In the mid February 2016, the Tanzanian government declared officially that it would not allow traders to import sugar into the country unless they have a special license from the State House. That step was taken on the basis of the so called ‘protecting the internal sugar factories’. This has led to an inflation of the sugar price by more than 100% comparing to the government’s fixed price of Tsh.1800.

On 26 April 2016, the Russian Human Rights Center, Memorial, issued a statement in which it recognized 23 Muslims, arrested in Bashkortostan on charges of affiliation with Hizb ut Tahrir, as political prisoners. Their names are: Rustem Latypov, Linar Vakhitov, Radik Akhmetov, Fanis Akhmetshin, Rustem Gallyamov, Rishat Gataullin, Ilgiz Gimaletdinov, Azamat Kayumov, Aleksandr Kornev, Radmir Maksutov, Rinat Mamaev, Farid Mustafaev, Khalil Mustafin, Rinat Nurlygayanov, Artur Salimov, Irek Tagirov, Aramis Fazylov,…

Raheel Sharif’s order for inquiry into the death of a political worker under Rangers custody through severe torture, is an act of clear hypocrisy. The purpose of this inquiry is just to calm public anger and save his worsening repute.

There have been consecutive reports of the news of fighting taking place between Jaish ul-Islam on one side and Faliq Ar-Rahman and Jaish ul-Fustat on the other side in East Ghouta.