Tag: nerve agent
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OPCW sanctions Syria over use of chemical weapons
By a vote of 87 to 15, with 34 abstentions, member nations of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons voted to suspend Syria’s voting rights as a sanction for repeatedly using toxic gas. This is the first time the OPCW has sanctioned one of its own members this way. The Associated Press has…
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Russian opposition associate convicted of trespassing
Lyubov Sobol, a top associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, has been prosecuted in Russia for trespassing. She showed up at the home of the man who allegedly poisoned Navalny, Konstantin Kudryavtsev, to confront him. A Russian court sentenced her to a suspended sentence of one year community service. The Associated Press has the…