On the front page: the protest is growing in Burma, a week after the coup
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Burmese citizens show the three-finger salute as they protest against the military coup in their country, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, February 8, 2021. © Soe Zeya Tun / REUTERS
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The images of these crowds of demonstrators, tens of thousands of people who took to the streets again across Burma this weekend, appear on the front pages of many international press headlines.
“
Their rallying sign - these 3 raised fingers are brandished to signify an unvarnished refusal to go back,”
writes the columnist for the Swiss daily
Le Temps
, which devotes an entire dossier to the Burmese crisis.
With in particular a long light on the Burmese army, the famous Tatmadaw.
"
A state within a state
", explains the daily which describes an army well equipped with "
Russian assault helicopters, fighter bombers, Chinese frigates, and heavy artillery
".
An army which has "
always fought against armed groups from its own country
", underlines
Le Temps
with "
a penchant for disproportionate violence and the deliberate targeting of civilians
".
In addition to its firepower, the Tatmadaw is also an economic power, adds the daily, it has 14% of the national budget, to which is added "
its involvement in jade mines and drug trafficking and its control in each sector. of the economy
”.
This makes it "
one of the most powerful and corrupt organizations in the country,
" said an American diplomat.
And the editorial writer of
Le Temps
launched a vibrant appeal to the international community to come to the aid of the Burmese "
choosing to look away is not acceptable
", he writes "the courageous Burmese disobedience is a call that our democracies must hear and defend ”.
Concerns in Israel, after ICC decision to investigate possible war crimes
It's on the front page of
Haaretz
.
The Tel Aviv daily explains in particular that the famous "
alert button
" the "
panic button
" which is used by generals and senior Israeli officials has been reactivated.
This is an emergency number that they use in case of problems abroad.
“
Lawyers are also on alert
,” the daily said, “
Israel has already contacted friendly countries to obtain prior information on the arrest warrants
”, and finally “
a list of a hundred Israelis who could potentially be in danger has also already been prepared
”.
In short, great excitement after the decision of the International Criminal Court;
feverishness which according to the Haaretz is quite simply "
not justified
".
The daily points out "
that it will take time for the ICC to decide on who to investigate
", and that probably "
years will pass before the Israelis are really targeted
".
But in the meantime, believes the daily "
the decision of the ICC will have a chilling effect on the highest leaders of Israel, and will undoubtedly limit crimes in the future
".
An opinion shared by the German daily
Suddeutsche Zeitung
, for whom "
Israel - just like Hamas must now think twice before doing things that could be considered as war crimes
".
Calls for a boycott of the Winter Olympics in 2022 in China
American and British elected officials highlight the many human rights violations in China to demand a boycott of the Beijing Games next year.
And here is what triggers a big anger of the columnist of the
Global Times
, the nationalist newspaper of Beijing who castigates "
a bunch of disturbed people
", and insists that "
no member of the IOC, no athlete, no population will accept to be thus taken hostage, their plot will never succeed
”.
And to reassure himself, the Chinese columnist underlines "that
at present no government has expressed its desire for such a boycott, and that no parliament has a force powerful enough to pass such a project
”.
The Queen of England reportedly lobbied to hide her personal fortune
A
Guardian
scoop
which makes its front page with a full-page photo of Queen Elizabeth, and publishes a long investigation which would prove that in the 70s her gracious majesty "
pressured the government to change a bill in order to conceal his private wealth
”.
"
The Queen,
" the
Guardian
explains
, was
concerned that this bill would allow the public to examine her finances
. "
Evidence of the monarch's lobbying would come from "
memos unearthed in the National Archives
."
In response, Buckingham Palace for its part argues that these allegations are "
simply incorrect
".
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