Daily Archives: March 6, 2022

2022-03-06: News Headlines

The Canary (2022-03-06). Guantanamo Bay should close, says former detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi. thecanary.co The US must close the Guantanamo Bay detention camp because it is making a mockery of the rule of law and human rights, according to a former detainee. | Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial. US authorities accused him of involvement in planning the September 11 atrocities. | Slahi arrived in Guantanamo Bay in 2002 after secret rendition through Jordan and Afghanistan. He was then subjected to torture, including assault, being blasted with heavy metal music and strobe lighting and deprived of sleep for 70 days. | Mohamedou Ould Slahi spent 14 years incarcerated without trial at Guantanam…

_____ (2022-03-05). Is This Russian Propaganda? popularresistance.org We're risking a very fast, very radioactive World War 3 to defend the "democracy" of a nation whose government bans opposition parties, imprisons political opponents, shuts down opposition media, and takes all its orders from Washington due to a US-backed coup in 2014. | "Defending Ukrainian democracy" makes as much sense as "Defending Mongolian seaports". | The powers responsible for destroying Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria and Yemen are the same powers we're trusting to carefully navigate extremely delicate nuclear brinkmanship escalations without ending the world. | "Relax, nobody's gonna start a nuclear war…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2022-03-05). Why don't we treat all refugees like they were Ukrainian? asiatimes.com It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these governments would come back to haunt them. A whopping 1 million people have fled Ukraine after Russia's violent invasion in the span of only a week. They are being welcomed — as refugees …

Brittani Banks (2022-03-05). Why Don't We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian? independentmediainstitute.org It was inevitable that when brown-skinned Afghan refugees fleeing war were turned away from European borders over the past few years, the callous actions of these governments would come back to haunt them. A whopping 1 million people have fled Ukraine from Russia's violent invasion in the span of only a week. They are being …

Staff (2022-03-05). Sostuvo Díaz-Canel encuentro con el presidente de Sherritt-International. cubadebate.cu Durante el cordial intercambio, realizado en el Palacio de la Revolución, ambas partes dialogaron sobre las potencialidades que existen para, aun en medio del recrudecimiento del bloqueo de los Estados Unidos, profundizar la participación de esta compañía en el desarrollo económico de Cuba, sobre todo en actividades como la minería, la prospección petrolera y la generación de energía.

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