'Unseen' News and Views – By Baher Kamal & The Like
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We sacrificed our time at first; navigating at all times and everywhere in that immense cloud of information called the Internet, and even we stay in it through various apps that locate us and call us at any moment.
22 October 2018 (UN Environment)* — From the remote Galápagos Islands to the humid depths of the Amazon forest, governments are cutting back on plastic, citizens are cleaning beaches, and innovators are seeking alternative products as part of a region-wide movement to turn the tide on plastic pollution.
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Awareness of the need to act is growing in a region that is particularly vulnerableto marine litter – the Caribbean is the second most polluted sea in the world – and to other environmental threats caused by our changing climate, such as increasingly powerful storms.
The Punitive State: if you can’t solve it, ban it!
The Hungarian Helsinki Committee
Whenever there’s public dissent or the government finds no solution to a social problem, governments of the Fidesz party resorts to prohibition or punishment.
Harassment and discrimination of the homeless people has been ongoing for long, but this new level of persecution of homelessness began at the time of the second Fidesz government and has continuously been on Fidesz’s agenda ever since.
In summer 2018, the two third majority of the parliament banned homelessness in the whole country, making the lives of one of the most vulnerable social groups even harder.
MOSCOW, 21 October 2018 (Sputnik)* – The United States decision to leave INF under the pretext of alleged Russian violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) was condemned by Russian Lawmakers.
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A bundle of three Soviet RSD-10 missiles prepared for demolition at the Kapustin Yar launch site. The missiles were destroyed in accordance with the INF Treaty. © Sputnik / Vladimir Rodionov
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On Saturday [20 October 2018], US President Donald Trump announced the country’s withdrawal from the INF treaty over the alleged Russian violations of the agreement.
My family was also horrified and wanted me to stay home, marry and give them grandchildren.
Of course, I was not the only one and the U.S. is not the only country where this discrimination and harassment occur.
Brazil court summons far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for electoral crimes, stemming from allegations that he created a fake news campaign.
It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president (Jair Messias Bolsonaro) and it is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil. Español Português
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18 October 2018 (openDemocracy)* – It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president. After winning the first ballot on 7 October, candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Social Liberal Party) now leads the polls for the second ballot enjoying 58% of voting intentions (considering only the valid votes). It is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil.
Separating children from their undocumented parents is a traumatic violation of their rights, UN independent experts said on 19 October 2018.
The group of experts said in a statement that the treatment of migrants as criminals, provokes intolerance and xenophobia, in addition to posing a danger to their well-being.
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