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| Courtesy Cyprus Mail |
Protests in the Republic of Cyprus (South) against the use of the sovereign bases in support of Israel as the massacres of civilians in Gaza continue. The bases are UK sovereign territory dating back to the terms of Cypriot independence. How they are used - and this has included flights identifying targets in Gaza as well as allowing military access to the US - is not up to the government of Cyprus. However the Cypriot government has fallen considerably short of bitter protest, and not because they have no proven ability to engage in same.Meanwhile Amnesty International is warning that states “like the UK” that provide arms to Israel are deepening their complicity in genocide.
Busy times for Amnesty International as they are also monitoring and speaking out on lack of freedom of speech in Türkiye as Erdoğan’s arrests of protestors passes a thousand.
And presumably Amnesty is now gearing up to criticise ICE in the US for inhumane, racist and illegal treatment of immigrants and visitors. Complaints that Amnesty has had about the US and ICE for some time.
The weather is lovely, the food is good, the view is spectacular. The world is a mess.
