200/2018 • 01 SEPTEMBER, 2018 WEEKEND ISSUE
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Journalist Deniz Yücel to sue Turkey over imprisonment In a short message on Twitter, media watchdog Reporters Without Borders announced Wednesday that GermanTurkish journalist Deniz Yücel will sue Turkish authorities for detaining him "unlawfully." The Turkish branch of the Paris-based organization said that Yücel is demanding one million Turkish liras (€130,000, $152,000) in damages for his detention. The correspondent for German daily Die Welt will be represented by his lawyer, Veysel Ok. The hearing is set for September 25 in Istanbul.
Amnesty accuses Turkey of ʼturning blind eyeʼ to abuses in Afrin Human rights organization Amnesty International accused Turkey on Thursday of allowing Syrian armed groups to commit a wide range of violations against civilians in Afrin. Turkish forces aided by allied rebelscaptured the northern Syrian townin March from the US-backed Kurdish Peopleʼs Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara considers a terrorist group.According to Amnestyʼs research, scores of displaced residents have since returned to their homes, only to be subjected to rights abuses. Read more:Turkeyʼs military offensive against Kurdish-held Afrin: What you need to know Amnesty interviewed 32 people, both current and former Afrin residents, between May and July 2018, who said: Residents in Afrin are enduring "arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, confiscation of property and looting."Most of the abuses were "at the hands of Syrian groups that have been equipped and armed by Turkey."Some of the rebel groups and Turkish armed forces had "taken over schools, disrupting the education for thousands of children."
Donald Trump: China ʼnot helpfulʼ with North Korea Trump praised his relationship with Kim Jong-Un as a very good and warm one
President Donald Trump said China was applying "tremendous pressure" on North Korea due to its trade disputes with the US. Trump praised his relationship with Kim Jong-Un as "a very good and warm one."
Outcry in Uganda over compulsory HIV test 19-year-old Methia Nalukwago, a student at Makerere University in the capital Kampala, is excited by the proposal to have all students undergo compulsory HIV/AIDS testing. Some students, she says, have been living in denial. "Our friends, we study with them but you look at someone and you are like, ʼare you sure you are not sick or something like that?ʼ Of course you never come out to tell them but you feel it deep down inside you, this person must be sick because of the symptoms that show," Nalukwago told DW. "Compulsory testing for HIV will help us know our HIV status and where we stand." Studies
conducted by the Ugandan AIDS Commission show lack of sufficient information among the youth is contributing to an increase of HIV. Jane Were, the head teacher of Forest Hill College in Mukono district located 21 kilometers (13 miles) east of Kampala, said they are grappling with HIV in schools. She said the situation has been made worse by parents who mislead their children on what they are actually suffering from. "We have situations where parents lie to students about these [anti-retroviral] drugs. There are parents who tell children they have other ailments other than HIV," Were said.
Andy Murray jokes #liarliarpantsonfire in Fernando Verdasco heat break disagreement Andy Murray joked he needs a check-up as he has "started imagining things" after Fernando Verdasco denied he spoke to his coach during the heat break in their US Open second-round tie. Players are not allowed to be coached during breaks for extreme heat. Murray reported Verdasco,who won in four sets,but the Spaniard said: "I donʼt want to say that Andy lied but I didnʼt talk one word with my coach." Murray later posted a response using the hashtag #liarliarpantsonfire. Writing onInstagram,the former world
number one thanked fans for their support and joked: "Iʼm off to get a health check as apparently Iʼve started imagining things." Earlier, following his 7-5 2-6 6-4 6-4 defeat, Murray had said Verdasco and his coaching team "probably werenʼt aware of the rule" about heat breaks. "When I came out of the shower, his coach and one of the Spanish doubles players were in there chatting to him, and youʼre not allowed to speak to your coach," said Murray. "Iʼm not blaming Fernando and his team. They certainly werenʼt trying to break any rules.
EU Mediterranean migrant mission at risk of collapse Italy is expected to use a meeting of European defense and foreign ministers in Vienna on Thursday to ask other members of the bloc to take in migrants rescued at sea under the EUʼs "Sophia" mission. With little immediate sign of a compromise in sight, the row could jeopardize the EUʼs anti-trafficking mission in the Mediterranean. Operation Sophia was launched in 2015 after a series of fatal shipwrecks in the Mediterranean involving migrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
PEGIDA protester leaves police after reporter row The far-right PEGIDA protesterat the center of a scandal involving police and journalists in the eastern German city of Dresden no longer works for the investigative arm of Saxonyʼs state police, the LKA, officials announced on Thursday. Starting on September 3, the man will have "another adequate role outside of the Saxon Police force," authorities said in a statement. The decision was made following discussions with the man and his lawyer where he had the opportunity "to present his perspective on the situation," the statement read.
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