The European Union has renewed its sanctions against Syria. No one has ever told you this, but for more than five years now the European Union has been blocking Syrian oil exports and financial transactions and the sale of basic necessities to the Syrian people.
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With one exception: this does not apply to the zones controlled by ‘rebel militia’ who thus are able to export petroleum and import arms. These five years of sanctions, just like those in Iraq after 1990, have caused famine, misery epidemics and unemployment: millions of people forced to flee – seven million evacuees and four million refugees who are now on Europe’s doorstep.
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Let’s end these sanctions against Syria! Syrian Catholic leaders, who have been assisting the population for five years now, have issued an appeal which we ask you to sign on line and share with friends.
In these years, sanctions on Syria have helped to destroy Syrian society and sentenced it to hunger, epidemics and poverty, encouraging the activism of fundamentalist and terrorist militia fighters who now strike in Europe too. And all this have been added to the casualties of a war that has already caused 250,000 deaths, six million displaced persons and four million refugees.
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https://www.change.org/p/european-uni… Comitato italiano contro le sanzioni alla Siria http://www.bastasanzioniallasiria.org
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Heavy-Handed Policing at May Day Kill The Bill Protest
Saturday’s Kill The Bill protest ended with a show of force from Avon & Somerset Police.
After the main Kill The Bill protest, Bristol’s thirteenth, had ended on College Green at around 21:30, a small group of around 50 protesters marched back through the centre and to a squatted building on High Street.
Here they stood in the road and outside the squatted building, which is at number 39-40 High Street, while music was played from inside.
A statement from A&S Police claims that police encouraged people to disperse, however there was no sign of this on the ground.
At 22:00, around 40 riot police were deployed from six police vans at the junction of High Street and Baldwin Street. Many protesters left the area at this point, leaving around two dozen.
Riot police were targeted with bottles and other missiles from some protesters. There…
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In a major win for the climate, the US Senate reverses Trump methane ruling
By Anders Lorenzen
Chuck Schumer, US Senate majority leader, called it a major victory for action on climate change. With a 52-42 vote in favour of the measure, including three Republican senators voting with Democrats, a major climate and environmental victory was achieved when they approved a measure that would restore the regulation of methane, the second most potent greenhouse gas (GHG) after CO2.
First of many important steps
Schumer, a Democrat, explained that the passing of this bill would help the Biden Administration carry out its ambitious emission reduction plans during the next decade.
“This is the first of many important steps the Senate will take” to achieve President Joe Biden‘s climate goals, he said.
Together with fellow Democrats Martin Heinrich and Ed Markey, as well…
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Berlin police have arrested at least 354 people who took part in May Day demonstrations that devolved into full-scale riots in the German capital
Colombian General Strike victory.. Reports on slaughter and repression.. Ongoing Revolt.. Eng/Esp
Colombian organizations deliver a balance of repression amid protests as dictator Duque announces the withdrawal of Tax Project,
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Colombians remain in the streets demanding that there should be no type of reform.
The organization Defender La Libertad reported that there were 21 homicides and more than 500 arbitrary detentions throughout the country.
UPDATE...Palmira MASSACRE
According to information in the city of Palmira, Valle del Cauca, whereCali city is situated and the most violent actions have been reported, more than 30 have been ‘disappeared’ and at least three deaths are estimated. Valle del Cauca is a major bastion of indigenous and left wing culture.
4 out of every 10 Turkish women experience domestic violence, academic study says
By Turkish Minute – May 1, 2021 574 shared with thanks..Illustrations added.
Four out of every 10 Turkish women experience domestic violence during their lifetime, the Stockholm Center for Freedom reported citing BBC Turkish service.
According to the report, citing a study by the Ankara-based Hacettepe University Population Studies Institute, 75 percent of women who are divorced or separated from their spouses are victims of physical abuse. Nine percent of women suffer from sexual abuse during their childhood.
The results of the study, which was conducted in 2008 and 2014, were presented to the Parliamentary Investigation Committee on Violence Against Women.
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“Ban Glyphosate to protect public health!”- peer-reviewed studies
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Campaigners: “Ban Glyphosate to protect public health!” Open letter to politicians calls for controversial chemical to be banned, cites peer-reviewed studies
On 9 April 2021, retired physician and health and environmental campaigner Dr Rosemary Mason wrote to the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (DEPA).
She wanted to draw the agency’s attention to the findings that indicate the glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumblebees (glyphosate-formulated herbicides are the most widely used weedicides in agriculture across the globe).
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