@muzaffars.bsky.social
Just a man with a phone. Father of a toddler, work in human rights.
So, to be clear, storming and vandalising universities and colleges is a criminal offence that demands revoking visas and green cards and deporting those accused but storming the Capitol and killing and assaulting the police isn’t? www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-r...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says "we're going to keep doing it" after arrest of Columbia activist
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who is a green card holder, is being threatened with deportation.
www.cbsnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So, to be clear, storming and vandalising universities and colleges is a criminal offence that demands revoking visas and green cards and deporting those accused but storming the Capitol and killing and assaulting the police isn’t? www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-r...
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Media advocates warn Trump’s cuts to Voice of America embolden autocrats
https://www.ft.com/content/1504b3f2-1161-495e-9044-f21f363f159a
https://www.ft.com/content/1504b3f2-1161-495e-9044-f21f363f159a
Media advocates warn Trump’s cuts to Voice of America embolden autocrats
Order to slash funding to pro-democracy broadcasters part of efforts to radically reduce government services
www.ft.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Media advocates warn Trump’s cuts to Voice of America embolden autocrats
https://www.ft.com/content/1504b3f2-1161-495e-9044-f21f363f159a
https://www.ft.com/content/1504b3f2-1161-495e-9044-f21f363f159a
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President Donald Trump plans to eliminate two massive national monuments in California established by former president Joe Biden, the White House confirmed Saturday.
Trump targets two national monuments in California for elimination
Shortly before he left office, President Joe Biden established the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla Highlands national monuments, encompassing more than 848,000 acres.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
President Donald Trump plans to eliminate two massive national monuments in California established by former president Joe Biden, the White House confirmed Saturday.
The felon fulfilled politburo dream — renowned independent broadcasters Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that air reports to many nations, including where independent media does not exist or severely muzzled, go silent after trump pulls funding. www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n... he
'Bloody Saturday' at Voice of America and other U.S.-funded networks
Federal officials placed 1,300 employees at Voice of America on indefinite paid leave, while severing contracts with Radio Free Asia and other U.S.-funded networks.
www.npr.org
March 16, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The felon fulfilled politburo dream — renowned independent broadcasters Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that air reports to many nations, including where independent media does not exist or severely muzzled, go silent after trump pulls funding. www.npr.org/2025/03/15/n... he
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Trump and Elon Musk have wiped out the national database of police misconduct. Nearly 150,000 records of misconduct by federal officers erased, like it never happened.
February 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump and Elon Musk have wiped out the national database of police misconduct. Nearly 150,000 records of misconduct by federal officers erased, like it never happened.
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🇪🇺 EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has followed other European officials and leaders in commenting on today’s events at the White House.
www.pravda.com.ua
February 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🇪🇺 EU chief diplomat: The free world needs a new leader, and today that became clear
Today’s disgusting show at the White House was intended for their specific audience in Moscow. And they got quite an applause from the viewers! kyivindependent.com/putin-envoy-...
Kremlin officials tout Zelensky-Trump clash as 'historic'
Kirill Dmitriev, special envoy to Vladimir Putin, and former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev applauded the tense Oval Office meeting, calling it "historic."
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Today’s disgusting show at the White House was intended for their specific audience in Moscow. And they got quite an applause from the viewers! kyivindependent.com/putin-envoy-...
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Spare a thought for Russian officials today as they scramble to stay on brand without sounding more dovish on Zelensky than the Trump administration.
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman says Trump and Vance not ‘smacking this bastard Zelensky’ was a ‘miracle of restraint’ in heated Oval Office meeting — Meduza
Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has responded to a heated exchange on Friday in the Oval Office between the Ukrainian and American presidents that ended with Volodymyr Zel...
meduza.io
February 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Spare a thought for Russian officials today as they scramble to stay on brand without sounding more dovish on Zelensky than the Trump administration.
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
meduza.io/en/news/2025...
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Zelensky has now responded to his Oval Office meeting with this series of tweeted thanks to world leaders reaching out in consolation.
February 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Zelensky has now responded to his Oval Office meeting with this series of tweeted thanks to world leaders reaching out in consolation.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, three people familiar with the matter told The Record. therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Exclusive: Hegseth orders Cyber Command to stand down on Russia planning
The secretary of Defense has ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, sources tell Recorded Future News.
therecord.media
February 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week ordered U.S. Cyber Command to stand down from all planning against Russia, including offensive digital actions, three people familiar with the matter told The Record. therecord.media/hegseth-orde...
Absolutely despicable: Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court denies the appeal in the case of imprisoned female media director Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy and her journalist colleague Azamat Ishenbekov, leaves both Temirov Live newsroom staffers in jail despite the lack of any credible evidence in the case
Верховный суд оставил в силе приговор в отношении журналистов Temirov Live - | 24.KG
25 февраля Верховный суд рассмотрел кассационную жалобу адвокатов журналистов Temirov Live Махабат Тажибек кызы и Азамата Ишенбекова.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Absolutely despicable: Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court denies the appeal in the case of imprisoned female media director Makhabat Tazhibek kyzy and her journalist colleague Azamat Ishenbekov, leaves both Temirov Live newsroom staffers in jail despite the lack of any credible evidence in the case
IMHO: a powerful and once respected neighbour on the block sat down with a child molester/rapist/killer to decide how the said criminal is to live in peace with his tortured victims … without considering their opinions or quest for justice…
Ukraine war: Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for peace talks, without Kyiv – Europe live
Ukraine war: Russian and US officials meet in Saudi Arabia for peace talks, without Kyiv – Europe live
European officials not part of discussions as Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns his country will not recognise peace deals made without Ukrainian participation
* See all our Ukraine war coverage
Donald Trump sidelined Kyiv and other European capitals from…
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
IMHO: a powerful and once respected neighbour on the block sat down with a child molester/rapist/killer to decide how the said criminal is to live in peace with his tortured victims … without considering their opinions or quest for justice…
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JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party
JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party
US vice-president meets with AfD leader Alice Weidel as Trump administration courts European populist parties
JD Vance has met with the leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, breaking a taboo in German politics as the Trump…
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
JD Vance breaks taboo by meeting with leader of Germany’s far-right party
J.D. Vance to Europe: stop censoring/banning neo-nazis and probing elections interference. The threat is indeed within … his own sick head!
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders
US vice-president questions whether European values are worth defending as he rails against ‘threat from within’
* Explainer: how do JD Vance’s Europe claims stand up?
The US vice-president, JD Vance, has launched a brutal ideological assault on…
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
J.D. Vance to Europe: stop censoring/banning neo-nazis and probing elections interference. The threat is indeed within … his own sick head!
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📢YouTube channel of popular #Uzbek language media outlet Eltuz is shut down following critical reporting on Prime Minister Aripov Abdulla. Channel flooded with pornographic and terrorist content through cyberattack.
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"Элтуз" муҳаррири нашр ютуб-канали ёпилганини маълум қилди
Ўзбекистон ташқарисида фаолият юритиб келаётган Eltuz.com нашрининг YouTube видеопорталидаги канали ўчириб қўйилди.
Нашр бош муҳаррири Қудрат Бобожонга кўра, YouTube каналида Ўзбекистон бош вазири Абд...
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February 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
📢YouTube channel of popular #Uzbek language media outlet Eltuz is shut down following critical reporting on Prime Minister Aripov Abdulla. Channel flooded with pornographic and terrorist content through cyberattack.
bit.ly/4aMRdur
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US sanctions against @intlcrimcourt.bsky.social officials would be a gift to those around the globe responsible for mass atrocities.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: EU should stand with victims, urgently trigger its 'blocking statute' to protect the Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: EU should stand with victims, urgently trigger its 'blocking statute' to protect the Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump imposes sanctions on ICC, accusing it of targeting US and Israel
US president has been critical of court since it issued arrest warrant for Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:48 AM
US sanctions against @intlcrimcourt.bsky.social officials would be a gift to those around the globe responsible for mass atrocities.
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: EU should stand with victims, urgently trigger its 'blocking statute' to protect the Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu: EU should stand with victims, urgently trigger its 'blocking statute' to protect the Court.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die | Gordon Brown
The decimation of USAid is already having a terrible effect in some of the poorest places on the planet. It damages America: it will harm us all, says Gordon Brown, the UN’s special envoy for global e...
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Be clear about what Trump and Musk’s aid axe will do: people will face terror and starve, many will die
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Overturning Sullivan has at least two votes on the Supreme Court — Thomas and Alito. Maybe more. I can’t overstate how catastrophic that would be for free expression in America in an environment where political and performative defamation litigation are common.
Trump megadonor Steve Wynn has filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to overturn the landmark 1964 decision in New York Times v. Sullivan, which protects the media's ability to aggressively cover public officials. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
February 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Overturning Sullivan has at least two votes on the Supreme Court — Thomas and Alito. Maybe more. I can’t overstate how catastrophic that would be for free expression in America in an environment where political and performative defamation litigation are common.
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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Journalist Rukhshona Hakimova, mentioned in this article, has just been sentenced to 8 years prison in #Tajikistan in a «secret trial». She has two small children. www.rferl.org/amp/tajikist...
'Real Journalism Is Dying' -- Tajikistan's War On Independent Media
www.rferl.org
February 5, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Journalist Rukhshona Hakimova, mentioned in this article, has just been sentenced to 8 years prison in #Tajikistan in a «secret trial». She has two small children. www.rferl.org/amp/tajikist...
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The NY Times has apparently changed the word from "audacious" to "brazen", but that's not much better.
The appropriate word is "criminal", as in mass atrocity crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
The appropriate word is "criminal", as in mass atrocity crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
February 5, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The NY Times has apparently changed the word from "audacious" to "brazen", but that's not much better.
The appropriate word is "criminal", as in mass atrocity crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
The appropriate word is "criminal", as in mass atrocity crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...
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US President Donald Trump’s sudden halt to all foreign aid programs is having an immediate effect on Ukrainian civil society and independent media.
Trump’s foreign aid freeze hits Ukraine’s civil society
Suspension of U.S. funds leaves dozens of projects in limbo.
www.politico.eu
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
US President Donald Trump’s sudden halt to all foreign aid programs is having an immediate effect on Ukrainian civil society and independent media.
You know what’s WASTEFUL and CRIMINAL? Spending BILLIONS of US taxpayers’ $$$ on bombs and other ammo that actually kill and maim innocent civilians across the world. In contrast, #USAID is globally known for investing into development and social welfare programs www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorize...
At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep – The White House
For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the
www.whitehouse.gov
February 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
You know what’s WASTEFUL and CRIMINAL? Spending BILLIONS of US taxpayers’ $$$ on bombs and other ammo that actually kill and maim innocent civilians across the world. In contrast, #USAID is globally known for investing into development and social welfare programs www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorize...
When your actions get public praise from the regime that is infamous for having committed crimes against own citizens — jailing and murder of critics, imprisonment of peaceful protesters, gagging of free press, bombing peaceful neighbours and own citizens, etc — then probably you chose a wrong path
February 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
When your actions get public praise from the regime that is infamous for having committed crimes against own citizens — jailing and murder of critics, imprisonment of peaceful protesters, gagging of free press, bombing peaceful neighbours and own citizens, etc — then probably you chose a wrong path