(2020-03-12). Turkish FM hits back at Greek counterpart as Ankara & Athens clash over Erdogan's 'Nazi' comments. rt.com 
Turkey's foreign minister has doubled down on Ankara's claim that Greece is using Nazi-like tactics against migrants, tweeting a widely-cited NY Times article at his Greek counterpart. Athens insists the article is untrue. | Mevlut Cavusoglu appeared to be unmoved by Athens' condemnation of remarks made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who compared Greece's treatment of migrants to atrocities carried out by Nazi Germany. | The senior Turkish diplomat tweeted at Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias in which he included a New York Times article alleging that Greece abuses migrants. "Have you seen this?
(2020-03-12). Mexico has no plans to close borders after US travel restrictions. rt.com 
Mexico's government is not planning to restrict international travel to the country or to close its borders due to the coronavirus outbreak, in spite of major curbs announced a day earlier by the US. | Standing alongside President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell said on Thursday there was no scientific evidence that restricting access to ports of entry would play a significant role in protecting public health, Reuters reports. | "Restricting international travel to Mexico is not planned, nor is it being considered. Nor is closing borders or maritime ports," Lopez-Gatell sa…
(2020-03-12). Duterte puts Philippines capital on lockdown 'to stop spread of coronavirus'. rt.com 
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday announced strict immigration curbs and a halt on domestic land, sea and air travel to and from Metro Manila, in a "lockdown" of the capital to stop the spread of coronavirus. | The president approved a resolution allowing a raft of measures including bans on mass gatherings, a month of school closures and community quarantining, and threatened to jail local officials who defied government orders, Reuters reports. | Duterte, who underwent a test himself on Thursday due to possible exposure, said the measures would include banning foreigners traveling from countri…
(2020-03-12). Czech govt shuts borders to travelers from Germany & Austria. rt.com 
The Czech Republic will close its borders to travelers coming from Germany and Austria to contain the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday. | The country will ban the entry of foreigners coming from other affected nations. | Citizens will also be barred from traveling to those areas. Among other measures, the government has banned public events attended by more than 30 people, and has closed places such as sport centers and spas. | Restaurants must close by 8pm, Reuters reported, citing the announced measures.
(2020-03-12). Saudi Arabia halts all travel, grounds flights to EU & other virus-stricken countries — state media. rt.com 
Saudi Arabia has suspended all travel for residents and grounded flights to a number of coronavirus hotspots across Europe and Asia, Saudi state media reported on Thursday. | One the kingdom's most significant steps yet to stem the lethal outbreak, the move will cut off travel to the whole of the European Union, Switzerland, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Sudan and South Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Djibouti, Somalia and the Philippines, according to an Interior Ministry source cited by the Saudi Press Agency. | All passenger traffic through border crossings with Jordan was also halted, with the exception of…
(2020-03-12). Greece: Covid-19 Case in Lesbos Spreads Fear Among Migrants. telesurenglish.net Greece's health authorities reported a first Covid-19 case on the Lesbos island where thousands of refugees are overcrowded in unsanitary conditions. | RELATED: | The infected patient is a 40-year-old woman who had recently traveled to Israel and Egypt as a member of a pilgrimage group to the Holy Land. | Over the last week, more than 1,700 new ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Ä…
(2020-03-12). Reinventing the World Social Forum: how powerful an idea can be. zcomm.org Ideas that were discussed concerned the initiative to make a network of sanctuary cities, to develop a world movement against fascism and to emphasize the need for convergence between the movements…
(2020-03-12). Federal Court Hears Arguments on Funding for Trump's Border Wall. globalresearch.ca A conservative judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals signaled on Tuesday, March 10, that he will probably vote to let President Donald Trump
(2020-03-12). Syria's Envoy to Russia Says Erdogan Using Refugee Crisis as Leverage Against European States. sputniknews.com Previously, Ankara stopped preventing Middle Eastern refugees from trying to breach through its borders with neighbouring European states, specifically Greece, thus violating an agreement that Turkey signed with the EU back in 2016.
(2020-03-12). Turkey 'neutralizes' 8 YPG/PKK terrorists in N. Syria. yenisafak.com The Turkish army "neutralized" 8 YPG/PKK terrorists in northern Syrian territories, the National Defense Ministry said on Thursday."Our heroic commandos neutralized 8 PKK/YPG terrorists, who were found plotting attacks on our troops in the Operation Peace Spring area," the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish authorities generally use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terrorist operations across its border into northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable peaceful settle…
(2020-03-12). Death toll from coronavirus climbs to 429 in Iran. yenisafak.com The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in Iran rose to 429, the state TV reported on Thursday.Authorities said 75 people died in the last 24 hours, while 1,075 new cases were revealed, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 10,075, Iran's state TV quoted Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour as saying.A total of 3,276 people have been discharged from hospitals after recovering from the virus, the official added.Turkey, which has just a single confirmed case of coronavirus, closed its land borders and suspended air travel to Iran last month.Besides China, Italy, and South Korea, Iran is among…
(2020-03-11). Samidoun: Germany escalates attack on Khaled Barakat, Palestinian rights with four-year ban: Fight back against repression! imemc.org By Samidoun — Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network: The German state has once again escalated its harassment and repression directed against Palestinian speech and advocacy. In the latest order issued by the Berlin immigration office, received yesterday, 9 March, German officials escalated their attacks on Palestinian writer and activist Khaled Barakat, …
(2020-03-11). Wisconsin FRSO celebrates International Women's Day in Milwaukee. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On the evening of March 6, Wisconsin Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a celebration of International Women's Day in Milwaukee. FRSO members were joined by roughly 50 activists and community members at Village Church. The event was titled "Women Rising: A Decade of Revolutionary Struggle." Event organizers set out to highlight the key role played by women in the social movements over the last ten years as the new decade begins. | The walls were decorated with large, handmade posters containing images and information regarding revolutionary women in the environmental, immigran…
(2020-03-11). Greece's Migrant Crisis Has Further Exposed Turkish Fake News. globalresearch.ca Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's attempt to intimidate the Syrian Army and force them to withdraw to the Sochi Agreement lines in Idlib utterly failed, resulting in the Turkish leader having to embarrassingly accept large swathes of liberated territory …
(2020-03-11). Turkey's Migrant Weapon Against Greece. counterpunch.org It comes as no surprise that Greeks and Turks don't like each other. They have been enemies for more than a thousand years. The Turks are Mongols who appeared for the first time in Asia Minor in the eleventh century when Asia Minor or Anatolia was the home of the Greeks. The Anatolian cataclysm of
(2020-03-11). Turkey to Keep Its Border Open for Refugees to Go to the EU. telesurenglish.net Turkey's RELATED: | "We decided not to stop those people who want to go to Europe. We fed and dressed the…
(2020-03-11). India Cancels Tourist Visas, Closes Myanmar Border for Coronavirus. telesurenglish.net India said Wednesday it would suspend all tourist visas to the country in a wide-reaching attempt to prevent the spread of RELATED: | The virus has hit Europe and the United States far harder than China's most immediate neighbors in Sout…
(2020-03-11). The Roots of Anti-Racist, Anti-Fascist Resistance in the US. counterpunch.org "No Trump, No KKK, No Fascist USA!" has been a popular protest chant since the New York real-estate mogul and former reality TV star became the 45th president of the United States. This was no mere rhetorical flourish. We saw a surge in the ranks of white nationalists and the "alt-right," an escalation of domestic terrorist attacks on Black and Brown people, immigrants, Muslims, Jews, and the LGBTQ community.
(2020-03-10). Immigrants in WA Detention Center Demand Protection from Coronavirus, Not Posters in English. democracynow.org 
As the world responds to the COVID-19 outbreak, we look at how the Trump administration's immigration policies may put everyone at risk. We go to Seattle, Washington, not far from the Life Care Center in the suburb of Kirkland, which was the epicenter of the U.S. coronavirus outbreak. In nearby Tacoma, Washington, our guest says she saw posters in English only when she went to visit immigrants held in the Northwest Detention Center, which is run by private prison company GEO Group. We speak with Maru Mora-Villalpando, an activist and undocumented immigrant with the groups La Resistencia and Mijente, who issued a…
(2020-03-10). Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights. thenation.com Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights…
(2020-03-10). San Diego Police Stop Black People at a Rate 219 Percent Higher Than White People. aclu.org "They did what human beings looking for | freedom, throughout history, have often done. They left." | These | are the words of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson in her book, "The | Warmth of Other Suns." The book | follows the story of three Black Southerners and their journey escaping racial | violence — a sharecropper's wife who | left Mississippi in the 1930s for Chicago, an agricultural | worker who left Florida for New York City in the 1940s, and a doctor who left Louisiana in the early 1950s. | Their | journey was part of the Great Migration that occurred between 1916 and 1970,…
(2020-03-05). Trump is Sending Special Forces-style Agents into Pro-Immigrant Cities. aclu.org As part of its governments that choose not to collaborate with Immigration and Customs | Enforcement (ICE), Trump administration officials have confirmed plans for two new tactics in their anti-immigrant | agenda. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will deploy Border Patrol's | special forces-style unit, known as BORTAC, and other Customs and Border | Protection (CBP) agents — dressed in plainclothes [m…
(2020-03-05). Headlines for March 5, 2020. democracynow.org Coronavirus Cases Near 100,000 Worldwide as U.S. Death Toll Reaches 11, President Trump Contradicts WHO's Warning over Coronavirus Death Rate, Billionaire Mike Bloomberg Ends Presidential Bid, Endorses Joe Biden, Bernie Bashes Biden's Billionaire Backers as Healthcare Stocks Surge Post-Super Tuesday, International Criminal Court to Investigate Taliban, Afghan and U.S. Troops for War Crimes, 15 Civilians Killed in Latest Syrian Airstrikes in Idlib, Turkey Accuses Greece of Killing Migrant as Greek Riot Police Fire Tear Gas at Border, EU Ministers Support Greek Crackdown on Asylum Seekers Despite Protests, Federal…
(2020-03-03). Deportation is a death sentence, and our government's hands are bloody. splcenter.org Deadly violence is inescapable for hundreds of returned Salvadoran migrants. This small, Central American country is the murder capital of the world.
(2020-03-03). Headlines for March 3, 2020. democracynow.org Super Tuesday Kicks Off as Moderate Dems Coalesce in Support of Joe Biden, 6 Dead in Washington from Coronavirus, as Criticism Mounts over CDC Handling of Outbreak, U.S. to Start Troop Withdrawal as Taliban Vows to Resume Attacks and Afghan Gov't Rejects Prisoner Swap, Migrant Child Drowns Off Greek Coast, Refugees Attacked as Asylum Crisis Deepens, Iraqi Power Vacuum as Caretaker PM and Designated Successor Both Walk Away from Post, Benjamin Netanyahu Holds Lead Over Rival Benny Gantz But Falls Short of Outright Majority, Report: 80,000+ Uyghur Muslims Forced into Factory Labor for Nike, Apple, Revolutionary Nic…
(2020-02-28). Knowingly or Unknowingly, CIS Newsletters Promote the Work of White Nationalist Kevin DeAnna. splcenter.org Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), has attempted to distance his organization from the far-right actors he has cited over the years to promote CIS's anti-immigrant agenda.