22 January 2021
Mushfig Bayram, Forum 18
After repeatedly defending Muslims freedom of religion and belief, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev s residence, Tulkun Astanov has been jailed for five years. A state report accused him of following sources of biased news such as Radio Free Europe , and publishing unsubstantiated and exaggerated information. Prisoner of conscience Astanov is being banned in jail from reading the Koran and praying the namaz.
After repeatedly defending the freedom of religion and belief of Muslims, including demonstrating outside President Shavkat Mirziyoyev s residence in the capital Tashkent, a city court has jailed 49-year-old Tulkun Astanov for five years. Tashkent City Criminal Court rejected his appeal on 5 January.
CGF Joint Statement on Human Rights in the Palm Oil Sector
CGF Joint Statement on Human Rights in the Palm Oil Sector
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Didier Bergeret, Sustainability Director, The Consumer Goods Forum
The CGF s Forest Positive Coalition of Action
Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 10:00am
CONTENT: Press Release
PARIS, 21 January 2021 /3BL Media/ As collectives of major global companies with supply chains in the palm oil sector, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition and Human Rights Coalition Working to End Forced Labour both share a steadfast commitment to tackling environmental and social issues associated with palm oil production and supply.
Local Alachua County immigration activists said President-elect Joe Biden’s victory provided a sigh of relief.
The feeling was prompted by Biden’s push to decrease the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in combination with his promised 100-day deportation moratorium.
Locally, Clovis Watson Jr. is the unopposed Sheriff-elect. He pledges to police in a community-oriented manner, according to an opinion piece that the Gainesville Sun published. But, unlike many newly elected sheriffs across the country, Watson Jr. has not announced an intention to limit his agency’s cooperation with ICE.
In Georgia, Keybo Taylor is the sheriff-elect of Gwinnett County, where he pledged to end a program that allows officers to screen inmates for their immigration status. In nearby Cobb County, Sheriff-Elect Craig Owens promised to end his office’s agreement with ICE as well.
23 December 2020
Felix Corley, Forum 18
The Samarkand police Struggle with Extremism and Terrorism Department has opened a case against Shia Muslim Rashid Ibrahimov, twice questioning him without a written summons. Officers sent material from his phone, including texts of sermons, to the Religious Affairs Committee for expert analysis . Depending on that, they may bring administrative or criminal charges against him, a source told Forum 18. Officials are hostile to Shia Islam. Human rights defender Doctor Alimardon Sultonov is challenging his 14-month restricted freedom sentence.
On 18 December, police from the Struggle with Extremism and Terrorism Department in the central city of Samarkand opened a case against Shia Muslim Rashid Ibrahimov, the regional police Struggle with Extremism and Terrorism Department head Ulugbek Gainazarov confirmed to Forum 18. He refused to discuss details of the case. The case was opened the same day that Traffic Police stopped Ibrahimov as
The Swamp City Sirens clung to a hard-fought 147-138 win over the Gold Coast Derby Grrls. Gainesville’s local roller derby team saved its most heart-pounding victory of the season for its final game.
That was Oct. 5, 2019. No one could have predicted at the time that the team would not play another bout for over a year.
2020 has given the Gainesville Roller Rebels new challenges, but the women, gender expansive and gender non-conforming skaters stick together, hopeful for better days ahead.
Gainesville’s roller derby history
Founded by Catherine Seeman in 2007, the Rebels joined the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association in 2013. The WFTDA sets the standards for rankings, rules and competition each year as the international governing body of women’s flat-track roller derby.