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RD Congo : peine de mort requise contre cinquante prévenus

France24 / Afrique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 23:08
La peine de mort a été requise mardi contre cinquante personnes, dont trois Américains, poursuivies pour la "tentative de coup d'État" en RD Congo le 19 mai. À l'exception du prévenu Alain Tikimo, atteint de "troubles psychologiques", le lieutenant-colonel Innocent Radjabu, représentant du ministère public, a appelé les juges à "condamner à la peine capitale" tous les prévenus pour "attentat", "terrorisme", "tentative d'assassinat", "association de malfaiteurs" et "meurtre".
Categories: Afrique

Bangladeshi Dissident Aslam Chowdhury released from prison

Foreign Policy Blogs - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 21:10

Bangladeshi dissident Aslam Chowdhury, a prominent human rights and minority rights activist who was in prison for the last eight years, was recently released from prison. Meanwhile, upon hearing the news of his release, hundreds of activists have gathered in front of the Chattogram Central Jail amid the rain to welcome him as he emerged from prison. They welcomed him at the jail gate with flowers. Later, they started for Sitakunda with Aslam Chowdhury by processions with trucks.

The Bangladeshi dissident was imprisoned after 76 political cases were filed against him. He was granted bail in 75 cases, said Aslam Chowdhury’s personal lawyer KM Saiful Islam. Bangladeshi dissident Aslam Chowdhury is a leader of the BNP, who was known for his activities defending the rights of Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh.

He was also an outspoken opponent of Sheikh Hasina, a former Bangladeshi Prime Minister who recently stepped down following student-led protests against her. Presently, the deposed prime minister faces 33 charges including attacking a procession in Sylhet city which left several people shot and injured. The charges against her include 27 for murder, four for crimes against humanity and genocide, and one for abduction.

A number of years ago, Chowdhury was arrested after meeting with Mendi Safadi, who formerly served as Israeli Communication Minister Ayoob Kara’s chief of staff. The Bangladeshi government alleged that he was part of an Israeli plot to topple the Bangladeshi government but Safadi related that the real reason he was arrested was due to his role in the country’s opposition. Bangladesh has no diplomatic relations with Israel and Bangladeshi citizens are barred from visiting the Jewish state. Safadi claimed that the Sheikh Hasina government has been “using violence and murder against ethnic minorities and opponents of the regime for years.”

Shipan Kumer Basu, who leads the World Hindu Struggle Committee, was one of the Hindus that was oppressed by the Sheikh Hasina government. He was imprisoned and tortured under the Sheikh Hasina government: “The Awami League government murdered, tortured, raped, forcefully converted and looted Hindus.” This led Basu to lead an international campaign against the Sheikh Hasina government.

In 2015, Basu met with Safadi and began to work with him towards improving the plight of Hindus in Bangladesh. In 2016, Chowdhury came to India, and met with both Safadi and Basu. It was from India that this trio worked together towards improving the plight of minorities in Bangladesh. In 2017, I was recruited to write about this issue in the American and Israeli media, and the four of us worked so that Bangladesh would have a brighter future.

In an exclusive interview, Basu related: “The main reason Chowdhury was put in jail was because of his activism for Hindu rights. He was protesting against the murder and rape of Hindu women. In 2016, we delivered a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and started to reach out to Israel, so that they would help us. The Sheikh Hasina government turned Bangladesh into a graveyard. But now with Sheikh Hasina deposed and Chowdhury out of jail, we want to start making our country safe for all. We want to build a new Bangladesh where everyone will have equal rights. The new Bangladesh will be secular and progressive, where Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Buddhists can breathe freely.” Basu called on the international community to assist the interim government in establishing freedom in Bangladesh.

Aux États-Unis, la liberté à but lucratif

Le Monde Diplomatique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 18:33
Souvent indispensable pour éviter l'incarcération préventive, la caution représente une manne pour plusieurs acteurs dont les « bail bondsmen », qui se portent garants du paiement auprès des tribunaux. Les assureurs spécialisés dans cette niche réalisent aussi de juteux bénéfices alors que les pressions (...) / , , , , , - 2023/07

Burkina Faso : un ancien militaire français suspecté d’espionnage arrêté à Ouagadougou

LeMonde / Afrique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 18:26
Conseiller en sécurité pour une entreprise minière australienne, l’ex-légionnaire a été interpellé mi-août par la police burkinabée.
Categories: Afrique

Fischerei: Gesamtfangquote und Verschärfungen in der Ostsee

Euractiv.de - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 18:07
Die Europäische Kommission hat am Montag (26. August) beschränkende Quoten in der Ostsee für alle Fischarten außer Hering vorgeschlagen. Gleichzeitig wurden strengere Anwendung der EU-Fischereivorschriften gefordert.
Categories: Europäische Union

Écarté de Matignon par Emmanuel Macron, le NFP “va tenter d’accentuer la pression”

France24 / France - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:29
Après avoir consulté les différentes forces politiques du pays, Emmanuel Macron a annoncé, lundi soir, “ne pas retenir” l’option d’un gouvernement issu du Nouveau Front populaire. La coalition de gauche, qui défendait depuis plusieurs semaines la candidature de Lucie Castets pour Matignon, a notamment dénoncé “une parodie de démocratie”. Pour autant, elle ne semble pas vouloir subir les événements et pourrait bien “continuer d’accentuer la pression” ces prochaines semaines. Décryptage.
Categories: France

Experten sehen keinen Handelskrieg: Chinas Drohungen bleiben symbolisch

Euractiv.de - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:21
Chinas Drohung, Vergeltungszölle auf europäische Molkereiprodukte und Autos mit Verbrennern zu erheben, werden laut Analysten nicht zu einem Handelskonflikt zwischen Brüssel und Peking eskalieren. Die EU hatte zuvor vorläufigen Zölle auf chinesische Elektrofahrzeuge erhoben.
Categories: Europäische Union

En RDC, la peine de mort requise contre 50 personnes, dont trois Américains, pour la « tentative de coup d’Etat » du 19 mai

LeMonde / Afrique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:18
Le 19 mai, plusieurs dizaines d’hommes avaient attaqué le domicile du ministre sortant de l’économie, avant d’investir le palais de la Nation, un bâtiment présidentiel essentiellement protocolaire, à Kinshasa.
Categories: Afrique

Mpox : l’Espagne va envoyer 500 000 vaccins en Afrique centrale

LeMonde / Afrique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:15
Madrid a annoncé faire un don représentant 20 % de son stock et a encouragé ses homologues européens à faire de même.
Categories: Afrique

Pékin menace de taxer les produits européens mais pas de guerre commerciale en vue, selon des experts

Euractiv.fr - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:09
Certains analystes estiment que les menaces récemment brandies par la Chine concernant l’imposition de droits de douane sur les produits laitiers et les véhicules à essence en provenance de l’UE ne risquent pas de dégénérer en un conflit commercial plus large entre les deux blocs.
Categories: Union européenne

Blog • De la Korana à l'Una : les touristes, les habitant·e·s et les exilé·e·s

Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:08

Nichée entre le massif Velebit et le mont Dinara qui fait frontière entre la Croatie et la Bosnie, la région croate de la Lika dévoile ses hauts plateaux de karst dans la lumière mitigée du printemps. Des stands de miel et de fromage alternent avec les troupeaux de vaches et de chevaux racés. On y trouve un refuge d'ours blessés où s'essaient des volontaires féru·e·s de nature, originaires de France ou d'Autriche ; ces dernier·ère·s côtoient sur les routes les touristes venu·e·s du monde (…)

- Les cours d'eau sont mortels pour qui n'est pas du bon côté • Le blog de Morgane Dujmović / , , ,
Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Blog • De la Korana à l'Una : les touristes, les habitant·e·s et les exilé·e·s

Courrier des Balkans - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 17:08

Nichée entre le massif Velebit et le mont Dinara qui fait frontière entre la Croatie et la Bosnie, la région croate de la Lika dévoile ses hauts plateaux de karst dans la lumière mitigée du printemps. Des stands de miel et de fromage alternent avec les troupeaux de vaches et de chevaux racés. On y trouve un refuge d'ours blessés où s'essaient des volontaires féru·e·s de nature, originaires de France ou d'Autriche ; ces dernier·ère·s côtoient sur les routes les touristes venu·e·s du monde (…)

- Les cours d'eau sont mortels pour qui n'est pas du bon côté • Le blog de Morgane Dujmović / , , ,
Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Les digues de l'indignation

Le Monde Diplomatique - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 15:17
Le 6 juin dernier, alors que Moscou et Kiev se renvoient la responsabilité de la destruction du barrage de Kakhovka, en Ukraine, Bernard-Henri Lévy contre-attaque : « Comme Hitler en 1945, #Putin a une fois de plus utilisé la tactique de la terre brûlée » (Twitter 6 juin). Le Monde se rabat alors sur (...) - 2023/07

Les efforts russes pour diviser l’UE portent leurs fruits, alerte le gouvernement tchèque

Euractiv.fr - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 15:10
Selon le ministre tchèque des Affaires étrangères Jan Lipavský, les efforts de la Russie pour saper l’unité et la sécurité européennes portent leurs fruits. De son côté, le Premier ministre Petr Fiala a appelé à des discussions sur les manières de contrer ces menaces.
Categories: Union européenne

Agriculture : l’UE veut accélérer la mise en œuvre de solutions de biocontrôle

Euractiv.fr - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 14:56
Les États membres de l'Union européenne (UE) ont jusqu'à la semaine prochaine pour se prononcer sur une proposition de définition du biocontrôle, un cadre normatif nécessaire pour mettre sur le marché des produits naturels destinés à protéger les cultures.
Categories: Union européenne

Moldavie : deux oligarques proches de Moscou sponsorisent des contenus pro-russes sur les réseaux

Euractiv.fr - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 14:14
Selon un think tank molave, les oligarques Ilan Shor et Veaceslav Platon auraient dépensé plus de 136 000 euros pour diffuser sur Facebook des campagnes visant à discréditer le processus d'intégration de la Moldavie à l'Union européenne (UE) et à soutenir la Russie.
Categories: Union européenne

En Allemagne, Olaf Scholz veut continuer à accueillir des réfugiés mais augmenter les expulsions

Euractiv.fr - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 13:45
Le gouvernement allemand s’est engagé à augmenter les expulsions, mais explique ne pas vouloir fondamentalement changer sa politique migratoire. L'exécutif est soumis à la pression constante de l'opposition, suite à l'attaque meurtrière perpétrée il y a quelques jours par un exilé syrien.
Categories: Union européenne

Key questions regarding Germany’s Ukraine policy remain unanswered

SWP - Tue, 27/08/2024 - 12:26

A letter from the Federal Minister of Finance to his colleagues in the foreign and defence ministries, in which he points out the limits of support for Ukraine, has caused quite a stir. This is due not only to the letter itself, but also to the fact that there have long been doubts at home and abroad about the reliability and long-term goals of Germany's Ukraine policy. These doubts are anything but dispelled by the differing positions in the ruling coalition. 

Above all, the question arises as to whether the German government is prepared to maintain at least its current level of support for Ukraine. Leading politicians often emphasise that Germany is the principal backer of Ukraine in Europe and in second place overall behind the USA. This strong support allows Germany to credibly demand a greater commitment from European allies such as France or Spain. However, this position has been called into question by the recently revealed intentions of some key players within the German government to significantly reduce aid from the federal budget for Ukraine in the upcoming years. 

In particular, the plans of the finance ministry to replace German assistance with funds generated from confiscated Russian assets appear disingenuous. After all, it is still unclear how and when such a mechanism could function. The fact that this option is being discussed now, rather than when the mechanism is in place, suggests that the issue may be linked to ongoing election campaigns in some eastern German states, where opposition to military support for Ukraine is strong. This creates the impression that at least parts of the ruling coalition are willing to prioritise short-term election campaign aims over long-term security objectives.

Serious support requires flexibility

The ongoing Ukrainian attack on the Russian region of Kursk demonstrates that combat operations can require unexpected tactical or even strategic adjustments that require more - rather than fewer - military resources from Ukraine. If the German government wants Ukraine to be able to defend itself and to improve its negotiating position, Berlin must retain a certain amount of room for manoeuvre with regard to future assistance.

The current plans for a significant aid reduction suggest that this room for manoeuvre is lacking. Even if requests for additional funding can potentially be submitted by relevant German authorities, a legitimate question arises as to whether the criteria used to decide on them will be based on fiscal or security-related concerns.

The coherence of European security policy is at stake

The German government has come out in favour of the planned stationing of US medium-range missiles on German soil as a necessary measure to deter Russia. However, Ukraine's ability to drive Russian troops out of its territory and prevent Moscow from renewing its attacks also serves to deter Russia and thus contributes to German and European security. 

The more successful Ukraine is in thwarting Russia's aims, the less likely it is that the proposed American missiles will need to be used in the future. Support for Ukraine and the deployment of US conventional weapons are therefore two elements of the same security policy approach. Advocating one while scaling back the other seems inconsistent and jeopardises the security of Germany and Europe. 

Germany is losing credibility

Even if the impact of this debate on German support for Ukraine turns out to be relatively small, the signalling effect of the communication to date has been devastating in several respects. Germany is losing credibility with its partners, especially since Berlin initially cautioned against utilizing (interest on) Russian reserves but now assumes that this issue can be resolved quickly. Even more problematic is that Germany's behaviour lends credence to Putin’s assumption that Western states will reduce their military support for Ukraine over time and that he therefore has the upper hand. 

Berlin’s current approach weakens Ukraine during a critical phase in which Kyiv is attempting to improve its position in multiple ways by deploying on Russian territory. A clear signal from the German government that the level of assistance to Ukraine in 2025 will be at least as high as in 2024 - even if the Russian reserves remain off-limits - would be appropriate.

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