Canadian writer/activist Yves Engler is spending another night locked up as a political prisoner at the Bordeaux jail in Montreal for the crime of tweeting against Zionism.
@EnglerYves before his arrest: "If we had a minimally-functioning political system, the police would be investigating all these [Israeli-Canadian] soldiers for war crimes.."
Prosecutors are trying to force Yves Engler to agree to not speak publicly about the case—a bail condition they've used across Canada to coerce Palestine activists into silence. It's unconstitutional.
"This is obviously an attack against freedom of expression but really what it is, is a use of the policing and legal system to target someone that opposes the Canadian government's complicity in a a genocidal rampage by Israel that's left at least 100,000 people killed in Gaza.."
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says that the freezing of USAID funds has plunged entire NGOs, media outlets and journalism (🤣) around the world into chaos.
They readily pronounce that much of the world's “journalism” is paid for by Washington's dollars.
“In Ukraine, 9 out of 10 media outlets rely on USAID funding”
USAID programs funds US interest media in more than 30 countries
The agency funds at least 6,200 journalists, 707 “news outlets” and 279 media-sector “civil society organizations”.
Any sovereign country has already prohibited this.
The hostile situation in Bolivia further complicates things for Bolivia's friends/allies, who maintain a good relationship with both the Bolivian government and the MAS, led by Evo. They've spent over a year observing closely, walking on eggshells, urging international mediation.
The enemy of the Bolivian people is carrying out plots to kill Evo. It's far past the point where it's acceptable to both sides the situation. La Paz hasn't provided an explanation for how it is that police and military facilities were utilized by hitmen and escape helicopters.
The facilities and seemingly the resources used in this attack are of the police and army, controlled by the Minister of Government (Interior) and Minister of Defense. Did they order or authorize this operation or are they permitting criminal orgs to utilize state resources?
'Social media creates a virtual reality controlled by our new archenemy, Elon Musk, who'd like to come with an army to invade Venezuela. Thank god you showed your face. We knew you were behind all the bots with your money, with your satellite.' - @NicolasMaduro (paraphrased)
'He intends to control the world. Elon Musk already controls Argentina. He's after your lithium, people of Argentina. He already controls Ecuador. He's the representation of fascist ideology in the world. Economic power supporting the fascist ideology of extreme right.'
President Maduro remarks Elon Musk's posts to X last night, claiming that a photo served as evidence that NM stole the elections. "Elon Musk, you're so desperate..control yourself."
"You want a fight? I'm prepared. I'm a son of Bolívar and Chávez. I'm not afraid of you."
What happened today, July 26th in Bolivia? First, let's give some context. Follow below for transcription.
On June 24, the then general commander of the Army, Juan José Zuñiga, gave an interview in which he threatened to arrest Evo Morales. Then, on June 25 (yesterday), there was a media operation which indicated the dismissal of commander Zúñiga.
The following day (today!), Zuñiga appeared publicly in an act as Commander and seemed to deny his dismissal. On the morning of June 26, the high command of the Armed Forces ordered the barracking of the military. Around 2:30pm, military movements began in Plaza Murillo.
In northern 'democracies', people have to delete their entire phone contents and messaging apps before attending a protest, among other measures, because of the extent of criminalization of anyone involved in anti-genocide organizing. This is NATO's version of "free speech".
Surveillance is increasing. People will continue to be criminalized for everything and nothing. @palyouthmvmt has put out information on protecting your identify, devices, safety, surveillance, what to do if you're detained/arrested or visited by police. instagram.com/p/C5Ygrg5gpgq/…
In Toronto, undercover police arrested an activist on Saturday on College Street and confiscated their phone, informing them they would keep it as evidence and would not be returning it. They were made to sign papers. This is very bad.