Tag: noose
The noose tightens around journalists in Iraqi Kurdistan
On Thursday, the criminal court in Erbil increased the sentence of Kurdish journalist and human rights defender Sherwan Sherwani, already imprisoned since 2020 for “undermining national security”, by four years.…
the noose is tightening around the anti-coal activists of Lützerath
German police are due to begin the eviction of environmental activists from Lützerath on Wednesday. This small hamlet between Aix-la-Chapelle and Cologne is doomed to disappear so that the energy…
TikTok: in the United States, the noose is tightening around the Chinese social network
Washington wants to tighten the screw. US lawmakers on Tuesday (December 20th) included a proposal to ban federal government employees from using the Chinese app TikTok on government devices. The…
Apple loosens App Store’s noose for in-app payments in South Korea
South Korean developers will be able to choose between the integrated payment system in the App Store and an alternative payment system. But Apple has provided for many constraints and…
War in Ukraine: the Russian noose tightens around Severodonetsk, in the Donbass
Heavy fighting is still raging in eastern Ukraine for control of the Donbass region where Russian forces are threatening the large city of Severodonetsk, whose suburbs are beginning to be…
the Russian noose is loosening around Kharkiv, according to kyiv
On the 77th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Wednesday May 11, the Russian threat is moving away from Kharkiv, the second city of Ukraine located in the east,…
social uprising in Peru, the noose is tightening around Pedro Castillo
The Peruvian president faces a general mobilization of the country against the rising cost of living. And the least we can say is that the emergency measures taken by the…
Apple finally loosens the noose of the App Store… for certain applications only
Apple has finally kept its word. The manufacturer will allow certain developers to offer a link to their websites in their applications, in order to allow users to create or…
the noose is still tightening on the media and freedom of expression
On the 6th day of the war, Moscow gathers its troops and the battle for Kiev looms. In Russia, the noose on an already minimal freedom of expression is tightening.…
The noose is tightening around Valérie Pécresse
Valérie Pécresse intends to stop the film of political recomposition launched by Emmanuel Macron in 2017. If the traditional right has resisted the onslaught of “at the same time” better…