Tag: occupation
Indigenous Kanak separatists boycott New Caledonia independence vote, 96% of those who voted chose to remain part of France
[AP News] “Voters in the French island territory of New Caledonia chose overwhelmingly Sunday to stay part of France, in…
The Jerusalem Post Opinion: “Calling Israeli attacks on Palestinians ‘settler violence’ is antisemitic”
[The Jerusalem Post] “EU and UN diplomats love to talk about “settler violence.” Diplomats use a double standard against the…
A Jewish pogrom – Israeli settler violence against Palestinians reaches new level
[+972 Magazine] ““All of a sudden I heard glass shatter and then all the children screaming from the other room….
Under Bolsonaro, illegal migrants (miners, loggers, ranchers) invading ever-larger Indigenous territory, leading to conflicts and a surge in killings of local activists
[E360] “One afternoon last month, several vehicles descended on a village in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, where Avelin…
What’s happening in illegally occupied northern Syria: US building up bases, stealing grain and oil, Turkey stealing water
[Antiwar] “In the latest of what have become regular reports on the subject, the Syrian Arab News Agency provides a detailed account…
Turkey’s new drone base on occupied Northern Cyprus threat to Mediterranean region, lifting embargo and arming Cyprus urged
[Kathimerini, The National Interest] “Under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey has grown increasingly aggressive. Whereas Turkey once occupied only Cyprus,…
UAE is building airbase on Yemen’s strategic Mayyun Island it illegally occupies
[The Guardian] “A mysterious airbase is being built on a volcanic island off Yemen that sits in one of the world’s crucial…
Hundreds of Israeli Jews and Arabs, and Palestinians protest together in Sheikh Jarrah and West Bank
[The Jerusalem Post] “Hundreds of Jews and Arabs gathered in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Friday in…
Sahrawi people sold out for nothing: U.S. recognises Morocco’s claim over occupied Western Sahara for “normalising” ties with Israel which were close already
[The American Conservative] Mike Pompeo “appears to be determined to continue his malign activities until his very last day in…
“I can’t breath” – The knee-on-neck chokehold, as used against George Floyd, is common practice in Israel-Palestine
[TRT World] “A now infamous image of a white police officer kneeling on the neck of an African-American man, who…
Looking back on the Haditha massacre that killed 24 Iraqi civilians as the last of eight Marines charged escapes jail time
[CounterPunch] “Last week, Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich was sentenced to a reduction in rank but no jail time for leading…
“Collateral Damage” – U.S. Marines massacre up to two dozens of civilians in Haditha, Iraq
[TIME] “Last November, U.S. Marines killed 15 Iraqi civilians in their homes. Was it self-defense, an accident or cold-blooded revenge?”…
Israel-Palestine: The haunting footage of the killing of 12-year-old boy Mohammed al-Durrah
[BBC] “Just moments after this picture was taken, Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead. Now the 12-year-old boy has been turned…
U.S. and U.K. complicit in East Timor genocide, trained death squads, financed military, were aware of massacres
[The Guardian] “Indonesian military forces linked to the carnage in East Timor were trained in the United States under a…