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Eric Brewer
BrewerEricM
I’ve been reflecting on the reactions to the US saying it is willing to remove some of Trump’s sanctions on Iran as part of a return to the JCPOA. Some
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DawsonSField
DawsonSField
Seems one of the Russian officials said on the transcripts that the Americans conducted the hacking?Which Americans would that be?#ButNothingsHappening https://twitter.com/CBS_Herridge/status/1266470605848707074 Here is the sanctions sectio
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Max Blumenthal
MaxBlumenthal
Tonight, Biden said he told Xi that China "must play by the global rules."Meanwhile, the US has unilaterally imposed sanctions on China that violate international law, and effectively kidnapped a
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Laura Breen
LauraCBreen1
Before my PhD I worked in sanctions compliance. To add to the chatter about today's ICC sanctions, here's a thread about how lives are destroyed when someone is listed by
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Mila
sedcontra_
Intuitively, Americans understand why collective punishment is wrong. Even Americans who hated and protested GW Bush felt the deep injustice and pain of 9/11.Yet they can’t grasp this logic when
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Danny Haiphong
SpiritofHo
Anyone ever question why some Iranians and their political leaders chant Death to America? Let’s begin with the CIA overthrow of Mohammed Mosaddegh in 1953. The brutal Shah monarchy killed
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Edwin van 't Pad
edwinvantpad
In a hearing with Dutch Parliament, #ICC Prosecutor Bensouda specifically refers to the Situation in #Palestine case (now before the pre-trail chamber) in relation to the US sanctions against her
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IPSC
ipsc48
A new report by @HRW shows that Israel is committing the dual crimes against humanity of #Apartheid and #Persecution of the #Palestinian people.https://www.ipsc.ie/apartheid/crimes-against-humanity-human-rights-watch-says-israel-committing-
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Tyler Cullis
TylerCullis
Here is @FDD trafficking in disinformation.This is dead wrong on multiple counts. Let me explain why. Section 104 of CISADA, which sanctions banks that engage in certain Iran-related transactions, does
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David Bosco
multilateralist
An ICC thought experiment: Put yourself in the position of a US official who strongly believes it is not legitimate for an international court that the US has not joined
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Andrés Pertierra
ASPertierra
Things are definitely getting dire in Cuba and no, the NYT isn't sensationalizing it here.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/20/world/americas/cuba-economy.html?smid=tw-share I saw some people get mad a while back when US media orgs starte
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Jarrett Blanc
JarrettBlanc
There had been a very good discussion of sanctions and the coronavirus in Iran and other contexts. It’s impressed me how quickly the discussion has moved from expert channels to
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Qiao Collective
qiaocollective
China delivered its 5th aid shipment to Venezuela, using an air channel that China & Venezuela created that avoids US sanctions. President Maduro: "Today we received the 5th plane of
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ListlessMillennial
YoungN_Listless
1 reason I feel bad about not voting Clinton in swing state 2016(thread): Obama admnstrtn was woefully inadequate(presided over shale renaissance in era of climate crisis, NPR labeled him “deporter-in-chief,
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Mila
sedcontra_
Something really bothersome to me is antiracist academics who have done extensive work on antiracism were also be really enthusiastic for Elizabeth Warren. Very few peoples’ “antiracism” includes people abroad
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Michelle Nichols
michellenichols
#UN official monitoring human rights in #NorthKorea, Tomas Ojea Quintana, tells #UNGA committee on Friday: "In the context of #COVID19 pandemic the need to partially lift sanctions is more compelling
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