The Canadian Parvasi - Issue 19

The International News Weekly WORLD
November 03, 2017 | Toronto
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Trump could send NY terror attacker to Gitmo
Agencies
WASHINGTON: US
President Donald Trump
has said he will consider
sending the suspect in
Tuesday's terror attack
in New York to the
Guantanamo Bay military
prison.
Trump also said he
would ask Congress to
terminate the visa lottery
program under which the
suspect Sayfullo Saipova,
a native of Uzbekistan,
entered the country.
During a meeting with
his Cabinet at the White
House on Wednesday,
Trump told reporters the
US government needed
to be much tougher and
smarter and less politically
correct and accused
previous administrations,
particularly that of
predecessor Barack Obama,
of being overly soft on
immigration and terrorism,
Efe news reported.
"Send him to Gitmo - I
would certainly consider
that," Trump, using a
nickname for Guantanamo,
said when asked about that
possibility by one reporter.
No one detained on
US soil has ever been sent
to the Guantanamo Bay
detention camp, located on
a US military base in Cuba,
and no suspected terrorists
captured abroad have been
transferred there since 2008.
Obama vowed to
close Guantanamo upon
taking office in early 2009;
although he did not keep
that promise, he reduced its
population from 242 inmates
to 41 by transferring nearly
200 individuals to third
countries.
While awaiting fresh
details about the 29-yearold
Uzbek suspect, the
Department of Homeland
Security confirmed to Efe
news on Wednesday that
Saipov had entered the
country under the so-called
Diversity Visa Lottery
Program, which offers up
to 50,000 visas per year to
nations with a low rate of
immigration to the US.
Trump had been critical
of that program prior to
Tuesday's attack, but on
Wednesday he went a step
further.
China again blocks move to ban Jaish chief
By Gaurav Sharma
BEIJING: China on
Thursday again stymied
India's efforts to impose
an international ban on
Pakistan-based Jaish-e-
Mohammad chief Masood
Azhar by vetoing a US
resolution at the UN.
"Due to the lack
of consensus at the
UNSC committee, the
application seeking a ban
on Masood Azhar has
been rejected," a Chinese
Foreign Ministry official
told IANS. This is the
second time Beijing has
vetoed the proposal which
was first moved by India
at the Al Qaida Sanctions
Committee of the United
Nations Security Council
in March last year.
It did the same to a US
proposal backed by France
and Britain, first blocking
it in January and then put
a technical hold for three
months in August. new
resolution will have to be
moved now.
China has cited lack
of consensus among the
15-members of the UNSC
and no solid proof against
the Jaish-e-Mohammad
chief who is accused of
plotting the deadly attack
on an Indian airbase.
India says only
China is not in favour
of branding Azhar as an
international terrorist.
China is one of the five
veto-holding members
and its vote for or against
the resolution is decisive.
Action against Azhar
has become a contentious
issue between China
and India, though the
former agreed to include
Azhar's outfit in the joint
statement issued by
BRICS members at their
summit in China.
Ontario woman to sue Weinstein for
millions over alleged sex assaults
Indian re-arrested
after serving 10
years in US jail
Indo-Asian News Service
WASHINGTON: An Indian man was re-arrested in
the US after he was released from prison following the
completion of his 10-year sentence for posing a threat
to public safety, authorities said.
Jerald Peter Dsouza, 58, was arrested by the US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after he
was released from a jail where he was lodged for using
the Internet to induce a minor, believed to be a 13-yearold
girl, to engage in criminal sexual activity.
He was convicted in March 2009, ICE said in a press
release.
"ICE places a high priority on identifying, arresting
and removing foreign nationals with criminal records
who pose a threat to public safety -- whether they're
in the US legally or illegally," said William P. Joyce,
Acting Field Office Director for Enforcement and
Removal Operations (ERO) in El Paso city. ICE said
that as a result of his criminal conviction, Dsouza
violated the terms of his legal status in the US.
2,600 Sikhs reach Lahore
for Guru Nanak birthday
The Canadian Press
TORONTO: An Ontario actress
plans to launch a civil
suit against disgraced Hollywood
mogul Harvey Weinstein
seeking millions for
allegedly sexually assaulting
her nearly two decades ago.
The woman's proposed
statement of claim says she
was sexually assaulted by
Weinstein while she had a
part in a movie being filmed
in and around Toronto.
She says she has suffered
mental distress, extreme social
anxiety and depression,
as well as social isolation and
feelings of guilt, worthlessness
and shame as a result of
what happened.
The actress, who cannot
be named, alleges documents
filed with a Toronto court
that she was approached by
Weinstein while leaving the
set of the film, and was told
she looked like someone
the producer described as
his "ex-girlfriend." The proposed
statement of claim said
someone identifying herself
as Weinstein's assistant then
called the woman, saying
Weinstein found her "very
talented." The assistant invited
the woman to breakfast
with the producer at a hotel
to discuss her career, according
to the document.
The woman was thrilled,
the claim said, and believed
the meeting was a once-ina-lifetime
opportunity. She
met the assistant at the hotel,
was invited up to a suite
to meet with Weinstein and
was left alone with the producer,
the document said.
On a tour of his suite,
Weinstein allegedly overpowered
the actress, pushed
her onto a bed and exposed
himself, the proposed statement
of claim said.
"He said words to the effect
of 'I do think you are a
very talented young girl but
the best thing you could do
for your career...' He then
gestured and looked at his
penis," the document alleged.
Weinstein then allegedly
forced down the woman's
skirt and held her down by
her wrists as she said "no"
either two or three times, according
to the document.
The producer then allegedly
forcibly performed oral
sex on the woman without
her consent, the document
said. The woman was able
to break free, escape the
room and eventually met up
with her agent and a friend,
the proposed statement of
claim said. Weinstein allegedly
called her repeatedly in
the hours that followed, the
claim said. "Weinstein said
that there had been a misunderstanding
and that things
between them were unresolved.
He again implored
her to return to the hotel," the
document said.
The woman went back to
the hotel later that day with
her agent and friend, the document
said, and Weinstein's
assistant insinuated the producer
wanted to apologize in
private.
The actress was then allegedly
assaulted again, the
proposed statement of claim
said. "He threw his weight
onto her and tried to stick
his tongue down her throat,"
the document alleged. "She
pushed herself free. She got
down to the lobby and left
immediately." Weinstein repeatedly
called the woman
from time to time for about a
year to ask for further meetings
and to "otherwise harass
her," but she refused to
see him again, the document
said. The proposed statement
of claim also said the woman
reported the alleged sexual
assaults to Toronto police on
Monday last week.
Agencies
LAHORE: Over 2,600 Sikh pilgrims arrived at the
Wagah Railway Station here on Thursday from India to
take part in the religious and cultural rituals to mark
the 549th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak.
The Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB), which
looks after Hindu temples, churches and gurudwaras
in Pakistan, said it will provide foolproof security,
transport, accommodation and other facilities to the
pilgrims, Dawn reported.The Pakistan High Commission
in Delhi said it had issued visas to over 2,600 Indian
Sikhs who planned to make a pilgrimage to Gurdwara
Punja Sahib.The visas were issued "in line with the Pakistan
government's efforts to promote religious tourism
and people-to-people interactions", a statement said.
Soon after their arrival, the pilgrims left for the
birthplace of Guru Nanak at Nankana Sahib.
The main function will be held at Nankana Sahib
on November 4. After that, the devotees will leave for
Punja Sahib and return to Lahore on November 9. The
pilgrims will leave for India on November 11.