Law enforcers shot at protesters in Myanmar’s largest city of Yangon on Sunday, according to local media reports backed up by multiple videos circulating online. One man was brought to a hospital after the shootings, where he succumbed to a bullet wound to his chest, an unnamed doctor told Reuters. …
Read More »Madrid police shows VIDEO of crackdown on Covid-rule-breaking teen party, with scared guests snatched from inside wardrobes & beds
The video, released by the Madrid Municipal Police and obtained by RT’s Ruptly video agency, begins with the officers going up the stairs in one of the central residential buildings. The five-man patrol arrived on-site after receiving complaints from neighbors about noise. When the owners of the apartment answered the …
Read More »Spain risks more riots as free speech crackdown and rapper’s jailing reveal a country still struggling to escape Franco’s legacy
Riots that played out across Spain for the third night in a row over the jailing of rapper Pablo Hasél show a growing appetite for dissent, and are further proof that the shadow of former dictator Francisco Franco – dead for nearly 50 years now – has cast a long shadow. …
Read More »Beijing urges Washington to halt crackdown as Trump signs bill that could kick Chinese firms off US exchanges
Speaking at a regular news conference on Monday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin called Washington out for its discriminatory provisions against Chinese companies. “This is nothing but an unjustified political crackdown on Chinese enterprises listed in the United States. It will seriously hinder the normal listing of Chinese companies …
Read More »No Thanksgiving crackdown? 2 California sheriffs say deputies will NOT enforce Gov. Newsom’s new coronavirus restrictions
The Orange County and Sacramento sheriff’s offices issued separate statements on Thursday night saying they would not respond to calls related to compliance with the new health mandate imposed by Newsom earlier in the day. “The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office will not be determining – including entering any home or …
Read More »Silencing discussion? UK Labour Party demands online crackdown on ‘anti-vax disinformation’ ahead of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
“Social-media companies have a pitiful record of tackling disinformation,” shadow culture secretary Jo Stevens said Sunday on Twitter. The government must “deal with some of the dangerous nonsense, nonsensical anti-vax stuff that we’ve seen spreading on social media, which erodes trust in the vaccine,” Ashworth said. He added that the …
Read More »In new crackdown, Belarus revokes accreditation for foreign media journalists, deports four Russian citizens
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 …
Read More »The European Union may impose sanctions against Belarus over crackdown on protests
The European Union could consider imposing new sanctions against Belarus. This was stated on a press-conferences on Monday the head of the Polish MFA Jacek Czaputowicz, answering the question about the possible reaction of the EU to the events in the Republic. This writes TASS. According to him, “it all …
Read More »The congressmen called on trump to impose targeted sanctions over the crackdown on peaceful rallies in Moscow
American congressmen called on President Donald trump in the framework of the Magnitsky act to impose targeted sanctions against perpetrators of human rights violations during the dispersal of protests in Moscow. The statement was signed by the head of the house of representatives Committee on foreign Affairs, Democrat Eliot Engel …
Read More »Putin spoke about the “road to nowhere” because of the “crackdown”
Russian President Vladimir Putin called “road to nowhere” desire of certain States to “tighten the screws” in an attempt to keep competitors in the context of globalization. According to Putin, it is necessary to understand the possible consequences for people and think about their prevention. As reported by RIA Novosti, …
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