EU Activist Calls for Legal Action Against India Over Fake News Network
A European Union-based human rights activist, Andy Vermaut, on Sunday described the EU DisinfoLab’s revelations about an Indian network involved in a fake news campaign as “enormously damaging” and has called for the institution of a lawsuit against the Indian government to thwart the recurrence of such propaganda.
Vermaut, an official member of the International Alliance for the Defence of Rights and Freedoms (AIDL), an NGO with the participatory status to the United Nations ECOSOC committee, said, “This should have consequences for the Indian government that has the final responsibility. The Indian government should be held accountable for this in the court”.
E.U. Activist Calls for Legal Action Against India Over Disinformation Network
Andy Vermaut says penalties needed to curb similar campaigns from occurring in future
A European Union-based human rights activist on Sunday called for accountability of the Indian government in light of the EU DisinfoLab’s revelations about an Indian network operating a massive fake news campaign, saying this would help prevent a reoccurrence of similar propaganda.
“This should have consequences for the Indian government that has the final responsibility,” Andy Vermaut told the Islamabad Policy Research Institute. “The Indian government should be held accountable for this in the court,” said Vermaut, who is an official member of NGO International Alliance for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms, which has participatory status to the United Nations ECOSOC committee.
The minimum strategic value of US sanctions on Turkey By Hannan Hussain | CGTN | Updated: 2020-12-14 15:16
Editor s note: Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland (US) and a former assistant researcher at the Islamabad Policy Research Institute. The article reflects the author s opinions, and not necessarily the views of CGTN.
The United States is set to impose new sanctions on Turkey for its acquisition of Russian-manufactured S-400 air defense systems last year. The move stems from Washington s deep-seated and largely overplayed skepticism of Turkish defense transactions with Moscow, now backed by a sweeping defense bill that cleared the US Senate on December 11. The $740 billion bill increases the likelihood of Trump caving into Congressional pressure to hold Ankara to account – a posture of unilateral dictation grounded in CAATSA, the Countering America s Adversari