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"The 137th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service during the Second World War. History The brigade was raised in the summer of 1939 when the Territorial Army was doubled in size in order to meet the threat of Nazi Germany. The brigade was formed as a 2nd Line duplicate of the 147th Infantry Brigade and was assigned to the 46th (West Riding and North Midland) Infantry Division. With the division, the brigade was sent overseas to join the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France in April 1940 for training and labour duties. In May, the brigade fought against the German Army in the Battle of France until being evacuated at Dunkirk with the rest of the BEF. After spending the next two years in the United Kingdom on home defence against a German invasion, in July 1942 it was decided to convert the 137th Brigade into an armoured formation. The brigades' infantry battalions were subsequently transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps and the brigade was redesignated 137th Armoured Brigade. Order of battle * 2/5th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (became 113th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps) * 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (became 114th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps) * 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment (became 115th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps) * 137th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 12 July 1940, disbanded 28 November 1941) References Category:Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War II "
"Amsterdam 13 December 2013 Aicha Elbasri is a writer and former United Nations official. She is the author of L’Imaginaire carcéral de Jean Genet, a book on Jean Genet, a prominent, controversial French writer and later political activist. She was previously the Spokesperson for the African Union – United Nations hybrid peacekeeping mission in Darfur, UNAMID. Early life and education Elbasri was born in Casablanca, Morocco, and is a citizen of the United States. She received her early education in Casablanca and later earned her master's degree in the French Literature Department of l’ Université Hassan II. She moved to France in 1989 to pursue doctoral studies in the area of poetics of imagination. In 1996, she earned her PhD from l’Université de Savoie with a thesis on prison writings in Jean Genet’s novels, which she later extended into a book titled L’Imaginaire carcéral de Jean Genet. As part of her postdoctoral research, Elbasri was a member of Le Centre de Recherche Imaginaire et Création of l’Université de Savoie between 1996 and 1998, the year she left France for the United States. Elbasri also contributed articles to various newspapers and magazines in the US, UK, France and the Arab region. United Nations career Between 2000 and 2014, Elbasri held a range of press and communication posts at the United Nations, serving the world organization in Sudan, Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, and New York Headquarters. Blowing the whistle on the U.N.’s cover-up in Darfur While posted in Darfur between 2012 and 2013 as the Spokesperson for UNAMID, the U.N.'s largest peacekeeping mission at the time, Elbasri witnessed what she claims was the U.N.’s deliberate and systematic cover-up of what may well amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. This includes the ethnic cleansing of the non-Arab populations and the systematic attacks against the peacekeepers by the Sudanese government forces, as well as the attacks on civilians by rebel factions. She resigned in protest and sought an internal investigation through different U.N. channels. As the U.N. declined to investigate, Elbasri decided to put the matter in the hands of the public. She leaked thousands of secret diplomatic cables, police reports, military investigations and emails to Foreign Policy magazine. The magazine ran a three-part series based on her disclosure that it considered as “the largest single leak of internal documents on an active U.N. mission in the world body's history.” 1 Elbasri describes her Darfur experience as an Orwellian one: “When I first set foot in Darfur on 16 August 2012 to serve as the spokesperson for UNAMID, little did I know that I had entered George Orwell’s world. The daily talk about peacekeeping, the protection of civilians and the peace process turned out to be a smokescreen that served to perpetuate crimes against humanity, protect war criminals and delay a meaningful peace agreement. I discovered a web of omissions, half-truths and lies that I had to reveal to the world, whatever the price.” In an unprecedented move, the International Criminal Court called on the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to investigate these grave accusations. Ban did not agree to an independent investigation, launching instead an internal review that Elbasri decried as “partial, biased and secretive.” The subsequent report found, however, five instances in which UNAMID stonewalled the media and withheld from U.N. Headquarters critical evidence indicating the culpability of Sudanese government forces in crimes against civilians and peacekeepers, keeping the Security Council in the dark. According to media reports, Britain, France and the US sought U.N. action against senior officials from UNAMID who failed to report crimes by Sudanese forces. However, the U.N. failed to hold the Mission leadership to account. Beyond her criticism of UNAMID, Elbasri decries that U.N. peacekeeping missions in Africa and the Middle East are failing civilians, bolstering failed states and turning into what she calls “warkeeping operations.” Elbasri continues working to halt the withdrawal of UNAMID troops from Darfur; stop continued ethnic cleansing in the region; and encourage the international community to seek a new approach to peace in Darfur and other parts of Sudan. References Category:Moroccan emigrants to the United States Category:American whistleblowers Category:American officials of the United Nations Category:People from Casablanca Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Living people "
"Ilija Đoković (, born 5 January 1996) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Split of the ABA League and the Croatian League. Professional career Đoković started playing professional basketball for his hometown club Jagodina in the 2012–13 season. He stayed there for three seasons and signed with FMP in March 2015, just before the final round of the Serbian First League season. During the 2015–16 season with FMP Belgrade, he averaged 6.4 points, 3.2 assists and 1.7 rebounds over 39 games. In the summer of 2016, Đoković signed a contract with Borac Čačak. In 2016–17 season, his first season with the club, he averaged 7.5 points, 2.7 assists and 1.8 rebounds over 40 domestic league games. In 2017–18 season, he averaged 11.1 points, 4.6 assists and 2.8 rebounds over 31 domestic league games. Also, in 21 games of the regional ABA League Second Division, he averaged 15.7 points, 5.1 assists, and 3.1 rebounds per game. In August 2019, Đoković signed back a two-year contract for FMP. In July 2020, he signed one year deal with the Croatian team Split. National team career Đoković was a member of Serbia national U18 team that won silver at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship. Đoković represented the Serbian men's university basketball team at the 2017 Universiade held in Taiwan. In the tournament, Serbia was defeated by the United States in the semifinal game and eventually lost in the bronze-medal game to Latvia with 81–74. The Basketball Federation of Serbia stated that a total of 24 talented young players refused to play for the Universiade Team Serbia, the highest in history. However, despite many refusals to represent Serbia, the weakened roster made big success by getting the fourth place in the tournament. Đoković was invited in the last minutes to form the latest spot and eventually was one of the team leaders. In November 2017, Đoković was invited by the senior national team head coach Aleksandar Đorđević to represent Serbia in the 2019 World Cup qualifications. He made debut for the senior national team on 25 November 2017, in a game against Austria. References External links * Ilija Đoković at aba-liga.com * Ilija Đoković at eurobasket.com Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:ABA League players Category:Basketball League of Serbia players Category:Guards (basketball) Category:KK Borac Čačak players Category:KK FMP Beograd players Category:KK Jagodina players Category:KK Split players Category:People from Jagodina Category:Serbian expatriate basketball people in Croatia Category:Serbian men's basketball players "