Ukraine’s leader has called on EU leaders to provide fighter jets and arms for the war against Russia, on his second trip abroad since the war began. Volodymyr Zelensky was earlier given a standing ovation at the European Parliament in Brussels. In his speech to the Parliament in Brussels, Mr Zelensky repeatedly linked Ukraine to a European way of life.
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Tajikistan Crimes Against Martyrs and Humanity
The month of May is a reminder of many dark memories for the Pamiri ethnic minority and residents of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) in Tajikistan. On 14th May 2022, there was a riot in Khorog, the capital of GBAO, home to the Pamiris, a tribe with unsimilar ethnicity, language, religion and culture from the rest of the Tajiks. About 1,000 people gathered to peacefully demand the resignation of the regional leader, Alisher Mirzonabatov, affectionately called The Butcher of the Pamir, and the fair investigation into the death of Gulbidin Ziyobekov, a Pamiri resident, who was killed by security forces in November 2021. In response, the authorities delivered an ultimatum to these locals that if the demonstrators did not disperse by 16.00 hrs on 16th May 2022, they would be dispersed and removed by force.
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Fire hits Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh on Sunday. The blaze erupted at Camp 11 in Cox’s Bazar, a southeastern border district where more than a million Rohingya refugees live. Bangladesh’s refugee commissioner, Mijanur Rahman said The fire rapidly engulfed the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shelters. Some 2,000 shelters have been burnt, leaving about 12,000 forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals shelterless.
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The last stage of the inspection of the country’s Pacific Fleet will begin on April 18
Russian defense minister and president ordered a high-level inspection of the Russian Pacific Fleet commencing on 18 APRIL 2023. On a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Sergey Shoygu said during this process, naval strike groups, together with coastal missile divisions, will work out tasks of launching missile strikes with electronic launches.
