Thousands of Ukrainian men trying to dodge the military draft have been detained at their country’s border since late February, the country’s authorities have revealed. According to an infographic and a statement accompanying it, published by Ukraine’s State Border Service on Saturday, “since the introduction of martial law border guards …
Read More »Russian Security Council seat is held illegally – Ukraine
Russia circumvented UN rules in the 1990s and illegally became a permanent member of the Security Council after the fall of the USSR, a senior Ukrainian diplomat has claimed. In an interview with European Pravda on Tuesday, Sergey Kislitsa, Kiev’s permanent representative at the UN, said he believes Russia was …
Read More »Poland ‘illegally’ refused entry to asylum seekers at border with Belarus, stranding them without food, water & shelter – Amnesty
That’s according to London-based human rights NGO Amnesty International, which, on Thursday, slammed the government in Warsaw for what it called an “unlawful forced return.” Through a digital investigation, Amnesty discovered that, on August 18, many of the Afghan migrants had crossed over to Poland and were surrounded by Polish …
Read More »Former French president Sarkozy found guilty of illegally financing 2012 election campaign
The court is yet to announce the sentence that Sarkozy, who was president between 2007 and 2012, will receive. The 66-year-old politician, who still maintains a strong influence in the country’s conservative circles, wasn’t present at the hearing. Sarkozy earlier denied any wrongdoing, telling the court in June that he …
Read More »China says it ‘drove away’ US warship ‘illegally’ in waters claimed by Beijing on anniversary of Hague ruling on South China Sea
In a statement on Monday, the Southern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army said it had dealt with an American warship, the USS ‘Benfold’, which had entered the waters around the Paracel Islands without China’s approval. “We urge the United States to immediately stop such provocative actions,” it said …
Read More »‘Navigational hegemony’: Beijing fumes after US warship ‘illegally enters’ waters of disputed South China Sea
The new incident was brought to light by the Chinese military’s Southern Theater Command on Thursday, when it accused the destroyer USS ‘Curtis Wilbur’ of sailing too close to one of the disputed islands of the Paracel archipelago. The warship was followed by other US vessels and military planes, the …
Read More »China arrests Australian journalist for ‘illegally supplying state secrets overseas’
Senator Marise Payne, Australia’s minister for foreign affairs, announced the charge in a statement on Monday, after the government was advised of the situation by China. “Chinese authorities have advised that Ms Cheng was arrested on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas,” Payne said, stating that “the Australian government …
Read More »US troops operating (illegally) in Syria tried to block Russian patrol despite being warned, Moscow says, after vehicles collide
It’s worth remembering that the Russian military is in Syria legally, under international law, whereas the American presence is illegal. Damascus did not attack the US, nor did it invite Washington to send troops. Reports of Russians staging a “violent” fracas deep in northeastern Syria have been doing the rounds in …
Read More »Canada does not recognize passports issued illegally by the Ukrainians by the Kremlin
Canada does not recognize Russian passports. Canada supports the decision of the government of Ukraine does not recognize Russian passports issued with violation of international law the citizens of Ukraine, primarily to residents of the temporarily occupied territories of Donbass. “This (issuing of passports – ed.) is a part of …
Read More »Mother Saakashvili believes that her son was illegally detained
According to her, she is ready to come to Ukraine Mother of ex-President of Georgia, former head of the Odessa regional administration and the leader of Ukrainian opposition party “movement new forces,” Saakashvili Giuli Alasania believes that her son was arrested in Kiev illegal. “His arrest is absolutely illegal,” – …
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