Politics & environs 2022

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Sudan’s military is brutally suppressing protests – global action is needed

 

A targeted response, including sanctions against those leading the repression, will allow Sudanese striving for a fairer future the freedom to organise

 

Tue 22 Mar 2022 09.30 GMT

Mohamed Osman

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/22/sudan-military-brutally-suppressing-protests-global-action-needed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria using maze of shell companies to avoid sanctions on Assad regime’s elite

 

Exclusive: documents seen by the Guardian prove Assad minister’s boast that evading financial sanctions has ‘become a Syrian craft’

 

Tessa Fox and Karam Shaar

Tue 22 Mar 2022 07.30 GMT





https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/22/syria-using-maze-of-shell-companies-to-avoid-sanctions-on-assad-regimes-elite
 

Edited March 22, 2022 by umbertino

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Australian man, 83, dies in Iranian prison after being denied healthcare

 

Amnesty says Australian-Iranian Shokrollah Jebeli was subjected to ‘more than two years of torture’

 

AFP in Paris

Mon 21 Mar 2022 20.03 GMT





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/21/australian-shokrollah-jebeli-iranian-prison-denied-healthcare
 

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Victims of other humanitarian crises need urgent help too

 

From Afghanistan to Yemen and the Horn of Africa, the international community should not take its foot off the pedal in providing help where it’s required, says the Mercy Corps’  Michael McKean

 

Letters

Mon 21 Mar 2022 17.42 GMT






https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/21/victims-of-other-humanitarian-crises-need-urgent-help-too








 

Waiting for racial justice from Boris Johnson’s government? You’ll have a long wait

Ministers have squandered a chance to make real change for the millions facing policing, housing, health and education inequalities

Tue 22 Mar 2022 13.15 GMT
Simon Woolley



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/22/waiting-racial-justice-boris-johnson-government-inequality

 

 

 

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UK minister in BVI for urgent talks on sanctioning Russian oligarchs

 

Amanda Melling’s visit follows fears UK tax havens may offer loophole for those trying to avoid clampdown

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Wed 23 Mar 2022 06.30 GMT





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/23/uk-minister-in-bvi-for-urgent-talks-on-sanctioning-russian-oligarchs
 

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‘It’s a kind of revenge’: Damascus suburb demolished as Assad builds a ‘new Syria’

 

Investigation reveals former rebel-held areas are being levelled under the guise of mine clearance to make way for high-end developments – leaving refugees nothing to return to

 

Wed 23 Mar 2022 15.00 GMT

by Kaamil Ahmed, Mais Katt, Mohammad Bassiki and Bashar Deeb

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/mar/23/its-a-kind-of-revenge-damascus-suburb-demolished-as-assad-builds-a-new-syria

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Russia-Ukraine war: Nato has never been more united, says Biden; Kyiv and Moscow exchange prisoners – live

 

US president says he supports Russia’s removal from G20; move is first swap of soldiers since war began

 

Adam Gabbatt (now); Léonie Chao-Fong, Martin Belam and Samantha Lock (earlier)

Thu 24 Mar 2022 21.37 GMT

 

• How Russia is using tactics from the Syrian playbook in Ukraine
• Nato leaders agree to upgrade weapons supply to Ukraine
• Ukraine sinks Russian ship as Moscow accused of forcible deportations
• US expands sanctions and plans to accept 100,000 Ukrainian refugees
• What we know on day 29 of the invasion

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/24/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-zelenskiy-expects-meaningful-steps-at-nato-eu-and-g7-summits-live

 

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Cubans choose exile to escape post-protest political crackdown

 

Tens of thousands have left the communist-ruled country since mass anti-government protests last July but many face life in limbo in Mexico

 

Lillian Perlmutter in Tapachula, Mexico

Thu 24 Mar 2022 09.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/cubans-exile-political-crackdown-mexico-migrants

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Russia-Ukraine war: more than 1,000 civilians killed so far, says UN, as mass graves reported in Mariupol – latest

 

The UN says one mass grave appears to contain 200 bodies, and adds that at least 1,081 civilians have died since the invasion began

 

Jem Bartholomew (now); Martin Belam and Samantha Lock (earlier)

Fri 25 Mar 2022 15.17 GMT

 

• ‘God has left Mariupol’: horror of the besieged city in Ukraine
• Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 30 of the invasion
• Biden heads to Poland to witness refugee crisis
• Russian activists sign open letter calling for end to war in Ukraine
• Tell us: how have you been affected by the situation in Ukraine?

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/25/ukraine-war-latest-news-sanctions-a-little-late-zelenskiy-tells-european-council-biden-to-visit-poland-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine: Russian envoy says concerned by use of Italy arms

Rome has bitten hand that helped it during pandemic says Razov

Redazione ANSA ROME

25 March 202211:15 News

 

 

 

 

https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2022/03/25/ukraine-russian-envoy-says-concerned-by-use-of-italy-arms_ec0753ab-9684-4565-a109-84268649d854.html

 

 

Evidently Russian ambassador is living in a parallel universe.........

 

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‘God has left Mariupol’: diary entries chart horror of besieged city in Ukraine

 

Unfolding story of heartache, destruction and death has been documented by residents

 

Fri 25 Mar 2022 14.09 GMT

by Daniel Boffey in Lviv

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/25/mariupol-diary-entries-besieged-ukraine

 

 

Russian foreign affairs minister Lavrov  declared that " in Mariupol ONLY military facilities were targeted"...Which is a lie...There's almost NO civilian building still standing....Liars

 

 

 

 

 

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Putin’s bombs and missiles rain down, but he will never destroy Ukraine’s culture

 

As part of Russia’s ‘total war’, theatres are bombed and intellectuals are murdered. But we will fight for our heritage

 

Fri 25 Mar 2022 07.00 GMT

Andrey Kurkov

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/25/putin-bombs-missiles-culture-ukraine-russia-war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ukraine will not surrender one inch of land to Russia – the west must understand this

 

Kyiv knows concessions will not bring security: on the contrary, they will provoke a new Russian offensive

 

Fri 25 Mar 2022 13.35 GMT

Maria Zolkina

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/25/ukraine-west-russia-kyiv-russian-offensive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A coup in Russia? FSB agents frustrated with Vladimir Putin’s handling of Ukraine ops, claims whistleblower

 

With no end in sight to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, the risk of a coup by the Federal Security Service (FSB) against Russian President Vladimir Putin is growing every week. A whistleblower has claimed that chaos and discontent have engulfed the security services after the botched invasion of Ukraine

TN World Desk

Updated Mar 24, 2022 | 03:21 PM IST

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/a-coup-in-russia-fsb-agents-frustrated-with-vladimir-putins-handling-of-ukraine-ops-claims-whistleblower-article-90424077

 

 

 

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Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’

 

Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out against the government he is representing in a verbal attack that was lauded by the US

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Wed 23 Mar 2022 18.05 GMT




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/23/nicaragua-ambassador-oas-denounces-daniel-ortega


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

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‘You cannot put the pain into words’: Anoosheh Ashoori on his detention in Iran

 

Arrested on spying charges and held for four years, Ashoori describes interrogation and threats to his family

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 24 Mar 2022 20.00 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/24/anoosheh-ashoori-detention-iran-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe
 

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Russian commander run over by tank ‘deliberately killed by own troops’

 

A Russian brigade commander was deliberately killed by his own troops amid anger at mounting losses among troops in Ukraine, according to a report picked up by Western intelligence

 

Felix Light

Friday March 25 2022, 7.15pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/russian-commander-run-over-by-tank-deliberately-killed-by-own-troops-ncdw9fmr9

[umbertino]

Russia-Ukraine war latest: Biden holds talks in Poland as Kremlin hints at nuclear ‘readiness’ – live

 

The US president is in Poland for talks with Ukrainian ministers and Poland’s premier, while Moscow outlines when it would be prepared to use nuclear weapons

 

Tom Ambrose (now); Kevin Rawlinson and Rebecca Ratcliffe (earlier)

Sat 26 Mar 2022 13.19 GMT

 

• What we know on day 31 of the invasion
• Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine
• Biden to address ‘stakes of this moment’ in speech from Warsaw
• ‘I can’t tell him his mother has died’: the cost of Russia’s Kharkiv assault

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/26/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskiy-hails-powerful-blows-by-ukrainian-army-as-russia-hints-at-scaling-back-offensive-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US volunteer soldiers appear in Ukraine frontline footage – video

 

The footage suggests the international legion fighting alongside the Ukrainian military is playing an increasingly active role. The video clips show an American in combat gear posing in front of the burnt remains of what he said was a Russian tank...........

 

Fri 25 Mar 2022 16.41 GMT Last modified on Fri 25 Mar 2022 17.16 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2022/mar/25/us-volunteer-soldiers-ukraine-frontline-footage-video

 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Macron warns against ‘escalation’ after Biden speech; Zelenskiy calls on west for planes and tanks

 

French president distances himself from Biden’s comments that Putin ‘cannot remain in power’; Ukrainian president tells Europe its own security is at stake

 

Tom Ambrose (now); Alexandra Topping and Helen Livingstone (earlier)

Sun 27 Mar 2022 15.10 BST

 

• US denies it is seeking Russia regime change after Biden comments
• UK distances itself from Biden saying Putin ‘cannot remain in power’
• Analysis: Biden’s remark should focus west on what endgame should be
• UN refugee agency unprepared for Russian invasion, says Ukraine

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/27/russia-ukraine-war-latest-zelenskiy-calls-on-west-for-planes-and-tanks-biden-says-butcher-putin-cannot-remain-in-power-live

 

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Drone video captures killing of civilian

 

According to a ZDF Frontal investigation, a camera drone observed the killing of a civilian by Russian soldiers near Kiev. Suspicions of war crimes in Ukraine are growing stronger

 

Arndt Ginzel und Christian Rohde

15.03.2022 20:14

 

 

 

 

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/ukraine-war-crimes-civilian-killed-drone-videos-100.html

 

[umbertino]

UN condemns attacks by Yemen rebels and Saudi-led coalition

 

UN chief António Guterres calls for ‘restraint’ on all sides in seven-year conflict

 

Agence France-Presse

Sat 26 Mar 2022 23.57 GMT






https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/un-condemns-attacks-by-yemen-rebels-and-saudi-led-coalition
 

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine crystallises divide between US allies and rest

 

Ukraine crisis is uniting democracies in Europe and Pacific but complicating relationships with China, India and Gulf states

 

Julian Borger

Sat 26 Mar 2022 13.08 GMT





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/26/russia-invasion-ukraine-divide-between-west-and-rest-of-world
 

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Russia-Ukraine war latest: Ukraine not ‘willing to give up any territory’, Zelenskiy adviser says – live

 

Alexander Rodnyansky makes comment on eve of latest face-to-face talks to be hosted in Istanbul

 

Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Martin Belam, Samantha Lock (earlier)

Mon 28 Mar 2022 17.08 BST

 

• Russia and Ukraine likely to start face-to-face talks on Tuesday
• Kremlin ‘disrespecting soldiers’ families over stalled return of bodies’
• What we know on day 33 of the Russian invasion
• Novaya Gazeta to close until end of Ukraine war

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/mar/28/russia-ukraine-war-latest-news-zelenskiy-putin-live-updates

 

 

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Myanmar’s military ruler vows to ‘annihilate’ resistance groups

 

Min Aung Hlaing also urges ethnic minorities not to support militias opposed to army rule

 

Associated Press

Mon 28 Mar 2022 03.18 BST




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/myanmars-military-ruler-vows-to-annihilate-resistance-groups


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

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Venezuelan troops operated alongside rebels in Colombia, report claims

 

Human Rights Watch says Venezuelan soldiers conducted joint operations with ELN in violence-plagued Apure state

 

AP in Bogotá

Mon 28 Mar 2022 16.57 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/venezuelan-troops-colombia-rebels-joint-operations-human-right-watch

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Should we ditch the vodka? What we can learn from the turbulent history of boycotts

 

Putin’s invasion has led to people shunning Russian products, celebrities and even cats. Many of those affected by the boycott are against the war; others aren’t even Russian. But the past 250 years show that this crude weapon can also be highly effective

 

Archie Bland

Mon 28 Mar 2022 10.00 BST




https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/28/its-about-making-a-stand-a-history-of-boycotts-from-the-boston-tea-party-to-russia
 

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Neither Nato nor Ukraine can de-Putinise Russia. We Russians must do it ourselves

 

A new, democratic Russia is impossible without a change of national mindset – and an acknowledgment of national guilt

 

Mon 28 Mar 2022 07.00 BST

Mikhail Shishkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/mar/28/nato-ukraine-vladimir-putin-russia-democratic-national-guilt

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Stars in Brazil voice fury as judge orders festival to ban ‘political demonstrations’

 

Electoral judge outlaws leftist ‘propaganda’ at Lollapalooza, months before October election

 

Tom Phillips in Niterói

Sun 27 Mar 2022 19.25 BST





https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/27/stars-in-brazil-voice-fury-as-judge-orders-festival-to-ban-political-demonstrations