*[Enwl-eng] newsletter 4 August 2019

Mon Aug 5 01:01:31 MSK 2019



                              # 38  Sunday, 04 August 2019- edited by Ilaria 
Saltarelli and Martina Paterna


                       The US withdraws from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear 
Forces Treaty

                              (INF treaty). It was signed in 1987 by the Us 
and Soviet Union leaders Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev  to eliminate 
land-based nuclear missiles and medium-range arsenals from Europe.  In 
October 2018 the United States accused Russia of violating the deal and 
announced its intention to withdraw from the Treaty. In December 2018 the US 
announced that would suspend its treaty obligations in 60 days if Russia did 
not return to compliance in that time. In February, Trump set a 2 August 
deadline for the US to withdraw if Russia did not comply with US and Nato 
demands.

                              In a statement issued by his spokesperson, 
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary general noted that “in the current 
deteriorating international security environment previously-agreed arms 
control and disarmament agreements are increasingly under threat”.
                              Guterres calls on Russia and the US “to extend 
New START and to undertake negotiations on further arms control measures”, 
concluded the statement.

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                       As thousands of riot police flooded central Moscow on 
Saturday to curb protests calling for fair and free elections, the Russian 
authorities announced they had opened a criminal money-laundering 
investigation against the Anti-Corruption Foundation, an organization led by 
Russia’s most prominent opposition activist, Aleksei A. Navalny. The case 
involved funding for the anticorruption group’s work of 1 billion rubles 
(around $15 million) in “money obtained by criminal means.”

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                       On Wednesday 31st July the U.S. Department of the 
Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against 
the Iranian regime’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif (Javad Zarif).
                              “Javad Zarif implements the reckless agenda of 
Iran’s Supreme Leader, and is the regime’s  primary spokesperson around the 
world.  The United States is sending a clear message to the Iranian regime 
that its recent behavior is completely unacceptable,” said Treasury 
Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin.

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                       Libya plans to shut down three of its biggest 
migration detention centres, the country's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha 
has announced.The centres in question are in Misrata, Tajoura and Khoms.
                              Vincent Cochetel, the Special Envoy of the 
UNHCR for the Central Mediterranean situation said “this will be a very good 
1st step when it happens. We are asking for the same closure of detention 
centres in ALL parts of the country, including those not under the GNA’s 
control”.

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                       Hong Kong.  the city enters its ninth consecutive 
week of protests. Thousands of civil servants, medical workers and staff 
from the city’s finance sector rallied on Thursday and Friday, while further 
protests were planned through the weekend. Demonstrators have also called 
for a citywide strike on Monday. In recent days, Beijing has ramped up its 
condemnation of the protests, which it describes as “riots”, and has accused 
the US and other western powers of instigating the unrest to hurt China.

                              On Thursday, Chen Daoxiang, the head of the 
Chinese army garrison in Hong Kong, said the military was “determined to 
protect [the] national sovereignty” of Hong Kong and would help put down the 
“intolerable” unrest if requested. The army released a promotional video 
showing tanks and soldiers firing on citizens in an anti-riot drill.

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                       Sudan's ruling military council and main opposition 
coalition have agreed on a constitutional declaration which will pave the 
way for a new period of transitional government. African Union mediator 
Mohamed Hassan Lebatt made the announcement early on Saturday, without 
giving any details.

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