The Government of the Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region has announced its opposition to the US’ recently passed law on the protection of human rights and democracy in Hong Kong. On November 27, US President Donald Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 into law. The essence of the law The Hong Kong Democracy and Human Rights Act requires the ...
It is something of an open secret that despite the US attempting to dominate Iraq with an all out invasion, it has been Iran and its allies who have been able to benefit from the aftermath of Washington’s attack. The Americans are naturally less than happy with this outcome, and have done their best ever since to curtail Iranian influence ...
Sürekli dünya ülkelerine insan hakları dersi vermeyi alışkanlık haline getiren ABD, başta Afganistan olmak üzere birçok ülkede yaptığı katliamları, insan hakları ihlallerini görmekte zorlanıyor veya görmezden, duymazdan geliyor. Türkiye’ye son dönemde insan hakkı ihlalleri gerekçesiyle “ayar” vermeye çalışan ABD; yıllardır işlediği insanlık suçları ile yüzleşmek yerine, “duymadım, görmedim, bilmiyorum” oyununu oynamayı tercih ediyor. BENİM TERÖRİSTİM İYİDİR ÇABASI ABD Başkanı ...
Mass protests have been held in Iraq for more than a month. Al-Tahrir Square in central Baghdad has become the epicenter of revolutionary events. However, the experts are in no hurry to say what type of revolution it may be. The actions of the protesters strongly resemble the Orange Revolution in Ukraine in 2004 (in Iraq, youth also celebrate weddings ...
Instability in Iran Following the November 15 hike in gasoline prices (from 11,000 to 20,000 Iranian rials per liter), a wave of street protests began in cities across Iran, in many places turning into riots. Rioters set fire to banks, shops, gas stations and clashed with police. There are reports that some of the belligerents opened fire on law enforcement ...
Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri’nin çeşitli kademelerinde, yurtiçi, yurtdışı ve Orta Doğu görevlerinde bulunan Dr. Öğretim Üyesi Süleyman Özmen uwidata.com için özel değerlendirmelerde bulundu. “Soğuk savaş sonrası dünya üzerinde bozulan güç dengesi ABD’nin lehine olacak şekilde değişti. ABD ve Batı yönetimleri Doğu’ya doğru hareket etmeye başladı. Bu hareket, küresel teröre karşı mücadele, demokratikleştirme, insan hakları ihlallerinin önlenmesi gibi sebepler öne sürülerek meşrulaştırılmaya ...
Two different viewpoints have been prominent in analyzing the weeks of mass protests in Iraq, Lebanon and Algeria: There are “external forces” behind these protests Citizens are legitimately reacting to economic crisis and government corruption. The government is simply using allegations of foreign interference to weaken the protests There is relevant information regarding both viewpoints that should be kept in ...
Kurds constitute 10% of Iran’s population, generally residing along its western borders. There is a perfect relationship between the Kurdish people and the Iranian government. However, there also exists a limited separatist movement among the Kurds, which makes the Kurdish question paradoxical. KURDISH GROUPS IN IRAN Eight major groups have managed to include Iranian Kurds in their organization, however, it ...
Most western experts (and western journalists) have negatively evaluated President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Syria. Over the past month, the president has been accused of chaotic policies (an accusation which is already customary) and acting to the detriment of the interests of the United States and to the benefit of Russia (an even more familiar accusation) and even ...
A change of tactics The protests in Hong Kong have long since spilled over from peaceful channels into violent clashes between participants and the police. This time the battlefield has moved to the universities. On five campuses in China, students turned their universities into insurgent fortresses. The ensuing conflicts resembled medieval battles interspersed with the madness of Mad Max aesthetics: ...