TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – News World’s Top 3 on Friday 5 August 2022 preceded by the World’s Top 3 news the day before.
While in second place, for the first time after 21 years of legal proceedings, the Washington DC Court, United States of America released documents revealing the testimonies of 11 victims of Acehnese, Indonesia. They are alleged to have experienced human rights violations by Indonesian military personnel hired by the US oil and gas company ExxonMobil.
As for third place, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walked out of the ASEAN meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Friday, August 5, 2022, when the Japanese delegation made a speech.
Here is the news World’s Top 3 more:
1. World Top 3: US Congressman Killed, Zelensky Asks China for Help
News World’s Top 3 Thursday, August 4, 2022, was preceded by news of the deaths of US Congressman Jackie Walorski and two of his staff in a car accident.
In second place, a UN committee ruled that France discriminated against a Muslim woman who was barred from attending vocational training in public schools for wearing a headscarf.
As for third place, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked China for help to end the war with Russia.
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2. After 21 Years, Testimony of ExxonMobil Victims in Aceh Read in US Courts
For the first time after 21 years of legal proceedings, the Washington DC Court, United States of America released a document revealing the testimonies of 11 Acehnese, Indonesian victims. They claim to have experienced human rights violations by Indonesian military personnel hired by the US oil and gas company, ExxonMobil.
As reported Nation World News, Thursday, August 4, 2022, Judge Royce C. Lambert issued an 85-page memorandum containing testimony from the victims last Tuesday. Most witnesses rejected ExxonMobil’s defense of the company’s alleged human rights abuses.
The 11 villagers from Aceh Province stated that they and their family members were tortured, sexually assaulted, raped and beaten in and around the ExxonMobil oil and gas plant located in the city of Lhoksukon during the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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3. Compact, Chinese and Russian Foreign Ministers Walk Out of ASEAN Meeting
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov walk out of the ASEAN meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Friday, August 5, 2022, as the Japanese delegation makes a speech.
The AMM or the meeting of foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian Nations was overshadowed by the tension in the Taiwan Strait.
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SUMBER: REUTERS | NATION WORLD NEWS | AL JAZEERA
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