Dubai (AFP) – Amnesty International said on Wednesday it feared 12 minority Shiites in Saudi Arabia faced “imminent” execution after their cases were transferred to a powerful security body that reports directly to the king. The men, sentenced to death in a mass trial in 2016 after being convicted of spying for regional rival Iran, […]
Archives for November 2018
Apartheid: Israel’s Netanyahu wants Death Penalty Solely for Palestinians
The Israeli parliament is scheduled to discuss a bill that would ease requirements on the death penalty for Palestinians next week. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supported a bill that would allow the imposition of the death penalty for Palestinians charged with attacking Israelis. Debate on the bill is scheduled to restart next week. During […]
Can Sanders’ House Progressives go International to Block Bannon’s Far Right?
In his recent speeches and articles, Bernie Sanders has been talking about forming a Progressive International. It’s about time. The alt-right, thanks in part to Steve Bannon, has formed an international network centered in Europe on the National Front in France and the Northern League in Italy. Authoritarian leaders from Vladimir Putin in Russia to […]
Qatar warns of Long-Lasting Impact of Saudi Blockade
Doha (AFP) – Qatar’s ruler said Tuesday “crises pass” but warned of “long-lasting” scars from an acrimonious diplomatic dispute that has seen Doha isolated by Saudi Arabia and its allies for more than a year. In an annual address to the nation, Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani pointedly called on other Gulf states to […]
Erdogan: Turkey will not abide by US sanctions on Iran
Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that his country rejects the US sanctions on Iran and will not abide by them, Anadolu news agency reported. “US sanctions on Iran are wrong. For us, they are steps aimed at unbalancing the world; we don’t want to live in an imperialist world” Erdogan told reporters in […]
The Top 11 Things the Dems Absolutely must Do in the House
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – More progressive Democrats in the House must be prepared to fight like hell against the Pelosi-Schumer establishment, which will try to make them quiescent and go along with corporate priorities. What 2016 showed is that that platform is a formula for humiliating defeat and irrelevance. Democrats have to stand for […]
Refugee Muslim Women that Trump wouldn’t Have Let in, win House Seats
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – With some 100 congressional victories, women staged a pink wave in the face of Trump’s tone of misogyny and feckless patriarchy. But what is interesting is that the pink wave isn’t exclusively white, exemplifying difference feminism more than the old Second Wave. For the first time in history, two Native […]
Florida ends Vestige of Jim Crow, Restores Vote to 1.5 mn ex-Prisoners
Miami (AFP) – Florida voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved an amendment to allow ex-felons who have served prison terms to vote, allowing another 1.5 million to take part in the 2020 presidential election. Amendment 4 automatically restores voting rights to felons who have completed their sentences, paid restitution and fulfilled their parole or probation — except […]
Trump won’t sanction India’s Chabahar Port in Iran, to Help Afghanistan
Washington (AFP) – The United States said Tuesday it would exempt Iran’s Indian-backed port of Chabahar from new sanctions on Tehran, recognizing the value of the project to Afghanistan. Iran late last year inaugurated the port on the Indian Ocean which provides a key supply route to landlocked Afghanistan and allows India to bypass its […]
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