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What is Truly European?
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/locust-plague-reaches-coronavirus-hit-21513111
Locust plague reaches coronavirus-hit China after wreaking havoc across Africa
Chilling footage has shown thousands of insects swarming the skies at a border in China. They reportedly come from a plague that has devastated east Africa in recent weeks
A gigantic swarm of locusts that belong to a plague that has ravaged millions of acres of crops across east Africa has been spotted reaching the Chinese border.
Billions of the insects have destroyed food supplies across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia in what has been described as the worst plague for decades.
With vast swathes of the population in the region already facing food shortages due to poverty, the United Nations has warned action must be taken to avoid another “shock” to the region.
But footage has now surfaced showing thousands of the locusts seemingly reaching the border of China, adding yet more problems to a country struggling to contain the deadly coronavirus.
pestilence, boils, locusts, frogs, hail
The 10 warning signs prior to the Jewish Exodus from Egypt (not in that order)
There is also a plague of locusts in Pakistan. What are boils though? Like, the skin rash?
New details emerge from Clinton-Lynch clandestine tarmac meeting
Koos de la Rey
@KoosdlRey
Students at the University of the Free State. #SouthAfrica
That’s one reason I don’t want to send my children there.
Koos de la Rey
@KoosdlRey
Students at the University of the Free State. #SouthAfrica
That’s one reason I don’t want to send my children there.
Michael Bloomberg: Xi Jinping is Not a Dictator (October 2019)
EU agrees naval mission to enforce Libya arms embargo
https://thedefensepost.com/2020/02/17/eu-naval-mission-libya-arms-embargo/
“European Union foreign ministers on Monday, February 17 agreed to a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on war-torn Libya, overcoming objections from countries who feared it may encourage new migrant flows.
The mission will be authorized to intervene to stop arms shipments, E.U. diplomatic chief Josep Borrell said, insisting the vessels would not be “having a promenade” in the Mediterranean.
The E.U. hopes to have the operation, focused on the eastern part of the Libyan coast, up and running by the end of March, Borrell said, though many details – including the rules of engagement for naval units – are yet to be worked out.
The conflict in the oil-rich but turbulent North African state was on the agenda for E.U. ministers meeting in Brussels, but Borrell had played down hopes of an agreement over objections from Austria and Hungary.
Making the arms embargo work is seen as crucial to stabilising the Libyan conflict, where the U.N.-recognized Tripoli-based Government of National Accord is under attack from the self-styled Libyan National Army forces loyal to General Khalifa Haftar, which control much of the country’s south and east.
Military commanders will propose many of the operational details, including the number of ships and the exact geographical scope, for E.U. foreign ministers to approve at their next meeting on March 23.
The E.U. hopes the new mission – which replaces Operation Sophia, set up in 2015 to fight people smuggling across the Mediterranean at the height of Europe’s migrant crisis – will be up and running by the end of March.
‘Pull factor’ fear
Austria had led opposition to reviving Operation Sophia with ships to enforce the embargo, fearing it could reactivate a rescue fleet that would end up ferrying migrants across the Mediterranean to Europe.
Hungary, whose right-wing government has taken a tough anti-immigration stance, is understood to have supported Austria’s objections.
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg insisted the new mission was quite different from Sophia.
“There is a basic consensus that we now want a military operation and not a humanitarian mission,” Schallenberg said.
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said there had been a long discussion about whether a naval element was needed but finally it was agreed it was “necessary to get a complete picture.”
“But it will be only in the eastern Mediterranean, where the weapons routes run,” Maas said, not near the current central Mediterranean migration routes.
Crucial to winning over skeptics like Austria was a provision that if the ships are deemed to be creating a “pull factor” – encouraging migrants to take to the sea in the hopes of being rescued and taken to Europe – the maritime part of the operation will be halted.
Borrell said that precise details of who would decide on this were still to be agreed, but it would likely be foreign ministers acting on the advice of military commanders.
Libya chaos
A senior U.N. official warned Sunday that a fragile truce in Libya agreed in January but regularly breached is “holding by a thread.”
World leaders agreed at a Berlin summit last month to end all external meddling in the conflict and stop the flow of weapons into Libya, but little has changed on the ground since then.
States including Russia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt support Haftar, while the U.N.-recognized government led by Fayez al-Sarraj is backed by Turkey and Qatar.
“The arms embargo is being violated systematically and this is going to feed the fighters with an incredible amount of arms that make the ceasefire difficult and the truce very, very weak,” Borrell warned.
After a meeting of foreign ministers in Munich on Sunday – a follow-up to the Berlin conference – Borrell criticized Austria for blocking the Operation Sophia revival, saying it was absurd for a landlocked country which does not even have a navy to take such a stance.”
Borrell is turning out to be as awful as Mogherini.
Pakistan No Longer A Militant Safe Haven: PM Imran Khan
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/02/17/2204925/pakistan-no-longer-a-militant-safe-haven-pm-imran-khan
“Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan insisted Monday that his country is no longer a militant safe haven, and said his administration fully supports the Afghan peace process…”
Is this the same feller who said, “There is no Radical Islam. There is only Islam.”
So, according to his dialectic, he’s not harboring radical Islamists. Makes sense.
US behind Spread of Terrorism in Region: Iran’s Larijani
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2020/02/17/2204916/us-behind-spread-of-terrorism-in-region-iran-s-larijani
“Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani highlighted the reasons behind the emergence of terror groups in Middle Eastern countries, including Syria, and said behind the scenes, the US government has supported terrorism…”
Efforts to Complete Navigation Link Between Djibouti, Saudi Arabia
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2136246/efforts-complete-navigation-link-between-djibouti-saudi-arabia
“Djibouti has revealed ongoing efforts with Saudi Arabia to complete the navigation link between the two countries in order to facilitate the flow of commercial and investment traffic.
It said both sides are preparing to hold a joint economic forum that targets third markets with a Saudi- Djiboutian partnership.
Both countries also agreed to launch of a Saudi free trade zone in the Horn of Africa, in light of the 25 agreements and memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to bolster economic partnership…”
‘We don’t want even five Syrians’: Turkey reaches limits on Idlib’s refugees
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/we-dont-want-even-five-syrians-turkey-doesnt-have-any-plans-take-more-refugees
“Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have been camped out near the Turkish border with Syria since December – but there are no signs Turkey will allow them to cross over in the event of a Syrian government attack on the northwestern city of Idlib.
In the Turkish border town of Reyhanli, in a small district already struggling with around 100,000 internally displaced Syrians, no state aid agencies are making preparations for the possible influx of refugees, which could push as many as two million people towards the border.
Since late last year, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has repeatedly said that Ankara did not have any plans to take more refugees, since it was already hosting about four million, the highest number in the world.
Local officials, such as the mayor of the border city of Hatay and opposition CHP party member Lutfu Savas, agrees with Soylu. “Psychologically and economically, we aren’t in a position to carry a new wave of Syrian refugees,” he said earlier this week.
A poll released by Kadir Has University in Istanbul last month indicated that nearly 60 percent of Turkish people are unhappy with the presence of Syrian refugees.
A Turkish source close to the government administration in Hatay, who has closely followed the war since 2011, said that Turkey would not even want to accept five more people into the country.
“They would only take some heavily wounded people. And treat them, and send them back. That’s it,” the source said…”
Yemen needs at least 1,000 postnatal units to save newborns, says minister
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200217-yemen-needs-at-least-1000-postnatal-units-to-save-newborns-says-minister/
“The health minister of the Houthi-led government based in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Dr Taha Al-Mutawakkil, has said that the country needs at least 1,000 postnatal care units to save the lives of newborn babies, Al-Masirah has reported.
Mutawakkil made his remarks during the National Symposium on Maternal and Newborn Health. He pointed out that approximately 50,000 newborn children under the age of 28 days die every year as a result of the lack of postnatal care in the health sector.
The official added that there is a need for more health centres and medicine for treating the growing number of cases of trauma caused by the Saudi-led coalition’s air raids…”
Gunman killed nine homeless drug users in Kabul as they lay sleeping
https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/news/2020/2/17/gunman-kills-nine-homeless-drug-users-in-kabul
“At least nine Afghan homeless drug users were shot dead in Kabul by an unknown gunman, according to local Afghan officials on Sunday.
While the motive for the attack is unknown, the incident is a rare instance of premeditated violence against addicts in the capital of the country, which produces most of the world’s opium supply.
The men lay asleep in an open area when they were set upon by an unidentified gunman.
Forensic examination later showed that they were drug users.
“The shooting took place at the side of Qrough Mountain,” a spokesman for Kabul police, Ferdaus Faramarz, told Reuters news agency.
According to a recent national survey, between 2.9 to 3.6 million Afghan citizens are drug users, with the vast majority addicted to heroin made from opium poppies grown in the country.
At least 20,000 drug users remain homeless, with half that number living on Kabul’s city streets…”
https://nationalfile.com/slovakia-bars-islam-from-country-wont-allow-mosques/
Slovakia Bars Islam From Country, Won’t Allow Mosques
PM said ‘Islam has no place in this country’
Lionel Du Cane by LIONEL DU CANE February 17, 2020
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Slovakia – along with many other Central and Eastern European countries–has repeatedly adopted a hard-line stance against the integration of Islam, perhaps overshadowed by right-populist countries such as Poland and Hungary.
According to Voice of Europe, Slovakia is the last EU member state without a Mosque within its borders.
At the inception of the 2015 Migrant Crisis, Slovakia refused a small quota of 200 Muslim migrants, according to the Telegraph.
An interior minister, at the time, said, “We want to help Europe with the migration issue. We could take 800 Muslims but we don’t have any mosques in Slovakia so how can Muslims be integrated if they are not going to like it here?”
Slovakia still doesn’t recognize Islam as an official religion; and the 5,000–or 0.1% of the population–who call the Central European country their home are of European descent, galvanizing the interior minister’s argument concerning integration.
Referring to Slovakia’s politicians’ view on the matter, Indian publication, The Youth, said, “In the year of 2007, politicians had changed the nation’s laws, rules and regulations so much so that 20,000 signatures from members were required to be recognized by the state.”
“In 2017, they were more than doubled the number of required signatures.”
Additionally, that small Muslim population is not afforded the same religious rights as 18 other groups recognized by the country’s government. This means that no religious leaders, marriages, or similar financial contributions are provided.
Following the 2015 anti-Muslim stance, the European Commission disapproved, saying, “We act here in the spirit of the treaty, which prevents any form of discrimination.”
In 2016, according to the Independent, Prime Minister Robert Fico said: “I’m sorry, Islam has no place in Slovakia. It is the duty of politicians to talk about these things very clearly and openly. I do not wish there were tens of thousands of Muslims.”
He also said, “I talked about this several times with the Maltese Prime Minister, who told me that the problem is not that they were coming, but they are changing the character of the country.
“And we do not want to change the traditions of the country, which is built on Constantine-Methodist tradition.”
Fico later implied that he wished to preserve his country’s cultural heritage–which he believed would be jeopardized by the inclusion of culturally incompatible migrants.
The anti-Islamic stance has not been met without resistance.
In an interview with the Slovak Spectator, the Islamic Foundation in Slovakia said, “The repeated statements of Mr Premier do not only harm Slovak Muslims but also the country’s interests as a sovereign country which is building its position on the international scene.”
Despite this, other politicians maintain their position on the topic. For example, MP Andrej Danko said: “Islamization begins with kebab and in Bratislava it has already begun. So understand what it could be like in 5-10 years.”
Is there any other sources for this story?
I see this MSM one from 2016
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/738462/Slovakia-law-Islam-ban-registered-religion-Eu-migrant-quota-Muslim-sentiment
Slovakia has agreed to take the requested share of illegal muslim migrants as per EU agreements. So this material is out of date. Slovakia is falling it seems to me now.
FEB 2017 Ahmad Seddeeq at OSF International Conference in Slovakia
Meet Ahmad Seddeeq, member of the Islamic Cultural Centre in Iceland.
He participated in the International Conference on challenges and barriers faced by Muslims in Europe organized by Open Society Foundation Slovakia last October as part of SISUMMA´s training programme on European citizenship, minorities and multicultural coexistence.
Mr. Sedeeq told us about his good experience as part of the Muslim community in Iceland. Although they don´t feel the fears that Muslim communities have in oter parts of Europe, the government and police are working on prevention.
His message is about coexistence and tolerance. “Give yourself a chance to listen to them …. They are people like you”
2016- Deutsche Pravda – A paramilitary unit “protects” Slovakia
The self-appointed “Slovak Reserves” are seen as right-wing extremists.
They claim they’re needed to protect Slovakia against its enemies – among which they count refugees.
And they’re by no means alone in their far-right views.
UAE Becomes 1st Gulf Country with Nuclear Power Plant
https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2020/02/293878/uae-becomes-1st-gulf-country-with-nuclear-power-plant/
“Nuclear regulator in the UAE, the Federal Authority for Nuclear Energy, gave green light to the operator of the first reactor at the Barakah nuclear power plant, on Monday, the National reported.
With the license, the plant makes the UAE the first Gulf country to launch such a project. The plant is also the first of its kind in the Arab world.
The UAE-based news outlet said that the construction is a decade-long project
The Gulf country expressed satisfaction with the milestone initiative, emphasizing that, when at full capacity it will cover 25% of the country’s energy needs.
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme commander of the Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed said that the granting of the license “marks a new chapter in our journey for the development of peaceful nuclear energy.”
He said that his country is preparing for the next 50 years to preserve its needs.
“Our biggest strength is national talent,” he said.
The plant, still under development, is one of the four reactors that the country plans to run to produce energy-related substances to apply its needs. The reactors have a total capacity of 5,600 megawatts.
The first plant, Barakah, is ready to load “fuel and ramp up to full commercial operation within several months,” Bloomberg reported.
The US media outlet said that the plant was built and will be run through a joint venture with Korea Electric Power Corp.
The total cost of the plants is estimated at $25 billion.
Hamad Al Kaabi, UAE Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said during the announcement: “We would like to officially announce the conclusion of our work to review the operating license application for Unit 1 after verifying the unit meets all of FANR’s operating license requirements at stated by UAE laws.””
Three security personnel among eight martyred in Quetta suicide blast
https://tribune.com.pk/story/2158625/1-least-10-injured-quetta-blast-2/
“At least three security personnel among eight people were martyred and more than 20 injured in a suicide attack near the Quetta Press Club where a religious party was holding a rally.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Abdul Razzak Cheema said the martyred officers include two policemen and one Levies man, who along with other security personnel were deployed for the protection of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat holding a rally on the death anniversary of Hazrat Abu Bakr (RA) in front of the QPC.
“A youngster on foot tried to enter the area where the rally was being held. However, the police personnel stopped him from entering, upon which, he blew himself up,” the DIG said, adding that the police saved the participants of the rally by “sacrificing their own lives”.
“Eight people lost their lives in the blast and over 20 are injured,” Cheema said, adding that the police found the head of the suicide bomber.
Cheema said that it seems that the target of the suicide bomber was the rally in front of the QPC…”
“California nightmare is spreading nationally”
By Lloyd Marcus – January 31, 2020
https://www.renewamerica.com/columns/marcus/200201
Hyperlink – Robert Kirk’s “Nightmare in Paradise”
‘Turkey’s Maarif Foundation antidote to FETO terrorism’
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/turkeys-maarif-foundation-antidote-to-feto-terrorism/1736514
“Turkey’s vice president on Monday praised the Maarif Foundation, which has taken over the management of many schools abroad that were linked to Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group responsible for the 2016 failed coup attempt.
Speaking at the Country Representative Consultation Meeting of the foundation, Fuat Oktay said the foundation was an antidote to the poison FETO had spread all over the world and added the terror group harmed the countries where it operated.
Oktay went on to say that millions of needy people lay hopes on Turkey and Ankara was striving to help them with its cultural and humanitarian organizations such as Yunus Emre Cultural Center, Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) and Disaster Management Agency (AFAD).
He said the Maarif Foundation was sharing its experiences in the field of education since it was founded in 2016.
“It is admirable that the Maarif Foundation has officially contacted up to 104 countries and operates in 66 countries with active representations in 51 of them,” he said.
He added: “Besides, our Maarif Foundation took over 213 schools linked to the heinous FETO terror group in 19 countries and protocols were signed with 40 countries for the transfer of such schools.”
The Turkish government set up the Maarif Foundation soon after the 2016 defeated coup to administer overseas schools linked to FETO.
The foundation has established schools and education centers across Africa and Asia.
FETO and its U.S.-based leader Fetullah Gulen orchestrated the defeated coup in Turkey, which left 251 people martyred and nearly 2,200 injured.
FETO also has a considerable presence outside Turkey, including private schools that serve as a revenue stream for the terrorist group.”
“New York’s bail reform lets career transit crook with 138 arrests extend his rap sheet” by Rocco Parascandola – February 13, 2020
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-career-transit-thief-nypd-no-bail-20200213-mbn4o42vebg3fjzqdex535mu7m-story.html
German far-right group planned mosque attacks: government
https://www.dw.com/en/german-far-right-group-planned-mosque-attacks-government/a-52399062
“Twelve men arrested in police raids last week are believed to have had concrete plans for attacking Muslims during prayers, a government spokesman says. Prosecutors say they wanted to create a civil-warlike situation.
Investigations into members of a far-right “terror cell” arrested on Friday have indicated that they were planning “shocking” large-scale attacks on mosques in Germany, a government spokesman said on Monday.
“It’s shocking what has been revealed here: that there are cells here that appear to have become radicalized in such a short space of time,” said Interior Ministry spokesman Björn Grünewälder. He said that in the current security situation, attacks on places of worship could not be ruled out, though the threat was “abstract.”
In response to the reports on the men’s alleged intentions, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman stressed that Germany would work to preserve the right of people to practice their religion without danger.
“It is the task of the state, and of course of this government, to protect the free practice of religion in this country, no matter what religion it is,” Steffen Seibert said.
‘Akin to civil war’
The Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported on Sunday that the group of German nationals dubbed their cell “Der harte Kern” (German for “The Hard Core”),
Prosecutors say the men wanted to cause “circumstances akin to civil war” by plotting “yet-unspecified attacks against politicians, asylum-seekers and Muslims.”
Authorities arrested the 12 men in a series of raids in several German states on Friday. Germany’s Federal Court of Justice, the highest criminal court in the country, ordered the men on Saturday to remain in jail while the investigation continues.
Four of the detainees are suspected of forming a right-wing terrorist organization and the remaining eight of pledging their support, including funding, supplying of weapons, or cooperation in any terror plots.
One suspect missing
Welt am Sonntag reported that the men were introduced to one another through the Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp, with the alleged members forming the organization in September last year. One more man was believed to be a part of the group, but he remains at large.
According to the paper, the investigators also discovered links with the extremist group Soldiers of Odin, which was founded in Finland in 2015, amid the European Union refugee crisis.
While official information remains scarce, local media also reported that the police found weapons while raiding a total of 13 residences across six German states on Friday. The weapons included a so-called slam gun, a home-made scatter rifle, similar to the one owned by the anti-Semitic gunman who tried to attack the synagogue in Halle last October and instead killed two passers-by.
Muslim community at risk
In an interview with DW, the secretary-general of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany Abdassamad El Yazidi described the elaborate plans of the far-right group as reaching “unprecedented dimensions in Germany.”
Yazidi said Muslims in Germany are currently feeling “highly insecure,” “abandoned” and “frightened.” He explained what makes Muslims feel the most insecure is that “such horror stories are not commented on in society,” and that there is “no clear, strong expression of solidarity.”
When asked whether he believes politicians are deliberately silent, Yazidi responded, “of course … it does apply to a very large part of those who — when they talk about Islamophobia, about attacks, about Muslims in Germany — they still feel compelled to refer to the German ‘basic order,’ as if the majority of Muslims in Germany were against the ‘basic order’ and against democracy.”
Yazidi said that the Muslim community in Germany does “not get the necessary protection from police” and called on better protection in places of worship and for Muslim representatives.
Far-right violence is a growing concern in Germany. Last June, senior regional official Walter Lübcke was shot and killed, allegedly by a known far-right extremist.”
Germany: Berlin says 50 right-wing extremists under observation after mosque plot arrests
The German government has identified “around 50” people who are likely to carry out right-wing terror attacks, after 12 men were arrested on Friday for planning to attack mosques, as announced by spokespeople in Berlin on Monday.
“It is scary what came to the surface here, that there are those kind of cells, which seemingly radicalised themselves in such a short time,” said Interior Ministry spokesperson Bjoern Gruenewaelder, in reference to the 12 far-right detainees.
“I think that we are united here, that it is the task of the state and therefore of course of this Federal government, to protect the free practice of religion in our country, no matter which religion,” commented German government spokesman Steffen Seibert.
“In the area of Islamic terrorism it is about 660 and in the area of left extremism it is less than ten,” added Gruenewaelder.
“People who likely pose a threat to public safety are under a special radar of the security authorities,” reassured Gruenewaelder.
Two German passengers on board the ‘Diamond Princess’ cruise ship currently moored in Japan tested positive for the coronavirus over the weekend. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Christofer Burger said “they are doing well and by their own account have no symptoms.” The government is currently considering where a quarantine may be placed, since some of the passengers are German residents but not citizens.
On the subject of contributions by European Union members to the annual EU financial budget, Steffen Seibert said there was expected to be a “distinct rise of the contribution, especially for Germany.”
The departure of Britain from the EU has caused a hole in funding for the budget which will run between 2021 and 2027.
Anti-Islam Pegida rally meets resistance in Dresden
https://www.dw.com/en/anti-islam-pegida-rally-meets-resistance-in-dresden/a-52411846
“Members of far-right xenophobic Pegida movement took to the streets of Dresden, but they didn’t have the streets to themselves. Thousands of counter-protesters gathered to stage a rival rally.
Thousands of people rallied in the eastern German city of Dresden on Monday to protest against Germany’s anti-Islamic and xenophobic Pegida movement.
Pegida supporters, including Bjorn Hocke of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD), had gathered for the group’s 200th demonstration in the city.
Hundreds of anti-Pegida demonstrators arrived in Neumarkt square, with posters carrying slogans such as “Red card for Nazis” and “Grandmas against the right.”
Organizers of the counter-rally had said earlier on Monday they expected around 1,000 people to attend, but an hour and a half into the event, they estimated that 2,500 people had arrived, according to German news agency dpa.
Local media reported that Pegida leaders complained and threatened to cancel planned speeches due to the level of noise from counter protesters…”
Germany: Counter-protests as Pegida celebrates 200th Dresden demo with AfD’s Hocke
The 200th demonstration of far-right Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the Occident (Pegida) was met by hundreds of antifa protesters in the eastern city of Dresden on Monday.
Footage shows Pegida supporters holding anti-Islam signs and European national flags, while counter-protesters responded with signs reading ‘No Nazi or right-wing.’
Tension erupted when police forces charged spare groups of antifa activists, but no injuries were reported.
The Pegida rally was also joined by the movement founder Lutz Bachmann and Bjorn Hocke from Alternative for Germany (AfD), who both addressed the crowds from a stage.
The counter-protest was supported by the local CDU and FDP parties, the Jewish community, the Catholic Church and the Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Saxony.
Exclusive: China’s systematic tracking, arrests of Uighurs exposed in new Xinjiang leak
https://www.dw.com/en/exclusive-chinas-systematic-tracking-arrests-of-uighurs-exposed-in-new-xinjiang-leak/a-52397824
“An official list of detainees shows how Beijing is tracking every face, every family and every movement of the Muslim minority Uighurs. People have been arrested for growing beards and having “too many” children…”
France: Protesters and police clash as parliament begins debating pension reform bill
Protesters took to the streets of Paris on Monday and clashed with riot police as the pension reform bill reached the French National Assembly for debate.
Tensions between the demonstrators and riot police were visible, as the police tried to keep protesters at bay with batons, before arresting a few. Yellow Vests and unionist with flares could also be seen joining in with the rally.
“Sixty per cent of the French are against this reform and against a certain number of measures which have been taken before. We are under attack from all sides on social justice, in a country that prides itself on its freedom, its fraternity,” said a protester.