Secularism is a Women’s IssueTurkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle at sea and on land alongside economic instruments. Turkey seems to view Libya as a theatre to test or market its defence industry products, and showcase its military in Africa as a Turkish foreign policy instrument.
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Turkey in Africa: what a small but growing interest portends
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Israël: B’tselem report highlights ordeal of Palestinian minor prisoners in Israeli administrative detention
24 February, by siawi3The report states that at the end of December 2019, Israel was holding at least 186 Palestinian minors as security prisoners or detainees, with at least four of them being held in administrative detention.
The report chronicles the various ways in which the Israeli military justice system violates the rights of Palestinian children. It talks about how the Palestinian children undergo arrests in the dead of the night, are handcuffed, blindfolded, and interrogated through physical and verbal violence and threats. The minors are also not allowed to meet their parents or are deliberately kept away. They are often also not allowed to see a lawyer until the day of their appearance before a military juvenile court. -
UK: Assange Defence Team: “The Empire Calls It Espionage. We Call It Journalism”
23 February, by siawi3Describing as “absurd” the US State Department’s claims that Assange is not a journalist and WikiLeaks is not a media organisation, Hrafnsson said, “Last night some of us… were at the Frontline Club watching the award presentation that Julian Assange received in 2011, the Walkley award… the Pulitzer prize of Australia. He received that award for the releases in 2010 and 2011. The same releases that are now being described as espionage.
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UK: Julian Assange ‘harassed’ by prison cell search ahead of hearing, says father
23 February, by siawi3More than 40 international legal experts have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanding the “rule of law be upheld” before Assange’s hearing on Monday, claiming he has not had proper access to his legal team. The letter was handed in to 10 Downing Street on Saturday and also urged the British legal community to act “urgently” to secure Assange’s release. “We have to stop this extradition in the interests of 300 years of modernity, 300 years of trying to establish human rights and civil liberties in the west and around the world,” Greek economist Mr Varoufakis said. On Sunday evening, some Assange supporters were setting up tents by the side of the road outside the court building.
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UK : Le ministre britannique qui a approuvé la demande d’extradition d’Assange s’est exprimé lors de conférences américaines secrètes demandant qu’il soit « neutralisé »
23 février, par siawi3Le ministre britannique qui a approuvé la demande controversée des États-Unis pour que le Royaume-Uni extrade l’éditeur Julian Assange a assisté à six réunions secrètes organisées par un institut américain qui a publié des appels à l’assassinat ou la neutralisation d’Assange.
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Julian Assange and his Australian lawyers were secretly recorded in Ecuador’s London embassy
23 February, by siawi3Privileged legal conversations between lawyer and client in a diplomatic residence were recorded and, later, accessed from IP addresses in the United States and Ecuador. Referring to a Spanish allegation that the US Government had advance notice of legal conversations in the embassy, Robinson said: “That is … a huge and a serious breach of [Assange’s] right to a defence and a serious breach of his fair trial rights.”
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France : « Les puissants ne veulent plus d’une retraite qui soit le produit d’une solidarité collective »
23 février, par siawi3Démolir le système des retraites fondé sur la lutte collective et l’organisation solidaire, c’est pour nos gouvernants la victoire décisive. Deux fois déjà ils ont lancé toutes leurs forces dans cette bataille et ils ont perdu. Il faut tout faire aujourd’hui pour qu’ils perdent une troisième fois et que ça leur fasse passer définitivement le goût de cette bataille.
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France: “The powerful no longer want retirement to be the product of a collective solidarity”
23 February, by siawi3Demolishing the pension system founded on collective struggle and solidarity organization is the decisive victory for our rulers. Twice already they have thrown all their forces into this battle and they have lost. We must do everything possible today to ensure that they lose a third time and that this loss helps them lose their taste for this battle once and for all.
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India: Sahitya Akademi Sacks Woman Who Accused Secretary of Sexual Harassment
23 February, by siawi3A day before her two-year probation was to come to an end, the Sahitya Akademi terminated the services of an officer who had accused the secretary of the organisation of repeated sexual harassment. The termination order came even though the inquiry in the matter is still pending and the Delhi high court has allowed the complainant to take three months paid leave till March 16.
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UK : « N’extradez pas Assange » : les soutiens de Julian Assange manifestent à Londres
22 février, par siawi3Brandissant banderoles et pancartes « n’extradez pas Assange », « le journalisme n’est pas un crime », la foule s’est rassemblée aux abords de l’ambassade d’Australie, le pays de Julian Assange, avant de défiler dans les rues de Londres. « Boris Johnson honte à toi », ont scandé les manifestants en passant devant Downing street, la résidence du Premier ministre britannique.
