Month: April 2020

Turkey vows to ‘defend’ Tripoli-based govt against Haftar ‘dictatorship’ in Libya Ankara on Wednesday accused eastern Libya’s commander Khalifa Haftar of seeking to “create a military dictatorship” and vowed to “defend” the country's Tripoli-based government. Haftar, who controls swathes of eastern Libya, launched an offensive in April last year to seize Tripoli. He said on Monday that his self-styled army had “accepted the will of the people and its mandate.” Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said that, with this announcement, Haftar “has once again demonstrated that he does not seek a political solution to the crisis in Libya, does not support international efforts in this regard… and aims to create a military dictatorship in the country.” The Turkish government backs Libya’s UN-reco...

EU opens new legal case against Warsaw over ‘muzzling judges’ The European Union’s executive on Wednesday started a new legal case against the Polish government over what it said was the muzzling of judges. Brussels has long accused the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party of undermining Polish democracy by increasing direct state control over the courts, media and civic society. The party rejects the charge. The European Commission said it was giving Poland two months to address its concerns about a law introduced earlier this year that would allow to punish judges who criticize the government’s reforms of the judicial system. “There are clear risks that the provisions regarding the disciplinary regime against judges can be used for political control of the content of judicial de...

Billionaire-Backed 'Human Rights Watch' Lobbies for Lethal US Sanctions as COVID Crisis Rages by (Gray Zone) Human Rights Industry, Nicaragua, Venezuela - April 8, 2020Human Rights Watch, the leading so-called rights organization in the United States, has actively lobbied for Washington to impose suffocating sanctions on leftist governments Billionaire-Backed 'Human Rights Watch' Lobbies for Lethal US Sanctions as COVID Crisis Rages

The Chinese and Russians Are Your Enemy - Now Stop Thinking! by Caitlin Johnstone (Truth to Power) The Russians and the Chinese are your enemy. Not the oligarchic class in your own country that has been exploiting, propagandizing, deceiving, oppressing and robbing you every moment of your life since you were born. The Russians and the Chinese. The Russians and the Chinese are your enemy. Not the people who have been engineering and advancing endless bloodbaths around the world at no benefit to you using your money and your resources and your political energy. The Russians and the Chinese. The Chinese and Russians Are Your Enemy - Now Stop Thinking!

Watch Putin: 'Unacceptable for the US to Extend Its Jurisdiction Beyond Its Borders' (Video) by Vladimir Putin () Putin made a famous speech in Munich in 2007, where he offended his German hosts. Now they agree with him. He was just a little ahead of his time. This is a fascinating interview series with Putin which ran recently on Russian television. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiEuJq7HOlg] Watch Putin: 'Unacceptable for the US to Extend Its Jurisdiction Beyond Its Borders' (Video)