sraeli journalist Gideon Levy and Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb on Thursday won the 2015 Olof Palme human rights prize for their „fight against occupation and violence“, the jury said.
Levy, a journalist at the left-leaning Israeli daily Haaretz, and Raheb, a preacher and pastor in the Lutheran church in Bethlehem, were honoured for their „courageous and indefatigable fight against occupation and violence, and for a future Middle East characterised by peaceful coexistence and equality for all,“ the Olof Palme Memorial Fund said in a statement.
„They both give a ray of hope to a conflict that has plagued and continues to plague millions of people and to endanger world peace,“ it said.
The Olof Palme Prize is an annual award worth $75,000 granted by the Swedish labour movement. It commemorates the memory of the Social Democratic prime minister, an outspoken international human rights advocate, who was assassinated in the Swedish capital in 1986.
Levy and co-winner Mitri Raheb, a Palestinian pastor, will receive the prize for their fight against ‘occupation and violence’ and their spreading of hope for peace.
Palestinian pastor Mitri Raheb and the Israeli journalist Gideon Levy are being awarded the 2015 Olof Palme Prize „for their courageous and indefatigable fight against occupation and violence, and for a future Middle East characterized by peaceful coexistence and equality for all“.
“This is not just my opinion,” Swaid continued. “I have met with many Druze representatives and everyone is against the plan.” (Kara, for his part, expressed puzzlement over the objections.) Furthermore, Swaid added, the location of the new community is far from existing Druze towns and ignores established communities in desperate need of development — a fact that tends to be explained away by their proximity to existing nature reserves, hence limiting expansion opportunities.
Berichten zufolge wurden bei dem Angriff mehrere Wachen verletzt. Dies berichtet der staatliche iranische Rundfunk IRIB. Die von Saudi-Arabien angeführte Koalition im Jemen erklärte, man werde den Vorwurf untersuchen, so der Sprecher der Koalition, Brigadegeneral Ahmed Asseri, gegenüber Reuters.
The foreign ministry said it does not expect any changes in Azerbaijani citizens’ visits to Turkey.
A number of Turkish media reported Jan. 7 that Turkey will on June 2016 start the visa regime with 89 countries, including Azerbaijan, at a request from the EU.
„It is something that we do not foresee at all, and whoever is pushing towards that is somebody who is not in their right mind. Because a war between Saudi Arabia and Iran is the beginning of a major catastrophe in the region, and it will reflect very strongly on the rest of the world. For sure we will not allow any such thing,“ Salman told The Economist in a January 4 interview published Wednesday.
The Trouble with the TPP series focuses today on the TPP’s effort to regulate how Internet providers and hosts address allegations of copyright infringement on their networks and sites (prior posts include Day 1: US Blocks Balancing Provisions, Day 2: Locking in Digital Locks, Day 3: Copyright Term Extension). The goals of the U.S. and Canadian government in the negotiations were clear from the outset: the U.S. wanted to export its DMCA notice-and-takedown system to the rest of the TPP, while Canada wanted to preserve its newly created notice-and-notice approach (more on the notice-and-notice system, which does a better job of striking a balance and preserving user privacy, here). In fact, Canada rushed through the notice-and-notice system without regulations (causing major problems of misleading notices) in order to argue that it should not be required to adopt the U.S. approach.
(4.Januar) Eventuell hat die Behörde es versäumt, Winterdiesel zu kaufen und die Autos mit Sommerdiesel auf die Straße geschickt.“-So Bodo Pfalzgraf, Landeschef der Deutschen Polizeigewerkschaft.(…)
Bereits im Vorjahr hatte es Probleme mit den Funkwagen gegeben. Ein Softwareupdate, mit dem Strom und Sprit gespart werden sollte hatte dazu geführt, dass die Zusatzbatterie nicht mehr geladen wurde.
The Parliament should reject these unnecessary and divisive constitutional changes. The push to diminish civil liberties and end judicial oversight will only magnify the potential for the abuse of power, without making the public safer.
Meanwhile, the New York Times editorial board on Tuesday urged the French Parliament to reject „these unnecessary and divisive constitutional changes. The push to diminish civil liberties and end judicial oversight will only magnify the potential for the abuse of power, without making the public safer.“
Canadian pipeline company TransCanada announced Wednesday afternoon it is suing the Obama administration under NAFTA provisions for the U.S. decision last November to reject the unpopular Keystone XL pipeline.
07.01.2016 - 15:36 [ Michael Moore / Common Dreams ]
Dear Governor Snyder: Thanks to you, sir, and the premeditated actions of your administrators, you have effectively poisoned, not just some, but apparently ALL of the children in my hometown of Flint, Michigan.
And for that, you have to go to jail.
To poison all the children in an historic American city is no small feat. Even international terrorist organizations haven‘t figured out yet how to do something on a magnitude like this.
But you did. Your staff and others knew that the water in the Flint River was poison — but you decided that taking over the city and „cutting costs“ to „balance the budget“ was more important than the people‘s health (not to mention their democratic rights to elect their own leaders.) So you cut off the clean, fresh glacial lake water of Lake Huron that the citizens of Flint (including myself) had been drinking for decades and, instead, made them drink water from the industrial cesspool we call the Flint River — a body of „water“ where toxins from a dozen General Motors and DuPont factories have been dumped for over a hundred years.
Der Futtermittelanbau von Soja in Südamerika ist für Monsanto ein riesiges Geschäft. Der Konzern liefert Saatgut und Herbizide in riesigen Mengen. Die Bevölkerung klagt über Krankheiten und Todesfälle, die Plantagen fressen sich immer tiefer in den Wald. Jetzt kritisiert sogar die UN das schlimmste Gift von Monsanto.
Aufgrund der sich mehrenden Stimmen, die von einer massiven Rodung des Hambacher Forstes zu Beginn des Jahres ausgehen, erlauben wir uns hiermit eine explizite Warnung auszusprechen.
Die in der eigenen Republik, sowie in Syrien und Irak blutig Krieg führende Chunta von Tajjip Erdogan kommt den lieben „pro-europäischen“ Kollegen an der Regierung in Berlin als Allierte der neuen Regierungsachse mit Saudi-Arabien, Israel und dem nach einer über anderthalb Jahre absehbaren Farce von deutschen Truppen und Waffen gestützten separatistischen irakischen Kurdistan unter Masud Barzani zuhilfe.
Die moderne Gesellschaft in Asien und Afrika blutig Krieg führender Länder der Nordhalbkugel kennt das Phänomen von Brände legenden Feuerwehrleuten. Sonst kennt sie nichts. Der endlose Schwachsinn eines auf Endlosigkeit programmierten vierzehnjährigen Terrorkrieges, den heute wieder einmal das gewisse Nichts Georg Mascolo über seine „Süddeutsche“ rausgeblasen hat, dünkt auch unserem noblen Volke in seiner berühmten „breiten Mehrheit“ sicher wahr und unwahr zugleich. Wahr ist es, weil es schließlich in der Zeitung steht, und unwahr, weil man der eh nicht mehr trauen kann.
Sie waren zusammen im Afghanistan-Einsatz. Dem längsten und gefährlichsten seit Gründung der Bundeswehr. Jetzt sitzen sie auf entscheidenden Posten im Verteidigungsministerium, im Einsatzführungskommando, im Planungsamt. Ihr Wort hat Gewicht. Sie prägen das Bild, das sich die Ministerin macht. Sie bestimmen Ausrichtung, Struktur und Selbstverständnis der Truppe. Ihr Blick ist geprägt vom Erlebnis des Krieges. Vom Kampf gegen einen unsichtbaren Gegner. Vom Töten und Getötetwerden. Ein einseitiger Blick, der sich ausschließlich an Afghanistan orientiert. Mit gravierenden Folgen für die Sicherheit Deutschlands, wie Recherchen vom Tagesspiegel und dem ARD-Magazin FAKT zeigen.
Ankara‘s recent steps to reposition itself in the region is looking increasingly like a comprehensive strategy to counter Iranian efforts and Russian aggression that, together, undermine the area‘s stability and threaten vital Turkish interests in Syria.
As of now, as a result of the war that started following a period in which peace seemed so close for Turkey, a total of 342 civilians, nearly 400 PKK guerrillas, soldiers and police officers lost their lives. As a consequence of the declaration of “temporary special military zones” in 145 regions in 16 different towns across the Kurdish majority regions, the entire Kurdish region of the country has been turned into a war zone. Moreover, the fact that the state has declared curfews 54 times in 18 Kurdish towns and districts, sometimes for periods as long as two weeks, is reminiscent of military siege. The curfews that have no legitimacy based on constitutional law or any other legal basis violate fundamental rights and freedoms, as defined in the constitution, including freedom of movement, right to education, right to health, and the right to life. The curfews are affecting 1.5 million people directly, and so far 250 people have been forced to migrate. Under these conditions, where economic social and cultural life is halted, electricity and water services are interrupted, pharmacies and bakeries are closed, violence is taking the lives of children, women and the elderly one by one while the whole world watches. Places accepted as humanity’s common heritage of faith and culture are being ruined. In addition to Diyarbekir’s City Walls, which are on UNESCO’s cultural heritage list, the historical Kurşunlu mosque, Alevi Cemevis, and churches are being destroyed. Parliamentarians and politicians seeking to visit areas under curfew have been subjected to deadly interference by security forces.
Das Einsatzgebiet der Ausbildungsunterstützung umfasst vor allem den Raum Erbil. Im Ausnahmefall sind auch Aufenthalte außerhalb der Region möglich. Dies geschieht zu Konsultations- und Koordinierungszwecken im ganzen Hoheitsgebiet des Irak.
Darüber hinaus kann auch eine begrenzte Anzahl deutscher Soldatinnen und Soldaten weiterhin in Stäben der internationalen Allianz gegen den IS insbesondere im Irak und in Kuwait eingesetzt werden.
Again, ironically, more or less around the same dates as Mr. Demirtaş committed the crime of treason, Masoud Barzani, the head of the KRG [and the “tribal gang leader” in the eyes of Ankara two decades ago] received red-carpet treatment in the Turkish capital, meeting with every possible dignitary including the president and prime minister. Shortly afterwards, Mr. Barzani’s prime minister, Nechirvan Barzani, enjoyed the same Turkish pleasantries in Ankara.
The Turkish journalist also said: „Since Barzani knows that the Russians have been informed about oil transportation routes by ISIS to Turkey, he suggested Turkish authorities to choose a new path that goes from Iraqi Kurdistan which is comparatively safe and inaccessible for the Russians.“
In this meeting, Erdogan asked Barzani to suppress the PKK (Kurdish People‘s Party) and to get tough on Kurds in Turkey. He also tried to seek Barzani‘s support due to growing differences with Kurdish leaders in Turkey.
(5.1.2015) Dies hätten Außenminister Frank-Walter Steinmeier und Verteidigungsministerin Ursula von der Leyen in Briefen an die Fraktionsvorsitzenden im Bundestag angekündigt, schreibt die „Rheinischen Post“.
President Barack Obama told Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi late on Wednesday that Turkey should withdraw any military forces, which are not authorized by the Iraqi government, from Iraq, in the latest of calls that urge Ankara to pull out its troops to end dispute with Baghdad.
President Barack Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday discussed their „mutual concern“ over Saudi Arabia‘s execution of Shi‘ite cleric Nimr al-Nimr and attacks on Saudi Arabia‘s embassy in Iran, the White House said.
07.01.2016 - 08:08 [ Haider Al-Abadi, Premierminister des Irak ]
(5.1.2015) Prime Minister Dr. Haider Al-Abadi received in his office on Tuesday Senator Jack Reed, a member of the Armed Services Committee in the US Senate, and his accompanying delegation.
During the meeting they discussed the war on Daesh terrorist gangs and victories achieved in Ramadi, and the situation in the region in addition to the challenges faced by Iraq in various fields.
Unter dem Jubel der westlichen Mainstream-Presse und -Politik trat am 10. Dezember der Wirtschaftsliberale Mauricio Macri, das Präsidentschaftsamt in Argentinien an. Seitdem regiert der neue Präsident nur noch per Dekret, verstößt beinahe täglich gegen die Verfassung und betreibt eine massive neoliberale Umverteilungspolitik. Protest aus Berlin oder Washington gegen das undemokratische Vorgehen bleibt aus. Denn dort gilt Macri als „unser Mann in Argentinien“.
(9.Oktober 1994) „This story reveals the intimate role that Americans at official and private levels played in promoting structured corruption and one-party conservative democracy in post-war Japan, and that‘s new,“ said John Dower, a leading Japan scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. „We look at the L.D.P. and say it‘s corrupt and it‘s unfortunate to have a one-party democracy. But we have played a role in creating that misshapen structure.“