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Is Malaysia set to follow Taliban (terrorist)-loving Russia?
KUALA LUMPUR, July 10, 2025: Europe’s top rights court has found Russia responsible for downing MH17.
So what?
Russia has and will “forever” ignore the rest of the world.
The question is will Malaysia follow the Taliban (read as terrorist)-loving Russians in recognising the Taliban government and even go one-up on the Russians.
Will the so-called Madani Unity Government (UG), led by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, also announce officially the recognition of the Taliban government and even donate “development aid” to Afghanistan at the expense and misery of Malaysian taxpayers - just like what it had done for the Hamas terrorists.
No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports on the terrorist-loving Russians:
Europe’s top rights court finds Russia responsible for downing of MH17
Moscow was also adjudged to have repeatedly and systematically violated human rights in Ukraine.
All 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 died when it was shot down in July 2014. (EPA Images pic)
PARIS: Europe’s top human rights court ruled unanimously today that Russia was responsible for the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 and also that Moscow had repeatedly and systematically violated human rights in Ukraine.
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said Russia had performed indiscriminate military attacks, summary executions of civilians, torture including the use of rape as a weapon of war, unjustified displacement and transfer of civilians, and other violations.
Ahead of today’s ruling, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia would not abide by any court decisions, adding: “We consider them null and void.”
The ECHR is an international court of the Council of Europe, also based in Strasbourg, from which Russia was expelled in 2022 following its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia’s parliament then voted in 2023 to end the ECHR’s jurisdiction in the country.
In its ruling, the ECHR said: “Taken as a whole, the vast volume of evidence before the court presented a picture of interconnected practices of manifestly unlawful conduct by agents of the Russian state (Russian armed forces and other authorities, occupying administrations, and separatist armed groups and entities) on a massive scale across Ukraine.”
The ruling concerned four consolidated cases, one of which involved MH17, which departed Amsterdam for Kuala Lumpur in July 2014 and was shot down over eastern Ukraine amid fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists.
All 298 people on board the plane died.
Moscow denies any responsibility for the plane’s downing, and in 2014, denied any presence in Ukraine.
‘Suffering and grief’
The ECHR ruled that Russia had failed to conduct an adequate investigation into the incident, to cooperate with requests for information, or provide legal remedies for survivors.
Its lack of cooperation and continued denial of any involvement has caused additional suffering for the victims’ relatives, the court said.
Responding to the ruling, Dutch foreign minister Caspar Veldkamp said: “Nothing can take away this suffering and grief, but I hope the verdict offers a sense of justice and recognition.”
A majority of those on the airliner were Dutch.
The other three cases covered by today’s ruling were brought by Ukraine, over pro-Russian separatists accused of abducting groups of Ukrainian children and transferring them to Russia, and over alleged patterns of human rights violations during Russia’s war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year.
Ukraine’s justice ministry, in a statement on the Telegram messaging app, hailed the ECHR ruling as “one of the most important in the practice of interstate cases”.
The court is expected to rule in due course on possible damages and compensation but it has no way of enforcing its rulings, especially on a country that no longer recognises its jurisdiction, meaning today’s verdict is mainly symbolic.
Russia becomes first state to recognise Afghanistan's Taliban government
Flora Drury and Tabby Wilson
BBC News
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Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi held a meeting with Russia's ambassador on Thursday
Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan, sparking outrage from opposition figures.
The decision marks a major milestone for the Taliban almost four years after they swept into Kabul and took power.
Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said he hoped it would serve as an example to other countries, which have been reluctant to recognise a regime which implements a version of Sharia law along with severe restrictions on women and girls.
Others have decried the move, with former Afghan politician Fawzia Koofi saying "any move by any country to normalise relations with the Taliban will not bring peace it will legitimise impunity".
Koofi went on to warn "such steps risk endangering not just the people of Afghanistan, but global security".
Meanwhile, the Afghan Women's Political Participation Network said it legitimised "a regime that is authoritarian, anti-women, and actively dismantling basic civil rights".
The Taliban government has previously said it respects women's rights in accordance with their interpretation of Afghan culture and Islamic law.
But since 2021, girls over the age of 12 have been prevented from getting an education, and women from many jobs. There have also been restrictions on how far a woman can travel without a male chaperone, and decrees on them raising their voices in public.
Foreign Minister Muttaqi said Moscow's recognition, which came on Thursday, was "a new phase of positive relations, mutual respect, and constructive engagement", describing the decision as "courageous".
Russia's foreign ministry said it saw the potential for "commercial and economic" co-operation in "energy, transportation, agriculture and infrastructure", and that it would continue to help Kabul to fight against the threats of terrorism and drug trafficking.
Reuters
Members of the Taliban mark the third anniversary of the fall of Kabul in 2024
Russia was one of very few countries that did not close down their embassy in Afghanistan in 2021 - as the Taliban swept across Afghanistan following the withdrawal of US troop.
The country was also the first to sign an international economic deal with the Taliban in 2022, where they agreed to supply oil, gas and wheat to Afghanistan.
The Taliban was removed from Russia's list of terrorist organisations in April this year.
Russian President Vladimir Putin also referred to the Taliban as an "ally" in fighting terrorism in July last year. Taliban representatives had visited Moscow for talks as early as 2018.
However, the two countries have a complex history. The Soviet Union - which included Russia - invaded Afghanistan in 1979 and fought a nine-year war that cost them 15,000 personnel.
Their decision to install a Soviet-backed government in Kabul turned the Soviets into an international pariah, and eventually led to their withdrawal in February 1989.
In its statement, the Afghan Women's Political Participation Network noted it had not forgotten "Russia's role in the destruction of Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion".
"Today, its political interference and direct support for the Taliban represent a continuation of those same destructive strategies, now under the banner of diplomacy," it said.
Russia plans for new Afghan era with Taliban rule
Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta, a former Afghan national security adviser under the preceding Western-backed government, described Russia's decision as "regrettable", adding: "This is just the beginning; in the absence of widespread resistance, others will follow Russia."
Strict sanctions were placed on Afghanistan in 2021 by the United Nations Security Council, most notably the freezing of approximately $9bn (£6.6bn) in assets.
The UN has said the rules impacting women amount to "gender apartheid", while also reporting public floggings and brutal attacks on former government officials.
While the Taliban government is widely not recognised by other countries, Germany's interior minister wants to work with Afghanistan to resume deportations of convicted Afghan criminals.
Germany initially stopped deportations following the Taliban's return to power.
Alexander Dobrindt on Thursday said he wants to make "agreements directly with Afghanistan to enable deportations".
On Friday, a UN Human Rights Office spokeswoman said it was "not appropriate" to return people to Afghanistan on the account of the Taliban "documenting continuing human rights violations".
Most countries closed their embassies after 2021. However, China, the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Pakistan all have designated ambassadors to Kabul.
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