Above Photo: (Herculesami / Twitter) Despite increasing violence by the security forces, the US and its regional and Western allies as well as the UN have been calling for a dialogue. However, “No Negotiation, No Compromise, No Power-sharing” remains the slogan on the streets. The crackdown on the pro-democracy movement in Sudan continued on Saturday, January 15, as security forces detained more anti-coup protesters. The protesters had been injured during the January 13 demonstrations and were leaving the Royal Care Hospital in Burri in eastern Khartoum when they were arrested. The injured protesters, along with their companions, were reportedly seized outside the hospital […]
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Above Photo: Wet’suwet’en activists after reclaiming Camp Coyote. Gidimt’en Checkpoint / Twitter. Anti-pipeline Indigenous activists, resisting the contentious Coastal GasLink pipeline in Wet’suwet’en have retaken a checkpoint in Coyote Camp, a month after violent crackdown by federal police forces. On Saturday, December 19, activists leading the Wet’suwet’en resistance against the Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline project declared that they evicted workers of the project from the drill site. This development comes exactly a month after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) violently dismantled a blockade led by the Gidimt’en clan near Camp Coyote and arrested dozens of protesters and even bystanders. The […]
Above Photo: International Federation For Human Rights Washington, D.C. ‒ A broad coalition of more than 288 U.S.-based social justice, civil rights, and human rights organizations is calling on the Biden administration to condemn the Israeli government’s decision last week to designate six Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist organizations.” In a letter issued today, the organizations say the Biden administration has no choice but to condemn and push back against this move if it is to fulfill its avowed commitment to human rights. “These actions by the Israeli government are a clear attack on human rights,” the letter reads. “As […]
Police Launch Violent Crackdown On Paris Refugee Camp November 26, 2020 Police Launch Violent Crackdown On Paris Refugee Camp2020-11-262020-11-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/francepol-e1606438207904.jpg200px200px Above photo: Demonstrators march with a banner that reads “Vote for Macron they said”, during a rally on the Place de La Republique in Paris, Tuesday, Nov.24, 2020. France’s interior minister ordered an internal police investigation Tuesday after officers were filmed tossing migrants out of tents while evacuating a protest camp in Paris. AP Photo/Michel Euler. French riot police went on a fascistic rampage Monday evening, brutally assaulting a peaceful tent camp of some 500 refugees at the Place de la République […]
Larry Dean Harmon, the Helix and Coin Ninja crypto-tumbling chief who in February was arrested for allegedly mixing bitcoin for criminals must pay $60 million in civil penalties, prosecutors at the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) demanded Monday. Source link
TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption toggle caption Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok says it is banning all accounts that share content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory, hardening its previous policy on the far-right movement. Kiichiro Sato/AP TikTok is toughening its stance against the QAnon conspiracy theory, expanding its ban to all content or accounts that promote videos advancing baseless ideas from the far-right online movement. The action hardens the video-sharing app’s previous enforcement against QAnon that targeted specific hashtags […]
YouTube launched a new crackdown on QAnon videos on Thursday, dealing another major setback to the pro-Trump conspiracy movement one week after Facebook launched its own purge of QAnon accounts. In its announcement, YouTube said it would delete “content that targets an individual or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify real-world violence.” That description, the site notes, would apply to QAnon, which the FBI considers a source of potential domestic terrorism. QAnon believers have been charged with a number of crimes that appear to be inspired by their support of the conspiracy theory, including two murders, a […]
Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod called Iranian interference in Danish law unacceptable and demanded an explanation over its alleged role in Sharia divorce contracts, which continue to rock Danish politics and triggered a stern condemnation from the country’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. As Denmark has cracked down on imams who propagate Sharia divorce documents, Iranian Ambassador Afsaneh Nadipour has been summoned to the Danish Foreign Ministry to explain reports that point at the Iranian Embassy’s involvement in cases regarding religious divorces. “Naturally, we will in no shape or form accept an embassy being involved in cases that go against Danish law – […]
During the police suppression of post-election protest in Belarus, the authorities in Minsk bought surveillance drones with almost $900,000 of EU money. And it happened as Brussels publicly condemned the Lukashenko government. The funds to purchase the 15 drones was provided through a Latvia-Lithuania-Belarus cross-border cooperation program – part of the EU’s European Neighborhood Instrument, the mission of which is to promote human rights, development, and European Market integration in nearby countries. According to the country’s State Forensic Examination Committee, the drones will be used in Minsk, Vitebsk, and Grodno to help “in the inspection of man-made and natural disasters, and […]
Hours before a new coronavirus crackdown began in New York, Borough Park was fuming. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered public and private schools to close in 20 New York City zip codes where positivity rates had spiked in recent weeks, most of them home to substantial ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities. Anger was already palpable that afternoon on the streets of one of the hottest hotspots citywide, a traditional home of New York’s Hasidic population. “It’s just political theater,” raged Mike Weber, whose teenaged sons attend the Nesivos Hatalmud yeshiva, standing maskless outside the facility on the neighborhood’s north end. “I’m not […]
CoinDesk is preparing for the invest: ethereum economy virtual event on. Oct. 14 with a special series of newsletters focused on Ethereum’s past, present and future. Every day until the event the team behind Blockchain Bites will dive into an aspect of Ethereum that excites or confuses us. The Top Shelf news you subscribed to is down below. Now, a few words from CoinDesk tech reporter Will Foxley. Making consensus Scaling for censorship-resistanceThe shakedown of bitcoin derivatives exchange BitMEX last week is a healthy reminder of what motivates many DeFi developers: building censorship-resistant financial markets. The meaningful comparison between BitMEX and decentralized finance, of course, is the […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Justice Department’s operation to crack down on inner-city violence has led to a significant reduction in homicides in Chicago, Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday. “I am pleased to report that Operation Legend is working. Crime is down and order is being restored,” Barr said at a press conference in the Windy City. “Operation Legend’s success is perhaps most dramatic here in Chicago.” Since the operation was expanded to Chicago on July 22, Barr added, homicides in the city have fallen by 50 percent. Barr said, overall, the nine-city initiative has resulted in more than […]
MOSCOW—Yegor Zhukov is the face of a new generation of Putin opponents using social media as well as student rallies to stand up to the regime. On Sunday night, he was beaten up outside his home in Moscow hours after posting a YouTube video criticizing Putin. In a statement to the police, he said: “I have not suffered any property damage, but my face is broken.” An image of the 22-year-old’s bruised face, with bleeding lips and a swollen eye, has already gone viral online—an instant new symbol of Putin’s latest crackdown. The country’s leading opposition figure, Aleksey Navalny, was already […]
Aggressive US policies targeting Huawei have forced the Chinese tech giant to redirect investment to Russia and expand operations in the country, Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei has revealed. “After the United States included us in the Entity List, we transferred our investment in the United States to Russia, increased Russian investment, expanded the Russian scientist team, and increased the salary of Russian scientists,” Ren said as cited by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, one of the four top Chinese universities he visited. While the visit came in late July, the university did not publish a transcript of his speech until this weekend. […]
Patrick Ryan, technical manager at TikTok, is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order aimed at banning business transactions between Americans and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance. Bobby Allyn/NPR hide caption toggle caption Bobby Allyn/NPR Patrick Ryan, technical manager at TikTok, is suing the Trump administration over the president’s executive order aimed at banning business transactions between Americans and TikTok’s parent company ByteDance. Bobby Allyn/NPR Patrick Ryan is sitting on a couch in the garage of his house in California’s San Mateo County. Dressed in aviator-style glasses and cowboy boots, he talks intensely about his job as a technical manager […]
The Belarusian foreign ministry has withdrawn accreditation from journalists from certain foreign media, a decision which the country’s law enforcement agencies have justified on the basis of ‘countering extremism.’ Journalists from Western media organizations, such as Reuters and Associated Press, along with state media outlets AFP, BBC, Deutsche Welle and RFE/RL, have been stripped of their right to report, meaning that they could be arrested if caught performing their duties. The majority of these reporters are Belarusian citizens. In response, British state broadcaster BBC called the move a “stifling of independent journalism,” which it condemned “in the strongest possible terms.” READ […]
China will stand up against the pressure the United States is piling on Huawei, the Foreign Ministry said the day after Washington tightened existing restrictions on Chinese tech firms. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian lashed out at the US during the daily press briefing on Tuesday, pushing back against America’s latest crackdown on tech giant Huawei. The US is utilizing unfounded national security concerns to target Huawei and other Chinese companies, Zhao said, describing it as “hegemonic behavior.” Reiterating previous rhetoric, he stated that the US’ targeting of Huawei undermines the foundations of free trade and fair competition. His statements […]
The late congressman John Lewis famously encouraged Americans to stir up “good trouble,” and former President Barack Obama did just that in his eulogy for the late civil rights pioneer on Thursday. Obama earned multiple standing ovations during a speech littered with political barbs aimed at the Trump administration’s crackdown on Black Lives Matter protesters and stymied efforts to address voter suppression. Recounting Lewis’ relentless activism, Obama said the country “hasn’t yet reached that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character.” “Bull Connor may be gone but today we witness with our own eyes police officers […]
A day after President Donald Trump announced that over 200 federal officers will swarm into Chicago, representatives of the city’s Black Lives Matter chapter and affiliated movements have filed a lawsuit to prevent what they consider the repression to come. Black Lives Matter v. Wolf, filed on Thursday in Chicago federal court, seeks an injunction “permanently enjoining” Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security personnel from using violence against protesters, making arrests without probable cause, concealing the identities of themselves or their agencies while conducting arrests, and other tactics used in Portland. Their suit has urgency behind it, as weekend […]
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has urged Chicagoans to literally call the police over any “unconstitutional” actions by federal agents sent by President Donald Trump to help with a crackdown on skyrocketing violent crime. Residents should call the police or social services if they “see something that doesn’t look right,” Lightfoot said at a press conference on Wednesday. “If we see any steps out of line,” she said, “we are not going to hesitate to take the president to court and stop any unconstitutional actions.” The Democrat mayor singled out the Border Patrol and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for scrutiny. Chicago Mayor […]
Twitter announced Tuesday that it’s done letting the QAnon conspiracy theory run rampant on its site, setting the stage to ban 7,000 QAnon accounts and take moves to limit the voice of roughly 150,000 more. But Twitter’s crackdown comes too late to stop QAnon’s growth. While QAnon’s presence on Twitter will almost certainly shrink after the move, the movement it built on Twitter and other social media platforms has already moved into the real world—and established a foothold in the Republican Party. Ahead of the deletions, panicked QAnon believers have attempted to evade bans on Twitter by changing up their spelling—now […]
The disturbing federal crackdown happening against Black Lives Matter protesters in Portland, Oregon, may seem like an obscure, far-away problem for some Americans right now. But Trevor Noah broke down on Tuesday night why everyone should be worried. “Portland has now seen more than 50 straight days of Black Lives Matter protests,” the Daily Show host said. “But over the last few days, something new has been happening, with more and more protesters facing off against heavily-armed law enforcement in some very dramatic ways.” Those “dramatic” face-offs included the one with the woman known as “Naked Athena,” who was able to […]
The crackdown by federal law enforcement in some American cities is on the verge of going national, according to knowledgeable Trump administration sources. As previewed by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows over the weekend and President Donald Trump on Monday, the administration intends to send federal law enforcement into Democratic-run cities—whether those cities want federal police help or not. Multiple sources expected Chicago, a flashpoint of white anxiety, to be a focus, as the Chicago Tribune first reported. The Department of Homeland Security is taking the lead in Portland, where federal agents are assaulting unarmed and largely peaceful protesters. […]
Malaysia’s financial watchdog says Binance and eToro don’t comply with the country’s securities law; it’s unlikely to make much of a difference to their local operations, however. Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict set of editorial policies. CoinDesk is an independent operating subsidiary of Digital Currency Group, which invests in cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups. Source link
As Chinese police step up efforts to crack down on illegal economic activities, crypto over-the-counter (OTC) traders are being detained to assist investigations. In another sign Chinese law enforcement are targeting cryptocurrency trading, Zhao Dong – a prominent Chinese crypto OTC trader and the co-founder of crypto lending platform RenrenBit – has been held up by police in the city of Hangzhou. A rumor that Zhao had been taken away first emerged on WeChat on Thursday, after a screen capture describing his detention began circulating within the local community and was later reported by local news outlets. As the rumor drew […]
The UK watchdog said that Google had limited rival search engine companies from accessing consumers and could potentially block the world’s third-largest smartphone manufacturer from improving its own services. A deal struck between US tech giants Alphabet Inc and Apple Inc to switch default search engines to Google on Safari browsers has created “significant barriers to entry and expansion” for competing firms, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in a report on Wednesday as reported by Reuters. Apple also received “the substantial majority” of £1.2bn from Google to secure the deal, the report said, adding that rival platforms had stated […]
YouTube intellectual Stefan Molyneux has seen his channel of 14 years and thousands of videos deleted, with the platform citing “hate speech” as a number of online venues take aim at conservative and right-wing personalities. Molyneux – the host of Freedomain Radio, billed as “the world’s number one philosophy show” – was booted off YouTube on Monday over its policies regulating “hate speech,” according to a company statement. His termination came amid a broader social media purge throughout the day, which saw prominent Trump-related accounts banned on Reddit and Twitch, as well as other right-wingers scrubbed from YouTube for good. READ […]
Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales on Wednesday. The woman allegedly bought S$3,350 (about $2,400) in bitcoin in late February 2020 using funds the police say came from the proceeds of an online scam. The Straits Times identified the woman as a Singaporean national named “Lange Vivian” and stated Lange was associated with a loan shark named “Boss.” The charges appear to be the first instance of Singapore enforcing its updated digital currency regulations. Under the Payment Services Act of 2019, all so-called “Digital Payment Token” (DPT) service providers must receive licensure […]
Police tear-gassed groups of youths on the streets of Nantes, some of whom were attending the ‘Fete de la Musique’ event, while others were demonstrating on the first anniversary of the death of Steve Canico in a police crackdown. Eyewitness footage from the scene shows large crowds sprinting away from police through the streets of Nantes as tear gas canisters rained down from the sky. Thousands gathered throughout Sunday in a silent march in memory of 24-year-old Steve Canico who died at the music festival in 2019, after disappearing during a police baton charge and tear gas barrage along the banks […]
As President Trump continues to try and drum up support for his call for states to “dominate” protesters and beef up police presence against them, Attorney General Bill Barr and a team of senior Justice Department officials have quietly taken the lead on disrupting the protests and going after the petty criminals who may be using the demonstrations as cover. It’s been a controversial move, even within Barr’s own department. One federal prosecutor called Barr’s most high-profile effort to quell the unrest “politically-charged [and] bogus.” A senior law enforcement official called it “a political ploy to make being anti-Trump look like […]