November 2020
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Russia Achieves Ceasefire In Nagorno-Karabakh
The war over Nagorno-Karabakh has ended for now. The Armenian Autonomous Oblast within Azerbaijan will continue to exits with Russian peacekeepers currently deploying to control its borders. Most of the Armenian occupied territories will be handed back to Azerbaijan. A Russian controlled land corridor will connect Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Continue reading
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In Blow to Online Privacy EU Seizes on Vienna Attack to Enact Long-Desired Ban on Encryption
The European Union is rushing through new legislation to get rid of end to end digital encryption. This would mean the end of privacy for users of popular messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal. Continue reading
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Bolivia News Links 27 October – 9 November 2020
9 November 2020 — The New Dark Age Former president Evo Morales ends year-long exile and returns to Bolivia https://www.rt.com/news/506190-evo-morales-return-bolivia-exile/ Bolivia’s New Government Pledges to Implement Buen Vivir https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/bolivias-new-government-pledges-to-implement-buen-vivir/ La Paz: A Celebration of Social Movements, Indigenous, Miners and MAS Militants https://libya360.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/la-paz-a-celebration-of-social-movements-indigenous-miners-and-mas-militants/ Continue reading
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Media Silence Marks Ongoing OPCW Cover-Up of Syria Chemical Weapons Scandal
“Clearly the U.S. and its allies do not want transparency and open debate about the OPCW Douma investigation, and one can only conclude that this is the case because they know full well that their claims cannot be substantiated. Smears and censorship are the only tactics they have left.” – Propaganda Expert Piers Robinson Continue reading
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UK: £17 Billion COVID-19 contracts
Our challenge to Government’s decision to hide COVID-19 spending has led it to disclose that the Department of Health has handed £17 billion worth of COVID-19 contracts to private companies since April. Fresh analysis by Tussell reveals Government has failed to publish details of £4.4billion of these contracts. Continue reading
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Who Collects Biological Samples from Different Ethnic Groups, and for What Purposes?
Recently, US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tried to formally accuse China of allegedly collecting genetic data from foreigners to serve its own interests. At the same time, he stressed that having genetic data creates an advantage for China, and allows it to influence “certain groups and certain countries”. Continue reading
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How Could 70 Million Still Have Voted for Trump?
Media pundits and others have been deeply perplexed as to why so many Americans in this election–70 million in fact– nonetheless voted for Trump. Continue reading
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Interpreting the U.S. Election Results: Preliminary Observations
The victory by the Biden/Harris ticket in the 2020 American National Elections are basically good news for the country and the world, although not as good as expected (by pollsters or enthusiasts) or nearly as decisive as desirable given the dreadfully regressive behavior of Trump and the Republican Party over the past four years. And… Continue reading
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How We’re Misled About Syria: UK Propaganda and the BBC
Previous posts about misleading Syria coverage – from MSF, Amnesty International, Channel 4 and George Monbiot of the Guardian – used the past tense in their title. However, this one is current. At the time of writing, the BBC is about to start airing a new radio series centring on the life and work of… Continue reading
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Assange Defense: Thanks for taking action!
Can you spread the word to keep up our momentum? Continue reading
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Iran has a plan for Nagorno-Karabakh
3 November 2020 — Indian Punchline M.K. Bhadrakumar Iran has unveiled a regional initiative to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi returned to Tehran in the weekend after a regional tour to Azerbaijan, Russia, Armenia and Turkey to discuss the peace plan. Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has since explained Tehran’s thinking. Continue reading
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It is the equalities commission, not Labour, carrying out political interference
I recently published in Middle East Eye a long analysis of last week’s report by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission into the question of whether the UK Labour party had an especial antisemitism problem. (You can read a slightly fuller version of that article on my website.) In the piece, I reached two main conclusions. Continue reading
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Statewatch News 6 November 2020
6 November 2020 — Statewatch Also available as a PDF Support the fight for democracy and civil liberties in Europe Help us to maintain and expand our research, reporting and investigations. Become a Friend of Statewatch. DONATE £ |DONATE € —————————————————————- Webinar: Deportation Union: databases for expulsions Continue reading
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Being Jewish in North Islington Labour Party
It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to write, yet again, about being a Jewish member of the Labour Party in Jeremy Corbyn’s constituency. So let me tell you at once that it has been terrible, almost unbearable. We have had to watch a wholly false, but soon unstoppable, invention of charges… Continue reading
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UK: They want to keep us in the dark
One of the ways we believe Good Law Project can hold Government to account is by fighting for transparency. Litigation is a powerful tool for bringing information into the light and keeping those in power honest. It’s why we publish our legal correspondence. Continue reading
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Assange Defense Post-Election Update: Get Involved!
Now that the election drama seems like it might be tapering off, we wanted to touch base with you about our efforts to defend Julian Assange and civil liberties and share some of our recent successes. Continue reading
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Israel razes village, leaves 41 children homeless
While all eyes were on the United States elections this week, Israel carried out the largest demolition in occupied territory in years. Israeli forces arrived in the occupied West Bank community of Khirbet Humsa on Tuesday and demolished 76 structures. Continue reading
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UK plays leading role in legal threats against investigative journalists, new report says
Across the world, journalists investigating financial crime are most likely to face international legal action by UK-based companies, according to new research. Continue reading
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