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Protest breaks out in Spain over new face mask rule

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A huge protest has been organised in Spain against measures imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19 outbreak. Hundreds of people have participated in the protest. They have raised their voice against the mandatory use of facemasks.

Since the three-month lockdown period introduced to curb the spread of the disease reached its end, the country has witnessing a consistent rise in the infection rate.

In the initial stage, face masks were made mandatory to customers of public transport. Later, it was extended to all.

It seems that people are not in a mood to tolerate the restrictions anymore. Spain is not the only country which has witnessed this kind of protest. Several other European countries have witnessed similar protest.

Spain is one of the worst affected country in the continent. It is not wise to accept the demand of protesters. It may lead to further increase in the number of cases in the country.

The country recently introduced a new set of restrictions. It imposed a ban on smoking in public.

It is believed that the restrictions are necessary to keep the virus load to the lowest in the country.  

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Belarus protesters tortured in jails, allege human rights activists

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Leaving the tainted Belarus government in a defenceless position, human rights activists have alleged that protesters who were arrested during the protest against the government have been brutally tortured in the custody of the authority.

Thousands of protesters were detained during the protest organised to express their anger against the opaque way in which the election was conducted.

Many westerns countries have extended support to the protesters. They have come up against strong statement against the Belarus government.

Sweden has requested the European Union to impose tough sanction against Belarus.

In the recent election, President Alexander Lukashenko, who had been ruling the country since 1990s, was re-elected as the supremo of the country.

Though the re-election was a triggering point of the protest, the actual spark had occurred much earlier when the president had announced his intention to take part in the election.

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Spanish region bans smoking in public places

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A region in Spain, Galicia, has introduced a blanket ban on smoking in public places. The ban has been launched to reduce the risk of the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The ban means here onwards restaurants and bars will have to discourage its customers from smoking insider its premises.

It is not clear whether the region will introduce any fine policy in order to strengthen its policy to ban smoking in public places.

Spain is one of the worst affected countries in the region. The country has not yet fully recovered from the clutches of the outbreak.

The ban has come at the time the country was struggling to recover from the damages inflicted by the outbreak.

For the last few days, the daily infection rate has been consistently increasing. The increase has put the system back to the fighting mode.

Though at the moment only Galicia has launched a ban on smoking in public places, in the near future several other regions in the country are expected to introduce such a policy in order to defend their regions from the threat posed by the virus.  

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Protest organised in Berlin against Covid-19 restrictions

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Tens of thousands of people have participated in a protest organised at Berlin, the capital of Germany, to express their disagreement against the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.

The protesters have complained that the restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak have violated their rights and freedoms.

The police has taken action against the protest on the ground that the protesters have violated the hygiene standards introduced as a part of the Covid-19 restrictions.

Germany is one of the few countries in the continent of Europe who has not experienced the ugly part of the virus outbreak.

Only 900 cases of Covid-19 has been reported in Germany so far, when some of its neighbours have witnessed more than double the number of cases witnessed in the European financial powerhouse.

 As many as 2000 people have participated in the protest.

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Two killed in train accident in Portugal

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At least two have been killed and over 30 others have been injured in a train accident in Coimbra, which is a popular district in the European country of Portugal.

The accident has happened at around 15:30. The crashed train is one of the fastest train operating in the country.

There were as many as 240 passengers in the train. The train has crashed into a railway maintence machine situated in a small town in the region of Coimbra.

The train was travelling from Lisbon to Branga. The real cause for the accident is at present unclear. An investigation is on.  

The president of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sausa, has expressed his condolence to the families of the affected personals.   

The rescue operation has been handled by a team comprising of around 163 rescue personals. The timely interference of the rescue team has averted the possibility of a great disaster.

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Hong Kong leader urges people to stay at home

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Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has urged the people of the city to stay at their homes, as the average number of cases reported each day has raised above the mark of one hundred – from the mark of less than ten a month ago.

As per her statement, the health care frame work of Hong Kong can face collapse as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

The leader has revealed a depressing reality that the city is on the verge of a huge community spread.  

The city has brought in some new regulations to fight the spread of the outbreak. It has made wearing masks in public mandatory. And, it has temporarily imposed restrictions on restaurants offering dine-in option.

The rise in the average number of cases reported in a day is very concerning. It seems that the city has lost its grip somewhere.

Till recently, Hong Kong was very efficient in managing the crisis.

Hong Kong is at present in the state of turmoil. A large section of the people of the city is against the attempt of China to sabotage the democratic values the city inherited from the United Kingdom.

The city has witnessed several large pro-Democratic marches in the recent past.

The west – especially the UK and the US – has condemned the action initiated by China against Hong Kong violating the agreement Beijing reached with London at the time it was handed over to the communist country.  

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Hungary: Journalists quit top news website over government’s interference

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As many as seventy journalist working for one of the top news websites in Hungary has filed their resignation, as they have found it hard to cope with the excessive interference of the government in the internal matters of the organisation.

Index is known for its independent working style. The said quality keeps it special from the rest.

Szabolcs Dull, the Editor in Chief of the organisation, was fired on Tuesday. It was the triggering point of the present crisis.

Those who have filed their resignation alleges that the sacking was a clear interference and an attempt to apply pressure on the website.

Shortly after the team of journalists have announced their decision, many have come out openly in support of the team, expressing their disagreement towards the excessive interference of the government in the matters concerning the freedom of press.

Since the induction of a nationalist government in Hungary, the country performs badly in the index of press freedom.

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NASA to launch DART mission mid-July next year

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In July, 2021, NASA will launch the Double Asteroid Redirection Test mission, the first full-scale demonstration of asteroid defection technology. The mission will target the smaller body in the binary asteroid system. It will demonstrate deflection technology that can be used to protect Earth from hazardous asteroids.

Asteroids are all around us at all times. We hear about the biggest and most dangerous ones on a regular basis, but at the moment we really don’t have any way to protect ourselves if one were to come speeding straight for Earth.

The acclaimed space research centre based in the North American country of the United States of America is one of the agencies working on ways to save us from a potentially disastrous collision. The DART mission will test the feasibility of pushing an asteroid off course by slamming a spacecraft directly into it.  

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Trial begins in synagogue attack case

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The trial in the infamous synagogue attack case has begun in the European country of Germany. Around two people were killed in the horrifying act.

The attack took place on 9th October 2019. It was the holiest day of the Jewish year.

The attack was live streamed by the attacker.

As per the version of police, he was inspired by anti-Semitism and xenophobia. He acted alone, according to the police. They said that he was radicalized through internet.

The case was shocking in nature. It sent shockwaves across the country.

Many German politicians came out strongly against the attack.

Notably, the attacker had a clear political motive. He wanted his attack to inspire a certain section of German people to take up arms against the Jewish community of the country.

It remains unclear how the trial will be handled. The lawyer of the attacker earlier said that there was no point in denying the action.

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German court extends support to people’s internet privacy

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A German court has observed that the authorities had too much access to the internet and mobile phone date of people.

The court has ordered the authority to develop a new law to protect the internet privacy of people.

Traditionally, Germans are very vigilant about their privacy laws. They never tolerate any kind of intrusion into their privacy matters.

They fought and dismissed the authoritarian politics of both the Nazi Germany and the post-World War Two East Germany, on this ground.

The latest directive of the court is serious in nature. It is expected to open up a serious debate on this matter.

The country has so far witnessed several movements demanding the protection of the mobile phone and internet date of people.

The court’s observation is expected to pave way for the emergence of a new political movement, which can force the country to introduce a strong law to protect the internet privacy of people.

It is high time to launch a global movement to protect the digital privacy of people. In most countries, the right to digital privacy is still in a primitive stage.

Let’s embrace the right to digital privacy together. Hope that the United Nations will take up the matter seriously.

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