Politics & environs articles 2020

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Xi Jinping calls to congratulate Joe Biden on election win

 

Chinese president told future counterpart he hoped two countries would ‘uphold sprit of non-conflict, focus on cooperation’

 

 

Helen Davidson in Taipei

Thu 26 Nov 2020 06.45 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/xi-jinping-calls-to-congratulate-joe-bide

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Saudi women's rights activist's trial moved to terrorism court

 

Loujain al-Hathloul looked weak and unwell after 900 days in jail, said her family

 

Emma Graham-Harrison

Wed 25 Nov 2020 18.58 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/saudi-womens-rights-activists-trial-moved-to-terrorism-court

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‘He was nine’: The Saudi minors still on death row despite royal decree

 

Saudi Arabia announced it would end capital punishment for juvenile crimes, but campaigners fear at least 10 prisoners could be executed

 

Ruth Michaelson

Mon 23 Nov 2020 07.15 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/23/he-was-nine-the-saudi-minors-still-on-death-row-despite-royal-decree

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Turkish court jails hundreds for life over 2016 coup attempt

 

 

Army officers, pilots and civilians convicted of being leaders in plot to take power

 

 

Reuters

Thu 26 Nov 2020 14.32 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/turkish-court-jails-hundreds-life-2016-coup-attempt

 

Many have claimed that coup was staged by the Gov't itself  in order to use it as an excuse for arresting thousands....Magistrates, journalists,  school and university professors and other intellectuals.....Might well be imho

 

Erdogan is a bastard dictator

 

Edited November 26, 2020 by umbertino

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Volleyball star becomes surprising voice of anti-Bolsonaro Brazil

 

Carol Solberg faced backlash after shouting ‘Bolsonaro out!’ in a post-match interview but then an even bigger surge of support

 

 

Caio Barretto Briso in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 26 Nov 2020 10.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/26/carol-solberg-volleyball-star-anti-bolsonaro-brazil

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'The people are not afraid any more': young Peruvians rise up to demand change

 

After a tumultuous week, Peru’s burgeoning grassroots movement says it will not accept a return to business as usual

 

 

Dan Collyns in Lima

Wed 25 Nov 2020 10.30 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/25/peru-youth-movement-politics

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Dehumanising: Israeli groups’ verdict on military invasions of Palestinian homes

 

Critical report details the trauma of families as soldiers describe midnight raids in the occupied territories

 

Peter Beaumont

Sun 29 Nov 2020 08.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 29 Nov 2020 09.57 GMT

 

 

 

Israeli soldiers search Palestinian houses during a raid in the West Bank al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in August 2016

Photograph: Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/dehumanising-israeli-groups-verdict-on-military-invasions-of-palestinian-homes

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'This lack of humanity can't go on': Canary Islands struggle with huge rise in migration

 

Spanish archipelago has received 20,000 migrants and refugees this year, 8,000 in the last month

 

Eduardo Robaina in Arguineguín and Sam Jonesin Madrid

Sun 29 Nov 2020 14.55 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/29/canary-islands-struggle-with-huge-rise-in-migration-arguineguin

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UK and France sign deal to make Channel migrant crossings 'unviable'

 

Both countries agree to double police patrols on route already used by more than 8,000 people this year

 

 

 

PA Media

Sat 28 Nov 2020 20.38 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/28/uk-and-france-sign-deal-to-make-channel-migrant-crossings-unviable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voters set to punish mayor who ‘made Rio de Janeiro miserable’

 

A landslide in Sunday’s election is predicted to sweep away the city’s ‘disastrous’ conservative leader

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sat 28 Nov 2020 15.49 GMTLast modified on Sun 29 Nov 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/28/voters-punish-mayor-marcelo-crivella-rio-de-janeiro-miserable

Edited November 29, 2020 by umbertino

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Barefoot in thorns: Gaza through the eyes of a Palestinian photographer

 

My Gaza by Jehad al-Saftawi is a personal account of peoples’ suffering as they go about their lives under Israeli blockade

 

 

Mon 30 Nov 2020 07.15 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/nov/30/barefoot-in-thorns-gaza-through-the-eyes-of-a-palestinian-photographer

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Cuban security forces evict hunger-striking activists in raid on HQ

 

Dissident San Isidro movement little known until it publicised protest on social media

 

Reuters in Havana

Fri 27 Nov 2020 16.48 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/27/cuban-security-forces-evict-hunger-strike-activists-in-raid-on-hq-san-isidro-movement

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Rio voters inflict humiliating electoral wipeout on mayor

 

Bolsonaro ally Marcelo Crivella lost in all of Brazilian city’s 49 constituencies

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Mon 30 Nov 2020 16.12 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/30/rio-voters-inflict-humiliating-electoral-wipeout-on-mayor

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Germany bans pro-Nazi group that ‘wants to re-establish dictatorship'

 

Homes of 11 members of far-right group Wolfsbrigade 44 raided in three states

 

Associated Press in Berlin

Tue 1 Dec 2020 08.33 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/germany-bans-pro-nazi-group-that-wants-to-re-establish-dictatorship-wolfbrigade-44

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CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker

 

Unnamed American died alongside four Somali officers when extremists detonated a car bomb

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent and Abdalle Ahmed Mumin

Thu 3 Dec 2020 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/03/cia-officer-killed-in-somali-raid-on-suspected-al-shabaab-bomb-maker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran says it will comply with nuclear deal if Biden lifts all sanctions

 

Foreign minister calls on US to ‘show its good faith’ but appears to rule out renegotiating deal

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 3 Dec 2020 15.40 GMT

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/iran-comply-nuclear-deal-biden-lifts-all-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK starts deployment of 300 troops to Mali as part of UN mission

 

UK forces join 56 other countries in Minusma peacekeeping mission

 

Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor

Thu 3 Dec 2020 15.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/dec/03/uk-starts-deployment-of-300-troops-to-mali-as-part-of-un-mission-minusma

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberian rebel commander accused of cannibalism goes on trial in Switzerland

 

Alieu Kosiah is also accused of being involved in killing of 18 civilians, rape and recruiting child soldier

 

Reuters in Bellinzona

Thu 3 Dec 2020 12.52 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/trial-of-alleged-liberian-war-criminal-accused-of-cannibalism-starts-in-switzerland-alieu-kosiah

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Hundreds of Ethiopian immigrants welcomed in Israel by PM

 

Benjamin Netanyahu greets arrivals as part of pledge to bring all Ethiopians of Jewish lineage to Israel

 

Associated Press

Thu 3 Dec 2020 13.19 GMT Last modified on Thu 3 Dec 2020 13.48 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/hundreds-of-ethiopian-immigrants-welcomed-in-israel-by-pm

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Nepotism claims the latest hitch for Merkel's designated successor

 

North-Rhine Westphalia’s hopeful Armin Laschet says accusations over PPE contract are obscene

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Fri 4 Dec 2020 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/04/nepotism-claims-merkel-laschet-germany

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Egypt frees three rights workers after outcry over crackdown

 

Three staffers at one of the last rights groups still operating in Egypt were arrested last month

 

Associated Press in Cairo

Thu 3 Dec 2020 20.34 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/03/egypt-frees-three-rights-workers-after-outcry-over-crackdown

 

Good...But still lots more to do in Egypt when it comes to human rights...Come on Al-Sisi...Work on it....

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Chinese official's 'repugnant' tweet of Australia soldier likely amplified by fake accounts, experts say

 

Australian experts and Israeli cybersecurity firm allege ‘unusual behaviour’ by Twitter accounts retweeting or liking Zhao Lijian’s tweet

 

Reuters

Sat 5 Dec 2020 04.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/05/chinese-officials-repugnant-tweet-of-australia-soldier-likely-amplified-by-fake-accounts-experts-say

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George Soros: Orbán turns to familiar scapegoat as Hungary rows with EU

 

Rightwing prime minister Viktor Orbán reignites anti-Soros rhetoric with EU dispute

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Sat 5 Dec 2020 05.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/05/george-soros-orban-turns-to-familiar-scapegoat-as-hungary-rows-with-eu

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Spain marks 42 years since return of democracy as retired officers dissent

 

PM lauds 1978 constitution after some former armed forces members rue demise of Franco dictatorship

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Sun 6 Dec 2020 15.19 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/06/spain-marks-42-years-since-return-of-democracy-as-retired-officers-dissent

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francoist_Spain

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Maduro set to tighten grip over Venezuela as Guaidó denounces 'fraud'

 

Opposition’s boycott of elections suggests campaign to stop strongman has failed, say observers

 

Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Sun 6 Dec 2020 14.35 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/06/venezuela-goes-to-the-polls-nicolas-maduro-juan-guaido

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iran nuclear deal: Saudi Arabia says Gulf states must be consulted if US revives accord

 

Prince Faisal bin Farhan warns kingdom and its regional allies’ involvement is only way to achieve ‘sustainable’ outcome

 

Agence France-Presse

Sun 6 Dec 2020 04.15 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/06/iran-nuclear-deal-saudi-arabia-says-gulf-states-must-be-consulted-if-us-revives-accord

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Egypt Frees Human Rights Workers Amid Rising International Pressure

 

The arrest of the civil rights advocates received international attention, as Western policymakers, celebrities and the incoming Biden administration pressed for their release

 

Dec. 3, 2020

By Vivian Yee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/world/middleeast/egypt-Human-rights-activists.html

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_Patrick_Zaki

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Giulio_Regeni

 

 

President Al -Sisi: maniac and blood-thirsty dictator

Edited December 6, 2020 by umbertino

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History...It happened 50 years ago (1970)

 

 

Golpe Borghese (Borghese coup attempt)

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golpe_Borghese

 

 

 

 

 

 

1970: The Golpe Borghese coup plot in Italy

 

 

Posted bySteven

Jan 25 2010 18:14

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://libcom.org/history/1970-golpe-borghese-coup-plot-italy

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Israel to investigate shooting of Palestinian child

 

UN Middle East envoy describes killing of 13-year-old as ‘shocking and unacceptable’

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 7 Dec 2020 10.20 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/07/israel-launches-investigation-into-shoot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Brazil is a racist country, statistically’: Luedji Luna, the bold voice of Bahia

 

Amid hostile rhetoric from her president, the singer is trying to foreground community and love in her new, rapturously received album

 

Mon 7 Dec 2020 10.58 GMT

Dom Phillips

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/dec/07/brazil-is-a-racist-country-statistically-luedji-luna-the-bold-voice-of-bahia

Edited December 7, 2020 by umbertino