​​​​​​​Prisons incubate Corona pandemic, fears for the lives of 180 journalists arrested in Turkey

On Monday morning, International newspapers focused on the dangers of the Corona pandemic in prisons, especially in Turkey, the Trump administration's decisions to exit from the War Risk Reduction Treaty.

Washington Post: This pandemic threatens dissidents and journalists jailed everywhere and must be released

The Washington Post spoke in a report about the gravity of the Corona pandemic for prisoners and said: "Prisons are fertile incubators for coronaviruses - people very close to each other, contaminated surfaces, indoor spaces, poor hygiene, and a lack of medication.

For those around the world who are thrown into prisons because of their beliefs, the pandemic can become a death sentence for them, prisoners everywhere must be protected from the virus for humanitarian reasons, and political prisoners must be released now, so that they do not die because of their sayings.

Journalist Afghan Mukhtarli, who was recently released from prison in Azerbaijan, where President Ilham Aliyev has systematically imprisoned those who criticize his regime, told CPJ that he was imprisoned in old barracks, prisoners sleep on beds, no hot water, family visits are canceled, source The only food and medicine are suspending indefinitely.

"The coronavirus will get every prisoner," he said. "I fear that prisoners will face death if the pandemic reaches the prison."

In Turkey, about 180 journalists are still in prison, arrested after the failed coup attempt in July 2016, prompting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to launch a massive clean-up operation against his enemies, using terrorism charges and other crimes to put them in prison.

While Turkey is studying a law to release prisoners, many of the intellectuals, human rights defenders, and journalists arrested after the failed coup may not be included, meanwhile, Turkey continues to arrest people who are talking about the pandemic on social media.

Defectors, human rights defenders and journalists should not be left everywhere to the scourge of the virus in stinking prisons for having the courage to tell the truth. "

Guardian: The Trump administration has decided to exit from the War Risk Reduction Treaty

As for the Guardian newspaper, it touched on American decisions to exit the open skies treaty and said, "Mike Pompeo and Mark Esper agreed to move forward with the withdrawal of the United States from the open skies treaty despite the pandemic, according to two sources familiar with administrative planning.

The Trump administration intends to withdraw from a 28-year-old treaty, designed to reduce the risk of an accidental war between the West and Russia, by permitting reconnaissance flights over each other's territory.

A statement of intent is expected soon, with a formal notice of withdrawal issued a few months later, perhaps at the end of the fiscal year in September, the United States will stop being a party to the treaty six months later, so if a new president is elected, the decision may be canceled before it takes effect.

The United States has complained about what it says are Russian violations of the treaty, which was signed in 1992 and has been in force since 2002.

This agreement aims to enhance mutual understanding and trust, so that any of the signatory countries can collect information related to the armed forces of the countries that rising of concern.

Times: The United States is developing a new drone to be a silent killer

On the military front of the United States of America, The Times newspaper said, "The United States is working to develop a new generation of drones to be silent killers by overcoming the terrorists' knowledge of the" noise "of existing models.

Researchers and defense companies that work for spy agencies and the U.S. Air Force have resorted to hybrid electricity technology to bring down noise levels to a minimum.

A US intelligence official told The Times that efforts are under way to develop "low-noise power generators" for unmanned aerial vehicles under a program called Great Horned Owl.

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