ASIA TODAY Gaza, Israeli assault on an Indonesian hospital: at least 29 dead

Today’s news: The Hong Kong court rejects the appeal of Ma Chun-man, an activist detained for secession. The Japanese company Chugoku Electric Power commissioned the Shimane nuclear reactor after 13 years, closed since 2011. Four Thai fishermen were released from Myanmar after a confrontation last week. Anti-government street protests continue in Tbilisi and major Georgian cities.

ISRAEL – GAZA

Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, expelling staff, including the Indonesian emergency surgery team, patients and evacuees. The action claimed the lives of at least 29 Palestinians and began with a series of airstrikes in the western and northern areas of Kamal Adwan, he told Reuters the director of the hospital, Hussam Abu Safiya.

HONG KONG

A Hong Kong court rejected the appeal of an activist jailed for secession. Ma Chun-man, convicted in 2020, is the first defendant to file a legal challenge against the new national security law passed this year, which gives the city’s corrections chief the right to deny early release for good behavior to inmates. inmates who have committed crimes against national security.

JAPAN

After 13 years, the Chugoku Electric Power company has restarted the Shimane nuclear power plant in western Japanwhich was closed shortly after the Fukushima accident in 2011. The start-up of reactor No. 2 of the plant, with 820 megawatts (MW) of power, which had been closed in January 2012, brings the number of reactors to 14 operational in Japan, with a total capacity of 13,253 MW.

MYANMAR – THAILAND

Four Thai fishermen detained by Myanmar have been released and their prompt repatriation is expectedfollowing last weekend’s incident in which the Myanmar navy fired on a group of Thai fishing boats. A fisherman drowned and two others were injured in the incident; The Myanmar navy then detained 31 crew members, including four Thais.

GEORGIA

Street protests do not stop in Tbilisi and the main Georgian cities, where young people and very young people who do not fear police repression are concentrated. Prime Minister Iraklij Kobakhidze reiterated that “there will be no negotiations with opposition representatives,” but all former Georgian presidents also support the protests.

INDIA

A Indian Muslim couple kicked out of their newly bought home by their Hindu neighbors. Hindu residents of the luxurious TDI City, in the northern city of Moradabad, protested after news of the sale became public: “We cannot tolerate a Muslim family living right opposite our local temple. It is also a matter of safety for our women,” they stated.

RUSSIA

Vladimir Putin included Aleksandr Malkevič, the main propagandist of the late founder of the Wagner company, Evgenij Prigožin, who after working for the American portal Really, disseminated pro-Kremlin media in the occupied territories of Ukraine, ending up under American sanctions.