Libia, Niger e Sudan, le nuove frontiere europee.
Effetti perversi del Processo di Khartoum e del #Migration_Compact. Cosa significa l’esternalizzazione dei controlli di frontiera: Libia, Niger e Sudan nuove “frontiere” europee.
▻http://www.a-dif.org/2016/12/04/libia-niger-e-sudan-le-nuove-frontiere-europee
#externalisation #asile #migrations #réfugiés
#processus_de_Khartoum #Libye #Niger #Soudan
Profughi: barriera in Niger, tra guerra e terrorismo
Il motivo della scelta sta nei “numeri”: l’Organizzazione Internazionale per le migrazioni (Oim) ha stimato che nel 2016 sono transitati dal Niger circa il novanta per cento dei migranti arrivati in Libia per cercare poi un imbarco verso l’Italia. E, sulla base di quanto emerge dai rapporti di varie organizzazioni umanitarie, da inchieste giornalistiche e da fonti di polizia, ce ne sarebbero a migliaia in attesa di mettersi in marcia da Agadez, la base di partenza principale delle “piste del contrabbando” che attraverso il deserto portano in Libia o in Algeria. L’idea, allora, sarebbe quella di “gestire” questi flussi in continua crescita facendo del Niger una sorta di hub di concentrazione, identificazione e smistamento dei migranti, con il supporto di campi attrezzati, magari sotto l’egida dell’Unhcr e dell’Oim, dove i profughi potrebbero eventualmente presentare domanda d’asilo e aspettare poi l’esito dell’esame, oppure soggiornare in attesa di riuscire a stabilizzarsi nello stesso Niger o in qualcuno degli Stati vicini, tanto più che, secondo i dati della Banca Mondiale, oltre il 75 per cento dei migranti subsahariani non puntano verso l’Europa ma preferiscono restare in Africa. Per molti versi, dunque, un grande hub che farebbe da “barriera selettiva”. E il Niger, rileva El Pais, diventerebbe così “il nuovo confine della ogni giorno meno salda Fortezza Europa”.
▻http://www.a-dif.org/2016/11/30/profughi-barriera-in-niger-tra-guerra-e-terrorismo
#hub #tri
EU to help Libya send migrants back home
EU states aim to help Libya deport would-be migrants back home, and to keep open “all available options” on its response to Russia’s actions in Syria.
EU claims of success in curbing Niger migrants greeted with scepticism
The EU has hailed a plunge in the number of migrants crossing Niger to reach Europe as a success for its anti-trafficking strategy, even as MEPs complained that the bloc’s figures did not add up.
The volume of migrants making the perilous journey across Niger’s desert fell from 70,000 in May to 1,500 in November, according to an EU statement released on Wednesday.
▻https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/dec/15/eu-claims-success-curbing-migration-niger-scepticism-meps-international
Rapport de l’Union européenne:
First Deliverables on the Partnership Framework with third countries under the European Agenda on Migration
▻https://eeas.europa.eu/sites/eeas/files/second-progress-report-1_en_act_part1_v11.pdf
▻https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/12301/progress-report-partnership-framework-third-countries-under-european-age
Coopération renforcée de l’Union Européenne avec le Niger
L’appui annoncé vise à soutenir, avec un budget de 470 millions d’euros, les efforts de réformes et le renforcement des capacités de l’Etat dans plusieurs secteurs – éducation, nutrition, sécurité alimentaire et résilience, agriculture durable, infrastructures, amélioration des capacités de l’Etat, gouvernance démocratique et promotion de l’Etat de droit.
Le nombre de migrants arrivant en Libye via le Niger a diminué de près de 100% en six mois, selon l’UE
Le flux de migrants remontant d’Afrique subsaharienne vers la Libye via le Niger a été réduit de près de 100% entre mai et novembre, a indiqué mercredi la Commission européenne, qui a salué la collaboration de Niamey pour ralentir le trafic sur cet axe très emprunté.
▻http://www.jeuneafrique.com/383979/societe/nombre-de-migrants-arrivant-libye-via-niger-a-diminue-de-pres-de-100-s
EU mulls roll-out of Africa migration deals
The European Commission does not want new migration deals with other countries despite pressure from EU states ahead of an EU summit on Thursday (15 December).
EU gives millions to Niger to help stop flow of migrants
BRUSSELS (AP) — Buoyed by the success of its refugee deal with Turkey, the European Union announced Thursday that it has earmarked hundreds of millions in euros for Niger to try to prevent people from leaving Africa in search of better lives in Europe.
Flussi di migranti dal Niger azzerati: li aiutiamo davvero a casa loro?
Giovedì 15 dicembre il Consiglio d’Europa, la riunione di tutti i leader europei che si tiene a Bruxelles, ha lodato il presidente del Niger Mahamadou Issoufou per il lavoro che il Paese africano sta facendo nell’ottica di arrestare i flussi migratori che lo attraversano. Nel corso di un vertice quadrilaterale tenutosi prima della riunione nella sede della rappresentanza tedesca nella capitale belga, cui hanno partecipato Issoufou, il Presidente francese Francois Hollande, la cancelliera tedesca Angela Merkel e il neo-primo ministro italiano Paolo Gentiloni, è stato inoltre siglato un accordo di sostegno finanziario di questi tre Paesi europei (più Spagna) al Niger.
▻http://it.ibtimes.com/flussi-di-migranti-dal-niger-azzerati-li-aiutiamo-davvero-casa-loro-1479
Migranti: quel patto Ue-Niger che sa di xenofobia
Aiuti dalla Ue al Niger perché coopera nell’arginare i flussi migratori. Pericoloso, perché definisce come migrante irregolare chi attraversa il paese. E dà ragione alle forze che in Europa da tempo etichettano come clandestini i profughi provenienti dall’Africa.
▻http://www.lavoce.info/archives/44451/migranti-quel-patto-ue-niger-che-puzza-di-xenofobia
EU needs Turkish-style migration deal with Libya - Maltese PM
The European Union needs to reach a deal with Libya to curb the flow of migrants trying to sail on smugglers’ boats to Italy, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said on Wednesday.
▻http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-europe-migrants-libya-idUKKBN1522DC?il=0
The E.U.’s Hollow Success Over Migrant Smuggling in Niger
The European Union says it is making progress countering migrant smugglers in the Sahara, but Peter Tinti, an expert on transnational organized crime, says it risks trading one crisis for another.
▻https://www.newsdeeply.com/refugees/community/2017/01/17/the-e-u-s-hollow-success-over-migrant-smuggling-in-niger
Niger’s migrant smuggling hub empties after EU crackdown
In a dirt-floored room in the town of Agadez in Niger, a pair of flip-flops and a cold pile of ashes are all that remain of what was once a teeming stopover for migrants preparing the fraught journey across the Saharan Desert and onwards to Europe.
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-niger-migration-agadez-idUSKBN15F13Q
EXCLUSIVE: EU migrant policy in Africa built on incorrect Niger data
In November, IOM raised eyebrows when it reported that just 1,525 migrants had been recorded moving north towards the borders – a massive drop compared to 12,600 the month before.
Days later, the figures had been included in a progress report on the Partnership Framework with Third Countries, an EU strategy for securing African countries’ cooperation in tackling irregular migration. A press release also cited them noting that “results in priority countries are taking shape, including first decreases in migratory flows”.
Except the 1,525 was wrong. A “technical problem” with a database had produced the incorrect figure, according to Monica Chiriac, a spokeswoman for IOM’s Niger office. In fact, IOM had recorded nearly 11,500 migrants heading for the Libyan and Algerian borders in November, a figure that only represented a small drop compared to October.
EU strategy stems migrant flow from Niger, but at what cost?
The EU-funded crackdown on migration through Niger has been effective at dramatically reducing the number of people heading northwards to the North African coast, and then Europe. But what has it left behind?
▻https://www.irinnews.org/special-report/2017/02/02/eu-strategy-stems-migrant-flow-niger-what-cost
v. les #renvois de #réfugiés_éthiopiens et #réfugiés_érythréens depuis l’#Angleterre (#UK) vers le Soudan:
EU urged to end cooperation with Sudan after refugees whipped and deported
MEP calls for inquiry as Ethiopian and Eritrean asylum seekers receive 40 lashes and $800 fines, while activists warn EU migration aid is emboldening Sudan
▻https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/27/eu-urged-to-end-cooperation-with-sudan-after-refugees-whipped-and-depor
v. aussi:
UK risks legitimising Sudan’s rights abuses with migration talks, MPs warn
Dialogue with Sudan to tackle migrant numbers is putting UK and EU’s reputation for championing human rights at risk, says parliamentary committee
▻https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/21/uk-risks-legitimising-sudan-rights-abuses-with-migration-talks-mps-warn
EU and Italian cooperation with Sudan on border control: what is at stake?
▻http://www.guengl.eu/uploads/news-documents/Report_GUE-NGL_Delegation_to_Sudan_19-22.12.2016.pdf
Delegation to Sudan uncovers human rights cost of EU deals on migration
A delegation of four GUE/NGL MEPs to Sudan has uncovered the dangers and human rights costs of cooperation between the EU and Sudan on migration control.
▻http://www.guengl.eu/news/article/category//delegation-to-sudan-uncovers-human-rights-cost-of-eu-deals-on-migration
La rotta dei disperati. Fra i migranti del Niger che sognano il biglietto per l’Italia
Il Paese africano è una tappa obbligata per chi vuole arrivare in Europa salpando dalle coste della Libia. Ma deve prima subire torture e minacce di trafficanti e criminali
▻http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2017/05/17/news/la_rotta_dei_disperati_fra_i_migranti_del_niger_che_sognano_il_biglietto_
What Europe is worth? A critique of the European migration policy in Sudan and Libya
The European refugee and migration policy aims at preventing irregular entry into the EU but at the same time almost no legal ways of entry are provided. In this context, funding is provided for refugee camps in the region in order to ensure that refugees will not move on to Europe. For this purpose, since recent years agreements and so called “deals” have been concluded with countries of origin or transit. To assess this policy, two questions need to be answered: Do the policies of the EU and its Member States comply with their international obligations? And how does this go together with the manifested objective of fighting the root causes of migration?
►http://eptoday.com/what-europe-is-worth-a-critique-of-the-european-migration-policy-in-sudan-a
Rimpatri forzati in Sudan, arriva il ricorso contro l’Italia a Strasburgo
Cinque cittadini sudanesi provenienti dal Darfur - vittime del rimpatrio forzato con cui il 24 agosto 2016 l’Italia ha rispedito 48 “irregolari” nel Sudan di al-Bashir - hanno presentato ricorso alla Corte Europea dei Diritti dell’Uomo (CEDU). Adesso l’Italia rischia un’altra condanna come quella per i respingimenti in mare verso la Libia di Gheddafi. 4 cose da sapere sul caso e perché è tanto importante.
▻http://openmigration.org/analisi/rimpatri-forzati-in-sudan-arriva-il-ricorso-contro-litalia-a-strasburgo/?platform=hootsuite
#CEDH
Reçu via la mailing-list Migreurop :
L’#OIM, conjointement avec les services de la Protection Civile du Niger, a réalisé une mission à la frontière Niger Libye pour l’évaluation des routes migratoires dans la partie Nord du Département de Bilma du 19 au 25 Juillet 2017. Etat des lieux de la situation dans le nord Niger sur les routes qui permettrait à l’OIM d’organiser les convois de personnes vers le camp OIM d’Agadez et à termes les « #retours_volontaires » depuis le camp. Une mission d’ « évaluation des besoins »
Au-delà de l’état des lieux (utilisation de routes secondaires plus dangereuse, abandon des personnes dans le désert, réduction des passages dans certaines zones qui précarisent les transporteurs locaux, etc.), on y apprend deux trois choses :
– « Opérations de recherche et de sauvetage » organisées par l’OIM dans le cadre de la mission : à #Achégour et #Deo_Timni deux opérations ont été effectuées : kit d’hygiène, transport par camion IOM pour Agadez et organiser des retours volontaires. A noter ici que l’OIM souligne que la plupart des personnes repartent des camps OIM pour retenter le passage.
De plus, « La question de l’évacuation des dizaines de milliers de migrants bloqués dans les villes libyennes de #Sebha et #Al-Gatrun a été discutée avec les responsables Libyens du poste de Toummo. Le chef de poste a proposé d’organiser une rencontre avec ses supérieurs à Al-Gatrun, ce que le calendrier de la mission ne permettait malheureusement pas. Il a toutefois été possible de rassembler des informations parcellaires sur la situation des migrants au sud #Libye. Une prochaine mission doit être préparée dès maintenant pour explorer les options pour une #évacuation _humanitaire via le Niger des migrants
bloqués dans le sud libyen »
– Demande de la police Nigérienne de mettre en place une #base_de_données pour les personnes interpellées et les personnes décédées. Pour l’instant tout est fait à la main.
– Arrestation des transporteurs mais pas ou peu de suivi judiciaire car pas de moyens, vice de procédure et faute de preuve, les personnes sont relâchées.
En ce sens, « demande des services de police locaux ont émis le besoin d’une présence policière à Madama ou à Dao Timni , idéalement au sein de la base militaire. Un détachement d’une douzaine d’hommes pourrait y être installé et accompagner les patrouilles des militaires pour accélérer le déferrement et assurer le respect des procédures. »
– La Direction de la surveillance des frontières (DST) de la police nationale déploiera dans quelques mois un « #poste_frontière_mobile », c’est-à-dire un camion doté de l’équipement et du personnel nécessaire pour exercer des missions de contrôle des frontières et des flux migratoires dans la région.
Le rapport de la mission en français est ici : ▻http://www.iom.int/sites/default/files/press_release/file/Rapport-de-mission-19-25-Juillet_Final.pdf
#mourir_dans_le_désert #mourir_dans_le_Sahara #frontières_mobiles #contrôles_frontaliers #frontières
Syria Kurds announce start of campaign to retake #Raqqa
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/5d2818fec6864288933e4b29e2b1abb4
The United States considers the Syrian Kurdish fighters as the most effective force against the IS, but Turkey views them as a terror organization and has said it will not accept a role for the Kurds in the liberation of Raqqa.
#Syrie #Turquie #Kurdes #Etats-Unis
« Accord » avec Washington pour écarter les Turcs de la bataille de Raqqa - L’Orient-Le Jour
▻http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1016787/accord-avec-washington-pour-ecarter-les-turcs-de-la-bataille-de-raqa-
La coalition arabo-kurde, qui s’est lancée dimanche à la conquête de la ville de Raqqa, fief des jihadistes du groupe Etat islamique (EI) en Syrie, a affirmé s’être mise d’accord avec les Etats-Unis pour écarter la Turquie de l’offensive.
« Les Forces démocratiques syriennes (FDS) se sont mises d’accord de manière définitive avec la coalition internationale (dirigée par Washington) qu’il n’y aura aucun rôle turc ou des rebelles qui leur sont alliés dans l’offensive » de Raqqa, a affirmé à l’AFP Talal Sello, leur porte-parole.
Arab Fighters Massively Defect from US-backed SDF, Attack Kurdish YPG Units in Northern Syria
▻https://southfront.org/arab-fighters-massively-defect-from-us-backed-sdf-attack-kurdish-ypg-uni
Septembre 2016
Via Joshua Landis
On September 2, Liwa al-Tahrir announced that it will leave the YPG-led SDF due to the group’s policies and called for remodel of the coalition. Following the statement, the YPG attacked Liwa al-Tahrir units near the village of Suluk south-east of Tell Abyad in the province of Raqqa.
The YPG also attempted to encircle Liwa al-Tahrir checkpoints near the village of Qunaitra located north-east of Suluk. Firefights were reported there. According to Baladi News, at least 50 Liwa al-Tahrir militants are now in the city of Jarabulus where they jointed the Turkish-led forces in northern Syria. A commander of Liwa al-Tahrir, Abo Mohamad Kafrzita, is reportedly in Turkey now.
Separatly, Arab-Kurd tensions increased in Ayn Issa forcing YPG to dispatch units to take over checkpoints under Liwa Ahrar Raqqa control. Liwa Ahrar Raqqa claim to have expelled YPG from 5 villages around Ayn Issa – al-Qadriyah, al-Hamdanat, Kardushan, al-Duraybiyah and Abo Tabat after a series of firefights in the area.
Further reports added that Hazm Movement, Jabhat Thuwar Syria and Jabhat al-Haq also joined the Turkish-led forces that participate in the “Operation Euphrates Shield.”
Summarising the situation in northern Syria, it’s easy to conclude that on September 2, the SDF ceased to exist as a united force of the YPG and some non-Kurdish units.
AP EXCLUSIVE: Text of Syria cease-fire #deal
The following is the text of the Syria cease-fire agreement reached by the United States and Russia on Sept. 9, 2016.
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f5428d60326c4394a1c95efcefad8d77/ap-exclusive-text-syria-cease-fire-deal
#cessez-le-feu #Syrie #guerre #conflit #Russie #USA #Etats-Unis
Ravaged by conflict, Yemen’s coast faces rising #malnutrition
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/cb0fd722f9bc41f4ab093a45c79877c8
Sitting by her son’s hospital bed, Houdaid Masbah looks at her 5-year-old boy’s skeletal body and sunken cheeks, helplessness engulfing her like a thick cloud — a desperation she shares with many other mothers in Hodeidah.
Even before the war, Hodeidah was one of the poorest cities in Yemen, the Arab world’s most impoverished nation. Now, the destruction of the port city’s fishing boats and infrastructure by the Saudi-led coalition’s airstrikes over the past 18 months of war has deprived the townspeople of their prime livelihood.
IS buried thousands in 72 mass graves, AP finds
HARDAN, Iraq (AP) — Surrounded by smoke and flames, the sound of gunshots echoing around him, the young man crouched in the creek for hours, listening to the men in his family die.
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/7b538929486f493da85e84d7ee7470a5
#fosses_communes #massacres #ISIS #EI #Etat_islamique
Ventimiglia: migranti fuggono in Francia passando dalla scogliera e occupano spiaggia a Mentone
▻https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=111&v=McZXJZ9YcS4
Riportati in Italia i migranti fuggitivi di Ventimiglia: in poco più di un’ora la Polizia Francese ha liberato la spiaggia occupata
Si tratta dei migranti che erano sfuggiti nel tardo pomeriggio alle forze dell’ordine italiane, che presidiavano l’area occupata su piazzale De Gasperi a Ventimiglia al confine con Mentone.
▻http://www.sanremonews.it/2016/08/05/leggi-notizia/argomenti/cronaca/articolo/riportati-in-italia-i-migranti-fuggitivi-di-ventimiglia-in-poco-piu-di-u
Insulti dei poliziotti ai migranti sugli scogli, il video di Ventimiglia diventa un caso
«Bastardi, venite qui»: le immagini pubblicate da Fanpage
▻http://www.lastampa.it/rf/image_lowres/Pub/p4/2016/08/06/Italia/Foto/RitagliWeb/video_fanpage_-kOYC-U1090534770930HG-1024x576@LaStampa.it.PNG
▻http://www.lastampa.it/2016/08/06/italia/cronache/insulti-dei-poliziotti-ai-migranti-sugli-scogli-il-video-di-ventimiglia-diventa-un-caso-VIKmHZEHmq43y1mHF6OazI/pagina.html
Ventimiglia, polizia sgombera i migranti insultandoli: “Bastardi, deficienti”
A Ventimiglia giovedì 4 agosto, circa 300 migranti hanno deciso di lasciare il campo gestito dalla Croce Rossa in polemica su come viene gestito, riprendendo con forza la protesta per la riapertura del confine. Da giorni, dopo lo sgombero del campo autogestito nel centro gestito dalla croce rossa la situazione era diventata insostenibile a causa del sovraffollamento: oltre 500 i migranti presenti.
▻http://www.osservatoriorepressione.info/ventimiglia-polizia-sgombera-migranti-insultandoli-bastard
#insultes #police #violences_policières #racisme #xénophobie
Ventimiglia: la polizia insulta i migranti. Civati: “Alfano ci spieghi”
«Prenderemo tutte le iniziative a nostra disposizione per sapere cosa ne pensano il ministro Alfano e il presidente Renzi di quel poliziotto a Ventimiglia che, come si vede dal servizio giornalistico di Fanpage, si riferisce ai migranti con insulti di ogni specie. Vogliamo che il ministro valuti le modalità operative utilizzate e ci dica se e come ha intenzione di intervenire»: non usa mezze parole Pippo Civati per chiedere chiarezza sulle immagini di alta tensione a Ventimiglia, confine italo francese, in cui un poliziotto in borghese apostrofa alcuni migranti con «pezzi di merda», «bastardi» e insulti vari. Il leader di Possibile si rivolge direttamente al Ministro degli Interni Angelino Alfano per avere spiegazioni.
▻http://www.fanpage.it/ventimiglia-la-polizia-insulta-i-migranti-civati-alfano-ci-spieghi
France returns hundreds of migrants to Italy
MILAN (AP) — France has returned some 200 migrants to Italy who plunged into the sea to cross into France, evading border controls.
Turkey renames Bosporus Bridge ’15th July Martyrs’ Bridge’
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge will be renamed “July 15th Martyrs’ Bridge” in honor of civilians who died resisting Turkey’s coup attempt.
Refugees and migrants fleeing sexual violence, abuse and exploitation in Libya
Horrifying accounts of sexual violence, killings, torture and religious persecution collected by Amnesty International reveal the shocking range of abuses along the smuggling routes to and through Libya. The organization spoke to at least 90 refugees and migrants at reception centres in Puglia and Sicily, who had made the journey across the Mediterranean from Libya to southern Italy in the past few months, and who were abused by people smugglers, traffickers, organized criminal #gangs and armed groups.
Nameless bodies: the horror faced by migrants in Libya
Even after I’d visited the morgue, and spoken to trafficked women, it was Jallo’s story which stuck in my mind.
▻http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2016/07/nameless-bodies-horror-faced-migrants-libya
#corps #cadavres #morgue
Migrants face torture, rape in journey from Libya to Europe
ABOARD THE AQUARIUS ON THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA (AP) — The young Liberian man went through hell, but when he reached Libya he hoped that there he’d be able to make a living and get an education. Instead, he entered another hell of imprisonment, then near death at sea.
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9b394bbd9eeb42a5b4200f2cdf3f58f2/migrants-face-torture-rape-journey-libya-europe
Libya’s Migrant Economy Is a Modern Day Slave Market
For migrants from sub-Sahran Africa, Libya was a destination even before Muammar Qaddafi fell in 2011, and the country turned itself in a boat launch to Europe. The dictator fancied himself as a munificent overseer of the continent below. When liberation struggles were underway against colonial masters, Qaddafi sent guns and money, and when the newly independent nations set out to organize themselves as a bloc, he not only helped fund the African Union, but proposed an even more ambitious configuration, The United States of Africa. It never went anywhere, not least because the dictator was, of course, more Arab than African. (The north African expanse of the Mahgreb, which includes Libya, is part of Africa on the maps, but separated from the sub-Saharan African region where migrants hail from by both desert and culture.)
▻http://time.com/4538445/libyas-migrant-economy-is-a-modern-day-slave-market
L’info qui circule beaucoup aujourd’hui, parce qu’apparemment le sujet mérite d’être qualifié de «Big story» par AP: Thai man bloodied but unbowed after intimate attack by snake
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/5dc421c4ba2e4201b71e4ae39598842a
A Thai man is recovering from a bloody encounter with a 3-meter (10-foot) python that slithered through the plumbing of his home and latched its jaws onto his penis as he was using a squat toilet.
[…]
The 38-year-old told Thai TV Channel 7 that he struggled to remove the snake for 30 minutes Wednesday before he managed to free himself with help from his wife and a neighbor. After his wife tied a rope around the snake, Attaporn pried open its jaws before passing out.
Report : immigrant students blocked from enrolling in school
Immigrant children living in the U.S. without legal status have been blocked from registering for school and accessing the educational services they need, according to a report on school districts in four states by Georgetown University Law Center researchers.
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4d49a60d2ce34c60b047ab9fe7ecfecd/report-immigrant-students-blocked-enrolling-school?platform=hootsuite
#sans-papiers #école #éducation #accès_à_l'éducation #USA #Etats-Unis #enfants #enfance
La Palme d’Or du journaliste bien dressé est attribuée à… Sinan Salaheddin et Susannah George, auteurs de cette magnifique « Big story » de l’AP. Se demandant pourquoi les Irakiens ont une image aussi détestable des États-Unis, la réponse est : à cause des théories du complot (et non parce que les États-Unis auraient affamé, bombardé, envahi, rebombardé, tiré sur tout ce qui bouge, torturé, humilié, violé, volé, pillé, utilisé des armes terrifiantes à hautes doses, lâché des dizaines de milliers de mercenaires jouant aux cow-boys dans les villes irakiennes, distribué des millions de dollars à tous les salopards sectaires du coin…). Une récompense remportée haut la main, parce que « conspiracy theories » n’est pas utilisé une fois, mais deux fois.
US struggles to convince Iraqis it doesn’t support IS
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/6a235d57456b41edae135cf0ce275233/us-struggles-convince-iraqis-it-doesnt-support
Newspapers and TV networks repeat conspiracy theories that the U.S. created the jihadi group to sow chaos in the region in order to seize its oil.
[…]
40 percent believe that U.S. policy is working to “destabilize Iraq and control its natural resources,” and a third believe America “supports terrorism in general and (IS) specifically.”
[…]
Skepticism about U.S. motives is deeply rooted in Iraq, where many still blame the chaos after the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein on American malice rather than incompetence. The conspiracy theories are also stoked by neighboring Iran, which backs powerful militias and political parties with active media operations.
(Un prix bien mérité qui nous rappelle que pour faire un bon journaliste, il faut avant tout une bonne mentalité de clébard.)
L’article ne rappelle pas (non plus) que les Syriens partagent cette même « théorie du complot » avec Les Irakiens. Règle number one de l’orientalisme aux ordres : ne jamais se demander pour quelle raison les premiers « bénéficiaires » des processus de démocratisation made in America ont de telles idées…
J’aime cette phrase : « on American malice rather than incompetence ». Etre capable de mobiliser et faire la guerre a si grande echelle, par incompetence...
First Syrians arrive in US under surge resettlement program
The first Syrian family to be resettled in the U.S. under a speeded-up “surge operation” for refugees left Jordan on Wednesday and arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, to start a new life.
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7541e848938d43f0b2051cc215426b3a/first-syrians-leave-us-under-surge-resettlement-program
#réinstallation #asile #migrations #réfugiés #réfugiés_syriens #USA #Etats-Unis
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Is Dan Perry, @perry_dan working for the Egyptian government? How can Associated press publish such pseudo “analysis”.
@AP Analysis: Arab democracies? Not so fast, say some
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/14048cba70214fb1be30157252b9b665/ap-analysis-arab-democracies-not-so-fast-say-some
Egypt, compared to most other Arab states, has made impressive strides. El-Sissi overwhelmingly won presidential elections in 2014 with far more votes than had been won two years earlier by Mohammed Morsi, the Islamist president the military overthrew for alleged misrule in 2013. While the election was widely criticized because the previously ruling Muslim Brotherhood was banned, few claim the vote count was falsified — no small matter considering the region’s recent history. And the president is constitutionally limited to two terms in office — a stark contrast to most of the region. Egypt also has a new elected parliament more diverse and empowered than has been the norm in the region.
Escalade au sud d’Alep où un ensemble de groupes avec notamment les groupes salafistes al-Nousra, Ahrar al-Cham et Jound al-Aqsa attaquent plusieurs villages constituant des positions prises par l’armée syrienne fin 2015 lorsqu’elle avait, avec l’appui de l’aviation russe, établi une zone sécurisant l’autoroute Damas-Alep. Le village de Tall al-’Eiss vient semble-t-il d’être pris par al-Nousra. L’attaque est présentée par ces groupes comme une réponse aux violations du cessez-le-feu par le régime.
2 remarques sur cette escalade :
1° - al-Nousra pourrait être en train d’essayer d’entraîner plusieurs groupes à rendre caduque la cessation des hostilités - même si la zone concernée ne fait pas partie de cet accord. Voir ici l’analyse d’E.J. Magnier sur la menace que cet accord fait peser sur al-Nousra : ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/475052
Sujet déjà abordé à plusieurs reprises sur seen this (voir #liste_blanche / #liste_noire)
2° - la Division 13 (ASL), récemment boutée hors de son QG de Maraat al-Nouman par al-Nousra (voir : ▻http://seenthis.net/messages/469485), ce qui avait déclenché des manifestations pro-ASL et anti-alNousra dans la ville, combat désormais au cours de cette offensive aux côtés de cette branche syrienne d’al-Qaïda.
Ceci attesté sur son compte twitter où est publiée la photo d’un de ses combattants mort dans la bataille pour la prise du village de « Khalidyah dans le rif sud d’alep » : ▻https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ce-9m7KWQAAhLDC
Photo violente, ajouter .jpg au lien final pour ceux qui souhaitent consulter la photo du « martyre » de la division 13.
Pour l’ensemble des liens pour chacun des groupes : ▻https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar/comments/4cyneh/armed_groups_participating_in_the_rebel_spring
Dépêche Associated Press :
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:7d2db4bd879d49dea7048d7d9f0d0094
BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s partial cease-fire is unravelling, as fierce fighting between government forces and opposition fighters, including members of the al-Qaida affiliated Nusra Front, erupted Saturday outside the country’s second largest city of Aleppo.
At least 25 pro-government fighters died in clashes south of Aleppo, where the Nusra Front and rebel militias captured a hill overlooking a major highway, a Britain-based monitoring group told The Associated Press.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said fighting continued throughout the day Saturday close to the village of Tel al-Ais, which overlooks the main road connecting Aleppo with the capital, Damascus.
The coordinated rebel and Nusra Front offensive follows weeks of air raids on opposition-held areas despite the partial cease-fire. The truce agreement, the first of its kind in Syria’s five year war, excludes the Nusra Front and the Islamic State group.
Une dépêche Reuters aussi :
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-aleppo-idUSKCN0WZ0O5?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNew
Le tout dans le contexte où Ryad Hijab fait des déclarations fracassantes à Genève expliquant qu’il n’est pas optimiste sur les accords de Genève et critique le manque de volonté américain :
▻http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-opposition-idUSKCN0WZ0B5
The Syrian opposition is not optimistic about upcoming peace talks in Geneva because there is no international will for a political transition, opposition member Riad Hijab told Al Araby Al Jadid television late on Friday.
The Syrian opposition has consistently said that it wants a halt in attacks on civilians and for the Geneva talks to result in a transitional governing body for Syria that does not include President Bashar al-Assad.
“There is no international will, especially from the U.S. side, and I do not expect anything to come of the negotiations,” said Hijab , the coordinator for the Saudi-backed Higher Negotiation Committee (HNC), the main opposition bloc.
On serait un peu parano - mais je me soigne - on pourrait voir là un feu vert donné par l’Arabie saoudite à ce coup de canif dans la cessation des hostilités.
Le PYD kurde annonce unilatéralement la création d’une région fédérale (autonome) au nord-est de la Syrie (Qamishli-Kobané), en pleine discussion à Genève (dont les Kurdes ne font pas partie) :
Dépêche AP :
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/urn:publicid:ap.org:6bfb16dc44214b5bb8fb4bbb204e3589
BEIRUT (AP) — A powerful Kurdish party announced plans Wednesday to declare a federal region in northern Syria, an idea promptly dismissed by Turkey and Syrian government negotiators at U.N.-brokered peace talks.
The declaration was expected to be made at the end of a Kurdish conference that began Wednesday in the town of Rmeilan, in Syria’s northern Hassakeh province.
It comes as the Damascus government and Western- and Saudi-backed rebels are holding peace talks with a U.N. envoy in Geneva on ways to end the devastating civil war, which this week entered its sixth year.
The main Syrian Kurdish group, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its military wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), have so far been excluded from those talks so as not to anger Turkey, despite Russia’s insistence that they be part of the negotiations. Ankara views the group as a terrorist organization.
Et dans le même temps le YPG kurde semble mettre un coup de pression au gouvernement en assiégeant le quartier-général des Forces de Défense Nationale (milice pro-régime) dans la ville kurde de Qamishli.
The Latest: 18 US-backed rebels killed in Syria car bomb
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/e1dc4ad0840d484e8939b03754d143f2/latest-un-official-says-syria-aid-convoys-being-delayed
Quneitra-based opposition activist who goes by the name of Abu Omar al-Golani says that 20 fighters were killed in the blast, including the commander of the Syria Revolutionaries Front, Capt. Abu Hamza al-Naimi.
He says the blast went off when several commanders were meeting at the group’s office in Asheh.
Dix-huit membres du Front des révolutionnaires de #Syrie tués dans la province de Qounaitra.
►http://www.lorientlejour.com/article/973384/larmee-syrienne-ouvre-un-nouveau-front-dans-le-nord-ouest.html
... l’OSDH a indiqué qu’au moins 18 rebelles ont été tués mercredi dans un attentat à la voiture piégée contre leur position dans un village du sud de la Syrie.
« Dix-huit membres du Front des révolutionnaires de Syrie (FRS), dont quatre de leurs dirigeants, ont été tués par l’explosion d’une voiture piégée qui a visé leur position dans le village d’al-Achi, dans la province de Qounaitra », proche du #Golan occupé par #Israël, a annoncé l’OSDH. L’OSDH n’a pas pu identifier les auteurs de l’attaque.
Ce groupe est l’un des plus puissants dans cette provinces avec les jihadistes du Front al-Nosra. Le FRS est soutenu par les pays occidentaux et des pays arabes, notamment la Jordanie toute proche. Il avait participé avec d’autres rebelles, il y a un an, aux combats pour chasser les extrémistes de l’EI de la province.
#Yémen : près de 40 morts dans un raid de la coalition menée par l’#Arabie_saoudite
▻http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20160227-yemen-40-morts-raid-coalition-menee-arabie-saoudite-marche-sanaa
Des raids aériens menés par la coalition conduite au Yémen par l’Arabie saoudite auraient fait près de 40 morts samedi près de Sanaa. L’attaque a touché un marché de Nehm, dans la province de Sanaa. La plupart des victimes seraient des #civils.
Saudi man gets 10 years, 2,000 lashes over atheist tweets
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/aab8e56dc4724605a71d9fb6eb21c383/saudi-man-gets-10-years-2000-lashes-over-atheist-tweets
Plan to establish Arab Court of Human Rights in final stage
▻http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/884921
JEDDAH: The [SAUDI] Shoura Council is giving final touches to the draft statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights.
To be based in Bahrain, the court will have independent judges and provisions enforceable in all member states.
The observations being amended by the Shoura Council in the draft statute involve the use of the masculine pronoun for both the masculine and feminine subjects alike.
[...]
According to official sources, the Court will seek to promote the human dignity, justice, equality and the rule of law in order to achieve the goals and objectives of the Arab Charter on Human Rights.
Heureusement, un jour le pétrole se tarira.
UN agency report shows Iran mostly complying with nuke deal
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/f049e58557c64909a720944067b78be3/un-issue-first-iran-report-nuke-deal-implementation
Encore une fois, “Nuke” en lieu et place de “nuclear activities”
“Sheikh Salman is calling on voters to agree on a single candidate ahead of the election. [..] Sheikh Salman dismissed suggestions that winning a contested election would give him a stronger mandate” - the athlete torturer who runs for #FIFA presidency has no idea how elections work. FIFA really provides awesome entertainment, even to people such as me who are uninterested in football !
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7c0f4ab814f04bfebb0871a39d170813/ap-interview-sheikh-salman-urges-1-candidate-fifa-poll
Comment ils font, chez Haaretz ? Ils prennent cet article de Bassem Mroue pour Associated Press, qui dit explicitement que le Hezbollah ne manque absolument pas de volontaires au Liban :
A Hezbollah recruiting push covers its deeper role in Syria
▻http://bigstory.ap.org/article/de8588cd81244ed58a7dd12e32ee18e2/hezbollah-recruiting-push-covers-its-deeper-role-syria
It finds no shortage of volunteers, since Shiites have rallied around Hezbollah even more than in the past, seeing it as the community’s protector amid a wave of bombings and suicide attacks by Sunni radicals against mainly Shiite areas in Lebanon since 2013.
… et ils ajoutent un titre et un chapeau totalement grotesques avec les mots « entices » et « luring » : Suffering Heavy Losses in Syria, Hezbollah Entices New Recruits With Money and Perks
▻http://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/1.692632
South Lebanon residents say Shiite group started major recruitment initiative, luring fighters $2000 paycheck, free education for their children, stipends for families if they are killed.
Ces gugusses sont vraiment désespérés.