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article highlights the Egyptian Army has tentacles in every area of trade and industry - benefitting select groups
https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/2023-03-23/ty-article/.premium/sissi-wastes-a-fortune-as-egyptians-go-hungry/00000187-0b27-d1cf-a7af-ffffe0bb0000
March 23, 2023
"Egypt imported a large amount of frozen poultry from Brazil, some 50,000 tons, which will be used as a “strategic inventory” in preparation for the month of the Ramadan fast. But according to reports in the Egyptian media, the government transferred the license to import the poultry to an agent who is connected to the military – and the goods will be sold at a reduced price in army stores.
The suspicion is that this agent received an exemption from paying customs duties so it could be sold at a price of $2 per kilo, instead of $3.50 charged by private importers, who pay a 30 percent import duty. The rest of the sellers will be forced to sell the same chicken at a much higher price. "
Hi Cowichan,
Unfortunately the Egyptian military Junta behaves just like every other the world over!
The international community must promptly deny the legitimacy of Myanmar’s military junta, the UN-appointed independent expert on the situation of human rights in the country said briefing at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, launching a critical report as the coup enters its third year on Wednesday.https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/01/1133027
The Built-In Brutality of Myanmar’s Military
Ignoring what everyone else thinks is part of the junta’s mindset.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/05/myanmar-military-brutality-coup-executions/
From 1976 to 1983, Argentina was governed by a military dictatorship that committed horrendous human rights crimes, including torture, extrajudicial executions, and the imprisonment of thousands without trial.
https://www.hrw.org/reports/2001/argentina/argen1201-02.htm
“We strongly condemn the escalating violence against protests in Myanmar and call on the military to immediately halt the use of force against peaceful protesters,” Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN human rights office, said.
https://www.euractiv.com/topics/military-junta/
The international community would accomplish more in terms of world peace & stability if the despicable & illegal military actions of the US hegemony backed by its toadying vassal states including the EU, Britain & Australia were condemned & forced to be ceased.
Once the above has been accomplished they could move on to stopping the acts of economic vandalism & outright theft repeatedly perpetrated on the world by the usual suspect.
Unfortunately we operate on a “rules based system” in which one side unilaterally writes the rules & enforces them as it sees fit exempting itself & whoever else happens to be in their favour at the time from compliance.
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
The parliamentary election in September was accompanied by unprecedented pressure on independent opposition candidates, including through barring them from running on spurious grounds. A record number of violations were reported by independent election monitors over three days of voting.
Corruption remained pervasive.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/europe-and-central-asia/russian-federation/report-russian-federation/
Calling NATO the instigator of Putin’s war of aggression is a distraction, not a reason. Even with East-West relations at their worst since the darkest days of the Cold War, the United States and its allies do not pose a military threat to Russia thanks to Moscow’s nuclear deterrent. That the Kremlin still plays up NATO as a bogeyman says more about Russia’s phobias than actual dangers the country faces. It is not the alliance’s enlargement that led Putin to attack Ukraine; it is Russia’s failure to become a democracy.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/30/russia-democracy-putin-soviet-union-cold-war/
In a recent discussion at the Kennan Institute, William Smirnov discussed the progress of human rights and democracy in Russia. Smirnov examined the basic relationship between political rights and democracy and assessed the progress of human rights in Russia during the transition period. He described several setbacks that have led to the restriction of democracy and suggested several ways to improve the human rights situation in Russia.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/political-rights-and-democracy-russia-the-challenge-putting-ideals-practice
The war in Ukraine was fomented by disinformation and information warfare will be part of the battle.
In the UK we have seen a little of this, for example after the Salisbury poisonings. In 2018 Russia put numerous narratives into play with the aim of causing confusion and indecision rather than convincing lots of people of one false narrative. You can see that at work in President Putin’s address this week.
Now, our fact checkers are liaising with peers across the world to track and counter false claims. You can help people stop the spread of disinformation by sharing these tips on spotting false information.
I am glad to report that at the time of writing our fellow fact checkers from Ukraine are safe, though many have left the country. Their losses remind me how important it is that we all can and will keep trying to build a more open and accountable democracy here in the UK.
https://fullfact.org/blog/2022/feb/ukraine-disinformation/
Get them to check these facts:
NATO/US promises that NATO would not expand one inch east going back to the late 80’s.
Ukraine signing a treaty with Russia to end a previous conflict which was sponsored/guaranteed by France & Germany with the only party to the treaty who had any intention of abiding by the treaty being Russia.
Ukrainian government slaughtering their own citizens in military campaigns simply because they had ethnic Russian backgrounds & wanted to maintain their culture & beliefs.
I could go on but the above will all be labelled Russian disinformation & I will be called a Putin apologist.
Your so-called fact checkers rank alongside the US administration in terms of the reliability & veracity of their facts - a common theme - they all love to call facts Russian disinformation when they don’t align with their fanciful & deceitful propaganda!
Russia launched its well-planned armed aggression against Ukraine on 20 February 2014 with the military operation of its Armed Forces on seizing a part of the Ukrainian territory?—?Crimean peninsula. This date is not even denied by the Russian Ministry of Defense, as it is indicated on the departmental medal “For the return of Crimea”. In fact, only the next day Viktor Yanukovych fled from Kyiv; and it was already 22 February 2014 that the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Resolution “On the dissociation of the President of Ukraine from fulfillment of constitutional powers and appointment of early presidential elections in Ukraine”, used by Russia as a pretext for accusations of the alleged “unconstitutional coup in Ukraine”.
https://mfa.gov.ua/en/10-facts-you-should-know-about-russian-military-aggression-against-ukraine
Armed conflict in eastern Ukraine erupted in early 2014 following Russia’s annexation of Crimea. The previous year https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/conflict-ukraine
Ukrainian children who returned from Russia after months of being deported have recounted the political indoctrination and mental trauma they endured during their detention.
At least 17 children, residents of besieged Kharkiv and Kherson, came back to Ukraine this week, non-profit Save Ukraine said in a release on Thursday.
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/rescued-ukrainian-children-recount-horrors-090928360.html
Russian troops have killed thousands and displaced millions. They are also destroying Ukraine's environment, toxifying its soil, and burning its forests and fields. 600 species of animals and 880 species of plants are now under threat.
Altogether, the damage to the environment amounts to over 50 billion dollars. But ecocide, the act of severely destroying the environment, is not considered an international crime.
https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/make_ecocide_illegal_loc/?trtqjhb&v=502477191&cl=20290900020&