Month: June 2023

Russia’s High Court Quashes Navalny Lawsuit Over Being Deprived of Pen, Paper in Prison

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit by imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny contesting prison regulations that allow prison officials to deprive him of stationery and pens.  Navalny is serving a nine-year sentence for fraud and contempt of court in a maximum security penal colony in Melekhovo 250 kilometers (150 miles) east of Moscow. This week, another trial against the Kremlin’s archfoe began right there in the penal colony on charges of extremism. If convicted, Navalny will remain behind bars for at least two more decades.  In the lawsuit considered by the Supreme Court on Thursday, Navalny complained that …

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«Руйнуємо плани ворога» – Гуменюк про обстріл Чонгарського мосту

Речниця Сил оборони півдня України Наталія Гуменюк заявляє, що після пошкодження Чонгарському мосту логістика російських окупантів буде порушеною. «Ми продовжуємо працювати. Все в принципі просувається за тим планом, про який ми одразу говорили. Дуже важливо виснажувати ворога, позбавити його можливостей поповнювати свої ресурси, не дати йому змоги дуже швидко оговтатися і отримати нові поповнення… Ми руйнуємо плани ворога, руйнуємо те, що не дозволить ворогу в такому стані йому бути проти нас. Зараз логістика буде підірвана, можливості поповнювати її будуть мінімізовані. Це має вплив не лише на моральний стан ворога, а й на матеріальний», – сказала вона в ефірі національного телемарафону. …

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At Paris Summit, World Bank to Unveil Debt Payment Pause for Countries Hit by Disasters 

The World Bank chief will announce a raft of measures on Thursday to aid countries hit by natural disasters, including a pause in debt repayments to the lender, as world leaders gather in Paris to give impetus to a new global finance agenda. Some 40 leaders, including about a dozen from Africa, China’s prime minister and Brazil’s president, will be joined in the French capital by international organizations at the “Summit for a New Global Financial Pact.” It aims to boost crisis financing for low-income countries, reform post-war financial systems and free up funds to tackle climate change by getting …

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Six People in Critical Condition, One Still Missing After Paris Blast

Six people remained in a critical condition and one person was believed still missing on Thursday, one day after a blast ripped through a street near Paris’ historic Latin Quarter, the city’s public prosecution office said. “These figures may still change,” prosecutor Maylis De Roeck told Reuters in a text message, adding that around 50 people had been injured in the blast, which set buildings ablaze and caused the front of one to collapse onto the street. Of two people initially believed missing, one has been found in hospital and is being taken care of, the prosecutor said, adding: “Searches …

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More Than 30 Feared Dead as Boat Bound for Spain’s Canary Islands Sinks

More than 30 migrants were feared dead after a small boat headed for Spain’s Canary Islands sank Wednesday, two migration-focused organizations said, as they criticized Spain and Morocco for not intervening earlier to rescue the vessel’s passengers. The groups, Walking Borders and Alarm Phone, said the boat held around 60 people. Spain’s maritime rescue service confirmed the deaths of two of the dinghy’s occupants, a child and an adult man, and said a Moroccan patrol boat had rescued 24 people. Neither Spanish nor Moroccan authorities would confirm how many people had been on board the vessel or how many might …

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Lawsuit Accuses Eight Iranian Officials of Crimes Against Humanity

The daughter of a German Iranian citizen sentenced to death in Iran has asked authorities in Germany to open criminal proceedings against members of the Iranian judiciary.  The family of Jamshid Sharmahd says he was abducted by Iran while staying in Dubai three years ago. Iranian authorities accused him of planning a 2008 attack on a mosque that killed 14 people and wounded more than 200 others. He was sentenced to death earlier this year.  German and European diplomats have condemned the verdict, which comes amid an increase in executions by Iran.  Germany follows the principle of universal jurisdiction, under …

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