Author: yreape

With the ongoing complicity of legalities concerning Julian Assange, what is the future for journalism and whistleblowers?

According to reports, journalist Lourdes Maldonada López was shot down in her car outside her home in Tijuana, Mexico on Sunday.

Reportedly, three years ago Lourdes stood up before Mexico’s president , Andrés Manuel López Obrado and said, I fear for my life.

According to reports, the murder comes less than a week after photographer Margarito Martínez was shot down outside his home, also in Tijuana.

Reportedly, days earlier another journalist, José Luis Gambia was fatally stabbed in Veracruz state. According to the report, over fifty journalists have been murdered since Andrés López Obrado became president in 2018.

According to a report, the world health organisation chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus, a Tigrayan has been criticised for his comments condemning the humanitarian blockade on the Tigray region of Ethiopia.

Reportedly, Tigrayans used to rule the country. According to reports, war erupted in November 2020.

Ethiopia is situated in the Sahel, near the Red Sea. Reportedly, a deep humanitarian crisis is ongoing in Tigray.

According to a report, the u.s. state department has authorised the departure of some u.s. embassy employees who wish to leave Ukraine, and ordered family members of government employees at the embassy in Kyiv to leave Ukraine. Reportedly, the uk have removed some embassy staff and their families, but the eu’s representative for foreign affairs said he is not planning a similar move.

According to the report, Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister stated, ‘There have been no radical changes in the security situation recently, the threat of new waves of russian aggression has remained constant since 2014, and the accumulation of russian troops near the border began in April last year. Reportedly, the eu are offering Ukraine a €1.2 billion aid package.

Reportedly the three day Norwegian visit of the Taliban designation of Afghan civil society representatives led by acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi began Sunday. According to the report, the closed door meetings will take place in a hotel in the snow capped mountains overlooking Oslo.

Reportedly, a voice message tweeted by the minister for culture and education in Afghanistan relayed a message from Muttaqi thanking Norway, a country he said he hoped would become a gateway for a new relationship with Europe.

According to the report, scheduled meetings on the first day were with women’s rights activists and human rights defenders from Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora.

Reportedly, a u.s. delegation is attending led by Tom West, special representative for Afghanistan, wishing to discuss the formation of a representative political system, responses to urgent humanitarian and economic crises, security and counter terrorism concerns and human rights, especially education for girls and women.

According to the report, the Scandinavian country has in the past been involved in peace efforts in a number of countries including Syria, south Sudan and Venezuela.

Reportedly, the Norwegian foreign minister stated, ‘Norway continues to engage in dialogue with the taliban to promote human rights, women’s participation in society and to strengthen humanitarian and economic efforts in Afghanistan, in support of the Afghan people’.

According to a report, power exports of electricite de france are no longer dependable. Reportedly, the giant nuclear operator has become a nightmare for investors. According to the report, the French government who own the multinational company are extracting billions of dollars from the company to shield households from high energy costs.

According to one report, there is a generic issue with the reactors, and the performance of the nuclear plants have progressively waned throughout the years. Reportedly, five out of edf’s 56 reactors, suffering from corrosion and cracks have been stopped for checks and repairs. According to the report, technical problems have undermined the availability of existing plants, while the cost of it’s new reactor in Flamanville is €12.7 billion, four times more than the original estimate. Reportedly, operation has been delayed until 2023.

According to a report, the terminal high altitude area defence system thaad, a multi million dollar defence system developed by the u.s. military intercepted a ballistic missile in Abu Dhabi on Monday. Reportedly, it was the systems first known use.

According to the report, american service members at the Al-Dhafra air base, situated several kilometres from the targeted oil facilities experienced an inbound threat the day after the attack. Reportedly, air defence systems were used. According to a report, the base has been host to american service men since 2002.

According to a report, Saudi airstrikes against Houthis in Yemen have resulted in an unknown number of deaths and a nationwide internet blackout.

Reportedly, one attack killed atleast 70 detainees in a detention centre in Saada, north western Yemen.

Believed to be in response to drone attacks on the united Arab emirates, reportedly Houthis said they have targeted Saudi Arabia in the past but the strikes on the 17 January were the first the united arab emirates’ authorities have acknowledged.

Reportedly, atleast seven people have been killed in a bomb blast on a mini bus in the western Afghan city of Herat on Saturday. According to the report, the bomb was thought to have been attached to the fuel tank, Reportedly, several attacks are occurring each week, including some claimed by isil, islamic state of iraq and the levant. Reportedly, the Levant is an area in the middle east including Israel and Gaza.

According to a report, u.s. sanctions are fuelling a humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Reportedly, Afghan delegates are visiting Norway on Sunday until Tuesday to convene in Oslo with the u.s., uk, France, Italy, Germany and the eu. According to the report, on the agenda is women’s rights and girl’s education. Reportedly, girl’s education stopped in some parts of the country but it should begin again in March.

According to a report, Nicolas Sarkozy releases his memoirs on June 27. Reportedly, entitled Passions, the 390 page book spans from his debut in politics in the eighties to his first day at the Elysee palace in 2007. According to the report, Sarkozy has shared some excerts from his twitter account.

According to a report, An Taisce, the national trust for Ireland are leading the way to ban dogs from Ireland’s 83 blue flag beaches.

Reportedly, under criterion 23, beach access by dogs and other domestic animals must be restricted to the parking areas, walkways and promenades of inland beach areas.

A happy medium would be the leaving of faeces prohibited and dogs being kept on a lead unless swimming.