[AnNahar] A Nigerian court has ordered the secret police to allow a detained pro-Iranian holy man to see his personal doctors as his health was worsening, his legal team said on Tuesday.
Ibrahim Zakzaky,
...former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, he converted to Shi'ism after a visit to Iran, and now is a fiery Iranian sockpuppet. He is also in our archives as Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky...
leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN),
...the visible expression of Iran's Khomeinist effort. Like the Muslim Brotherhood, spinoff groups are much more violent. One of the spinoffs from the IMN is currently known as Boko Haram...
has been held in Department of State Service (DSS) custody since December 2015.
He was placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! as part of a military crackdown on IMN supporters in the northern city of Zaria, in which troops killed more than 300 and buried them in mass graves.
"We applied to the court today (Tuesday) for an order directing the DSS to give access to his personal doctors to enable them to treat him in jug," Maxwell Kyon told AFP by telephone from court in the northern city of Kaduna.
"The court granted the order and directed that the DSS should allow his personal doctors access to him."
Kyon, who said Zakzaky was present at Tuesday's hearing, said the ruling was necessitated by his ailing health.
"My client is not given any special medical attention," he added.
"Every time you see him his health condition appears worse. It is only when he receives special medical care that his health condition will improve."
During the hearing, charges against two IMN supporters were struck out after the prosecution failed to produce them in court, he added. The case was adjourned to March 25.
Zakzaky's supporters have repeatedly protested in Abuja and several northern cities against the continued detention of their leader.
In October, the IMN and human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... groups said more than 40 people were killed when the security forces opened fire on crowds on the outskirts of the capital.
The army maintained six people died and that soldiers acted in self-defense.
Zakzaky and the IMN have been at loggerheads with the government for years because of his call for an Iranian-style Islamic revolution in Nigeria.
Northern Nigeria is predominantly Sunni Moslem.
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"My client is not given any special medical attention," he added.
"Every time you see him his health condition appears worse. It is only when he receives special medical care that his health condition will improve."
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I'm sure Boko Haram has some medical folks that could help him.
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[DAWN] A drunk passenger on a Russian domestic flight demanded the plane change course, reportedly to fly to Afghanistan, forcing an emergency landing in Siberia on Tuesday.
The Aeroflot plane, travelling from Surgut in western Siberia to Moscow, landed in the nearby city Khanty-Mansiysk instead.
Russia's Investigative Committee said the man ‐ who was not identified ‐ was "in a state of inebriation".
He was detained after the aircraft landed in Khanty-Mansiysk, some 2,600 kilometres (1,600 miles) east of Moscow.
A criminal probe was opened into the incident, Sherlocks said.
"Threatening that he had a weapon, he tried to break into the cockpit during the flight and demanded to change the course of the aircraft," Sherlocks said in a statement.
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[Rudaw] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... temporarily closed a border crossing with Duhok province due to alleged activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
"Turkey closed the gate temporarily on Tuesday due to PKK activities in Kani Mase area," a source told Rudaw.
Sarbast Akraye, a municipal official from Kani Mase, also confirmed the report.
Ottoman Turkish media reported the Hakkari governor also confirmed the gate had been shut.
Governor Idris Akbiyik said the gate will stay closed until he orders it open, Hakkari Haber news agency reported.
The Sarzer border crossing near Duhok’s Amedi town was opened four years ago. It is typically open 8 am to 5 pm and sees as many as 750 people passing through daily.
The PKK has its headquarters in the Kurdistan Region’s Qandil mountain area. Turkey regularly conducts cross-border operations against alleged PKK positions, launching Arclight airstrikes and occasionally ground incursions.
[DAWN] The Lahore High Court on Tuesday summoned Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Inspector General of Police (IGP) Amjad Javed Saleemi to court while taking up a petition demanding an impartial inquiry into the Sahiwal killings through a judicial commission.
The elite Punjab police had in a fake encounter on Saturday killed four people, including parents Khalil and Nabeela, their teenage daughter, and neighbour Zeeshan, sending shock waves across the country as one of the couple's three surviving children who were witness to the episode denied the official version in a video that went viral on social media.
The Punjab government maintained that Zeeshan had links to ISIS and was "working with terrorists", and that the slain family members were all "collateral damage". Following the incident, a joint investigation team (JIT) was formed to probe the matter, and a first information report was registered against the CTD officials involved in the operation, who were taken into custody on the chief minister's orders.
Lawyer Mian Asif Mahmood had on Monday petitioned the LHC arguing that the JIT formed by the provincial government would not be able to find out the truth and hold the responsible police personnel accountable for their crime.
The petitioner contended that the incident was "a matter of people's lives and the high court holds the authority to investigate". It argued that the government should have created a commission to inquire into the counter, rather "it formed a JIT and did away with its responsibility".
The government does not want a transparent inquiry into the Sahiwal incident, the petitioner claimed, calling for the formation of a judicial commission headed by a sitting judge to look into the matter and accord punishment to those responsible for the deaths.
He pointed out that the statistics of Punjab police revealed that it conducted 247 encounters in 2017, 91 in 2018 and about seven were reported during the first month of 2019.
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[DAWN] Police in southern India are investigating a suspected attempt to illegally transport scores of Indians on an overcrowded boat to New Zealand.
The additional superintendent of police in Kerala state said police were questioning people who failed to board the fishing boat, who said it left nine days ago for New Zealand.
Sojan, who uses one name, said police began investigating when they found dozens of abandoned bags containing dried fruit and "everything needed for a sea journey" near the harbour in Kochi in Kerala state.
"The boat is gone, that's for sure," he said by telephone on Monday.
Police believe the fishing boat was so overcrowded that people had to leave their luggage behind. Sojan said it was unclear where the boat might be.
"We have not been able to trace the boat so far, no radio connection, no radar, nothing is coming out," Sojan said. "It was a fishing boat, not a passenger boat. The boat had been purchased just for this purpose."
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[DAWN] IT was only a matter of time before yet another account emerged of innocents losing their lives at the hands of an out of control police. And so it turned out on Saturday, when a couple along with their daughter and a friend were rubbed out by law enforcement officials near Sahiwal.
Of the couple’s other minor children on the scene, the son escaped with a bullet injury while two daughters remained unhurt.
The police (particularly in Sindh and Punjab) have become accustomed to glibly using the pretext of fighting terrorism to cover up egregious abuses of power.
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[AnNahar] The Paleostinian government will refuse all U.S. government aid for fear of lawsuits, officials said Tuesday, throwing the future of security coordination and projects already under way into doubt. Yet another Paleostinian foot shot. No skin off our fore if they don't want our filthy lucre.
Senior official Saeb Erekat ...negotiated the Oslo Accords with Israel. He has been chief Paleostinian negotiator since 1995. He is currently negotiating with Israel to establish a de jure Paleostinian state... confirmed U.S. media reports that the Paleostinians had demanded all funding stop at the end of the January for fear they would expose themselves to costly law suits under the U.S. Anti Terrorism Clarification Act (ATCA) which is about to come into force.
"The government sent an official letter to the U.S. administration requesting it stop all aid to the Paleostinian Authority, including assistance to the Paleostinian security services," Erekat told AFP.
He said the main reason for the move was the ATCA legislation, under which the financial aid provided by the U.S. could be used as a means "for various groups to file lawsuits against the Paleostinian Authority."
U.S. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... had already pledged to cut almost all humanitarian aid to the Paleostinians amid a dispute with President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , but projects were being phased out gradually.
The planned expansion of a school near Bethlehem will now not be completed, while infrastructure projects in Jericho and other towns will also stop.
The U.S. also provides roughly $50 million in annual support for Paleostinian security services, including to support security coordination with Israel that Israeli officials say is crucial for maintaining calm in the West Bank.
This funding was not cut off by the U.S. government despite humanitarian aid cuts but will now be stopped.
The ATCA legislation passed by Congress last year provides for any government that receives funding to be subject to U.S. counterterrorism laws.
The Paleostinian Authority faces potential lawsuits from families of American victims of past Paleostinian attacks.
The U.S. consulate in Jerusalem confirmed Tuesday it was "working through" the potential impact of ATCA and had "taken steps to wind down certain projects and programs in the West Bank and Gazoo."
Erekat played down the ending of U.S. funding saying it would "not impact on the role of the security services."
However, if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... a senior Paleostinian security official told AFP the impact could be significant.
The search is on for new sources of funding in Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and elsewhere, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... A handful of U.S. contractors working to support the security services have already left the Paleostinian territories ahead of the end of the month, he added.
[AlAhram] Jordan on Monday reopened its main border crossing with war-torn Syria, a key Middle East trade route, after a three year closure, an AFP photographer reported.
The black metal border gate was opened from the Jordanian side of the crossing at 8:00 am (0500 GMT) as more than a dozen police and customs officials stood nearby, the photographer said.
Several cars bearing Jordanian license plates queued to enter Syria, the photographer added, as travellers expressed their joy at being able to cross the border.
"Today is a celebration for us and I wanted to be among the first to cross the border," said Syrian businessman Mohammed Hisham as he waited for his turn to enter Syria from Jordan where he now lives.
Jordanian taxi driver Imad Sariheen called the reopening of Jaber a source of "great happiness for all of us" which will help ease "economic hardships" caused by the closure of the crossing.
"Our conditions have worsened over the past years. Our work (driving taxis) was halted because of the closure of the border between Jordan and Syria," he added.
The border crossing, known as Jaber on the Jordanian side and Nassib on the Syrian side, was a key trade route before Amman closed it after the post was overrun by rebels in April 2015.
The crossing was a major link not only for direct trade between the neighbouring countries but also for longer-distance transit, which was a significant source of revenue.
The reopening comes after Syrian government troops retook their side of the crossing in July under a deal with rebel fighters brokered by Moscow.
After seven years of civil war, Syria's government has recaptured large swathes of territory from rebels with backing from Russia, but it still only controls around half the 19 crossing points with neighbours Leb, Jordan, Iraq and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... Jordanian government spokeswoman Jumana Ghneimat announced the intended reopening of the Jaber crossing on Sunday.
She said in a statement that the decision was taken after "Jordanian and Syrian technical teams agreed on the final measures needed to reopen the border during a meeting held at the Jaber crossing".
Syria's Interior Minister Mohammed al-Shaar also confirmed on Sunday the decision to reopen Jaber.
According to an agreement between Jordan and Syria seen by AFP, the traffic of passenger and goods at the border crossing will resume daily from 0500 GMT to 1300 GMT.
Syria also requested that Jordan send an expert to help with border checks at Nassib where there are no X-ray machines, according to the terms of the agreement.
The accord stipulated that travellers entering Jordan from Syria "must obtain prior to their trip a security permit" from Jordanian authorities.
And those who plan to use Jordan as a transit stop en route to a third country must show proof of their residency permit in Syria as well as an entry visa to the country they plan to visit.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
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[DAWN] IT was only a matter of time before yet another account emerged of innocents losing their lives at the hands of an out of control police. And so it turned out on Saturday, when a couple along with their daughter and a friend were 
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
