Selasa, 17 Desember 2019
Former president of Pakistan sentenced to death for treason - Fox News
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2019-12-17 14:11:38Z
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Estonia apologizes after minister calls Finland's new leader Sanna Marin a 'sales girl' - CNN
The leader of Estonia's populist far-right party EKRE, Mart Helme, questioned the ability of Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, 34, to run her country on Sunday.
"Now we see how one sales girl has become a prime minister and how some other street activists and non-educated people have also joined the cabinet," Helme said on his party's radio talk show Sunday, according to Estonian public broadcaster ERR.
Marin -- who leads Finland's Social Democratic party -- has spoken about her life growing up in a disadvantaged family and working as a cashier, before she studied at university.
She became the world's youngest sitting prime minister earlier in December after replacing the nation's former leader, Antti Rinne. Five of Finland's major parties in parliament are all led by women, four of whom are in their 30s.
"I'm extremely proud of Finland. Here a poor family's child can educate themselves and achieve their goals in life. A cashier can become even a prime minister," Marin tweeted.
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid apologized for Helme's comments during a phone call with Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on Monday, according to a statement on the Finnish president's website.
Helme on Monday justified his statement by saying: "That specific sentence about the Finnish prime minister, which you have interpreted as demeaning, I have actually interpreted as complimentary -- as recognition that someone can work their way up from a low social standing to the peak of politics," according to ERR.
A press officer at the Finnish president's office told CNN that Kaljulaid was considering replacing the interior minister.
"President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid had a discussion with the prime minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas, on Sunday, during which Madam President suggested that the minister of interior should be replaced," Mailin Aasmäe told CNN.
On Tuesday, Helme survived a vote of no-confidence in the Estonian parliament, which was called because of his comments.
The Estonian interior ministry referred CNN to Helme's party, EKRE. The party has not yet responded to CNN's request for comment.
According to Reuters, Helme formerly worked as Estonia's ambassador to Russia and is known for his outspoken comments.
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2019-12-17 14:02:00Z
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The pound plummets after Boris Johnson's 'drastic' move that raises risk of Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal - Business Insider
- The pound sank on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to change the law on Brexit, making it illegal for Britain to continue negotiations with the EU after 2020.
- The pound fell 1% against the dollar and 1.1% against the euro at 8:30 a.m, chipping away at the currency’s post-election surge last week.
- „This sets up another cliff-edge and could create yet more months of uncertainty for investors just when we thought all was squared away,“ one analyst said.
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The pound sank on Monday morning after Boris Johnson put forward a law that would raise the risk of Britain crashing out of the EU by the end of 2020 without a deal.
The pound fell 1% against the dollar and 1.1% against the euro at 8:30 a.m in London, chipping away at last week’s 1.5% rally when traders cheered Johnson’s decisive Conservative party election victory.
The Prime Minister on Tuesday moved to change the law on Brexit, making it illegal for Britain to continue negotiations with the EU after 2020.
This comes despite warnings from the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that making a „comprehensive“ free-trade deal would be near impossible by the end of 2020.
Johnson’s move „means no possible way to extend the transition period,“ said Neil Wilson, chief markets analyst at Markets.com. „I must confess to believing he wouldn’t need to be so drastic, that a large majority offered the flexibility yet strength a government craves in deal-making.“
„This sets up another cliff-edge and could create yet more months of uncertainty for investors just when we thought all was squared away,“ he added.
For more on Johnson’s plan, which is due to be put forward to the UK Parliament on Friday, click here.
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2019-12-17 09:55:39Z
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The pound plummets after Boris Johnson's 'drastic' move that raises risk of Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal - Business Insider
- The pound sank on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to change the law on Brexit, making it illegal for Britain to continue negotiations with the EU after 2020.
- The pound fell 1% against the dollar and 1.1% against the euro at 8:30 a.m, chipping away at the currency’s post-election surge last week.
- „This sets up another cliff-edge and could create yet more months of uncertainty for investors just when we thought all was squared away,“ one analyst said.
- View Business Insider’s homepage for more stories.
The pound sank on Monday morning after Boris Johnson put forward a law that would raise the risk of Britain crashing out of the EU by the end of 2020 without a deal.
The pound fell 1% against the dollar and 1.1% against the euro at 8:30 a.m in London, chipping away at last week’s 1.5% rally when traders cheered Johnson’s decisive Conservative party election victory.
The Prime Minister on Tuesday moved to change the law on Brexit, making it illegal for Britain to continue negotiations with the EU after 2020.
This comes despite warnings from the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that making a „comprehensive“ free-trade deal would be near impossible by the end of 2020.
Johnson’s move „means no possible way to extend the transition period,“ said Neil Wilson, chief markets analyst at Markets.com. „I must confess to believing he wouldn’t need to be so drastic, that a large majority offered the flexibility yet strength a government craves in deal-making.“
„This sets up another cliff-edge and could create yet more months of uncertainty for investors just when we thought all was squared away,“ he added.
For more on Johnson’s plan, which is due to be put forward to the UK Parliament on Friday, click here.
Foto: sourceMarkets Insider
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2019-12-17 09:55:31Z
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Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf sentenced to death for high treason - CNN
A three-member special court in Islamabad on Tuesday convicted Musharraf of violating the constitution by unlawfully declaring emergency rule while he was in power, in a case that had been pending since 2013.
The 76-year-old former leader, who has lived in self-imposed exile in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates for more than three years, has the option to appeal the verdict.
Musharraf seized power in a military coup in 1999 and ruled Pakistan as President until 2008.
He was indicted in 2014 on a total of five charges, including three counts of subverting, suspending and changing the country's constitution, firing Pakistan's chief justice, and imposing emergency rule.
It's the first time in Pakistan's history that an army chief has been tried and found guilty of treason. Under Pakistan's constitution, high treason is a crime that carries the death penalty or life imprisonment.
The special court ruled on the death sentence by a two to one majority, with one of the three judges not backing the death sentence but agreeing on a conviction.
Musharraf has been living in Dubai since 2016 after Pakistan's Supreme Court lifted a travel ban allowing him to leave the country to seek medical treatment. From his hospital bed in Dubai earlier this month, the former leader said in a video statement that he was innocent and the treason case was "baseless."
Web of court cases
Musharraf earlier went into exile in 2008, returning to Pakistan in 2013 with the aim of running in the country's national elections. But his plans unraveled as he became entangled in a web of court cases relating to his time in power.
In 2007, Musharraf declared a state of emergency, suspended Pakistan's constitution, replaced the chief judge and blacked out independent TV outlets.
Musharraf said he did so to stabilize the country and to fight rising Islamist extremism. The action drew sharp criticism from the United States and democracy advocates. Pakistanis openly called for his removal.
Under pressure from the West, Musharraf later lifted the state of emergency and called elections in which his party fared badly.
Musharraf stepped down in August 2008 after the governing coalition began taking steps to impeach him. Prosecutors say Musharraf violated Pakistan's constitution by imposing the state of emergency.
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2019-12-17 09:46:00Z
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Why Are People Protesting in India? - The New York Times
A wave of protests against a new citizenship law has broken out in cities across India, as demonstrators fear it could endanger the nation’s Muslim minority and chip away at the government’s secular identity.
The unrest has spread to more than a dozen cities, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has responded by deploying troops, enacting a curfew and shutting down the internet. Violent police confrontations have followed; the police fatally shot several young men in Assam State, beat unarmed students with wooden poles in New Delhi, and used tear gas and batons to disperse protests elsewhere.
The citizenship law, which passed both houses of Parliament last week, was seen by critics as part of Mr. Modi’s broader push to transform India into a place where being Indian is synonymous with being Hindu. India, with a population of 1.3 billion, is about 80 percent Hindu and about 14 percent Muslim.
The law, paired with a citizenship test that has left nearly two million people in danger of being declared stateless, has Indian Muslims fearing they are being targeted at a time when there has been a surge of anti-Muslim sentiment.
Here is the background to understand what is happening.
What is in the citizenship law that ignited the protests?
The law, called the Citizenship Amendment Act, applies a religious test to whether illegal migrants from neighboring countries can be fast-tracked for Indian citizenship. It would apply to Hindus, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsees and Jains — but not Muslims.
Government officials have said the law is intended to protect persecuted religious minorities in some neighboring countries. But it would not protect persecuted Muslims, including the Rohingya in neighboring Myanmar.
What is the citizenship test?
All 33 million residents of Assam, a state bordering Myanmar and Bangladesh, had to provide documentary evidence, such as a property deed or a birth certificate, showing that they or their ancestors lived in India before 1971. Those who could not would be declared foreign migrants, at risk of being sent to huge new detention camps.
More than two million people, many of them Muslims, failed to pass the test and could end up stateless. The governing party of Mr. Modi has vowed to extend the test to other parts of India.
The government has said the test was intended to root out undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh. India’s home minister, Amit Shah, has repeatedly referred to these migrants as “termites.”
What do the Indian Muslims fear?
Many of India’s roughly 200 million Muslims see the new citizenship law as blatantly anti-Muslim. Constitutional scholars say that it is the first time India has passed a law that treats people differently based on their religion, and that it flies in the face of the country’s commitment to equality.
Some worry that the citizenship test and the new citizenship law could be used in tandem to strip them of rights they’ve held for decades and send them off to detention camps. They could be declared foreign migrants by failing the citizenship test, then denied protection from the new citizenship law because it doesn’t include Muslims.
Why are some non-Muslims opposed?
There’s growing concern among progressives and Indians of other faiths that Mr. Modi is trying to dismantle India’s secular traditions and turn the country into a religious state as a homeland for Hindus. Many of Mr. Modi’s supporters among the Hindu right support the nationalist push, and Mr. Modi himself comes from an ideological background that emphasizes Hindu supremacy. But there are many Hindus who want to keep India secular, as India’s founders, such as Mohandas K. Gandhi, had wanted.
In Assam, protests were led by Hindus who feared that the citizenship law could allow migrants to settle there and take their land. In this state, it’s not so much a rivalry between Hindus and Muslims. It’s more a case of locals versus foreigners. Many of the indigenous Assamese don’t want any new migrants, no matter what religion they subscribe to.
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2019-12-17 09:01:00Z
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The Citizenship law causing nationwide protests in India - BBC News - BBC News
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2019-12-17 07:42:48Z
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