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Catherine Smallwood
WHO senior emergencies officer
“From the scientific point of view, it's unlikely that the virus is not circulating in Turkmenistan.”
Read more...Independent reports dispute Turkmenistan’s official statistics. The country reported zero cases to the World Health Organization while allegedly keeping a secret count. -
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Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander
“We assure our full respect for our young men and women’s right to the freedom of expression and democratic peaceful protest, and we work on protecting and securing the protests according to the law.”
Read more...News reports say the Sundanese security forces killed 14 people and injured more than 300 in a crackdown on demonstrations against October’s military coup. -
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Wang Wenbin
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson
"Since the implementation of the Law on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong SAR, U.S. and other foreign investors have enjoyed a safer, more stable and predictable business environment."
Read more...Hong Kong’s threatening, authoritarian National Security Law has spooked U.S. and other foreign businesses. -
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Press TV
Iranian state media outlet
“During the episode, American forces confiscated the tanker that was carrying a cargo of Iranian oil in the strategic Sea of Oman, transferring its consignment of crude to another vessel.”
Read more...Iran did what it falsely accused the U.S. Navy of doing: it took control of a Vietnamese-flagged tanker. -
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RT (Russia Today)/ Brendan Heard
"Melting statues to create modern art is a sign America hates its own history & no different from ISIS destroying Palmyra."
Read more...Removing U.S. monuments to an era of slavery and racism is nothing like Islamic State’s senseless destruction at the ancient world heritage site in Syria. -
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Melissa Strickler
Former quality assurance and quality control manager at Pfizer
“Pfizer whistleblower, Melissa Strickler, reveals that the vaccine glows. She suggests that the glowing components are SM-102 (Luciferase) and graphene oxide.”
Read more...There are no “glowing components” in the Pfizer vaccine, while so-called “whistleblower” seizes on Christian fears to spread conspiracy. -
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Abdel-Fattah Burhan
Commander-In-Chief, Sudanese Armed Forces
“Whoever thinks that this is a coup, just look at any corrective movement in the government like April 12, which could be thought of as a coup.”
Read more...Call it a coup or not, the Sudanese army took power by force in violation of a 2019 agreement with Sudan’s pro-democracy movement. -
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Alexander Lukashevich
Russia’s permanent representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
"The use of such vehicles is banned by the Minsk Agreements. Also, flights of any type of drone, except OSCE Special Monitoring Mission drones, are prohibited by the measures on reinforcement of the ceasefire regime."
Read more...Drones are not banned by Minsk II. However, the Ukrainian drone struck a howitzer banned by the agreement. -
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Alexander Lukashenko
President of Belarus
"Poland decided to fight illegal migration on the border with Belarus with the help of Leopard tanks. … Are they going to use tanks against civilians?"
Read more...Poland has sent additional troops to the border in response to Belarusian human trafficking, but not tanks. -
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China Radio International (CRI)
State-owned international radio broadcaster of China
“[T]he White House Vaccine Task Force said that COVID-19 vaccines are federal property, [they] do not allow donation, and [they] destroyed those vaccines.”
Read more...The U.S. government prohibits state and local authorities from donating expiring vaccines abroad for logistical and legal reasons. -
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Jair Bolsonaro
President of Brazil
"We know that we are guilty of absolutely nothing. We know that we did the right thing from the first moment."
Read more...Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro flouted proven measures to fight COVID-19 and save lives. Now, he faces charges of criminal negligence. -
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Ye Min
Chinese vice minister of ecology and environment
“Greenhouse gas emissions have effectively been put under control in 2020. China’s carbon emission intensity reduced by 18.8 percent … basically reversing the rapid growth of CO2 emissions.”
Read more...China has only reduced carbon dioxide emissions relative to its economy. Total greenhouse gas emissions continue to grow.
