December violence used as stick to beat government critics who complained about it. By Dina Tokbaeva The United States government and international rights groups have expressed concern about a crackdown on opposition activists and journalists in Kazakstan followiDecember’s bloodshed in the western town of Janaozen. Fourteen demonstrators were killed and more than 100 injured in […]
Will the French ever stop worshiping Napoleon?
So, the French are planning to build a “Napoleonland” theme park in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, in the south of Paris (the site of Napoleon’s last military victory over the Austrians, in 1814), with daily re-enactments of some of the Napoleonic Wars battles to which visitors will be able to take part, with battlefields filled with bodies of […]
WikiLeaks Ceases Publishing Operation in order to Fundraise
by Matthew L. Schafer (Note: This post first appeared at the media website LWR.) On Monday, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced that WikiLeaks would cease publishing in order to pursue fundraising. In a statement, WikiLeaks blamed the “unlawful financial blockade . . . imposed by Bank of America, VISA, MasterCard, PayPal and Western Union.” The statement went on to […]
Suspected Killer Found dead
www.wlox.com/category/194069/video-center It’s a story of sad events that has taken place in this small Gulfport, Ms community. Before taking his own life he is suspected of killing two others before him. According to WLOX News, Police Chief Alan Weatherford confirms the identities of the two people found dead inside a home Monday afternoon as Karen […]
UK Manipulating Turks and Caicos Judiciary to Ensure Mass Convictions – Human Rights Violations
The UK government has officially confirmed its intervention of legal rights in Turks and Caicos. Following a two year corruption investigation led by UK’s Special Investigation Prosecution Team (SIPT) in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Helen Garlick (SIPT lead prosector) and Turks and Caicos’s Attorney General Huw Shepheard announced officially that local TCI lawyers are “probably […]
Is there Really Corruption in the British Overseas Territories or a Colonialism Agenda?
United Kingdom’s Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO), overseers of the British Overseas Territories, finalized its scheme to bring a new constitution to Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI). The order in parliament was made on 20 July, finalising the constitution to be activated at a date not yet released. The new constitution was drafted by “constitution experts” […]
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