The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Monday October 17th, 2022 – International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is an international observance celebrated each year on October 17 throughout the world. The first commemoration, “World Day to Overcome Poverty” took place in Paris, France, in 1987 when 100,000 people gathered on the Human Rights and Liberties Plaza at the Trocadéro to honour victims of poverty, hunger, violence, and fear at the unveiling of a commemorative stone by Joseph Wresinski, founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World. In 1992, four years after Wresinski’s death, the United Nations officially designated October 17 as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.
Malaysian PM demands Probe of Former Reformasi AG by Murray Hunter
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has taken the unprecedented step of ordering the current attorney general to investigate his predecessor, Tommy Thomas, for alleged breaches several laws over Thomas’s controversial 2021 description of his role as national prosecutor in going after corrupt figures in the previous government, particularly disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
Sabri’s act is a potential contravention of the Constitution, which states that only the Attorney General at his discretion has the power to institute proceedings over potential offenses, rather than the prime minister.
Sabri said a special task force formed to investigate Thomas’s book “My Story: Justice in the Wilderness,” published in January 2021, included 19 issues under four main categories: allegations leveled at the judiciary, exposing government secrets, abuse of power and professional negligence, and seditious statements, which allegedly violated the Official Secrets Act, the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act, and sections of the Penal Code.
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Clouds and stones #poem & #painting by Amir Khatib
“The clouds are flying stones, cratered, gray,
tinged with anxious redness when the sun rises,
And a very sad redness, the hour of her absence…”
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Sceptic feathers #48 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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