Alexei Navalny, the Russia opposition leader and fierce critic of Vladimir Putin, died in prison, Russian authorities announced on Friday. He was 47.
Russia’s prison service said Navalny felt unwell after taking a walk and lost consciousness. He was service a 19-year sentence on controversial, extremism-related charges. “The facility’s medical staff immediately arrived and an ambulance brigade was called,” the prison service said in a statement. “All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, which did not lead to positive results. The ambulance doctors confirmed the death of the convict.”
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Russia’s prison service said Navalny felt unwell after taking a walk and lost consciousness. He was service a 19-year sentence on controversial, extremism-related charges. “The facility’s medical staff immediately arrived and an ambulance brigade was called,” the prison service said in a statement. “All necessary resuscitation measures were taken, which did not lead to positive results. The ambulance doctors confirmed the death of the convict.”
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- 2/16/2024
- by Ryan Bort, Nikki McCann Ramirez and Adam Rawnsley
- Rollingstone.com
CNN’s Jake Tapper spent part of this Sunday morning speaking to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan about the Israeli blockade of Gaza, which impacts a population of over 2 million people, approximately half of whom are under 18.
Tapper acknowledged that Israel’s assault against Gaza is “a different situation” than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but asked: “But cutting off supplies, cutting off heat, cutting off water to civilians. What’s the difference?”
Sullivan replied, “Well, first, thank you for saying that Israel is not Russia, because Israel is not Russia–” to which the CNN host interjected, “Civilians are civilians, Jake! Civilians are civilians!”
This outburst caused Sullivan to pause, and he agreed, “Yes, absolutely they are. And they deserve, as I said before, access to water and medicine and food.”
Sullivan assured Tapper that Israel “turned the water pipe back on in southern Gaza” but made it clear that so far,...
Tapper acknowledged that Israel’s assault against Gaza is “a different situation” than Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but asked: “But cutting off supplies, cutting off heat, cutting off water to civilians. What’s the difference?”
Sullivan replied, “Well, first, thank you for saying that Israel is not Russia, because Israel is not Russia–” to which the CNN host interjected, “Civilians are civilians, Jake! Civilians are civilians!”
This outburst caused Sullivan to pause, and he agreed, “Yes, absolutely they are. And they deserve, as I said before, access to water and medicine and food.”
Sullivan assured Tapper that Israel “turned the water pipe back on in southern Gaza” but made it clear that so far,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Stephanie Kaloi
- The Wrap
Disney’s Hong Kong office has scrapped an episode from The Simpsons that contains a reference to “forced labour camps” in China.
The episode “One Angry Lisa”, which first aired in October, is not available on the company’s Disney Plus streaming service in Hong Kong, according to Reuters.
In the episode, the character Marge Simpson is shown images of China’s Great Wall during an exercise class when her instructor jokes: “Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labour camps where children make smartphones.”
The joke is an apparent reference to China’s Xinjiang region, where the US and Amnesty International says an ongoing genocide against Muslim Uighurs is taking place.
Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, said their report revealed “detailed evidence of crimes against humanity, massive human rights violations, and a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale”.
Amnesty International’s 160-page report, “Like we were...
The episode “One Angry Lisa”, which first aired in October, is not available on the company’s Disney Plus streaming service in Hong Kong, according to Reuters.
In the episode, the character Marge Simpson is shown images of China’s Great Wall during an exercise class when her instructor jokes: “Behold the wonders of China. Bitcoin mines, forced labour camps where children make smartphones.”
The joke is an apparent reference to China’s Xinjiang region, where the US and Amnesty International says an ongoing genocide against Muslim Uighurs is taking place.
Agnes Callamard, secretary general of Amnesty International, said their report revealed “detailed evidence of crimes against humanity, massive human rights violations, and a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale”.
Amnesty International’s 160-page report, “Like we were...
- 2/7/2023
- by Peony Hirwani
- The Independent - TV
Hatice Cengiz, the fiancée of Saudi Arabian dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, on Friday demanded justice and urged action to shed light on his assassination during a special hearing at the European Parliament.
The hearing in Brussels, where U.S. director Bryan Fogel’s documentary “The Dissident” screened, marked the two-year anniversary of the day Khashoggi walked into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul to complete paperwork for his marriage to Cengiz and never walked out.
“It has been two years, and we could not get justice for Jamal,” Cengiz said at an online press conference following the screening. She also underlined that basic questions around who killed the journalist and where his body is located still haven’t been answered two years later, though there has been a trial in Saudi Arabia that in September reached a verdict, convicting eight people of murder with varying jail sentences.
Besides having “tried to...
The hearing in Brussels, where U.S. director Bryan Fogel’s documentary “The Dissident” screened, marked the two-year anniversary of the day Khashoggi walked into the Saudi embassy in Istanbul to complete paperwork for his marriage to Cengiz and never walked out.
“It has been two years, and we could not get justice for Jamal,” Cengiz said at an online press conference following the screening. She also underlined that basic questions around who killed the journalist and where his body is located still haven’t been answered two years later, though there has been a trial in Saudi Arabia that in September reached a verdict, convicting eight people of murder with varying jail sentences.
Besides having “tried to...
- 10/2/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Mar-a-Lago Guests and Israel Had More Prior Knowledge of Strike on Soleimani Than Democratic Leaders
Days ahead of the assassination of high-ranking Iranian military and intelligence official Gen. Qasem Soleimani, President Donald Trump was dropping hints to guests at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, telling them to expect something “big” very “soon” in Iraq. “He kept saying, ‘You’ll see,’” a source who was at Mar-a-Lago told The Daily Beast.
The Trump administration also forewarned Israel of the intended killing. “Our assessment is that the United States informed Israel about this operation in Iraq, apparently a few days ago,” said journalist and commentator Barak Ravid,...
The Trump administration also forewarned Israel of the intended killing. “Our assessment is that the United States informed Israel about this operation in Iraq, apparently a few days ago,” said journalist and commentator Barak Ravid,...
- 1/4/2020
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, should be investigated in connection with the killing of Jamal Khashoggi because of “credible evidence” that the prince is among those liable for the dissident journalist’s death, a United Nations report said Wednesday.
While no “smoking gun” has yet been found that directly incriminates the prince in Khashoggi’s murder, identifying exactly who ordered the assassination is not the be-all and end-all of the matter, the report said. “The search is also, if not primarily, about identifying those who, in the context of the commission of a violation, have abused, or failed to fulfill, the responsibilities of their positions of authority,” said the report.
In that context, “there is credible evidence warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi officials’ individual liability, including the crown prince’s,” the report said.
A frequent critic of the Saudi government, which is effectively overseen by the crown prince,...
While no “smoking gun” has yet been found that directly incriminates the prince in Khashoggi’s murder, identifying exactly who ordered the assassination is not the be-all and end-all of the matter, the report said. “The search is also, if not primarily, about identifying those who, in the context of the commission of a violation, have abused, or failed to fulfill, the responsibilities of their positions of authority,” said the report.
In that context, “there is credible evidence warranting further investigation of high-level Saudi officials’ individual liability, including the crown prince’s,” the report said.
A frequent critic of the Saudi government, which is effectively overseen by the crown prince,...
- 6/19/2019
- by Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
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