Politics & environs 2022

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Sister of Iran’s supreme leader condemns protest crackdown

 

Badri Hosseini Khamenei says brother’s ‘despotic caliphate’ has brought nothing but suffering

 

Oliver Holmes

Wed 7 Dec 2022 13.56 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/iran-protests-five-sentenced-to-death-over-killing-of-paramilitary-member
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Peru president removed from office amid accusations of coup attempt

 

Pedro Castillo apparently detained by police and new president Dina Boluarte sworn in on day of high drama

 

Dan Collyns in Lima

Wed 7 Dec 2022 21.25 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/peru-president-detained-pedro-castillo-coup

 

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Iranian forces shooting at faces and genitals of female protesters, medics say

 

Exclusive: Men and women coming in with shotgun wounds to different parts of bodies, doctors say

 

Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad

Thu 8 Dec 2022 15.55 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/08/iranian-forces-shooting-at-faces-and-genitals-of-female-protesters-medics-say
 

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New York Times journalists in mass strike for first time in 40 years

 

Members of NewsGuild of New York say they are stopping work in protest at management’s failure to reach deal on new contract

 

Associated Press in New York

Thu 8 Dec 2022 12.32 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/08/new-york-times-journalists-walkout-strike-newsguild
 

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Migrants face ‘unprecedented rise in violence’ in EU borders, report finds

 

Asylum seekers beaten and sexually assaulted before being illegally removed, says Border Violence Monitoring Network

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 8 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/dec/08/migrants-face-unprecedented-rise-in-violence-in-eu-borders-report-finds
 

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Elon Musk accused of turning Twitter offices into bedrooms

 

San Francisco investigating Twitter after complaint says it converted rooms in its HQ into sleeping quarters

 

Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

Thu 8 Dec 2022 07.48 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/07/twitter-san-francisco-investigating-offices-converted-bedrooms
 

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Alex Jones owes $1.5bn and declared bankruptcy. So how is Infowars still running?

 

Jones is already making headlines again for platforming Ye’s antisemitic rants. Legal experts explain what’s going on

 

Wilfred Chan

Thu 8 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/07/alex-jones-infowars-bankruptcy
 

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Iran carries out first known execution over anti-government protests

 

Mohsen Shekari was convicted of ‘waging war against God’ over alleged stabbing of militia member

 

Patrick Wintour and Maryam Foumani

Thu 8 Dec 2022 15.53 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/iran-executes-man-23-mohsen-shekari-allegedly-stabbing-pro-regime-officer
 

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Reichsbürger: the German conspiracy theorists at heart of alleged coup plot

 

Despite description of alleged plotters by prosecutors as a ‘motley crew’, the threat was considered very real

 

Wed 7 Dec 2022 17.29 GMT

Kate Connolly in Berlin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/reichsburger-the-german-conspiracy-theorists-at-heart-of-alleged-coup-plot

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Guatemala: former president sentenced to 16 years for corruption

 

Otto Pérez Molina and his vice-president found guilty seven years after they were forced from office but culture of impunity persists

 

Jeff Abbott in Guatemala City

Thu 8 Dec 2022 15.52 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/guatemala-president-otto-perez-molina-corruption-sentence
 

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Colombia activist murders reach record high of 199 this year

 

Human rights ombudsman decries ‘alarming and unprecedented figure’ owing to attacked by illegal armed groups tied to drug trade

 

Reuters in Bogotá

Wed 7 Dec 2022 20.02 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/07/colombia-murders-human-rights-defenders-record
 

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The Guardian view on Israel’s threat within: rightwing extremism in government

 

Benjamin Netanyahu is playing with fire by giving racist politicians control over the police and the occupied territories

 

Wed 7 Dec 2022 19.03 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/07/the-guardian-view-on-israels-threat-within-rightwing-extremism-in-government

 

 

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‘Huge flip of circumstances’: end of US child tax credit pushing kids into poverty

 

Nearly 4 million more children in poverty in January 2022 compared with December 2021, say experts

 

Chris Stein

Thu 8 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/08/child-tax-credit-ending-pushing-kids-into-poverty
 

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Dina Boluarte, Peru’s first female president, vows to fight corruption

 

Leftwing lawyer, 60, was sworn in after serving as vice-president to Pedro Castillo, who now faces rebellion and conspiracy charges

 

Dan Collyns in Lima

Thu 8 Dec 2022 20.58 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/08/dina-boluarte-peru-first-female-president
 

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Racism poses public health threat to millions worldwide, finds report

 

Discrimination has ‘profound’ effect on health of disadvantaged people, says Lancet review

 

Andrew Gregory Health editor

Thu 8 Dec 2022 23.30 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/08/racism-poses-public-health-threat-to-millions-worldwide-finds-report
 

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Four people arrested as part of inquiry into Gulf state buying EU influence

 

Belgian police seized cash and searched 16 properties across Brussels during major investigation into corruption and money laundering

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Fri 9 Dec 2022 15.19 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/four-people-arrested-as-part-of-inquiry-into-gulf-state-buying-eu-influence

Italians involved unfortunately....Not good
 

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US immigration laws should be enforced with discretion. That’s common sense

 

Biden ordered officials to focus on deporting immigrants convicted of felonies, rather than undocumented people en masse. I applaud that decision

 

Fri 9 Dec 2022 11.00 GMT

Robert Reich

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/09/us-immigration-laws-joe-biden-enforced-discretion-common-sense

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University of California workers continue strike amid threat of arrests

 

Strike of 48,000 is largest in history of US higher education as some workers protest at offices of high-level university administrators

 

Michael Sainato

Sat 10 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/10/university-of-california-strike
 

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Panama ex-president Ricardo Martinelli faces trial for money laundering

 

Summons issued over ‘New Business’ affair adds to separate bribery-related case, both expected to be heard in court in 2023

 

Reuters in Panama City

Sat 10 Dec 2022 05.01 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/10/panama-ex-president-ricardo-martinelli-faces-trial-for-money-laundering

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Publishing Is Not a Crime: NYT, The Guardian & More Urge Biden Admin to Drop Charges Against Assange

 

December 06, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2022/12/6/julian_assange_espionage_act_charges

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At the World Cup: Palestine is more than an Arab cause

 

December 9, 2022 11:05 AM CST By Ramzy Baroud

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/at-the-world-cup-palestine-is-more-than-an-arab-cause/

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Putin has to escalate to survive. There can be no lasting peace until he falls

 

Germany’s Olaf Scholz wants a return to the prewar order. While Russia peddles fantasies of a global empire, that dream is unachievable

 

Sun 11 Dec 2022 09.00 GMT

Simon Tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/11/putin-has-to-escalate-to-survive-there-can-be-no-lasting-peace-until-he-falls

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‘God preserve this score!’ Palestinians revel in Morocco’s World Cup backing

 

Occupied territories hail success of Arab team, whose players unfurl flag of Palestine after victories

 

Bethan McKernan and Quique Kierszenbaum in Ramallah

Sat 10 Dec 2022 19.22 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/10/god-preserve-this-score-palestinians-roar-arab-team-into-world-cup-semis
 

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Iran carries out second execution linked to nationwide protests

 

Majidreza Rahnavard accused of fatally stabbing security force members early in protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death in custody

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 12 Dec 2022 13.35 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/12/iran-carries-out-second-execution-linked-to-nationwide-protests

My solidarity to the HEROIC Iranian women, Iranian youth and all the People struggling against this wicked (in the least) regime........Hopefully they'll succeed in getting rid of these blood-thirsty criminals
 

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‘People can’t afford milk’: Moldovans weigh political future as Ukraine war hits economy

 

Pro-Kremlin rhetoric is catching on with some as winter heating and basic foods become unaffordable

 

Paula Erizanu in Chișinău

Mon 12 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/12/moldova-inflation-economy-energy-russia-invasion-ukraine