The Bronx Islamic Cultural Center in Morrisania held a somber ceremony Sunday for 15 of the 17 victims of last weekend’s Bronx apartment fire. Caskets were wheeled into the center from hearses lined up the block on both sides of Clay Avenue. The youngest victim was 2-year-old Ousmane Konteh. The fire broke out at 333 […]
The International Jurists Union expressed “great” concern Sunday over the human rights situation in Tunisia since late July. Necati Ceylan JAI HAAN, the union’s general secretary, called on Tunisian authorities to respect their international obligations. The organization cited a Dec. 31 incident in which security agents in civilian cloth...
