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Friday, 13 January 2023 4:27 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 13 January 2023 5:36 PM ]

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Iran rallies

Iranians have rallied in several cities to protest insulting cartoons published by French magazine Charlie Hebdo. The Iranian protesters condemned the desecration of their religious and national sanctities and values. They also slammed the French government for its double-standard approach towards freedom of speech. Iranian officials have also reacted to the publication of the cartoons. President Ebrahim Raeisi condemned the sacrilege. He said resorting to insults under the pretext of freedom indicates the West's despair and failure in the recent riots they fanned in Iran. Separately, Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Nasser Kan’ani advised French authorities to follow the basic principles of international law; that is, mutual respect and honoring religious values of other countries.

US police brutality

US police brutality takes another victim. Black man Keenan Anderson died hours after he was repeatedly tasered and restrained by Los Angeles police, following a traffic accident. Anderson, 31 years old, was a teacher and father. He was also a cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors. Anderson went into cardiac arrest several hours after the encounter on January the third. Los Angeles police released body camera footage of the incident after it sparked outcry. They say Anderson tried to run away after a car crash. The cause of his death has not been officially determined. The black lives matter says Anderson was killed by the police. His death brings to three the number of people killed in encounters with the Los Angeles police in less than a week. Police brutality against the black people is a source of public outcry in the US.

'Ukraine a de facto NATO member'

Ukraine’s defense minister says his country has become, in his words, a de facto member of the NATO military alliance. Oleskii Reznikov says, that’s because Ukraine is receiving western weaponry and knows how to use them. Reznikov also says the West will certainly provide Ukraine with the weapons it has long been seeking. He added the country will also become a member of NATO by law in the near future. The Ukrainian defense minister made the comments in an interview with BBC. Ukraine officially submitted its bid to join NATO soon after Russia launched its war in February 2022. Russia is strongly opposed to the membership. Moscow sees NATO’s eastward expansion as a threat to its security. Earlier this week, a top Russian security official said his country is in fact fighting NATO and the west, NOT Ukraine, as they continue to give arms to Kiev.

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