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In een exclusief interview vanuit de gevangenis vertelt Sadia Moalim Ali, een 27-jarige rickshawchauffeur, over haar behandeling nadat ze was gearresteerd voor het demonstreren tegen de overheid. Een vrouw die in Somalië wordt vastgehouden vanwege haar deelname aan vreedzame protesten, heeft beschreven hoe ze door haar bewakers is gemarteld. Sadia Moalim Ali, 27, vertelde aan The Guardian dat ze in een ruimte onder CCTV-bewaking naakt was uitgetrokken door twee mannelijke bewakers, was getrapt, met een knuppel was geslagen en twee dagen lang in een kleine cel zonder voedsel was achtergelaten. Lees verder...

Experts say Muslims and other minorities have been disproportionately deleted from the electoral roll ahead of the West Bengal elections this weekMillions of people in the Indian state of West Bengal have been stripped of their vote ahead of a critical state election this week, after a controversial electoral revision described by critics as a “bloodless political genocide” and mass disenfranchisement of minorities.In West Bengal, a total of 9.1 million names have been deleted from the register, more than 10% of the electorate. While many were dead or duplicates, about 2.7 million people have challenged their expulsions, but still been removed. Continue reading...

PM says in Commons statement he has ordered inquiry into any security concerns relating to Mandelson’s tenure in USUK politics live – latest updatesThe Foreign Office has been stripped of its powers to overrule vetting decisions after the Peter Mandelson scandal, Keir Starmer has told MPs, as he sought to set out his side of events in a politically crucial statement in parliament.Saying to jeers that he accepted it appeared “incredible” he and other ministers were not told Mandelson was initially refused security vetting, Starmer also said he had ordered an investigation into any security concerns related to Mandelson’s tenure as ambassador to Washington. Continue reading...