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☆ Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into ‘The Unpunished’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ronen Bergman | Mark Mazzetti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For decades, most Israelis have considered Palestinian terrorism the country’s biggest security concern. But there is another threat that may be even more destabilizing for Israel’s future as a democracy: Jewish terrorism and violence, and the failure to enforce the law against it. It is a blunt account, told in some cases for the first time by Israeli officials, of how the occupation came to threaten the integrity of the country’s democracy. Lawbreakers Become LawmakersOfficials told us that once fringe, sometimes criminal groups of settlers bent on pursuing a theocratic state have been allowed for decades to operate with few restraints. Since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government came to power in 2022, elements of that faction have taken power — driving the country’s policies, including in the war in Gaza.

Persons: Lawbreakers, Benjamin Netanyahu’s Locations: of Israel, Gaza

☆ Ecuadorians wanted an action man. President Noboa has fulfilled that role — embassy raid included
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, during the Spain-Ecuador business meeting at the headquarters of the CEOE, on 25 January, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. "President Noboa has given a strong message to the nation," said Carlos Galecio, a political communications consultant and coordinator of the communications program at Ecuador's Casa Grande University. "I am in favor of President Noboa's actions. "The priority is to clean, sanitize, continue with a process as important as President Noboa's to put the house in order." "The United States takes very seriously the obligation of host countries under international law to respect diplomatic missions," said Brian Nichols, assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs.

Persons: Daniel Noboa, Daniel Noboa's, Ecuadorians, Noboa, Carlos Galecio, Rafael Correa, Nayib Bukele, Cedatos, Jorge Glas, Glas, Noboa's, Gabriela Sandoval, Roberto Aspiazu, Will Freeman, Freeman, Brian Nichols Organizations: Ecuadorian, Associated Press, Casa Grande University, Statistics, Police, Vienna Convention, America's Pacific Alliance, Foreign Relations, Mexico's, Jalisco New Generation, United, Western Hemisphere Locations: Republic of Ecuador, Spain, Ecuador, Madrid, Belgium, El Salvador, Quito, Vienna, Mexico, The Hague, Noboa, York, Latin America, Colombia, Peru, Mexico's Sinaloa, Jalisco, U.S, United States

☆ Russia Responsible for Navalny's Death, UN Rights Expert Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights expert on Russia said on Monday that Alexei Navalny's death was Moscow's responsibility as he was either killed in prison or died from detention conditions that amounted to torture. "So the Russian government is responsible, one way or another, for his death," Mariana Katzarova told Reuters on the sidelines of an event on Russian political prisoners at the United Nations in Geneva. Russia's spy chief previously said that Navalny, who died on Feb. 16 in an Arctic prison, died a natural death. "Ever since the death of Alexei Navalny, there is no day passing without asking myself, who is the next Navalny?" It has denied his wife Yulia Navalnaya's accusations that President Vladimir Putin had him killed.

Persons: Alexei Navalny's, Mariana Katzarova, Russia's, Navalny, Katzarova, Vladimir Kara, Murza, Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya's, Vladimir Putin, Navalnaya, Putin, Emma Farge, Cecile Mantovani, Mark Heinrich Organizations: Reuters, United Nations Locations: GENEVA, Russia, Russian, Geneva

Now governor, Parson also has become the face of mercy by pardoning more than 600 people in the past three years, more than any Missouri governor since the 1940s. In Missouri, clemency requests are first screened by the Board of Probation and Parole, which makes confidential recommendations to the governor. In Wisconsin, Evers has granted 1,111 pardons since taking office in 2019, surpassing the record of 943 set by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, had disbanded the pardons board and issued no pardons during his eight years in office. “For Governor Parson to look at me and to recognize that rehabilitation is real and not just stuff that somebody says, based your actions and not on your words, was huge," Galloway said.

Persons: Kenny Batson, Batson, Mike Parson, Parson, pardoning, they’ve, ” Parson, you’ve, Tony Evers, Joe Biden, commutations, ” Batson, Eric Greitens, Jay Nixon, Parson's, Forrest Donnell, Evers, Julius Heil, Scott Walker, Margaret Love, ”, Patricia McCloskey, Louis, Mark McCloskey, Pete Underdal, Dave Galloway, Galloway Organizations: Associated Press, Republican, Wisconsin Gov, Democrat, Probation, GOP Gov, Democratic Gov, Republican Gov, U.S . Justice Department, “ Locations: Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, In Missouri, In Wisconsin, St, Polk County, Galloway's

Kenya's President William Ruto called the treaty “the first domino” in a shift away from plastic pollution. The U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution is charged with developing the first international, legally binding treaty on plastic pollution on land and at sea. Kenya is a global leader in fighting plastic pollution, and in 2017, the country banned the manufacture, sale and use of single-use plastic bags. Nonetheless, he said, it is evident that negotiations have moved beyond plastic waste and into addressing plastic production and toxic chemicals used to make plastic. “The focus is on ending plastic pollution, not plastic production," he said.

Persons: Gustavo Adolfo Meza, Cuadra Velasquez, William Ruto, ” Graham Forbes, ” Eirik Lindebjerg, Björn Beeler, haven't, IPEN, Chris Jahn, Karen McKee, Jahn, ___ McDermott Organizations: United Nations Environment, Global, reconvening, Intergovernmental, UNEP, Greenpeace, World Wildlife Fund, Plastics, Industry, International Council of Chemical Associations, ExxonMobil, Solutions Company, AP Locations: NAIROBI, Kenya, Kenya's, Nairobi, Paris, Punta del Este, Uruguay, Norway, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Iran, China, Russia, United States, Baytown , Texas, Baytown, Providence , Rhode Island

[1/2] U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland gives a brief statement at the Justice Department in Washington, U.S., August 11, 2023. That puts the Biden administration's second year of corporate enforcement on par with the second year of the Trump administration's - the fifth-lowest corporate prosecutions on record. The new safe harbor program also "directly undermines" the Biden Administration's anti-monopoly efforts, they said. The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission have mounted an unprecedented number of legal challenges to mergers since Biden took office. A recently-departed DOJ official told Reuters in August that more big corporate settlements were coming.

Persons: General Merrick Garland, Bonnie Cash, Joe Biden, Merrick Garland, Lisa Monaco, Monaco, Elizabeth Warren, Biden, Chris Prentice, Rod Nickel Organizations: U.S, Justice Department, REUTERS, U.S . Justice Department, Public Citizen, Democratic, Department of Justice, Public, Biden, Trump, The Justice Department, Federal Trade Commission, DOJ, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Monaco

Under the new legislation, the monitor will conduct inspections and investigations for the 2023 municipal election and the 2024 state election in Bridgeport. The possible electoral fraud incident is already the subject of a state elections investigation and a civil lawsuit filed by the candidate who lost the primary. Republicans in the Democratic-controlled General Assembly insisted Connecticut must take more steps to tighten its electoral laws and ensure confidence in elections across the state. “It's necessary to show the people of Connecticut that we're not going to tolerate people undermining our election process,” said state Sen. The $150,000 for the election monitor had been approved earlier this year for the two-year position, but it was mistakenly sent to the wrong state agency.

Persons: we're, ”, Sen, Rob Sampson, Sampson, Matt Ritter, ” Ritter, Bridgeport Sen, Marilyn Moore, Joseph Ganim, that's, Ned Lamont's, John Gomes, Gomes, Bridgeport’s, Ganim, “ Organizations: Republicans, Democratic, Republican, Democrat Locations: HARTFORD, Conn, Connecticut, Bridgeport, Wolcott, Hartford, New York, Pennsylvania, Bridgeport’s

☆ More than 100 injured in violent disturbances in Tel Aviv involving Eritrean nationals
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Hamdi Alkhshali Richard Allen Greene Kareem Khadder Heather Chen | Hamdi Alkhshali | Richard Allen Greene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dozens of people were injured in Tel Aviv on Saturday as hundreds of Eritrean government supporters and opponents clashed with each other and with Israeli police, authorities in Israel said. Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency service said more than 114 people had been treated for injuries, including dozens of police officers. Israeli police intervened in the clashes in Tel Aviv. Mustafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images“Large forces of the Israel Police and Border Police were prepared for the planned protest… and a location and time were allocated for the protest,” a statement from Tel Aviv Police read. “Following the severe disturbances in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to convene a special ministerial team to examine measures to be taken against illegal infiltrators who took part in the disturbances, including steps toward deportation,” the statement read.

Persons: Israel’s Magen David Adom, Eritreans, Mustafa Alkharouf, ”, Benjamin Netanyahu, “ Organizations: CNN, MDA, Police, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Israel Police, Border Police, Tel Aviv Police Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Jerusalem

☆ More than 100 injured in Eritrean clashes in Tel Aviv
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Rami Amichai | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Protesters hold sticks and flags during violent demonstrations by Eritrean asylum seekers, including both supporters and opponents of the Eritrean government, in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 2, 2023. REUTERS/Moti Milrod Acquire Licensing RightsJERUSALEM, Sept 2 (Reuters) - More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki. Footage on social media showed Eritrean government supporters beating anti-government protesters with clubs. "Why did we run from our country?," one protester in Tel Aviv, Hagos Gavriot, told Reuters. "At this time, large police and Border Police forces continue to operate against lawbreakers in the Tel Aviv area," an Israeli police statement said.

Persons: Moti Milrod, Isaias Afwerki, Isaias, Hagos Gavriot, Eritreans, Emily Rose, Hannah Confino, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Eritrean, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Police, Border Police, lawbreakers, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, Eritrea, Eritrean, Independence, Ethiopia, U.S, Egypt

☆ With the Latest Trump Indictment, Mind These Lessons From the South - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Anthony Michael Kreis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With her sweeping indictment of former President Donald Trump and over a dozen co-conspirators, the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney Fani Willis is now set to prosecute her case in a court of law. The indictment should be situated in the broader arc of American political development, particularly in the South. That history justifies using the criminal justice system to protect the democratic process in Georgia — a critical swing state — for elections now and in the future. The period after the American Civil War entrenched many of America’s political ills. Suffering minimal political disabilities, they could muster enough power to “redeem” Southern governments from biracial coalitions that had considerable sway to remake the South.

Persons: Donald Trump, Fani Willis Locations: Fulton County ,, Georgia

“I don’t know enough about each individual [rioter] but that’s my rule: If you break the law, you pay the price. Trump has downplayed the events of the Capitol riot and said he’d pardon many of the people found guilty for illegal activities that day. More than 600 people involved in the attack on the Capitol have been convicted of crimes, and more than 480 have been sentenced. For Haley, also a former South Carolina governor, the day has proven a thorny issue— and one that she’s commented on several times, in several different ways since the event. And we can’t let that ever happen again.”But mere weeks later, Haley seemed to soften (although she’s argued these comments are not contradictory).

☆ Some of Florida's cities don't want spring breakers. With the state's economy booming, many don't need them.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Miami Beach's mayor recently said officials "don't want spring break in our city." Spring break is among the reasons the state generates billions of dollars in tax revenue per year from tourism. But there are signs that booming population growth, which Florida's Office of Economic and Demographic Research has described as the state's "primary engine of economic growth," could help diversify the state's economy. The number of arrests in the city during spring break more than doubled in 1986 from the same period in 1985. While thousands of college students still frequent Fort Lauderdale during spring break, the city's current mayor, Dean Trantalis, described them as "very well behaved."

☆ Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorized protest in years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. "We need to have a more free-spirited protest culture," said James Ockenden, 49, who was marching with his three children. Police granted the organizers a "no objection" letter for the protest on the condition they ensure it would not violate national security laws, including seditious displays or speech. Organizers said up to 50 people took part in the first protest to be authorized by the city's police for several years. The last of Hong Kong's Covid restrictions was scrapped this year, following China's decision to end its "zero-Covid" policies.

☆ Hong Kong police keep tight tabs on first authorised protest in years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Jessie Pang | Thomson Reuters | Jessie Pang Joined Reuters In After An Internship. She Covers Hong Kong With A Focus On Politics | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Tyrone SiuHONG KONG, March 26 (Reuters) - Hong Kong police on Sunday permitted a small protest march under tight restrictions in one of the first demonstrations to be approved since the enactment of a sweeping national security law in 2020. Participants chanted slogans against the reclamation project as they marched in the rain with banners in the eastern district of Tseung Kwan O, where the project is slated to be built. Police granted the organisers a "no objection" letter for the protest on the condition they ensure it would not violate national security laws, including seditious displays or speech. Organisers said up to 50 people took part in the first protest to be authorised by the city's police for several years. Since the China-imposed national security law, enacted in June 2020 in response to protracted pro-democracy protests in 2019, authorities have clamped down on freedoms and arrested scores of opposition politicians and activists.

☆ Biden, Democrats Face Hard Choices on GOP Push to Overturn D.C. Crime Law
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Natalie Andrews | Annie Linskey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

D.C. has seen an increase in homicides and auto thefts, according to local police data. WASHINGTON—The Senate is moving closer to a vote to block changes to the District of Columbia’s revised criminal code over concerns about softened penalties for lawbreakers, flexing its oversight muscles just as the capital city is experiencing a surge in crime. Senate Republicans, led by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R., Tenn.), plan to force a vote as early as next week to repeal the law, saying the changes to the D.C. code make residents and visitors less safe. Defenders of the law say Congress is improperly nosing into city affairs and effectively overruling the will of voters to make a political point.

☆ D.C. Crime Law Forces Tough Choices for Biden, Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Natalie Andrews | Annie Linskey | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Ron DeSantis just notched a win in court. But the judge says he still violated a prosecutor’s free speech rights.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Marc Caputo | Marc Caputo Is A Senior National Political Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

In a statement posted on Twitter, DeSantis' office lauded the ruling without addressing those nuances. By suspending Warren, DeSantis also elevated the Democrat’s political profile in his own party. And no one in Hillsborough County was charged with violating that state law when Warren was the county prosecutor. Court testimony from DeSantis administration officials showed that the abortion letter was the major cause of Warren's suspension. Abortion was the only issue mentioned in the first draft of DeSantis' suspension order.

☆ Israel's Ben-Gvir tells police to remove Palestinian flags from public space
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JERUSALEM, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Israel's new far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on Sunday that he instructed police to remove Palestinian flags from public spaces. Israeli law does not outlaw Palestinian flags but police and soldiers have the right to remove them in cases where they deem there is a threat to public order. Ben-Gvir, in a statement, said that waving the Palestinian flag is an act in support of terrorism. "It cannot be that lawbreakers wave terrorist flags, incite and encourage terrorism, so I ordered the removal of flags supporting terrorism from the public space and to stop the incitement against Israel," Ben-Gvir said. They have long debated their place in Israel's politics, balancing their Palestinian heritage with their Israeli citizenship, with many identifying as or with the Palestinians.

☆ More than 1,300 fans banned from World Cup by UK Home Office
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 10 (Reuters) - More than 1,300 fans from England and Wales with banning orders will not be allowed to travel to Qatar for this year's World Cup, the UK's Home Office has said. The Home Office warned that fans flouting the rules could face six months in prison and an unlimited fine. Any person who has "previously caused trouble and is deemed likely to do so again" will also be banned from travelling. "Violence, abuse and disorder is not tolerated here, and this criminal behaviour will not be tolerated at the World Cup which is why we are taking this firm approach," added Braverman. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Ken FerrisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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