Thursday, October 13, 2016

Six In The Morning Thursday October 13


US Election 2016: Trump 'groped woman like an octopus'


Donald Trump is facing a series of allegations of inappropriate sexual contact, after US media outlets reported claims from several women.
Two women told the New York Times that the Republican presidential runner groped or kissed them.
A reporter for People magazine wrote a first person account describing being forcibly kissed by the property tycoon.
Mr Trump's campaign have rejected the claims, describing the NYT article as "defamatory".
His camp has made public a letter to the NYT threatening legal action unless the paper retracts the article, which it called "a politically-motivated effort to defeat Mr Trump's candidacy".





Asia Bibi blasphemy appeal adjourned in Pakistan as judge pulls out


Final appeal of Christian woman sentenced to death under blasphemy laws delayed over judge’s involvement in related case

The long-awaited final appeal of a Christian woman sentenced to death under Pakistan’s controversial blasphemy laws has been adjourned after a judge said he could not hear the case.
Justice Muhammad Iqbal Hameed-ur-Rehman, one of three judges who met amid heightened security in Islamabad to hear the appeal, said he could not rule on whether Asia Bibi’s 2010 conviction for insulting the prophet Muhammad should stand because of his involvement in a related case.
The supreme court judge said he had overseen the appeal hearing of Mumtaz Qadri who was convicted of murdering Salmaan Taseer, a leading liberal politician who had campaigned for Bibi to be released.

Dadaab report: 'Vast majority' of residents fear forced closure of world's biggest refugee camp

Rare insight into heavily restricted camp on Kenya-Somalia border finds very few residents willing to return home



Residents of the world’s largest refugee camp fear they will face sexual violence and forced recruitment into armed conflict if the settlement is broken up as planned at the end of next month, according to a major new report.
The Kenyan government has vowed to shut down the Dadaab camp and push its 261,000 inhabitants back across the border into Somalia.
The international aid group Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) surveyed heads of households representing some 5,500 people, and the overwhelming majority said they did not want to return to Somalia.

Clashes erupt between pro and anti-Maduro protesters in Venezuela



Latest update : 2016-10-13

Clashes broke out Wednesday between supporters and opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as opposition protesters sought to show momentum in their push to oust him in a referendum.

Sticks, stones and punches flew on the Caribbean island of Margarita as red-clad Maduro supporters tried to block opponents determined to march on the town of Villa Rosa, an AFP photographer said.
Several protesters were wounded, said the center-right opposition coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), which accuses Maduro of steering Venezuela into an economic crisis marked bysevere shortages of food and medicine, spiraling inflation, and rampant crime.
The scuffles came as the opposition held nationwide anti-Maduro rallies, seeking to show its strength by having protesters sign largely symbolic petitions calling for him to face a recall referendum.

Woman convicted as juvenile faces death in Iran


Updated 0641 GMT (1441 HKT) October 13, 2016


Zeinab Sekaanvand is 22 years old. She has lost her unborn child. She has lost her family, who disowned her. She has lost her freedom to prison. And she is soon expected to lose the last thing she has left: her life.
The story of how a poor Iranian Kurdish teenager andchild bride became a prisoner on death row is coming to light as human rights organizations fight to save her life. Activists must battle the clock if they are to stop her execution, which is scheduled for any time after October 13.
    She may even be heading to the gallows as you read this story.
    But how did she get here?

    Why UN human rights chief sees 'danger' in a Trump presidency


    The United Nations' top human rights official, Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, is concerned that Donald Trump would reintroduce torture and further marginalize vulnerable populations.


    The United Nations' top human rights official has joined the chorus of Donald Trump critics.
    UN human rights chief and Jordanian Prince Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein told reporters on Wednesday that he is very concerned about the Republican presidential candidate’s attitude towards human rights issues, particularly the use of torture.
    “If Donald Trump is elected, on the basis of what he has said already and unless that changes, I think it’s without any doubt that he would be dangerous from an international point of view,” said Prince Zeid, who spent many years living and studying in the United States, in a news conference












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