’s body was unearthed from a tomb in Izium. A picture of a bracelet on his wrist in the colors of Ukraine, given to him by his children, transcended the nation.
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In 2002, the Joola ferry left Ziguinchor, Senegal, with about 1,900 people on board. It tilted, then flipped over. More people died on Joola than on the Titanic, and only 64 survived.
To commemorate the disaster, The Times’ West Africa correspondent, Elian Peltier, vividly reproduce the little-known event. Along with Mady Camara of Dakar’s office, Peltier met survivors who still bore scars.
“Their traumas are still very evident – insomnia and speech problems, alcoholism, depression, survivor guilt, to name just a few symptoms – but most of the time,” he said. as it is still not resolved.
A prosecutor concluded that only the captain, who had died, was to blame, although a separate report showed significant dysfunction, including warnings about the ship’s condition due to military action. executive team.
Relatives of most of the victims gave up their efforts to seek justice, focusing instead on lifting the wreck to honor their loved ones. More than 550 people have been buried, but most remain 59 feet below the Atlantic Ocean.
Elie Jean Bernard Diatta told our reporters: “The bump has hit these souls for the past 20 years. Her brother Michel died while taking 26 teenagers to a soccer tournament. “They talk to us in dreams, and they ask for only one thing: to rest underground,” she said.
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