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20/12/2016

NEW YORK, Dec 16 2016 (IPS) – The Bring Back Our Girls Campaign has experienced some successes but must now overcome the challenge of hope fatigue, Bring Back Our Girls campaign co-founder Saudatu Mahdi told IPS in a recent interview.

Bring Back Our Girls campaign co-founder Saudatu Mahdi with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda. Credit: Donor Direct Action.

“There is the challenge of hope fatigue, especially when the expected timelines are not achieved and financial streams are low…however, the campaign remains faithful in its advocacy,”Mahdi told IPS.

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20/12/2016

Bravo Trump – No to CIA!!

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By Johan Galtung*

19 December 2016 – TRANSCEND Media Service – A President-Elect of the USA saying he wants no more intelligence briefings is like–like what? Hearing a priest about to be ordained saying he needs no more, not Bible readings, words from God?

Johan Galtung

Whatever this “intelligence” may be is it intelligent?

Information about the “capability, intention and circumstances” of foreign (CIA) and domestic (FBI) actors: nothing wrong about that.

With a good balance between friendly and hostile intentions; 80-20? It sounds more like 1-99, though. Outer and inner worlds are scanned for threats of violence, not for opportunities of peace.

The focus is on security, not building cooperation. That may be done by conventional diplomacy–where does Trump stand on that? The US “intelligence community”–19 big organizations–looms higher.

To disregard threats damage a top politician more than to disregard opportunities.

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16/12/2016

Are There Human Rights Abuses in Your Seafood?

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By Anchalee Pipattanawattanakul*

16 December, 2016 (Greenpeace)* – Migrant workers from Cambodia and Myanmar are being used as forced labour in the Thai fishing industry. Using tricks of deception, non-binding verbal agreements and induced debt, these workers catch fish both for human consumption and the pet food industry.

Burmese workers sort freshly-landed fish at the public fishing port in Ranong, southern Thailand.

Now, a new report from Greenpeace Southeast Asia exposes how crackdowns on human rights abuse in the Thai fishing industry has forced vessels to operate further…decreasing their chances of being caught and continuing their illegal practices out of sight, out at sea.

Last year, the Associated Press exposed human rights violations in Thailand’s notorious fishing industry, sending shockwaves around the world.

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15/12/2016

Northeast Nigeria: 400,000 Children Could Suffer from Malnutrition – UNICEF

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With about two-thirds of health facilities in parts of Nigeria’s restive north-east region either completely destroyed or partially damaged, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has estimated that 400,000 children there could suffer from severe acute malnutrition over the next year.

A 7 month old boy is assessed for malnutrition by a UNICEF Nutrition Officer at a UNICEF-supported health clinic at Muna Garage IDP camp, Maiduguri, Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Photo: UNICEF/Katerina Vittozzi

“If they do not receive the treatment they need, 1 in 5 of these children will die. Cases of diarrhoea, malaria and pneumonia are on the rise, further endangering children’s lives,” on 14 December 2016 said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake in a statement.

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15/12/2016

President Trump and the Christian Right

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By Chris Shannahan*

14 December 2016 (openDemocracy)* – Does Trump’s election represent a victory for reactionary religion or a prelude to faith-based opposition?

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**Image: Donald Trump speaking to supporters at an immigration policy speech at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. | Author: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America | Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.

Do religion and politics mix or should faith be a purely private matter confined to home, church, synagogue or mosque?

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14/12/2016

Four Myths about Brexit and Financial Services

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By Guy Sears*

14 December 2016 (openDemocracy)* – UK-based finance firms will need far more than just ‘passporting’ rights to keep up their operations in the EU after Brexit, and the government will likely want something in return.

HSBC London Håkan Dahlström/Flickr. (CC 2.0 by) | Source: opnDemocracy

The result of June’s referendum on whether the UK should leave the EU has exposed limits in assumptions and concepts that strategic planners at financial services (FS) firms – from banks and insurers to dealers and asset managers – must recognise.

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14/12/2016

Walking Up a Tower — A Simple Conversation on God, Truth and Knowledge

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By Dr Ravi P Bhatia*

12 December 2016 – TRANSCEND Media Service – our men had to go to their office on the 20th floor of a tall tower in a big city. When they reached the staircase they were disappointed to see that both the elevators were out of order. What to do?

Dr Ravi P Bhatia

They had to go to their office for some urgent work. One of the men said, ‘let us relate some stories or events in our lives and that way we will slowly climb up to our office’.

The other three agreed and it was decided that youngest of the four would start relating his story for the first 5 floors and the next older person the next five and so on.

The first man (let us call him A) said that we all need peace and happiness in our lives. The question is how should be obtain it?

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06/12/2016

‘Don’t Put Refugees in the Hands of Those Wishing to Turn Them into Scapegoats’

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The United Nations refugee agency on 5 December 2016 proposed far-reaching reforms of Europe’s management of refugees, including the asylum system, recalling that scenes of chaos at borders last year led to a breakdown in the public’s trust in the capacity of governments to manage the refugee challenge and played into the hands of those wishing to turn those fleeing for their lives into scapegoats.

A young refugee from Afghanistan holds his young son and looks at the sea after reaching safely the shores of Lesbos island, having crossed the Aegean sea from Turkey in an inflatable boat full of Afghan refugees. Photo: UNHCR/Achilleas Zavallis

In a paper presented to the European Union (EU), Protecting refugees in Europe and beyond: Can the EU rise to the challenge?, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urged Europe to improve support, preparations, and response aspects of its engagement with the refugees.

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02/12/2016

Assange’s Dilemma: ‘The UK & Sweden Are Vassals of the United States’

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1 Dec, 2016 (RT)* – The rule of law has gone into the heap of history, and Julian Assange is one of the victims of that. I do hope the UK will come to its senses and start obeying international law, former CIA officer Ray McGovern told RT.

** London, August 18, 2014, Ricardo Patiño and Julian Assange at a press conference before international media. | Author: David G Silvers. | Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.

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27/11/2016

Fidel’s Death: New Round of US vs. Cuba Political Football, or The End?

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27 Nov, 2016 (RT)* – One of the world’s most iconic figures, Cuba’s former president and leader of the Cuban revolution, Fidel Castro, died Friday at the age of 90. RT contacted political analysts and experts on Castro’s legacy, the country’s future, and the prospects for US-Cuba relations.

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Bring Back Our Girls Campaign Faces “Hope Fatigue”

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Bravo Trump – No to CIA!!

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By Johan Galtung*

Are There Human Rights Abuses in Your Seafood?

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By Anchalee Pipattanawattanakul*

Northeast Nigeria: 400,000 Children Could Suffer from Malnutrition – UNICEF

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President Trump and the Christian Right

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By Chris Shannahan*

Four Myths about Brexit and Financial Services

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By Guy Sears*

Walking Up a Tower — A Simple Conversation on God, Truth and Knowledge

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By Dr Ravi P Bhatia*

‘Don’t Put Refugees in the Hands of Those Wishing to Turn Them into Scapegoats’

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Assange’s Dilemma: ‘The UK & Sweden Are Vassals of the United States’

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Fidel’s Death: New Round of US vs. Cuba Political Football, or The End?

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