Politics & environs 2022

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Kurdish rapper wins appeal against death sentence in Iran

 

Saman Yasin had denied charges of attempting to kill security forces

 

Reuters

Sat 24 Dec 2022 19.58 GMT








https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/24/kurdish-rapper-wins-appeal-against-death-sentence-in-iran
 

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Highest-profile January 6 trial begins with Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio

 

Chairman of militia group and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy related to Capitol insurrection

 

Victoria Bekiempis

Sun 25 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/25/january-6-proud-boys-trial-begins-enrique-tarrio

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Suspect in Paris shooting ‘had pathological hatred of foreigners’

 

The man, 69, was held on Friday after killing three people at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby cafe

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Sun 25 Dec 2022 18.08 GMT










https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/25/suspect-in-paris-shooting-says-he-had-pathological-hatred-of-foreigners
 

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Suspect in failed Brazil bomb attack: I wanted to halt Lula’s inauguration

 

Rio de Janeiro, Dec 25 (EFE).- The supporter of Brazilian ultrarightist President Jair Bolsonaro who was arrested on the weekend after trying to detonate a bomb in Brasilia and from whom authorities seized an arsenal of weaponry admitted that his aim was to cause chaos to prevent the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

 

26 December 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://efe.com/en/latest-news/brazil-inauguration/

 

 

Fascists.......

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Serbia puts troops on high alert as tensions with Kosovo rise

 

Belgrade has put the army on a heightened state of alert due to tensions with neighbouring Kosovo multiple times in recent years

 

Agence France-Presse

Tue 27 Dec 2022 04.05 GMT







https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/27/serbia-puts-troops-on-high-alert-as-tensions-with-kosovo-rise
 

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Charities and employers struggling due to post-Brexit funding delays

 

Some voluntary groups have closed and farmers report problems after slow disbursal of UK funds to replace EU money

 

Lisa O'Carroll and Heather Stewart

Tue 27 Dec 2022 15.13 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/dec/27/charities-and-employers-struggling-due-to-post-brexit-funding-delays
 

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Dozens of Iran protesters facing charges punishable by death – rights group

 

At least 100 detainees identified by Oslo-based Iran Human Rights face capital punishment, including at least 11 already sentenced to death

 

Agence France-Presse

Wed 28 Dec 2022 00.52 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/dozens-of-iran-protesters-facing-charges-punishable-by-death-rights-group

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What is it like to survive an execution by lethal injection?

 

Alabama’s corrections department has bungled the procedure on three recent occasions, with IV teams failing for hours on end, adding immense distress to a difficult situation

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Wed 28 Dec 2022 07.00 GMT

This article contains descriptions of physical harm














https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/lethal-injection-surviving-execution-attempt-alabama
 

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The Guardian view on Europe’s radical right: crossing the cordon sanitaire

 

Progressive politics must respond to the normalisation of formerly fringe views that are now mainstream

 

Tue 27 Dec 2022 18.30 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/27/the-guardian-view-on-europes-radical-right-crossing-the-cordon-sanitaire

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Think the war in Ukraine is the world’s deadliest conflict? Think again

 

A brutal war in East Africa is estimated to have claimed more than 600,000 lives. This Christmas, families like mine don’t even know if our loved ones are alive

 

Wed 28 Dec 2022 08.00 GMT

Magdalene Abraha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/28/war-ukraine-deadliest-conflict-tigray-ethiopia

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Iranian chess player ‘moving to Spain’ after competing without headscarf

 

Sara Khadem and family plan to set up residence in an unnamed Spanish city, according to reports

 

Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Thu 29 Dec 2022 15.30 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/29/iranian-chess-player-moving-spain-competing-without-headscarf-sara-khadem

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European gas prices fall to pre-Ukraine war level

 

Milder winter, alternative imports and energy reduction cuts demand after Russian invasion pushed up prices

 

Jasper Jolly

Thu 29 Dec 2022 14.50 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/29/european-gas-prices-fall-to-pre-ukraine-war-level
 

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EU states looking for joint stance on Covid testing for travellers from China

 

Italy urges action at European level as more than 50% of recent arrivals from China test positive at Milan airport

 

Philip Oltermann in Berlin

Thu 29 Dec 2022 13.40 GMT









https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/29/eu-states-looking-for-joint-stance-on-covid-testing-for-travellers-from-china
 

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The crime victims’ advocate fighting mass incarceration: ‘How we actually stop violence’

 

In a new book, Lenore Anderson says the legal system doesn’t serve most victims or alleviate unaddressed trauma

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Thu 29 Dec 2022 11.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/29/us-criminal-justice-system-lenore-anderson-in-their-names

 

 

 

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Netanyahu government makes West Bank settlement expansion its priority

 

Hardline coalition vows to legalise dozens of illegally built outposts and annex the occupied territory

 

Associated Press in Jerusalem

Wed 28 Dec 2022 15.57 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/28/benjamin-netanyahu-government-makes-west-bank-settlement-expansion-its-priority
 

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Actor, doctor, engineer: stories of Iranians sentenced to death over killing at protest

 

Five men apparently unknown to each other were probably forced to give false confessions

 

Deepa Parent and Ghoncheh Habibiazad

Fri 30 Dec 2022 06.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/dec/30/actor-doctor-engineer-stories-of-iranians-sentenced-to-death-over-killing-at-protest

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‘Olê, olá! Lula!’: Brazil progressives celebrate Jair Bolsonaro’s departure

 

The president tearfully bid farewell while Lula supporters cheered the end of an era of environmental disaster

 

Tom Phillips in Brasília

Fri 30 Dec 2022 19.03 GMT












https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/30/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-lula-inauguration



Good....About time.......
 

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Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history

 

Thunberg’s funny exchange is a reminder of the connection between machismo, misogyny and hostility to climate action

 

Sat 31 Dec 2022 08.21 GMT

Rebecca Solnit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/31/greta-thunberg-andrew-tate-tweet

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Police rescind drug charge against terminally ill Kansas cancer patient

 

Police came to hospital room after staff called them about patient’s marijuana vape pen use to alleviate disease symptoms

 

Samira Asma-Sadeque

Fri 30 Dec 2022 20.38 GMT











https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/29/police-rescind-drug-charge-termially-ill-kansas-cancer-patient
 

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The Guardian view on Latin America’s left leaders: pink tide could lift all boats

 

The region’s politicians need a different model to deal with social unrest and political instability

 

Fri 30 Dec 2022 18.30 GMT

Editorial

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/30/the-guardian-view-on-latin-americas-left-leaders-pink-tide-could-lift-all-boats