THE WORLD THIS WEEK
New York under state of emergency
After WHO declares “Omicron” as a variant of concern, New York is under a state of emergency, this covid strain B. 1. 1.529 is first detected in Southern Africa and the most troubling category of Covid-19, “this variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning” says WHO. On Thursday health officials declared five new cases of this new variant, most of them are recently travelled to South Africa. Currently, it was reported from South Africa on 24 November and in Botswana, Belgium, Hong Kong, and Israel. Some of the countries like the EU, UK and US already started taking quick actions.
Pakistan to give booster shots to its citizens
Pakistan approves booster shots for health care workers on Wednesday for healthcare workers, immunocompromised people and those aged 50 above, this vaccine is free and would be given after 6months from the last dose. This step is taken in the awakening of a new variant Omicorn of Covid 19. The government already established more than 40 call centres in the country to contact those who didn’t receive their second dose yet.
Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri accused of spying
Former president of Argentina Mauricio Macri accused of supervising an operation spying on the family members of 44 sailors in 2017, sailors were killed in a navy submarine sinking. Under charges, the president was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison. Previously he had submitted a written statement to the court saying: “I did not spy on anyone; I never ordered my government to spy on anyone.”
On Wednesday, he dismissed the charges as “political persecution”. Earlier Macri had asked for the case to be thrown out as the court did not have the authority to lift secrecy provisions on state intelligence to allow him to testify. That request was rejected.
More investigation needed in Yemen atrocities
During Yemen's seven-year conflict there were some serious human rights violations happening including war crimes and crimes against humanity
More than 60 organizations including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International urged the UN General Assembly to establish an investigative body to gather and preserve evidence. Yemen has been shuddered by civil war since 2014 when Iran-backed Houthi rebels took control of the capital, Sanaa, and much of the northern part of the country. Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International, told at a press conference, "For too long, parties to the conflict in Yemen, including Saudi Arabia and Houthi forces, have committed atrocities with impunity."
Mob lynching against blasphemy
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On Friday over blasphemy allegations, a Sri Lankan citizen Priyantha Kumara, aged 40 was working as general manager of the garment factory in Sialkot district was lynched and his body burnt by supporters of a hardline Islamist party. Mr Kumara tore a poster of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) which included some Quran verses adjoining the wall of his office and threw it in the dustbin, after which hundreds of TLP supporters and activists gather outside the factory and dragged out the suspect from the factory and tortured him and later burnt his body until police reach there, Prime Minister Imran Khan taking to Twitter condemned about the situation and said, “The horrific vigilante attack on a factory in Sialkot and the burning alive of Sri Lankan manager is a day of shame for Pakistan.”
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Shadman Alam
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