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• Fadi Saqr は Damascus の Tadamon における民間人の大量殺害で告発されており、人々は彼が司法の裁きを受けるべきだと訴えている。 • シリアの高官が the Guardian に語ったところによると、シリアの人権委員会は Assad 政権内の民兵組織リーダーである Fadi Saqr を、人道に対する罪および戦争犯罪への関与で告発する準備を進めている。 • Saqr は National Defence Forces (NDF) の元司令官であり、Damascus の Tadamon 地区やシリアの首都の他の地域における民間人の大量殺害や強制失踪に関与したとして、広く告発されている。続きを読む...

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宇宙飛行士たちは記者会見のため Oval Office で大統領に合流したが、彼が自画自賛を始めるまでに時間はかからなかった。Donald Trump は水曜日、歴史的な Artemis II 月周回飛行ミッションのクルーを White House に招待した。4人の宇宙飛行士 — コマンダーの Reid Wiseman、パイロットの Victor Glover、ミッションスペシャリストの Christina Koch、Jeremy Hansen — は、祝賀会と記者会見のため Oval Office で大統領に合流した。 続きを読む...

John Edwards, the data privacy watchdog, says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent report into ‘HR matters’The UK’s information commissioner has stepped back from his job after the data protection regulator launched an independent workplace investigation into unspecified “HR matters”.John Edwards, the national watchdog for information rights, data privacy and transparency among public bodies, said he was cooperating with the investigation in a post on his LinkedIn account. Continue reading...

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Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as both the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US military escalation in breach of the nominal ceasefire comes with greater risk against a regime disinclined to surrender.In theory, Trump’s military options are increasing. A third US carrier strike group, the George HW Bush, is due to arrive in the Middle East within days after rounding South Africa. A second taskforce of 2,500 US marines is sailing from the Pacific and is due to arrive by the end of April. Continue reading...