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After Guantanamo

mercredi 18 août 2021 à 02:00

5 years after release from Guantanamo prison, student researcher Mansoor Adafyi who was treated by the US as a terrorist, is treated now by Serbia like an unwelcome immigrant being pressured to leave, except that Serbia won't let him leave.

Serbia does not allow him to work, and does not give him medical care. I suspect that Serbia does this as part of a commitment to the US.

Opposition twitter accounts

mercredi 18 août 2021 à 02:00

*Twitter reinstates accounts of India's Rahul Gandhi, other opposition leaders.*

Millionaires caucus

mercredi 18 août 2021 à 02:00

For the Republican Millionaires Caucus, nothing is more important than keeping millionaires' taxes down.

Persecution

mercredi 18 août 2021 à 02:00

Shi'ites of the Hazara ethnicity may face persecution in Afghanistan.

There was no way to avoid injustices like this in Afghanistan. Propping up continued war was not a way — it caused other gross injustices.

I wonder if there is a way to convince the Taliban through diplomacy to respect the rights of Shi'ites, Hindus, and other religious minorities.

Judicial independence

mercredi 18 août 2021 à 02:00

Poland yielded to the EU on an issue of judicial independence.