A spokesman for the new government under President Maithripala Sirisena told reporters that “We are thinking of having our own inquiry acceptable to them to the international standards,” and added that “It will be a new local inquiry. If we need, we will bring some foreign experts.”
Although Armenia brushed off the charge as “absurd,” the episode is the latest in a series of escalating tensions between the uneasy neighbors of the South-Caucasus region.
Tuesday’s violence exposes Kosovo’s complicated and still unresolved relationship with Belgrade, and raises questions about the sustainability of its precarious independence.
The ruling has been widely heralded as a massive victory and important precedent in the global fight against FGM, but its wider impact remains unclear. Legislation and judiciaries have ultimately been ineffective at eliminating the practice, which is deeply entrenched within local cultures.
While proponents of austerity have bemoaned the impending horrors of a radicalized Greek Parliament, Syriza will provide a powerful example to the rest of Europe of an alternative to the continent’s rising nationalist right.
The move is the latest in a series of unusually proactive steps taken by Kim Jong-un’s government to expand tourism in the so-called “Hermit Kingdom” beyond its Chinese base.
Rajab’s sentencing is the latest episode in a long-running crackdown against challenges leveled against the U.S.-backed al Khalifa monarchy.
