IADL Demands Immediate Release Of Palestinian Maher al-Akhras By the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. October 27, 2020 IADL Demands Immediate Release Of Palestinian Maher al-Akhras2020-10-272020-10-27https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/al-akhras-hospital-e1603838371659.jpg200px200px Above photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills. The following resolution was adopted on 25 October 2020, during the Council meeting of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. IADL Resolution for the Immediate Release of Maher al-Akhras. The International Association of Democratic Lawyers (IADL) […]
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Party officials demanding that unauthorised ballot drop off boxes be removed. Becerra, as well as California Secretary of State Alex Padilla, have demanded that Republicans provide a list of voters whose ballots have been collected using the “unauthorised” boxes. Anyone who tampers with the vote is tampering with free and fair […]
Israel occupied about 1,200 square km of Syria’s Golan Heights in 1967 after launching a surprise air attack against Damascus’s Egyptian allies and sparking the Six-Day War in June of that year. In 1981, Tel Aviv formally annexed the territory. The UN condemned that decision as “null and void and without international legal effect.” The 120 member-strong Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has issued a political declaration whose […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/03/1080651031_0:43:2842:1642_1200x675_80_0_0_e29256fc5dfee514c92f0d0a7279ff55.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202010031080650781-defence-of-kenosha-gunman-demands-biden-remove-video-depicting-him-as-white-supremacist/ WASHINGTON, October 3 (Sputnik) – A legal team representing teenager Kyle Rittenhouse, who shot and killed two people during riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in August, is demanding that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden take down a video depicting their client as a white supremacist, according to a letter from the Lin Wood legal firm. The lawyer said in the […]
Last month, women left jobs at four times the rate that men did. A new school year with children staying home instead of returning to classrooms in person led many women to drop out of the workforce. Tom Werner/DigitalVision/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tom Werner/DigitalVision/Getty Images Last month, women left jobs at four times the rate that men did. A new school year with children […]
Gilead Remdesivir can Now Be Bought Directly From the Company Supply of our investigational COVID-19 treatment is now meeting demand in the U.S. Today, Gilead has assumed responsibility for U.S. distribution of the drug. Read more: https://t.co/MtZVLkL3SH — Gilead Sciences (@GileadSciences) October 1, 2020 Health Editor’s Note: Gilead is able to keep production of remdesivir (veklury) up and is meeting demand for this antiviral in the […]
The news comes on the heels of a doom-laden report by civil servants which makes the prediction that approximately 31,900 people could die over the next five years alone due to missed cancer diagnoses, scrapped operations and the broader health impacts that could result from a lockdown-induced recession. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called upon Prime Minister Boris Johnson to make mixed house visits illegal for […]
Over the course of several years, dozens of dogs were raped on a weekly basis by a criminal group, which produced many videos of the abuse. After a shocking case in which about a dozen people were charged with sexual abuse of dogs in Norway, the animal rights organisation Noah has demanded stricter punishment for animal cruelty. The police have, by their own admission, never seen […]
As European Union ministers met in Brussels on Monday ahead of a summit of heads of government later this week, the UK Parliament pressed on with draft legislation to override the Northern Ireland Protocol of the EU Withdrawal Agreement. On Tuesday, European Union leaders warned the UK that changes to the Brexit agreement could scupper trade talks. EU Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic said that Brussels would not […]
The independence campaign group ‘All Under One Banner (AUOB)’ has seen a revival in its activity in recent months, as the British government has loosened lockdown restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Demonstrators flocked to the BBC’s headquarters on Thursday to voice their demands for a second referendum on Scottish independence and in defiance of the broadcaster’s recent axing of First […]
US Demands Hinder Spanish Probe Into Security Firm That Spied On Assange By Jose Maria Irujo, El Pais. September 13, 2020 US Demands Hinder Spanish Probe Into Security Firm That Spied On Assange2020-09-132020-09-13https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/assange2-1-e1600008213763.jpg200px200px Above photo: A pro-Assange demonstrator protests outside the Old Bailey court in central London on September 8. Tolga Akmen / AFP. American prosecutors want to know the judge’s sources before cooperating in an investigation into […]
The jailing of eight individuals in Saudi Arabia for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has not satisfied Turkey, which demanded more answers from Riyadh and vowed to continue its own investigation. The verdict by a Saudi Arabian court in the scandalous murder trial has left many questions unanswered and “fell short of meeting the expectations of Turkey and the international community,” the communications director for […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009051080371844-eu-demands-potential-veto-on-britains-post-brexit-laws-regulations—report/ EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier is reportedly insisting that the government must agree not to make any changes to British legislation that could somehow undermine its trade with the EU without first consulting with the bloc. The European Union is demanding a potential veto on Britain’s post-Brexit laws and regulations to be inscribed in the trade agreement, The Times reported […]
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi insists she was “set up” after she was spotted visiting a San Francisco hair salon in violation of Covid-19 rules, demanding an apology from the business owner while refusing to offer one of her own. The Democratic rep mounted her defense at an event about school reopenings in San Francisco’s Noe Valley on Wednesday, maintaining that she was led to believe […]
US President Donald Trump has urged CNN to drop confrontational news host Chris Cuomo after a tape of Cuomo denying sexual harassment allegations in conversation with Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen was leaked. Highlighting Cuomo’s poor ratings and “great disrespect” for women, the president called on CNN to fire the anchor in a tweet on Wednesday. Will Fredo be fired by Fake News @CNN? He speaks […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107976/42/1079764252_0:303:3072:2031_1200x675_80_0_0_19340c3c76f52b1df062dbdf5cc6a359.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Rishikesh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/military/202009011080333779-china-demands-withdrawal-of-indian-troops-that-crossed-border-in-ladakh/ India and China have deployed thousands of additional troops and military equipment in Ladakh region after first ever violent clash on 15 June, in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed. The physical fight erupted once again on 29 August in Chushul valley of Ladakh region. A day after physical fighting in the Chushul area, China has accused […]
Jacob Blake’s shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin is part of a pattern of racial oppression of African-Americans and the police involved need to be punished, his family told reporters after two days of violent protests in the city. “I don’t have confidence in anybody that is white that is doing an investigation about a black young man that was shot seven times in his back,” Blake’s father, […]
A Black Lives Matter militant in Chicago this week issued what many have interpreted as a terroristic threat. Taylor Norwood this week unleashed on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot during a press conference for allowing the police to arrest her ‘innocent friends’ who were just exercising their Fist Amendment right. Norwood accused Lightfoot of protecting the whites in North Chicago from blacks in Southside Chicago by blocking […]
New Delhi (Sputnik): India’s Congress party, which has been associated with the national freedom movement, is now in dire straits over leadership issues. Since 2014, when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party swept general elections, the Congress has been reduced to an abysmal tally in the Parliament and also lost power in several major states. Nearly 23 senior Congress members and lawmakers have written to the party’s […]
Barcelona’s talismanic playmaker Lionel Messi has reportedly demanded an immediate transfer from the Catalan club following the side’s catastrophic capitulation in the UEFA Champions League. Messi looked disinterested and demoralized as Barcelona were put to the sword 8-2 by Bayern Munich in the Champions League quarterfinals on Friday night. And while it is widely expected that head coach Quique Setien will be relieved of his duties […]
According to preliminary results of presidential elections in Belarus that were held on Sunday, incumbent president Alexander Lukashenko received 80.23 percent of the votes. However, many citizens were not satisfied with these results, with unsanctioned protests erupting across the country. The office of Belarus opposition candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya demanded the “peaceful” transition of power from Alexander Lukashenko amid ongoing protests in the country, following the presidential election on […]
President Donald Trump, shown here on Friday, floated the idea of delaying the election on Thursday. That prompted criticism from the co-founder of the Federalist Society. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Donald Trump, shown here on Friday, floated the idea of delaying the election on Thursday. That prompted criticism from the co-founder of the Federalist Society. Alex Brandon/AP After voting for President […]
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has ordered a thorough probe into what he called an “emergency situation” as security chief confirmed arrests of 32 suspected ‘Wagner’ private military recruits in a televised briefing. Lukashenko on Wednesday told the head of the Belarusian National Security Service, the KGB, to launch a transparent and unbiased probe into the incident, which the media has been quick to tie to the […]
Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) gaffed his way to meme status after grilling Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg about Donald Trump Jr.’s Twitter suspension, forcing the CEO to explain the platforms are, in fact, different. “If I may ask a specific of you: it was reported that Donald Trump Jr. got taken down for a period of time… why did that happen?” the rep asked during a House […]
At least 360 Democrat delegates, mostly Bernie Sanders supporters, have signed a pledge to vote against a Democrat national platform that does not include medicare for all. According to Politico’s delegate tracker, Biden has 2,632 delegates and Sanders currently has 1,076. The Dems are holding a ‘virtual’ DNC in Milwaukee in just three weeks and it looks there may be a repeat of the 2016 convention. […]
According to the Turkish request, the axes originate from the Hittite kingdom in present-day eastern Turkey and were illegally sold to Sweden in 1910, after a 1906 Turkish law banned the sale of cultural heritage objects abroad. Ankara wants Sweden to return four bronze axes from the Bronze Age that originate from present-day Turkey. In an official request to the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Turkey […]
Internet users have expressed bewilderment and amusement over a petition denouncing “racist” Trader Joe brands. The company has already admitted wrongdoing and claims it is in the process of discontinuing its “harmful” packaging. The Change.org petition calls on the popular grocery chain in the US to remove the labels used for some of its ethnic food, claiming that the “racist” practice “perpetuates harmful stereotypes.” The internet […]
President Trump and his advisers, including Attorney General William Barr, walk through Lafayette Square on June 1 after it was cleared of protesters. Trump then posed for photos holding up a Bible in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP President Trump and his advisers, including Attorney General William Barr, walk through Lafayette Square on June 1 after it […]
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ Monday news conference was interrupted by a state resident who called on the official to resign and accused him of falsifying COVID-19 novel coronavirus case numbers. During his Monday COVID-19 update alongside Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Giménez, DeSantis was interrupted by an individual who later identified himself as Thomas Kennedy, a Florida state coordinator for immigrant advocacy group United We Dream. […]
The teachers union in New Jersey plans to traumatize children by demanding weekly COVID-19 tests and mandatory face masks. All students must be tested for COVID-19 in the weeks prior to returning to school. All students must take WEEKLY COVID-19 tests. Door-to-door mandatory face masks for all students. “Cloth masks must be worn ‘door to door’” the teachers union said in its demands. Students will be […]
Health Editor’s Note: What more can I say? This gets tiring……Carol Trump Demanded Schools Reopen, His Experts Warned of ‘Highest Risk’ By Eileen Sullivan and Erica L. Green/NY Times WASHINGTON — Federal materials for reopening schools, shared the week President Trump demanded weaker guidelines to do so, said fully reopening schools and universities remained the “highest risk” for the spread of the coronavirus. The 69-page document, obtained by The […]
On Thursday the Supreme Court ruled a grand jury in Manhattan can subpoena President Trump’s tax returns in their ongoing witch hunt against the president. Mark Levin blasted the decision and warned the SCOTUS judges that Congress can now subpoena their tax returns! 2. I can see a situation in which the House or the Senate decides that it must have access to all of the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107982/43/1079824303_0:0:2920:1643_1200x675_80_0_0_d27783f1bc7f39c169a39bb910561bd7.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007081079824332-taliban-demands-release-of-600-blacklisted-insurgents-pakistani-fighters—source/ KABUL (Sputnik) – The Afghan government is hanging back on releasing 600 of prisoners on the Taliban’s* list under the US-negotiated deal due to the fact that some of them are on the US and Afghan security blacklists and others are Pakistani fighters, a knowledgeable source in the government told Sputnik on Tuesday. “There are 250 of them on […]