Month: August 2020

Alleged Iranian Agent and ex-MEK Member at Risk of Deportation

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Alleged Iranian Agent and ex-MEK Member at Risk of Deportation

Ehsan Bidi came to Albania with more than 2000 Mujahadeen from the Freedom Camp in Iraq. He was granted refugee status, supposedly lasting until 2023. During his time in Albania, he defected from the MEK and had his refugee status revoked. He was then imprisoned for one year at the Karrec detention centre with several other defectors.

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EHSAN BIDI EXPOSING MEK . PRESS CONFERENCE WENT AHEAD IN OPEN AIR

A cruel conspiracy between corrupt elements in the Albanian government, security services and the MEK to illegally remove Iranian asylum seeker Ehsan Bidi from Albania blew up in a dramatic series of events this week. Bidi, an outspoken former member of the MEK, had already been accepted as a refugee in Albania and had been issued with ten-year residence and work permits. Last August, Albanian security officials illegally detained Bidi without charge and held him in a deportation centre in conditions worse than a prison. He was denied legal representation or visits from his friends. Over the subsequent year, Bidi was put under intense pressure to sign documents agreeing to his deportation from Albania and to be sent to Iran. He resisted.

RAJAVI HOUSE OF CARDS DESTROYED BY EHSAN BIDI

US tightens restrictions on Huawei’s access to chip technology

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

US tightens restrictions on Huawei’s access to chip technology

The latest crackdown makes it even harder for the Chinese firm to buy chips produced by the US, even if they are made abroad.

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US Adds 38 Huawei Affiliates to Entity List as Pompeo Urges Allies to Join

Earlier this month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Prague and urged US allies in eastern Europe to turn down China’s investment offers and have no business with companies like Huawei.

Making Excuses for Trump: Where Does the Buck Stop?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Making Excuses for Trump: Where Does the Buck Stop?

But Trump’s seemingly aimless foreign and national security policies are only part of the problem. More to the point, the president keeps appointing people to senior level positions where they have a hand in shaping the policies ranging from hardline on civil liberties issues to complete interventionism vis-à-vis America’s role worldwide. The list is long and includes John Bolton, Rick Grenell, Mike Pompeo, Brian Hook, James Jeffrey, Robert O’Brien, John Ratcliffe and Gina Haspel. And one might suggest that the latest move might very well be the worst of all, naming Eliot Abrams as Special Envoy on Iran.