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Russia is Shutting Down its Oldest Human Rights Group
December 29, 2021
Russia’s oldest human rights group, Memorial International, whose objectives have included promoting the development of civil society and a democratic state, has been shut down by the country’s Supreme Court.
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Reuters: U.N. Propose to Pay Nearly $6 Million to Taliban for Security
December 28, 2021
According to Reuters, Depite Taliban leader and Interior Ministry chief Sirajuddin Haqqanithe being under United Nations (U.N.) and United States (U.S.) sanctions and wanted by the FBI, the U.N has proposed to pay nearly $6 million the Taliban Interior Ministry staff to subsidize the monthly wages of Taliban fighters guarding U.N. facilities.
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Airline CEOs: Planes are Safe Without Masking Passengers
December 21, 2021
CEOs from Southwest and Americans Airlines testified on Capitol Hill this week amidst mask mandate extensions from the Biden administration on air travel, that masking while on airplanes does not mitigate the spread of Covid-19 and that planes are safe without passengers wearing masks.
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Turkey-Russia Relationship Creates Challenges Inside NATO
December 21, 2021
According to a report from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the expanding and deepening of Turkey-Russia relations is a disruptor for NATO capabilities and cohesion, with both Ankara and Moscow instrumentalizing the bilateral relationship for their respective geopolitical goals of promoting Islamism and undermining Western values within the Transatlantic Alliance.
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LA Times: How Governments Used the Pandemic to Normalize Surveillance
December 15, 2021
During the Covid pandemic, surveillance has become normalized in the attempt to halt infection rates but as the world learns to live with the virus, the technology is increasingly being used by governments around the world to advance surveillance of citizens as well as the creation of smart cities.
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