Carolina Barrios Martínez
carobarrios99.bsky.social
Carolina Barrios Martínez
@carobarrios99.bsky.social
Political Scientist and Journalist. Curious.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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March 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Earshot received 12 videos that document the moments where a weapon was allegedly used against the protestors. 4 of these videos contain a sound consistent with the noise produced by a Vortex Ring Gun or Vortex Cannon.

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March 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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NGO Earshot analyzed use of sonic weapons in Belgrade two days agoon a crowd of protestors as they were holding a silent vigil for the victims of the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapse.
March 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Reposted by Carolina Barrios Martínez
1/ I'm very alarmed by the prospect of countries in Europe leaving the Mine Ban Treaty. A short thread on some relevant resources and responses is below (a topic which I brought up briefly in my #Trump50Days commentary earlier this week 👇) @minefreeworld.bsky.social
In this commentary, I briefly flag withdrawal from humanitarian disarmament treaties as a challenge the US is not going to address. @banclusterbombs.bsky.social @minefreeworld.bsky.social We need others to raise their voices and act on this. For reference, see www.icblcmc.org/our-impact/l...
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March 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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⚡️ Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty.

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland announced on March 18 their intention to withdraw from the Ottawa Convention.
Poland, Baltics to withdraw from anti-personnel mine ban treaty
The defense ministers of the four nations argued that the security situation in the region has "fundamentally deteriorated" and that military threats to NATO member states bordering Russia and Belarus...
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March 18, 2025 at 10:00 AM