Day: June 22, 2020

Western Media Rehabilitate Brazil’s Criminal Ex-Justice Minister for Presidential Run

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Western Media Rehabilitate Brazil’s Criminal Ex-Justice Minister for Presidential Run | Brasil Wire

Western corporate media apparently saw no irony in the allegations made by the former judge, who played an instrumental role in an “anti-corruption” witch hunt aimed at illegally jailing former President Luis Ignacio “Lula” da Silva and destroying his left-wing Workers’ Party.

Rather, they fawningly described Moro as an “anti-corruption crusader” (BBC, 4/25/20), “celebrity justice minister” (Guardian, 4/24/20) and “a figure who for many represented a new, better Brazil” (Washington Post, 4/24/20), cheering the “tantalizing” prospect of a 2022 presidential bid (Bloomberg, 5/6/20).

Wayne Chan Ka-kui, convener of the “Hong Kong Independence Union” allegedly jumps bail and escapes to Netherlands

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Wayne Chan Ka-kui, convener of the “Hong Kong Independence Union” allegedly jumps bail and escapes to Netherlands

A few days after his arrest on 10th June last year, Chan flew to Taiwan with Tony Chung Hon–lam, a member of another independence group, Studentlocalism and many others. In addition to Chan, three others have also fled to Germany or Taiwan.

Palestinians may react with violence if annexation/apartheid goes forward

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Palestinians may react with violence if annexation/apartheid goes forward — Tibi

“The Trump plan is the worst American plan ever. It is not a peace plan. It’s a dictation. It’s a way to deepen the occupation. It’s unilateral. It’s a way to say there is no Palestinian nation, no Palestinian people. Strengthening the settlements. And with the annexation element, it is not only annexation, it should be called apartheid. When you are annexing these lands, you are creating more and more apartheid, more and more occupation. Netanyahu is willing to have this article alone from the Trump plan, which is a very bad plan, in order to keep his right base, he is thinking about the next election and that base….