Politics & environs articles 2020

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100,000 march in Minsk to demand Belarus leader resigns

 

KYIV, Belarus (AP) — Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched Sunday to the outskirts of the presidential residence in the capital of Belarus, calling for the country's authoritarian leader to resign as protests against President Alexander Lukashenko entered their fifth week

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.mail.com/int/news/europe/10157220-100000-march-minsk-to-demand-belarus-leader-resign.html#.1258-stage-hero1-1

 

The man must go

 

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Belarus: Lukashenko vows to stay in first interview since protests

 

President tells Russian journalists that if he resigned the opposition would destroy Belarus

 

Shaun Walker Central and eastern Europe correspondent

Tue 8 Sep 2020 18.51 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/08/belarus-lukashenko-vows-to-stay-in-first-interview-since-protests

 

Bastard dictator

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Brazil's ex-president Lula condemns Bolsonaro over Covid in comeback bid

 

People expect Lula, who governed from 2003-2011, to run for president again at next election

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Tue 8 Sep 2020 17.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/08/brazils-ex-president-lula-condemns-bolsonaro-over-covid-in-comeback-bid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamal Khashoggi murder: Saudi court overturns five death sentences

 

Eight defendants jailed for between seven and 20 years in final ruling on case

 

Agence France-Presse

Mon 7 Sep 2020 16.35 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/07/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-court-overturns-five-death-sentences

 

Not much to add here......

 

 

 

 

Edited September 8, 2020 by umbertino

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'It's unbearable': Lesbos refugees sleep on streets after devastating fire

 

Residents of Moria camp struggle to salvage what they can as protesters try to block efforts to rebuild

 

Katy Fallon

Fri 11 Sep 2020 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 11 Sep 2020 07.57 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/11/its-unbearable-lesbos-refugees-sleep-on-streets-after-devastating-fire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spanish trial brings hope of justice for victims of Salvadoran death squads

 

Thirty years after murder of eight people, including six Jesuits, those who ordered deaths may finally face consequences

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Mon 7 Sep 2020 05.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/07/spanish-trial-brings-hope-of-justice-for-victims-of-salvadoran-death-squads

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Roger Stone to Donald Trump: bring in martial law if you lose election

 

Trump meanwhile promises to ‘put down’ leftwing protests and says US Marshals killing Portland suspect was ‘retribution’

 

Martin Pengelly

Sun 13 Sep 2020 14.47 BST First published on Sun 13 Sep 2020 03.12 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/13/roger-stone-to-donald-trump-bring-in-martial-law-if-you-lose-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Colombia protests against police brutality leave at least 10 dead

 

• Unrest sparked by police killing of lawyer in Bogotá
• Disturbances spread to Medellín, Cali and Manizales
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Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Fri 11 Sep 2020 18.31 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/11/colombia-protests-police-brutality-dead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-Salvadoran colonel jailed for 1989 murder of Spanish Jesuits

 

Inocente Orlando Montano, 77, convicted in Madrid for carrying out civil war atrocity

 

Sam Jones in Madrid

Fri 11 Sep 2020 13.39 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/11/ex-salvadoran-colonel-inocente-orlando-montano-jailed-for-1989-of-spanish-jesuits

 

Another (fascist) bastard who could live unpunished for all these long years......

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Black voting power: the fight for change in Milwaukee, one of America’s most segregated cities

 

 

Guardian US reporter Kenya Evelyn travels home to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the most segregated cities in the country to find out what Joe Biden and the Democratic party can do to truly earn the votes of Black Americans...........

 

Kenya Evelyn, Joel Van Haren, Katie Lamborn and Charlie Phillips, Source: The Guardian

Wed 16 Sep 2020 11.53 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2020/sep/16/black-voting-power-the-fight-for-change-in-milwaukee-one-of-americas-most-segregated-cities

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Violence intensifies in Paraguay after ex-vice-president kidnapped

 

Óscar Denis was taken by Paraguayan People’s Army days after military killed two 11-year-old girls in unclear circumstances

 

William Costa in Asunción

Tue 15 Sep 2020 07.15 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/15/former-paraguay-vice-president-oscar-denis-kidnapped-amid-conflict-between-guerrillas-and-military

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Occupying Palestine is rotting Israel from inside. No Gulf peace deal can hide that

 

Israel has twisted its laws and contorted its politics to protect the occupation. The UAE and Bahrain deals won’t create peace

 

Thu 17 Sep 2020 11.05 BST Last modified on Thu 17 Sep 2020 11.07 BST

Raja Shehadeh

 

 

 

 

Palestinians and Israeli soldiers during protests against an agreement between Israel and the UAE in the West Bank city of Hebron, September 2020

Photograph: Abed Al Hashlamoun/EPA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/17/occupying-palestine-israel-gulf-peace-deal-uae-bahrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Venezuela: UN accuses Maduro government of crimes against humanity

 

Findings conclude state and president responsible for extrajudicial killings and systemic use of torture

 

Staff and agencies in Geneva

Wed 16 Sep 2020 15.41 BST First published on Wed 16 Sep 2020 15.29 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/16/venezuela-un-report-crimes-against-humanity-maduro-government

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Jewish extremist who killed Palestinian family sentenced to life

 

Amiram Ben-Uliel murdered Saad Dawabsheh, his wife and child in a 2015 arson attack

 

Oliver Holmes in Jersualem

Mon 14 Sep 2020 17.47 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/14/jewish-extremist-who-killed-palestinian-family-sentenced-to-life

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History class: ‘Five Days, Five Nights’: Flight to freedom from fascist Portugal

 

September 16, 2020 11:56 AM CDT By Michael Berkowitz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/five-days-five-nights-flight-to-freedom-from-fascist-portugal/

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Belarus repeatedly interrupts at UN amid 'new iron curtain' warnings

 

Human rights council votes to adopt resolution condemning violations in Belarus

 

Jon Henley and Julian Borger

Fri 18 Sep 2020 17.43 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/18/belarus-could-bring-down-another-iron-curtain-across-europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Silence reigns on the US-backed coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia

 

 

The Organization of American States had a key role in the destruction of the country’s democracy last November

 

 

Fri 18 Sep 2020 09.00 BST

Mark Weisbrot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/silence-us-backed-coup-evo-morales-bolivia-american-states

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This Brexit government’s ignorance is steering us towards disaster

 

Clueless about the US, uninterested in Ireland, Boris Johnson and his team are crashing on to rocks they can’t even see

 

Fri 18 Sep 2020 17.50 BST Last modified on Sat 19 Sep 2020 12.07 BST

Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/18/brexiters-ignorance-disaster-clueless-us-ireland-boris-johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allegations of unwanted Ice hysterectomies recall grim time in US history

 

A report claims women in immigration centers are being given unnecessary procedures that can leave them unable to conceive. The story is all too familiar

 

Miranda Bryant

Mon 21 Sep 2020 08.00 BST Last modified on Mon 21 Sep 2020 08.02 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/unwanted-hysterectomy-allegations-ice-georgia-immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by umbertino

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Leak reveals $2tn of possibly corrupt US financial activity

 

Among those named in reports is Paul Manafort, former political strategist for Donald Trump

 

David Pegg

Sun 20 Sep 2020 19.58 BST Last modified on Sun 20 Sep 2020 23.34 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/20/leak-reveals-2tn-of-possibly-corrupt-us-financial-activity

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'We feel betrayed': Palestinians fear cost of Arab states' deals with Israel

 

The accords signed in Washington are seen as diminishing the leverage for independence

 

Oliver Holmes Jerusalem correspondent, Hazem Balousha in Gaza, Michael Safi in Amman, and Bethan McKernan in Istanbul

Tue 22 Sep 2020 06.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/we-feel-betrayed-palestinians-fear-cost-of-arab-states-deals-with-israel

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DoJ labels New York, Portland and Seattle 'anarchist jurisdictions'

 

• Department seeks to withdraw federal funds from three cities
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• Cuomo says Trump is ‘not a king. He cannot defund NYC’

 

Lauren Aratani

Mon 21 Sep 2020 16.50 BST Last modified on Mon 21 Sep 2020 19.50 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/21/doj-new-york-portland-seattle-trump-bill-barr

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Battle of billboards rages between Jair Bolsonaro’s foes and followers

 

The arm-wrestle underscores Brazil’s bitter political rupture over a leader critics consider an abomination and supporters a corruption-busting champion

 

Caio Barretto Briso in Rio de Janeiro

Wed 23 Sep 2020 10.30 BST

 

 

A billboard in Aracaju: ‘Death cannot be allowed to govern Brazil...Bolsonaro out'

Photograph: Sinasefe.Ifes / Facebook

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/23/brazil-battle-of-billboards-rages-jair-bolsonaro-foes-followers

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Pro-democracy leader Joshua Wong arrested in Hong Kong

 

Wong released on bail after arrest over 2019 protest and for allegedly violating anti-mask law

 

Helen Davidson

Thu 24 Sep 2020 10.19 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/pro-democracy-leader-joshua-wong-arrested-in-hong-kong

 

Not good...

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EU proposes to ditch refugee quotas for member states

 

Countries would be offered €10,000 an adult to take people in under ‘solidarity à la carte’ plan

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 23 Sep 2020 17.05 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/23/eu-proposes-to-ditch-refugee-quotas-for-member-states

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EU’s migration proposals draw anger on left and leave questions unanswered

 

One Dutch MEP compared the plans to the far right while Von der Leyen’s party called them ‘a good starting point’

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Wed 23 Sep 2020 18.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/23/eu-migration-proposals-anger-on-left-leave-questions-unanswered

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Colombia: spying on reporters shows army unable to shake habits of dirty war

 

More than 130 journalists – including at least three US reporters – surveilled in a country where media has long been targeted

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Tue 22 Sep 2020 11.30 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/colombia-spying-scandal-military-journalists

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Volkswagen to pay compensation for collaborating with Brazil’s dictatorship

 

Brazilian investigation found company was one of several that secretly worked with 1964-85 military government

 

Kate Connolly in Berlin and Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 24 Sep 2020 20.50 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/volkswagen-brazil-ex-employees-persecuted-military-dictatorship-compensation

 

Right thing to do but way too late as usual

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Turkey issues arrest warrants for 82 over pro-Kurdish protests

 

Mayor among those wanted for unspecified offences during 2014 protests sparked by Isis seizure of Kobane

 

Agence France-Presse

Fri 25 Sep 2020 09.04 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/turkey-issues-arrest-warrants-pro-kurdish-protests

 

Bastard fascist president Erdogan admitted in more than one occasion the he wants to exterminate all  Kurds..Doesn't matter to him that Kurdish fighters ( men and women) were the only ones who fought ( many died) on the ground in order to curb the potential massive invasion of ISIS on the Syria-Turkey border 4/5 years ago

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Proud Boys rally in Portland, Oregon stokes fears of renewed violence

 

• Pro-Trump group say event supports free speech and police
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• Protests and counter-protests have previously turned deadly

 

Associated Press in Portland, Oregon

Sat 26 Sep 2020 12.42 BST

 

 

Armed members of the far-right Proud Boys group in Vancouver, Washington earlier this month

Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/proud-boys-rally-portland-oregon-kate-brown-ted-wheeler-trump