Síntesis informativa - 30 de octubre 2019
THE GUARDIAN
'The climate doesn't need awards': Greta Thunberg declines environmental prize
The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has refused to accept an environmental award, saying the climate movement needed people in power to start to “listen” to “science” and not awards.
But after it was announced, a representative for Thunberg told the audience that she would not accept the award or the prize sum of 350,000 Danish kroner (about $52,000 or €46,800), the TT news agency reported.
She addressed the decision in a post on Instagram from the United States.
“The climate movement does not need any more awards,” she wrote.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/29/greta-thunberg-declines-award-climate-crisis
WhatsApp sues Israeli firm, accusing it of hacking activists' phones
WhatsApp has launched an unprecedented lawsuit against a cyber weapons firm which it has accused of being behind secret attacks on more than 100 human rights activists, lawyers, journalists, and academics in just two weeks earlier this year.
The social media firm is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance company, saying it is responsible for a series of highly sophisticated cyber-attacks which it claims violated American law in an “unmistakeable pattern of abuse”.
WhatsApp said it believed the technology sold by NSO was used to target the mobile phones of more than 1,400 of its users in 20 different countries during a 14-day period from the end of April to the middle of May.
China warns US: criticism of Uighur detentions is not 'helpful' for trade talks
China’s UN envoy has sounded a warning note over trade talks with Washington after the US joined 22 other countries at the UN in criticising Beijing over the detention of ethnic Uighurs and other Muslims.
China has been widely condemned for setting up internment camps in the western region of Xinjiang that it describes as “vocational training centres” to stamp out extremism and give people new skills. The United Nations says at least a million Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained.
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AL JAZEERA
Lebanon: Army begins clearing roads after PM resignation
Routes leading to Beirut from north and south Lebanon have been closed by protesters, causing complete paralysis.
Aoun has not yet accepted Hariri's resignation and there is no clear solution emerging to the political crisis that has drawn warnings from Lebanon's foreign partners.
Though Hariri's resignation was a key demand of the protesters, they have been quick to point out their goal is to change the political system in its entirety.
Chile protests sharpen as calls for constitutional change grow
Smoke blankets the capital Santiago as fiery protests rage while thousands also hit the streets of other major cities.
Naomi Larsson
Protesters in Chile rejected President Sebastian Pinera's political concessions as major demonstrations continued across the country demanding greater equality and constitutional changes.
Pinera replaced one-third of his cabinet, including Andres Chadwick, the right-wing interior minister who was heavily criticised for calling protesters "criminals" last week.
Many protesters say they are angry with the "neoliberalism" that has led to poor public services, including the almost complete privatisation of pensions, health and education.
Currently, 3,712 are detained and the INDH has filed 138 judicial cases of alleged violence, including sexual harassment and other forms of abuse.
South Sudan's Machar seeks delay to unity government
Opposition seeks six-month delay saying President Kiir not pushing through peace deal, casting shadow on peace efforts.
The spokesman for former rebel leader Riek Machar said he did not believe he would be able to join a unity government on November 12 - a deadline agreed in September after months of talks, broken ceasefires and pressure from the United Nations, the United States and regional powers.
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AL MAYADEEN
Chile: Miles de detenidos y heridos, balance de últimas protestas
Un total de tres mil 712 detenidos y mil 233 heridos es el balance hasta hoy del Instituto Nacional de Derechos Humanos (INDH) sobre las manifestaciones registradas en todo Chile en los últimos días.
Esas cifras fueron recopiladas por el INDH directamente a partir de sus observaciones en las propias manifestaciones, comisarías de la policía y en centros de salud.
El informe del INDH señala que entre los más de tres mil detenidos, según cifras recopiladas hasta el martes a las 21:30 hora local, 404 son menores de edad, y se presentaron 138 demandas judiciales, 18 más que en el anterior reporte, principalmente por torturas y violencia sexual cometidas por agentes policiales.
Ocupan armas de EE.UU e (Israel) a terroristas en Siria
El Ministerio sirio de Defensa divulgó imágenes de una red de túneles en los que fueron hallados armamentos de los terroristas del Estado Islámico (Daesh, en árabe) en la ciudad de Qurrieh en provincia de Deir Ezzor, ubicada a unos 535 kilómetros al nordeste de la capital Damasco.
Varios misiles antiblindados TOW de fabricción estadounidense fueron sacados del depósito, declaró un militar sirio.
Denuncian planes de EE.UU. para buscar enfrentamiento de Turquía y Rusia en Siria
Replicada en el sitio https://journal-neo.org el texto señala que EE.UU. sembró las semillas del conflicto de intereses entre los actores que quieren reunificar Siria bajo el mando y control sirio lo antes posible y los actores que pretenden dividirla para romper el "eje de la resistencia".
Washington insiste en el interés de las dos partes de una zona segura para abordar las preocupaciones de seguridad nacional de Turquía y que la zona segura será aplicada principalmente por las Fuerzas Armadas turcas y las dos partes aumentarán su cooperación en todas las dimensiones de su aplicación.
En correspondencia con estas acciones llama la atención de que Turquía “ya está anticipando un retorno al programa F-35, y con una garantía estadounidense sobre el control militar turco de la 'zona segura', las ambiciones regionales de Turquía han vuelto a abarrotar Ankara, con lo que los sueños neo-otomanos de Erdogan podrían llegar a materializarse”.
