Feb 09, 2016: Assange's case and stand of Britain and Sweden, NJ 9842 and OROB
General Studies: Daily Capsule
Curtain Raiser –News Update (Feb 09, 2016)
UN panel’s
recommendation on Julian Assange case: Britain
and Sweden’s ridiculous stand
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UN legal panel’s recommendation
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Three-and-a-half-year forced stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London
amounts to ‘arbitrary detention’
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Britain’s view on recommendation
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British Foreign Secretary called the ruling ‘ridiculous’
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Swedish prosecutor’s office view
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‘has no formal impact on the ongoing investigation, according to
Swedish law’
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UN panel’s recommendation based upon
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International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights
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European Convention on Human Rights
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Past position of these countries on UN panel’s ruling based on these
Conventions
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Case1: ‘arbitrary detention’ of the Myanmar leade Aung
San Suu Kyi
Case 2 : former Maldives President MohamedNasheed
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Source: The curious case of Julian Assange, Editorial, The
Hindu, Feb 09, 2016
Siachen demilitarization:
NJ 9842
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What is NJ 9842?
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The northernmost demarcated point of the India-Pakistan cease fire
line known as the Line of Control. The line was formally accepted as a cease
fire line as per Shimla Agreement signed on July 3, 1972
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Demilitarization possible because
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There is a critical mass of opinion on in both
India and Pakistan that neither can sacrifice so many lives on the
inhospitable glacier
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It is diplomatically possible as per personal
equation of both country’s PM
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Source: Why Siachen must be demilitarized, Editorial, The
Hindu, Feb 09, 2016
Some terms from Mint:
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One Bank One Road (OBOR)
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OBOR aims to achieve greater economic integration with the countries encompassing
the three continents of Asia, Arica and Europe. Paradoxically named, the ‘road’ is actually the maritime route
connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans;
And the ‘belt’ comprises
highways, railways and telecom, oil and gas pipeline projects from coastal
China to Europe via Central and West Asia.
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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New Development Bank
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SCO Bank
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BCIM corridor
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Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar corridor
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CPEC
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China-Pakistan Economic Corridor
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Partnership for Quality Infrastructure (PQI)
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Japan’s new initiative
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Source: China’s
grand strategy, India’s great dilemma; http://www.livemint.com/Opinion/NXEvOkWe3OkrZrIO5jTNzN/Chinas-grand-strategy-Indias-great-dilemma.html
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