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Chinese journalist jailed over Covid reports 'close to death'


AFP
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 08:45 UTC
Zhang
© Zhang Zhan/screenshotZhang Zhan in a video she uploaded to YouTube in May 2020.
A citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of China's initial response to Covid in Wuhan is close to death after going on hunger strike, her family said, prompting renewed calls from rights groups for her immediate release.

Zhang Zhan, 38, a former lawyer, travelled to Wuhan in February 2020 to report on the chaos at the pandemic's epicentre, questioning authorities' handling of the outbreak in her smartphone videos.

She was detained in May 2020 and sentenced in December to four years in jail for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" — a charge routinely used to suppress dissent.

She is now severely underweight and "may not live for much longer", her brother Zhang Ju wrote last week on a Twitter account verified by people close to the matter.

Zhang has been on a hunger strike and was force-fed through nasal tubes, her legal team, which did not have information on her current condition, told AFP earlier this year.

"She may not survive the coming cold winter," Zhang Ju wrote, adding that he had urged his sister in letters to "take care of herself. In her heart, it seems there is only God and her beliefs, with no care for anything else."

Zhang Ju's posts sparked fresh calls for his sister's release, with Amnesty International urging the Chinese government Thursday to "release her immediately so that she can end her hunger strike and receive the appropriate medical treatment she desperately needs".

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Chinese citizen journalist jailed for four years over Wuhan coronavirus reports

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Thirteen-year old Palestinian said shot dead by IDF in clashes near Nablus

Aaron Boxerman
The Times of Israel
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 06:21 UTC
Mohammed Daadas
© CourtesyMohammed Daadas, 13, shot and killed by IDF troops
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces near Nablus on Friday afternoon, Palestinian Authority health officials said. According to the PA health ministry, the boy arrived at a Nablus hospital with bullet wounds to his stomach. He died despite the efforts of medical staff, the ministry said.

Local Palestinian media identified the 13-year-old as Muhammad Daadas.

Clashes took place between Israeli forces and local Palestinians in the village of Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus, before Daadas's death. The Israeli army said its forces had responded to a riot near the nearby Israeli settlement of Alon Moreh.

"During the disturbance, rioters threw stones at Israeli soldiers. The troops responded with riot dispersal means and live fire," an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson said.

The army said it was "checking" reports of a Palestinian casualty. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 71 other people were wounded in clashes, most of them suffering from the effects of tear gas inhalation.
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© Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFPMember of the Israeli security forces tosses a tear gas canister toward Palestinian protesters during a demonstration east of Nablus in the West Bank.
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Lawsuit filed against Michigan for over 25,000 suspected dead registered voters still on rolls

Natalie Mittelstadt
Just the News
Thu, 04 Nov 2021 12:41 UTC
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The Public Interest Legal Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Michigan secretary of state alleging tens-of-thousands of deceased registered voters are on state voter rolls.

The suit filed Wednesday alleges "25,975 potentially deceased registrants."

The foundation says it has identified registered voters - those who were listed as "active" and "inactive" - on the rolls who are in fact dead, according to the Social Security Death Index.

Doc 1 - PILF v. Benson - Complaint.pdf

There were a total of 24,645 active registrants and 1,330 inactive registrants found on the voter rolls as of Aug. 5 who are potentially deceased. A total of 334 potentially dead registrants were registered after their death dates.
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BioNTech shares nosedive on news of whistleblower report & Covid pills


RT
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 00:30 UTC
BiontechModerna
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Shares of German biotech company BioNTech, which co-developed a Covid-19 vaccine with US company Pfizer, took a dramatic 20% plunge on Friday in the wake of a damning whistleblower report.

The price of BioNTech shares traded on the NASDAQ exchange briefly fell by around $60, and stood at around $216 at the time of writing.

Some analysts tied the dramatic fall - which amounted to more than 20% - to the publication of an explosive report on the trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine. Published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on Tuesday, the report cites a former contractor and claims to expose a staggering level of incompetence in management, the handling of data, and patient safety during the testing process.

The whistleblower, identified as Brook Jackson, claimed that the company hired poorly-trained vaccinators, that it was slow to investigate the adverse effects, and even falsified data on the trials. She also provided the BMJ with dozens of internal documents to substantiate her claims.

Another possible reason for the surprise stock plunge is said to be Pfizer's announcement of the results for its Covid vaccine. On Friday, it cited trial data showing that its "game-changer" pill, Paxlovid, reduces Covid-19 hospitalizations by 89%.
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NFL star Aaron Rodgers responds to hysteria over 'vaccine controversy', admits Joe Rogan now his chief medical advisor


RT
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:45 UTC
Joe Rogan Aaron Rodgers
© Jasen Vinlove / USA Today Sports via Reuters | Benoit Tessier / Reuters | Pat McAfee ShowJoe Rogan (top left) and Aaron Rodgers
NFL star Aaron Rodgers has hit out at reports that he 'lied' about his vaccination status as he reveals that he has been taking advice on alternative Covid therapies from podcast host Joe Rogan, including the use of Ivermectin.

Reigning NFL MVP Rodgers, 37, was the source of a media frenzy this week when he was accused of lying about his vaccination status against Covid-19 after telling the media in August that he had been "immunized" against the virus.

That was despite it emerging this week that he was unvaccinated after contracting the illness, forcing him out of the Green Bay Packers' crunch showdown with Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs this weekend.

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Dutch Supreme Court backs Russia over Yukos oligarchs in $57 billion arbitration case


RT
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:33 UTC
Dutch Supreme Court
© REUTERS / Sergei Karpukhin
The Dutch Supreme Court has overturned a 2014 ruling by a Hague-based arbitration tribunal that ordered Russia to pay $57 billion to former shareholders of Yukos, a defunct oil giant once owned by ex-oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

"Today the Supreme Court quashed the Appeal Court's final judgement, as well as the court's preceding judgement," the Supreme Court said in a statement on Friday, noting that the case would be referred to the Amsterdam Court of Appeal for "renewed judgement."

The judges contended that Russia had acceptable grounds for appealing the 2014 ruling, and ordered the Appeals Court to reconsider the claim that the former shareholders had committed fraud.
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Male teachers across Spain have started wearing skirts to 'challenge gender norms'


Good Job
Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:06 UTC
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As part of a drive to challenge gender norms, male teachers in Spain have been wearing skirts to school. After one of his students was dismissed and ordered to see a psychologist after wearing a skirt to school, Maths teacher Jose Pias started the Clothes Have No Gender (#LaRopaNoTieneGenero) movement in November.

Spanish male teachers are wearing skirts to school to challenge gender stereotypes in the country.

Following a boy's expulsion for wearing a skirt last year, several instructors have worn a skirt in the classroom as part of the Clothes Have No Gender movement - or #laropanotienegenero.

Comment: Also see: Gender-benders: British and Spanish primary schools are encouraging boys to wear skirts 'because equality'

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US Army veteran detained for Jan. 6 subjected to 'humiliating' strip search

Julie Kelly
American Greatness
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 13:37 UTC
protesters enter capitol building january 6
© AFP / Saul LoebSupporters of US President Donald Trump walk around in the Rotunda after breaching the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
Immediately following an in-person meeting with his defense attorney, Robert Morss, a January 6 detainee held in part of the D.C. jail system used exclusively to incarcerate Capitol defendants, was subjected to a strip search where he was verbally and physically abused by prison guards.

Morss, a former Army ranger with three tours of duty in Afghanistan, was arrested in June and later indicted on numerous counts including assaulting a police officer and disorderly conduct. (Morss is named in a multi-defendant case with others who battled police near the lower west terrace tunnel, where law enforcement officers from D.C. Metro and Capitol police were attacking protesters.) In July, Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee to the D.C. District Court, denied Morss' release pending trial.

Morss met with his attorney, John C. Kiyonaga, in advance of a status hearing scheduled for Friday afternoon. After Morss returned to the so-called "pod," prison guards informed him he would need to be strip searched.
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Chicago closing public schools November 12 for 'Vaccination Awareness Day'

Nick Gilbertson
Breitbart
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 00:00 UTC
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© Scott Olson/ Getty Images
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) announced it will be canceling school on November 12 for "Vaccination Awareness Day," so children five and older have the chance to receive their coronavirus vaccinations.

In a Thursday night email, Chief Executive Officer of CPS Pedro Martinez stated the day off will be an "opportunity for parents and guardians to take their children five years of age and older to get vaccinated at their pediatrician's office, at a healthcare provider, or at a CPS school-based site or community vaccination event," according to Chalkbeat.

Martinez said the day off is to ensure that all eligible students will have the chance to receive the immunization as quickly as possible, CBS 2 reports. CPS students will also be off the day before, Thursday, November 11, in observance of Veteran's Day.

Comment: New York is also participating in the 'Vaccination coercion Awareness Day' and is even offering $100 payments to elementary schoolers who get jabbed. Bill de Blasio said: "Everyone could use a little more money around the holidays. But, most importantly, we want our kids and our families to be safe". He also said: "It buys a whole lot of candy."

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Oil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone following crash, at least 92 people killed as crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel


The Guardian
Sat, 06 Nov 2021 12:08 UTC
sierra leone tanker explode
© Saidu Bah/AFP/GettyFirefighters working on the wreckage on Saturday morning after the explosion the previous night.
An oil tanker has exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking fuel, officials and witnesses said on Saturday.

The explosion took place late on Friday after a bus struck the tanker in Wellington, a suburb just to the east of Freetown.

The mortuary at Connaught hospital reported 92 bodies had been brought in by Saturday morning. About 30 severely burned victims were not expected to survive, according to staff member Foday Musa.

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