Martin Holland

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Martin HollandApr 12
Jacob T. LevyApr 12
It's not just that Orbán losing inspires hope in other competitive-autocratic countries ruled by right-wing nationalist authoritarians. It's that his loss materially changes things in those other countries, because he's been operating as a headquarters and funding source...
Martin HollandApr 12
Martin HollandApr 12

Wow! So there are still good news!

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"Election result 'painful for us, but clear,' Orbán says as he concedes defeat"

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/12/hungary-election-latest-results-viktor-orban-peter-magyar-fidesz-tisza-russia-europe-live-news-updates

Magyar celebrates as Orbán’s 16-year rule ends - as it happened

This live blog is now closed

the Guardian
Martin HollandApr 10
Martin HollandApr 10

"The futures and spot prices are rarely exactly the same, but the gap between them has grown unusually big in the past few weeks, so much so that #oil executives and analysts say futures prices no longer accurately reflect the extent of the supply shock that the world is experiencing."

(🎁) https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/business/energy-environment/iran-oil-prices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.CpL7.BEd86ur9ZH_z

Iran War Drives Deeper Oil Shock Than Prices Reveal

The war with Iran is preventing huge amounts of oil from flowing out of the Persian Gulf, but the prices that many people track don’t fully capture the scale of the disruption.

The New York Times
Martin HollandApr 1

Speaking amid mounting international condemnation of the bill, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, described the law as “patently inconsistent with #Israel’s international law obligations, including in relation to the right to life”. He added that it “raises serious concerns about due process violations, is deeply discriminatory, and must be promptly repealed”.

“Its application in a discriminatory manner would constitute an additional, particularly egregious violation of international law. Its application to residents of the occupied Palestinian territory would constitute a war crime,” Türk said.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/israel-death-penalty-law-international-criticism #Palestine

‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chief

Volker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed

The Guardian
Martin HollandMar 29
Martin HollandMar 29

"The leg of a deceased person is seen under the rubble as search and rescue teams are conducting operations in homes damaged by US and Israeli missile strikes carried out at midnight in Ray, south of #Tehran, Iran on March 27, 2026. The attacks caused extensive damage to numerous buildings, and at least five people lost their lives."

#Iran #IranWar

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Martin HollandMar 24

Nobody can later say, they didn't know 👇🏼

Tania Warner described the treatment of her and her daughter as “horrific” from the start. After being held for about five and a half hours at the checkpoint, they were sent to the first facility, where “every single person … was handcuffed – including children”, the mother said.

There, they slept on the floor on 2in mats and the lights were on 24 hours a day. Agents would not let Warner call a lawyer and constantly pressured her to sign documents agreeing to “self-deport”.

“They’re abusive, and their tactics are to threaten you and to be so inhospitable that you deport yourself,” Warner said. She and her family say she has made it clear they have all the correct documents to live and work in the US, but that has been ignored.https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/24/canadian-mother-detention-warns-immigrants #ICE #Donald #Trump #Trump

Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE warns all immigrants to ‘lie low’

Tania Warner says she has documents showing she is in the US legally, but immigration agents were not swayed

The Guardian
Martin HollandMar 13

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Die Koalition mäandert zwischen Sympathie für eine Befreiung Irans von außen und der Nostalgie nach Regeln, die einst die Welt besser machen sollten. Das Thema wird so schnell wie möglich von seiner beängstigenden internationalen Dimension auf die kleinstmögliche innenpolitische Perspektive reduziert: die Zapfsäule. Und auch hier wird nach einer zumutungsfreien, steuerfinanzierten Lösung gesucht, damit bloß niemand wach wird und sich fragt, wieso wir eigentlich immer noch ein Problem aus dem Jahr 1979 lösen.https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/rehaugen-hagel-wolfram-weimer-debatten-deutschland-li.3451973 #Sprit #Iran #Irankrieg

Deutsche Diskussions-Kultur: Immer schön so tun, als wär nix

Rehaugen, Tränen im Theater, Kernkraft: Die deutschen Debatten demonstrieren eine Weigerung, sich an veränderte technische, klimatische und machtpolitische Gegebenheiten anzupassen.

Süddeutsche Zeitung
Martin HollandMar 8
Martin HollandMar 7

Despite #Iran’s internet blackout, I regularly receive text and voice messages from within the country - people talking about life under attack. One was from a forty-something man, who sounded really low.

"I’m freaking out," he says. He describes seeing "a lot of fighter jets" and hearing "five or six explosions".

Although the war itself is in the headlines, "the people inside Iran have been forgotten", he says.

In his view, all the media talks about is what Trump has said and how Iran responded. "Even Iranians abroad are mostly either dancing and congratulating #Israel, the US, and #Trump, or tearing each other apart," he says.

Meanwhile, inside Iran, he is seeing people "nearly break from fear" at the sound of a door slamming. "When I call someone and they don’t answer, I almost have a heart attack," he says.https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ceqvwrydzpqt?post=asset%3Ae6ed32b6-47f2-4d7f-a4f7-506d1e5296e9#post #IranRevolution #IranProtests

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' and says UK aircraft carriers not needed - follow live

Meanwhile, Iran continues attacks on Gulf states as UAE officials say a Dubai resident has been killed by falling shrapnel.

BBC News
Martin HollandMar 7

Despite #Iran’s internet blackout, I regularly receive text and voice messages from within the country - people talking about life under attack. One was from a forty-something man, who sounded really low.

"I’m freaking out," he says. He describes seeing "a lot of fighter jets" and hearing "five or six explosions".

Although the war itself is in the headlines, "the people inside Iran have been forgotten", he says.

In his view, all the media talks about is what Trump has said and how Iran responded. "Even Iranians abroad are mostly either dancing and congratulating #Israel, the US, and #Trump, or tearing each other apart," he says.

Meanwhile, inside Iran, he is seeing people "nearly break from fear" at the sound of a door slamming. "When I call someone and they don’t answer, I almost have a heart attack," he says.https://www.bbc.com/news/live/ceqvwrydzpqt?post=asset%3Ae6ed32b6-47f2-4d7f-a4f7-506d1e5296e9#post #IranRevolution #IranProtests

Trump accuses Starmer of seeking to 'join wars after we've already won' and says UK aircraft carriers not needed - follow live

Meanwhile, Iran continues attacks on Gulf states as UAE officials say a Dubai resident has been killed by falling shrapnel.

BBC News
Martin HollandMar 7

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Offen ist, ob das Einlenken der Iraner ein Zeichen der Schwäche ist oder nur ein Nachjustieren in der Hitze des Gefechtes. Die #IslamischeRepublik mag unter wahnsinnigem Druck stehen – israelische und amerikanische Jets am Himmel, der geistliche Führer tot, die meisten Raketenwerfer zerstört, fast alle Kriegsschiffe am Grund des Meeres. Aber geschlagen ist der Ayatollah-Staat noch lange nicht.https://www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/iran-rueckzieher-massud-peseschkian-li.3448808 #Iran #IranRevolution #IranKrieg

Iran: Massud Peseschkian macht einen Rückzieher

Der iranische Präsident entschuldigt sich bei den Nachbarstaaten. Ob das ein Zeichen der Schwäche ist oder nur ein Nachjustieren in der Hitze des Gefechtes, ist noch offen.

Süddeutsche Zeitung