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In the press, this morning, the very heavy record of massive bombing carried out for 4 months by the regime of Bashar El Assad and his Russian ally, on the provinces of Hama and Idleb, in northern Syria.
According to UN Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, these bombings killed more than 1,000 civilians, including 304 children between the end of April and the end of August - a figure relayed by the Saudi Arab News, which reports that a "fragile ceasefire took effect last Saturday in the Idleb region", including nearly half of the population, or 1.5 million people, has been moved. This situation may prevent tens of thousands of children from returning to school, said yesterday the NGO Save The Children, quoted by the Lebanese daily L'Orient Le Jour. According to the British association, 87 schools were "damaged or affected by the fighting" in northwestern Syria, and more than 200 schools "are currently used as shelter", leading many parents to refuse send their children to school, for fear of exposing them to attacks.
After eight years of war, Bashar El Assad seems on the verge of winning. Foreign Policy recalls that this announced victory was built on "the massacre of the Syrian population with the help of Russia" - a massacre whose intensity has not weakened in recent months, during which "Syria 'has more headlines, replaced by Brexit, Kashmir, hurricanes and protests in Hong Kong.' When will the plight of Syrian civilians end? According to the US website, "only the fear of Europe to face a new influx of Syrian refugees, could decide to act to stop the carnage", "as if the West was more haunted by the specter refugees only through the suffering of Syrian children. "
In Morocco, the arrest of a young journalist accused of "non-marital sex" and "illegal abortion" after a visit to his doctor, arouses indignation from some of the opinion. According to Paris Match magazine, Hajar Raissouni, 28, has been detained since Saturday, pending trial scheduled for next week. According to her lawyer, the young woman, religiously married to her companion, was treated for internal bleeding and not an abortion - which is punishable by six months to five years in prison in Morocco, where the penal code punishes as well the one that aborts that those who practice abortion, sex outside marriage are punished by a month to one year in prison. Sanctions that fall under "laws of the Middle Ages," according to journalist and Moroccan sociologist Sanaa El Aji, whose forum is published by the Huffington Post Maghreb, which considers that "only a backward state can throw adults in jail to have had a romantic or sexual relationship ". "It does not matter if Hajar Raissouni has aborted or not," denounced this journalist. The bottom line is that it is being pursued for a reason that we should be ashamed to be included in the legal arsenal, "denounces Sanaa El Aji. The latter takes part in "certain Islamist and conservative currents": "when they understand that this individual freedom is the one that protects them from the exploitation of their private life against them by their ideological adversaries, then everyone will contribute to building a society mature where individuals will not be imprisoned for love and pleasure. "
As mentioned, the Brexit soap opera is still on the front page of the British press. Last episode yesterday: Boris Johnson's double-setback to parliament. His threats have done nothing.Members have said twice "no" to the Prime Minister, not to the possibility of leaving the European Union without agreement and not to early elections. In short, Boris Johnson is now "cornered", summarizes The Independent. A statement shared by the tabloid press, yet fervent follower of Brexit in general, and Johnson style in particular. "Boris Johnson the slack can not get an election," sneers The Sun, with a play on words containing an erectile allusion that I let you judge, while The Daily Mirror even presents him as "the worst Prime Minister that the UK has never known "- since the one that preceded it, hear: Theresa May.
The New York Times has not forgotten the long run of the former Prime Minister. "Theresa May has been criticized for three years for Brexit. Now, look who's laughing. " The one that preceded Boris Johnson Downing Street actually looks more like fun, in a picture where we see smiling on the benches of Parliament, two days ago. "Certainly, we do not know the precise reasons for this smile, writes the newspaper, recalling that Theresa May has herself failed three times to have his draft Brexit adopted by parliament. While the NYT continues, Theresa May has not joined the ranks of the 21 conservative rebels who voted against Boris Johnson and their own side. But she was still smiling, Tuesday night, after a day of drama, insults, and recriminations at Westminter. Does this smile express the simple relief of not being at the center of all criticism? Or the bad joy that is sometimes felt before the misfortunes of others? That's the story, do not say it.
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