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• USA: Saying He Would Return To US For Fair Trial, Snowden Wants People To Know ‘Why I Did What I Did’
  18 September, by siawi3

  “Of course I would like to return to the United States,” said Snowden. “That is the ultimate goal. But if I’m going to spend the rest of my life in prison, then one bottom line demand that we all have to agree to is at least I get a fair trial.” “That is the one thing the government has refused to guarantee because they won’t provide me access to what’s called a ‘public interest defense,’” he said. “I’m not asking for a pardon. I’m not asking for a pass”. “What I’m asking for is a fair trial. And this is the bottom line that any American should require. We don’t want people thrown in prison without the jury being able to decide that what they did was right or wrong.”

• L’Italie accepte le débarquement de 82 migrants de l’« Ocean-Viking » à Lampedusa
  18 septembre, par siawi3

  Le nouveau gouvernement italien marque un revirement par rapport à la politique de fermeture des ports appliquée par l’ancien ministre de l’intérieur, Matteo Salvini. L’Italie a de facto réouvert ses ports aux navires de sauvetage en laissant débarquer, samedi, 82 migrants de l’Ocean-Viking à Lampedusa.

• France : « L’aveuglement sur l’immigration est l’une des raisons de l’échec historique de la gauche »
  18 septembre, par siawi3

  C’est en tout cas un tournant majeur. Quelle que soit la référence que l’on considère, l’immigration a très fortement augmenté ces vingt dernières années en France. Et les effets conjugués de la crise sociale, de l’évolution mondiale - et européenne depuis 2015 - et de la montée en puissance de courants nationaux-populistes nous obligent à reconsidérer en profondeur nos positions sur la question migratoire.

• UK: Julian Assange to remain in jail pending extradition to US
  18 September, by siawi3

  WikiLeaks founder’s custody will be extended after current prison terms comes to end

• Israël: The larger ramifications of Netanyahu’s latest annexation plan
  18 September, by siawi3

  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on September 10 that if he is re-elected, he will annex all the settlements in the West Bank, starting with the Jordan Valley and the northern Dead Sea. This marks a significant step in what has been a gradual policy of taking over Palestinian land and destroying any possibilities of a Palestinian state.

• Green Fascism: A Far-Right Ecology Movement is on the Rise in Germany, And It’s Spreading Here
  18 September, by siawi3

  Using green sensibilities to rally people around a nationalist ideology is at the core of the AfD’s agenda.

• THE QUESTION WE NEVER ASK ABOUT IMMIGRATION PANICS
  18 September, by siawi3

  From India to Britain, every citizen is harmed by anti-migrant hostility’.

• Kashmir on the edge of the abyss
  18 September, by siawi3

  For almost half a century, Kashmir has been ruled from Delhi with the utmost brutality. It has imposed a total communications blackout. Kashmir is cut off from the world. With even the most conciliatory and collaborationist political leaders now under house arrest, one can only fear the worst for the rest of the region’s population.

• Moyen Orient : des centaines de milliers d’exilé·es
  15 septembre, par siawi3

  « Cet ouvrage propose un décentrement du regard sur les circulations contemporaines à destination des lecteurs français et francophones qui construisent une vision forcément ethnocentrée de ces questions. Il documente et analyse principalement les insertions des Syriens au Liban, tout en proposant des éclairages sur la Turquie et des descriptions de parcours et d’itinéraires ».

• Tunisia presidential election: There are 26 candidates vying to be country’s next head of state
  15 September, by siawi3

  Who are the main candidates in Tunisia’s presidential election?

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