Sheikh Bilal camp, Syria – The residents of the Sheikh Bilal camp for internally displaced people in Afrin, northwestern Syria, are struggling to keep their homes intact after a fierce winter storm brought more than a foot of snow.
Snowstorms affecting internally displaced refugees in northwestern Syria, in Sheikh Bilal Camp in Afrin [Ali Haj Suleiman/Al Jazeera]
As children built snowmen and took part in snowball fights in the subzero temperatures on Thursday, their parents struggled to fix their collapsed tents and clear the roads of snow.
Homeless man from Rojhilat freezes to death in Sulaymaniyah
A homeless man from East Kurdistan, who slept in a building under construction in Sulaymaniyah city of South Kurdistan, froze to death.
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Some 160 families have been trapped by the storm for the past two days, and are struggling to keep their tents from breaking.
“When the snowstorm started, I prayed to God that it would be light, but it just kept getting worse,” Douja Al Ali, who has lived in the camp for the internally displaced for four years, told Al Jazeera. “Everything is freezing! We need help!”
Fighting still continues in #Hasakah, self-defense units continue fight IS jihadists.
Meanwhile, the artillery attacks of Turkish #fascist army on Ain Issa and Til Temir continue.
At least one child has died after a tent collapsed, and their mother is in the intensive care unit.
The millions of internally displaced people and refugees living in tented settlements in Syria have long struggled to cope in the winter, but the United Nations has said this year is far worse, amid rising poverty and dwindling aid.
An overwhelming 97 percent of people in northwestern Syria live in extreme poverty, and more than two-thirds of the four million living there are internally displaced. It is the last opposition stronghold in the war-torn country, and parts of it are still hit with routine air raids by the Syrian and Russian forces.
No single person on this list can single-handedly “break” the mass formation psychosis. This is just a list of people who can “move the needle” if they speak out and let people know that they haven’t been told the truth about the safety and efficacy of the vaccines. Some of the people on my list are more likely than others to speak out.
Over 10,000 healthcare professionals signing a petition calling for an end to both mask and vaccinate mandates and asymptomatic testing for all. The “emergency” is over as Dr. Harvey Risch eloquently stated in this op-ed.
More and more people who are willing to sit down for a couple of hours with a doctor to learn the truth. We’ll record these “de-programming” sessions and make them available for others to see. No psychological manipulation is needed: just people willing to listen and ask questions. A very prominent philanthropist was “red pilled” by one of our doctors in just a single 2 hour Q&A session.
A group of over 10,000 mainstream doctors could sign a statement calling for a halt to the vaccines for everyone. By speaking out as a large group like this, they can avoid the intimidation tactics that are used to silence them when they attempt to speak out individually.
A professional sports team (NFL, NBA, …) could agree to hear from our doctors to hear “the other side of the story” on the booster.
Famous people who refuse to be vaccinated could end their silence and start spreading the truth about the dangers of the vaccine.
Prominent vaccine injured such as Celine Dion could start speaking the truth about what happened to them.
Low-probability
President Joe Biden could admit that his peripheral neuropathy (PN) that developed shortly after his booster was more likely than not due to the booster. PN is a very common COVID vaccine injury.
Governor Newsom could admit the truth: that he developed GBS shortly after his booster.
A fact-checking organization could challenge Governor Newsom to publicly authorize all his physicians to disclose his medical records ONLY with respect to the GBS he developed after his booster. If in fact Newsom is telling the truth, has has nothing to lose. He will not do this. He will never do this. And no fact-checker wants to know the truth so won’t challenge him to do this simple act.
Jennifer Newsom could admit that her husband is lying about his GBS. She could save countless lives by doing that.
The NY Times or 60 Minutes could do a story exposing how dangerous the vaccines are.
CNN could start being journalists and present to their listeners BOTH sides of the story. Why do you never see Paul Marik, Pierre Kory, Peter McCullough, Robert Malone, and others on CNN?
The 270 “physicians and scientists” who claimed that Robert Malone was spreading misinformation could agree to challenge his statements in a debate. I issued an open letter inviting them to do so. Nobody responded. If they want to stop the misinformation, why not accept a debate?
Dr. John Su could admit that he never calculated the VAERS under-reporting factor (URF) and that he deliberately never mentioned it when he talked about VAERS event rates to the outside CDC committees.
One of the pilots who died after vaccination was scheduled to fly a plane just a few days after he died. The airline knows his autopsy showed he was killed by the vaccine. Today, the airline won’t admit that they lied to the public about his cause of death (they said it wasn’t vaccine related). His family won’t speak out because they are afraid of being attacked.
Mainstream doctors could admit that when there is risk, there must be choice. The vaccines carry risk. Therefore, mandates are unjustified.
Mainstream doctors could agree to debate the “spreaders of misinformation.”
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Mary Ann Dowrick18 min agoOn a more doable list. I am now going to every care/nursing home in our town to ask if they would consider providing Vitamin D for those residents willing to take it. Small steps.
Ukraine’s military buildup along the border with the self-proclaimed Luhansk (LPR) and Donetsk (DPR) People’s Republics indicates ongoing preparations for an offensive, and such threat really exists, the Kremlin said.
“Indeed, the Ukrainian authorities are massing enormous forces and hardware along the border with the self-proclaimed republics on the contact line. Indeed, the nature of this buildup points to ongoing preparations for an offensive, and such a threat does exist at the moment,” Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
“And, indeed, each given piece of weaponry, whether it be a defensive weapon or an offensive one, once again prompts the hotheads in Kyiv to launch this operation. We can’t help but be concerned about it. We’ve been talking about it for a long time,” he said.
“And in this case we certainly would like NATO countries in their numerous statements to call on Kyiv every time to not even contemplate any possible military settlement in Ukraine,” Peskov said. [?!]
Ukraine continues its attempts to destabilize the situation in Donbass and is actively preparing to resolve the conflict by force, Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) People’s Militia deputy head Eduard Basurin stated Monday
“Ukraine not only continues its attempts to destabilize the situation in Donbass by shelling settlements, and preparations are well underway to resolve the conflict by force. The People’s Militia command strongly urges its adversary to drop its criminal intents,” says the emergency statement, published in the People’s Militia’s Telegram channel.
Ukraine forces threaten Lugansk and Donetsk with new gifted NATO weapons
The People’s Militia registered Ukrainian Armed Forces’ (UAF) inside the Kiev’ force operation in Donbass preparing for an offensive. According to Basurin, the Ukrainian command is pulling the UR-77 self-propelling minesweepers to the contact line, and military vehicles are being prepared for combat.
Vacations for all personnel in individual battalions and brigades have been suspended, while all commanders were ordered to remain in their temporary deployment locations. In addition, commissions arrived in tank battalions from brigade headquarters to supervise the preparation of weapons and combat vehicles.
The DPR intelligence also obtained information about the formation of armored brigades deeper in Ukrainian territory and their dispatch to Donbass. Furthermore, Ukraine is relocating forces from their permanent deployment location in the Odessa region, disguised as a “planned tactical special exercise.” All these facts confirm that the UAF is preparing for aggression against the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, Basurin says.
The People’s Militia stated that it will provide a response, should Kiev commence the forceful resolution of the Donbass conflict, and it will cause irreparable damage to the UAF.
“Acts of Ukrainian aggression against the DPR and LPR will not be left without an appropriate reaction. The Ukrainian army will suffer irreparable damage that it will not recover from,” Basurin said, calling on Ukrainian servicemen to “reject taking part in hostilities and executing the criminal orders of their command.”
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US-made Javelin anti-tank missile systems are present on the territory of Donbass, the Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Denis Pushilin said in a live broadcast on the Rossiya-1 TV Channel on Monday.
“As for the Javelins, they are present on the territory of Donbass but not at the engagement line,” the DPR head said.
The information on deliveries of NLAW anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine has so far not been confirmed. Meanwhile, Ukraine continues conducting reconnaissance with the help of Turkish-made Bayraktar drones “actually on a daily basis,” he added.
The “Defeat the Mandates” rally in Washington D.C. drew thousands of peaceful protesters in support of the common cause of opposing mask and vaccine mandates. Robert Kennedy Jr., founder and Chairman of Children’s Health Defense delivered a speech to the rally attendees was focused on Big Pharma, which has escaped accountability and demands for transparency despite their core responsibilities during the Covid pandemic. His words were so provocative they ignited a media firestorm.
“You cannot sue that company,” he reiterated. “They have a license…”
“These are criminal companies, by the way,” he proclaimed. “These are serial felons.”
“The four companies that make all four of our U.S. vaccines for the children’s program… have paid $35 billion in criminal penalties for hundreds of violations and damages in the last ten years,” he went on.
“These are the companies that gave us the opioid crisis,” he added. “That kills 56,000 children…
New Hampshire House Bill 2011 would allow pharmacists to “dispense ivermectin under the delegated prescriptive authority of the physician or APRN (Advanced Practice Registered Nurses), specify a mechanism to document screening performed and the prescription in the patient’s medical record, and include a plan for evaluating and treating adverse events,” reads the bill. “Any such prescription shall be regeearded as being issued for a legitimate medical purpose in the usual course of professional practice.”
Ivermectin, a protease inhibitor (just like Pfizer’s new Covid pill), has come under attack ever since former President Trump suggested it as a potential treatment for Covid-19. Shortly thereafter, a flurry of anti-ivermectin studies came out – the majority of which analyzed already-hospitalized patients, as opposed to its use as an early intervention.
On Monday, the British High Court granted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange permission to appeal against his extradition to the US. His legal team had petitioned the court to allow him to challenge the extradition decision on points of law of general public importance.
It was ruled that Assange’s application to certify a point of law was legitimate.
“The point of law certified is: In what circumstances can an appellate court receive assurances from a requesting state which were not before the court of first instance in extradition proceedings,” court documents read.
The case will now be reviewed by the UK Supreme Court.
Speaking after the verdict, Assange’s fiancée, Stella Moris, stated that it was an important step.
“What happened in court today was precisely what we wanted to happen … and that is that the Supreme Court has good grounds to hear this appeal,” Moris told reporters.
“Make no mistake, we won today in court. But let’s not forget: every time we win, as long as this case isn’t dropped, as long as Julian isn’t freed, Julian continues to suffer.”
“If there were justice, the officials who plotted and conspired to murder Julian would be in the courtroom right now,” Moris said.
In December, the High Court ruled in favor of allowing the journalist’s extradition to the US, where he faces espionage charges for publishing documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2010. A conviction could carry a 175-year prison sentence.
Assange spent seven years living inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, before a new government in Quito revoked his asylum. Protection and surveillance of the embassy cost British taxpayers millions of pounds. He was detained outside the embassy by British police in April 2019, and has since been held in the capital’s Belmarsh maximum-security prison. Moris claims Assange’s health has deteriorated significantly during that time, and recently revealed that, in October 2021, he had suffered a stroke.
Defend Assange Campaign@DefendAssangeAccount run by the legal campaign to free Julian AssangeLondon, England defend.wikileaks.org
A story about a monstrous rape case broke through the headlines a few days ago in Greece. This has triggered a huge wave of solidarity towards the victim and rage against the perpetrators and the system that protects them.
The story goes like this: Georgia Bika, a 24-year-old woman went to a new year’s eve party taking place in a suite at an expensive hotel in Thessaloniki, where she got drugged and raped by 2 or 3 men.
At some point during the night, the woman became unconscious. When she woke up the next morning, she found herself naked and bruised in a hotel room which she was unable to identify. She also found men’s clothing and other items around the room, as well as sexually stimulating pills and bottles of alcohol.
While the crime happened on new year’s eve, it only made it to the mainstream media headlines two weeks later. It first broke out on social media, as Georgia trusted her story to an activist who helped her work out what happened, and then posted all the information he gathered on Instagram.
Only after people in social media made it impossible for the case to be silenced did the mainstream media actually take it up, having no other choice.
The facts
On January 19th, Georgia gave an interview to a mainstream journalist, where she revealed her identity, with her name and face uncovered. This took remarkable courage. She told the journalist about her vulnerable situation (both her parents and her boyfriend have died recently) and then explained that she was invited to a private party by someone who works at a café where she often goes. She trusted this man, who excessively insisted on her going to the party, but did not know anyone else in attendance.
From the moment she arrived with a 17-year-old female friend, they were both struck by the high-class atmosphere and the flashy style of the less than 20 people who were present, some of whom had come from Athens just for the party. She only had two drinks, one of which someone offered to her, and soon after drinking it, she started feeling unwell and decided to leave.
Georgia went out into the street, but was unable to drive or even get a cab, so she booked a room in the hotel, intending to go there and sleep. While trying to find her room, three men who were present at the party found her in the corridor and took her to another room (apparently the room booked by one of these men). She was unable to resist and soon passed out.
Georgia woke up the day after, trying to remember what had happened. Ηer removed clothes and the bruises on her legs could tell a nightmarish story. She started having memory flashes of that night only several days later. These memory flashes confirmed the story she was able to gather from the situation she found herself in: she had been raped.
Outrage at the judiciary system
Georgia decided to tell the facts to the police and did so on that same day. She said the police treated her with respect and care, but when she was called to recognise the possible suspects, she bumped into one of their lawyers who bullied her and tried to prevent her from filing a lawsuit. Georgia went on camera to denounce the outrageous deficiencies of the judicial system:
She was told that she had to go through a forensic medical examination, but had to wait for three whole days. During these days she was obliged to not have a shower (!), while the findings on her body risked being altered.
She was told that the toxicological analysis included blood and urine samples, but she was not asked for a blood sample. She had to wait many days before testifying to an interrogator.
According to the investigation carried out by the afore-mentioned journalist and activist, the three men accused of rape are the sons of rich businessmen: the father of two of them is Coca-Cola’s representative in Greece.
It also appears that this is not an isolated incident. After Georgia went public, at least three more women publicly stated that they were also assaulted or raped at similar parties.
There is some information that implies the existence of a whole criminal network that targets young vulnerable women and brings them to parties and events, where they are drugged and abused. The alleged network might possibly not be limited to Greece, but also operate in Cyprus and probably other countries.
The enraging deficiencies of the police and judicial system are not isolated to this case. The forensic judges in Greece are only available during office-hours: this means that if a rape occurs on a Saturday evening or on a public holiday, the victim will have to wait for two or three days to get examined, and clearly should not wash herself before!
There are even regions where there are no forensic judges, so the victims need to get in a car, drive for a couple of hours and go to another city! Needless to say that when Georgia testified to the police, no psychologist was present. A psychologist was only present at her third testimony with an interrogator.
Attempt at a cover-up
The long silence of the mainstream media is also suspicious. Social media was buzzing for days about the case before it came out to the mainstream media.
This was often in a completely one-sided and non-empathetic way: the names of the accused took too long to become public; the party was called a “pink party”; criticisms about “why the victim went to this party”, “how much she had drunk” and more ambiguous comments suggesting victim-blaming, were common..
A lot of aspects about this case and the way it has been treated by the judicial system and the media suggest that efforts are being made for the facts to be concealed. We have seen this before: when a member of the upper class, a businessman, a politician or any kind of powerful rich person are involved in such a crime, an orchestrated omertà is launched, aiming at protecting the accused and at transferring the blame to the victims [In this respect, the media coverage of the LGBTQI activists’ Zak Kostopoulos / Zackie Oh!’s assassination is very illustrative].
Φωτογραφία από την πορεία διαμαρτυρίας για την Ελένη Τοπαλούδη 14/12/2018
It was clear from the beginning that the perpetrators had the attitude of being untouchable because of their wealth and political connections. One of them, uploaded a selfie in his instagram account where he was holding a newspaper with the accusations against him and laughing!
Feminist fightback
Women and men of the feminst movement in Greece, and also just ordinary people that have had enough with rich men getting their way, begged to differ.
A feminist mood in Greece has been growing bigger and stronger over the past year. The latest phase started when Sofia Bekatorou, an olympic sportswoman, publicly announced that she was raped over 20 years ago, by a high-class member of the Sailing Confederation.
Her brave initiative launched a huge #MeToo wave in Greece, as hundreds, and even thousands of people, originating from areas like art, sports, media, academia, came out as victims of assault, abuse or rape in their workplace.
Very high-profiled personalities are accused as perpetrators, some of them being very close to the Prime Minister himself. Again, we saw, a very active campaign to conceal the facts or mislead evidence was launched, making the demand for justice very difficult to be achieved.
This triggered an incredible feminist wave in the country. News about femicides, domestic violence, sexual assaults, rape and any kind of abuse, came to the surface and made it to the headlines, thanks to the movement’s pressure.
Several important demonstrations and actions took place in Athens and many other places. A campaign for introducing femicide into the penal code has also been launched.
The biggest feminist demo in Greece ever!
This time, Georgia Bika is not alone. Soon after the news broke out, a huge wave of solidarity was triggered in both social media and the streets, encouraging other victims to come out and speak out about their suffering.
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