“Police line them up and tell them to put their hands against the wall. I started asking myself ‘Is this normal?’ I just kept thinking police can’t do this,’’ said Saleh, 36.
In June 2012, he installed 15 surveillance cameras in the store, not to catch criminals but to watch the police. He collected over two dozen videos showing a multitude of instances where cops used excessive force, issue unwarranted citations and filed inaccurate police reports in connection with arrests, the Herald reports.
“There is just no justifying this kind of behavior,’’ said Chuck Drago, a former police officer and consultant on police policy. “Nobody can justify overstepping the constitution to fight crime.”
Imran called for a complete blockade of NATO convoys to Afghanistan to put pressure on the US to abandon its drone programme. “We will not allow NATO supplies to pass from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in any case will stop drone strikes,” Imran told the gathering. NATO supplies were suspended Saturday because of the rally, which was held on same route used by NATO trucks. A local government official said that it would not have a major effect on supplies as they were typically fewer at the weekend.
Thousands of demonstrators protesting US drone strikes in Pakistan blocked a main road Saturday in the Peshawar province used to transport NATO supplies to and from Afghanistan.
The protests was led by the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) party, which is led by Imran Khan, a former international cricketer now turned politician.
We declare the following: The absence of a neocortex does not appear to preclude an organism from experiencing affective states. Convergent evidence indicates that non-human animals have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit intentional behaviors. Consequently, the weight of evidence indicates that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness. Nonhuman animals, including all mammals and birds, and many other creatures, including octopuses, also possess these neurological substrates.
Upping the ante against U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan, celebrated cricketer-turned-political leader Imran Khan has threatened to block NATO supplies to Afghanistan through Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where his party leads a coalition government.
“We are holding the biggest ever anti-drone protest in Peshawar, where we could decide to block NATO supplies permanently,” Khan, who leads the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI), told IPS ahead of massive protests planned by the party for Nov. 23.
Yet, in 2012, the United States was 27th on the list of world rankings for school educational achievement, well below Cuba, below even Mexico and Brazil.
Comets ISON and Enke Enter STEREO SPACECRAFTs, Field of View‘ Comet of the century (ISON) nears the Sun, it is in viewing range of the NASA Sun observing satellite. Earth, Mercury and the further away Comet Enke were all visible to the spacecraft on Nov. 21, 2013. looped video, Credit = STEREO, NASA
„It‘s looking pretty wonderful, to be honest,“ Naval Research Laboratory astrophysicist Karl Battams, who‘s part of the NASA Comet ISON Observing Campaign, told NBC News. „It‘s behaving in terms of its brightness pretty much how we thought it would back in February.“
She said: “It was straight racism. The only reason we were taken aside was because Harres was born in Afghanistan. Why would you not let well-meaning individuals [into the country when they] want to dedicate their time to work in schools with kids?
Na klar! Durchsuchung, Handfesseln, Abführen, sie mussten sich ausziehen und bücken. Und natürlich ab in die Zelle. Einer bat darum, seine Eltern zu verständigen. Daraufhin rief ein Polizist die Mutter an. Er soll ihr mitgeteilt haben, ihr Sohn müsse aus erzieherischen Gründen einige Stunden hinter Gittern verbringen.
Mitglieder des „widerStandsNests“ im wendländischen Metzingen errichten in Sichtweite der Bundesstraße 216 ein Mahnmal gegen den Fortbestand des Rahmenbetriebsplans für den Salzstock Gorleben.
Berlin wurde mal wieder hip und Drogen auf illegalen Partys nur noch hipper. Und so wurde ziemlich schnell aus der Sucht nach Freiheit die Sucht nach dem Konsum. Mehr feiern, mehr nehmen. Die Businesshippies schmissen sich Glitter in die Fresse und nannten es Techno … Die Orte, die für uns—oder besser gesagt für mich—Kathedralen des Hedonismus sein sollten, waren im Endeffekt auch nur besser dekorierte Kottis. Die Musik rückte in den Hintergrund. Die Musik wurde belanglos, und weil sie so belanglos war, nannte sie sich auch noch minimal. Minimale Emotionen, minimale Party—GHB hat sein Publikum gefunden.
The exhibition Disobedience Archive (The Republic), held at Turin’s Castello di Rivoli during this last spring and early summer, was the result of nine years of research into a 40-year history of resistance, conducted by curator Marco Scotini as a response to the worldwide anticapitalist uprisings of 2001–2 and the repression of the post-Seattle movement through the Patriot Act in America, and similar legislative processes in other countries.
Yet, President Obama’s biggest critics — in Congress, the Arab world and Israel — argue that he has the strategy entirely backward. By changing the psychology around the world, they argue, the roughly $100 billion in remaining sanctions will gradually be whittled away. Wily middlemen, Chinese eager for energy sources and Europeans looking for a way back to the old days, when Iran was a major source of trade, will see their chance to leap the barriers.
The family of a 17-year-old who died while in Durham police custody said Wednesday that state authorities told them the boy suffered a gunshot wound to the head.
Jobcenter zeigte kein Erbarmen
Doch was dann kam, war schier unglaublich. Weil sie selbst kündigte, kürzte das Jobcenter die Leistungen um 30 Prozent. Als Strafe wegen „Arbeitsverweigerung“. 20 Jahre lang habe sie alle Jobs angenommen, die seitens der Behörde verordnet wurden. Nie habe sie irgendetwas in Frage gestellt
The protest, which was led by Pakistani politician and cricket star, Imran Khan, threatened to permanently block supply routes that carry fuel and food to foreign forces in Afghanistan unless the US stops its deadly drone strikes in tribal areas.
„We will put pressure on America, and our protest will continue if drone attacks are not stopped,“ Khan told thousands of his supporters.
Die Bundesregierung treibt die Herstellung von Kampfdrohnen durch die europäische Rüstungsindustrie voran. Wie sieben EU-Staaten – darunter Deutschland – in dieser Woche beschlossen haben, werden sie die Entwicklung und die Produktion der hochumstrittenen Waffensysteme durch Unternehmen aus EU-Staaten forcieren. Als zeitliche Perspektive wird das Jahr 2020 genannt; das ermöglicht es der SPD, den Verzicht der nächsten Bundesregierung, der sie angehören wird, auf den förmlichen Kauf von Kampfdrohnen anzukündigen. Der Beschluss, keine US-amerikanischen oder israelischen Drohnen zu erwerben, zeigt, dass Berlin die eigenständige rüstungswirtschaftliche Basis der EU sichern will – eine Voraussetzung für eine eigenständige, auch militärisch operierende Weltmachtpolitik.
Die Kommunen in Venezuela sind Zusammenschlüsse von Kommunalen Räten. In ihnen sollen sich die vor allem auf Nachbarschaften orientierten Gremien koordinieren und so einen größeren Teil der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung ausüben. Die Kommunen sind damit Teil des politischen Umbaus, mit dem die sozialistische Regierung die demokratische Teilhabe der Bevölkerung gegenüber dem bürgerlich-parlamentarischen System stärken will.
Ruth from the Open Rights Group sez, „With the huge amount of evidence leaked by Edward Snowden on surveillance by the NSA and the GCHQ, the Open Rights Group has compiled a list of the top 6 points that everyone should know about how their rights have been violated.
Noch vor wenigen Monaten erklärte uns unsere Bundeskanzlerin Frau Angela Merkel: „Deutschland steht heute gut da“ und es wären „mehr Menschen in Beschäftigung als je zuvor“ im Wahlkampfspot der CDU.
Nach seiner Wahl am 22. September tagt das Parlament der Republik am Donnerstag, dem 28. November, erst zum dritten Mal. Auf der Tagesordnung: ein Antrag der Fraktionen C.D.U. / C.S.U. und S.P.D. auf Einrichtung eines von der Verfassung nicht vorgesehenen “Hauptausschusses” (wir berichteten). Hier nun ein Schreiben von Matthias Muer an den Bundestagspräsidenten Norbert Lammert:
„Die SPD hat ein folkloristisches Verständnis von der Linkspartei“, sagt Gabriel und meint damit offensichtlich, dass sie immer noch für einen sozialdemokratischen Ableger gehalten werde. „Aber ich bin Vorsitzender der SPD und es gibt Gründe, warum ich glaube, dass die Linke keine sozialdemokratische Partei ist.“
Seit einem Skandal im Jahr 2008, als Vorstandsmitglieder mehrere Aufsichts- und Betriebsräte, Gewerkschaftsfunktionäre sowie Journalisten ausspionieren ließen, sei man besonders sensibel beim Datenschutz, betont ein Sprecher der Telekom. Woher der amerikanische Geheimdienst NSA all seine Daten in Deutschland bekomme, wisse man nicht, sagt er.
Ähnliches gelte für biometrische Anwendungen, die zunehmende Sicherheit an öffentlichen Orten versprächen. Im späteren Abschlussbericht der “Future Group” wurde dann vom “Digitalen Tsunami” gesprochen, den sich Polizeien zunutze machen sollten.
Als “Schlüssel zu Erfolg und Effektivität” gilt demnach der Einsatz von Technologie, “um die Vielzahl von Akteuren miteinander zu verbinden und sicherzustellen, “dass die richtigen Informationen in einer verwertbaren Form an die richtige Person gelangen”.
Die Behörde war ursprünglich von den Westalliierten eingerichtet und dann 1958 von der damaligen Bundesregierung übernommen worden. Sie wurde dem Bundesnachrichtendienst zugeordnet.
Kerry should task his aides to read Egyptian state newspapers from January 25 (2011) until the fall of Mubarak. He should ask his aides to translate for him TV interviews in which many liberal Egyptians unanimously agreed at the time that were it not for the bravery and steadfastness of the Muslim Brotherhood in the notorious „Battle of the Camel“, the Revolution would have failed.
He should also ask his aides to explain to him how the Muslim Brotherhood was voted into the lower and upper houses of Egyptian parliament and the presidency only through fair elections supervised by the military council, witnessed by Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States, and in which unprecedented numbers of Egyptians participated positively for the first time in recent history in a way lauded by all foreign observers inside and outside Egypt.
“They were motivated by what they saw through this interconnected world and they wanted a piece of the opportunity and a chance to get an education and have a job and have a future. And not have a corrupt government that deprived them of all of that and more…. That‘s what drove that revolution and then it got stolen. By the one single most organized entity in the state, which was the Brotherhood.”
Following a day of exhausting bilateral meetings between Iranian and Russian FMs and the EU’s chief diplomat, top ministers from other P5+1 powers have announced plans to add extra political weight and join the talks ahead of a much-anticipated deal.
“We will challenge the [Netanyahu] government until we reclaim the leadership [of the country],” said Isaac Herzog, the Labor Party’s new chairman in his acceptance speech Friday morning, hours after his victory over outgoing chairwoman Shelly Yachimovich was announced.
Of those who were discontent, 43 percent reject the direction Hollande’s government has taken, 30 percent would like policy changes and 18 percent demand a Cabinet reshuffle.
John Kerry, the US secretary of state, met his French and Russian counterparts in Geneva on Saturday after his arrival for the nuclear talks with Iran raised hopes of an imminent agreement.
US Präsident Barack Obama hat es etwas eilig, die Sanktionen gegen den Iran zu lockern. Davon verspricht er sich wohl in die Geschichte als ein Friedenspräsident einzugehen, der die lang ersehnte Aussöhnung mit dem Erzfeind Iran herbeizaubern konnte. Das wäre eine historische Leistung.
“Beirut explosions were due to the fear of some bankrupt parties from the results of the Geneva (nuclear) talks and a sort of revenge against Iran. This way they have invited a wave of disgust and aversion towards themselves,“ Member of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mansour Haqiqatpour told the Tasnim News Agency.
He said that the „dirty hands“ of the Zionists, the Salafist and Wahhabi mercenaries affiliated to the Saudi royal court, and the notorious French politicians are clearly evident in those terrorist explosions.
Saudi Arabia’s support for rebels in Syria won’t be constrained by U.S. efforts to keep the money from Islamist groups, as the kingdom steps up efforts to battle Iranian influence in the region, a Saudi official said.
In announcing its formation in a video statement broadcast on Al Jazeera, Abu Eissa said: „This independent political, military and social formation aims to topple the Assad regime completely and build an Islamic state where the sovereignty of almighty God alone will be our reference and ruler.“
14 Democratic, Republican US senators vow to work together on legislation to impose new sanctions on Iran over coming weeks, to pass it as quickly as possible.
Talks of emerging deal between Iran, West bring unprecedented public ties between Israel, Gulf; J‘lem sees nuclear Iran as existential threat, Sunni Persian Gulf find Shiite republic dangerous to region
RT: Would this trade deal with the EU help Ukraine‘s economy, which is experiencing hard times right now?
JL: It would have finished it off. It would have been a coup de gras to an economy which is already very weak. And I’m not just saying that out of polemical reasons. Anybody who has followed the sad story, very sad, and in some cases catastrophic story of the Eastern European economies as I have in the 1990s and 2000s, I’m thinking especially of countries in the Balkans, weaker countries like Bulgaria and Romania. But also now countries like Greece and Cyprus. Anybody who has followed the history of those countries over the last 15-20 years can see how signature of this agreement and indeed the preparation for the signature is absolutely catastrophic for the economies, because the industries can’t stand up to the competition, because EU regulation is too costly for these weaker economies and because their natural markets are in the East, particularly with Russia. It would have been signing a suicide note.
Thousands of Shiite protesters in Bahrain have staged a rally in the capital Manama, protesting against what they called repression against the opposition amid an ongoing crackdown on the largely peaceful demonstrations.