“Fascism shall not pass in the land of Bolívar and Chávez, This is a triumph for peace, for stability and for our
Republic.” Maduro
from Venezuelan Analysis
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has secured a third term in office after triumphing in the July 28 presidential vote.
The first bulletin published by the country’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced an “irreversible trend” in favor of Maduro, with 51.2 percent of the vote compared to 44.2 percent for his main rival, opposition candidate Edmundo González.
The presidential contest had a turnout of 59 percent. The first bulletin was delivered with 80 percent of voting centers tallied.
“We call on everyone to respect the Constitution and the laws, and to respect the will of the people,” stated CNE President Elvis Amoroso in a press conference on Sunday at midnight. He added that results were delayed by an “attack on the transmission system” and urged authorities to investigate.
The detailed results broken down by voting center are expected in the coming hours...
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Saeed Shehabi, a leading Bahraini opposition figure, and Moosa Mohammed, a pro-democracy activist and photojournalist, allege that their computers were infected with surveillance software called FinSpy in September 2011.
ReplyDeleteThe ruling came months after the first-ever ruling in a UK court involving spyware and a foreign country in which the High Court found that Ghanem al-Masarir, a Saudi dissident who alleges that Saudi Arabia installed spyware on his phones, could proceed with his case.
States are normally shielded from most litigation in the UK under the State Immunity Act of 1978, enacted before spyware existed.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bahrain-appeals-landmark-spyware-case-involving-uk-based-dissidents