Al Jazeera takes Shireen Abu Akleh case to ICC

The news network that Abu Akleh worked for wants the court to investigate her killing. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Al Jazeera takes Shireen Abu Akleh case to ICC [Rodney Dixon, lawyer for Al Jazeera, center, and Lina Abu Akleh, niece of fatally shot Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, right, walk to to the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands, Dec. 6, 2022.] Credit: Peter Dejong/AP/File photo ICC The Al Jazeera Media Network has [formally filed a case]( with the International Criminal Court to investigate the killing of Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May. After initially stating that she was killed in a crossfire possibly by Palestinian gunmen, the Israeli military has concluded that one of its soldiers may have killed her, but that it was unintentional. Al Jazeera, meanwhile, asserts that it was a "deliberate killing" by Israeli forces. Israel does not recognize the ICC's authority and has [refused to cooperate]( with the court. Indonesia Indonesia has passed [a new criminal code]( that outlaws extramarital affairs. It includes criminalizing sex outside of marriage, cohabitation of unmarried individuals and the promotion of contraception. The code was approved unanimously by parliament on Tuesday, but critics say it could undermine people’s freedoms. The new laws will apply to [both Indonesians and foreigners](, and are also meant to restore a ban on insulting the president, state institutions or Indonesia’s national ideology known as Pancasila. The laws aim to replace a framework used since the country’s independence in 1946 that combined a mix of Dutch law, customary law known as hukum adat and modern Indonesian law. Cuba Cuba has announced that it will [allow women]( to participate in boxing. It comes as a first since the 1959 revolution of Fidel Castro. The country has long been hailed for its top-ranked men's boxing, winning 41 gold medals in the Olympic Games since 1972. Until now, women boxers have had to migrate to other places to engage in the sport. Officials are [yet to confirm]( if women will be able to compete at a professional level like their male counterparts. Cuban women have, however, been allowed to compete in other contact sports, like taekwondo and wrestling. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Amid ongoing protests, Iran's morality police ‘lies in ruins,’ analyst says]( [In this photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, Iranians protests the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the morality police, in Tehran, Oct. 1, 2022.]( Credit: Middle East Images/File/AP Activists in Iran have begun three days of strikes and demonstrations. 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