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The spread of coronavirus infection in the world has inadvertently forced the leading powers and the UN to open their eyes to many issues and, above all, to comply with the provisions of the international Biological Weapons Convention. Before the coronavirus, Washington consistently ignored statements by official authorities in Russia, China, and the CIS states […]
Growing Protests Over Threat of US Bio Weapons — Piazza della Carina
Crimethinc’s analysis of the coup attempt in Washington DC: As a consequence of Donald Trump’s supporters occupying the Capitol building in Washington, DC after a rally promoting his baseless claims of election fraud, the Republican Party is fracturing, setting the stage for the consolidation of a new bipartisan political center—albeit much further to the right […]
January 6: A Mass Base for Fascism? — Konst & Politik
Dmitry Gudkov Facebook January 9, 2021 I understand that Russians there is no problem more important than Trump’s showdown with Twitter. The precedent of blocking a social network account is not a very good one, of course, but the folks in the US will cope without us. I would venture to throw out a different […]
They Have Nothing Better to Do — The Russian Reader
Originally posted on Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting Blog: By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson January 8, 2021 0 Comments https://blog.humanesociety.org/2021/01/in-its-final-days-trump-administration-launches-lame-duck-attack-on-migratory-birds.html?credit=blog_em_010821_id11919&utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzRss&utm_campaign=humanenation Birds already face unprecedented challenges to their survival because of climate change and other manmade threats like habitat loss, building and vehicle collisions, power lines, cell towers and other communications infrastructure development.?Photo by Emie Decker/iStock.com…
In its final days, Trump administration launches lame-duck attack on migratory birds — Exposing the Big Game
By Andrés Figueroa Jan 7, 2021 by Kaos, shared with thanks
The Mexican Igor González, responsible for the femicide of thebfeminist activist María Isabel Pavez and arrested on January 6, is also the alleged murderer of another girl in the Aztec country
Igor Yaroslav González, accused of being the perpetrator of the femicide of María Isabel Pavez on December 23, 2020, was finallty captured by the police in a Valparaíso hostel on January 6, 2021, after two weeks of being a fugitive. The murderer of María Isabel also allegedly executed the femicide of Itzel Monroy Barraza in 2009, in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
Femicidio en Chile: Las alarmantes cifras,
The recent arrest of the criminal had international repercussions due to the accusations that exist against González for the alleged responsibility of him in a crime committed in Mexico, his country of origin, under the name of Carlos Méndez González.
Leydy Pech and the women of Muuch Kambal Photo: Facebook Muuch Kambal By Silvia Ribeiro* The Goldman Prize, considered to be the environmental Nobel Prize, was awarded this year to Leydy Pech Marín, community member and beekeeper from Hopelchén, Campeche. The award highlights her participation in the opposition to the sowing of GMO’s, an effort […]
The Death of the Bees and the Maya Train — Chiapas Support Committee
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By Turkish Minute – January 6, 2021 19 shared with thanks
According to a review by the Stockholm Center for Freedom, Turkey has experienced a marked resurgence of torture and ill-treatment in custody over the past five years and especially since a coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Turkish Twitter users stand against sexual harassment and unlawful strip searches in Turkish prisons
Lack of condemnation from higher officials and a readiness to cover up allegations rather than investigate them have resulted in widespread impunity for security forces.
The enormous gulf between Turkey’s constitutional provisions for the protection of human rights and the grim reality on the ground continued to grow during the year. In a landmark decision, Turkey’s Constitutional Court in November found a government decree that granted immunity to civilians who were involved in criminal activities to suppress the abortive putsch to be constitutional, hence sanctioning the country’s culture of impunity at the highest level.
A group of conscripts attacked by a lynch mob in the morning of the abortive putsch
Here is some of the most important news from 2020 in the field of torture and inhuman treatment:
Council of Europe’s CPT confirms continued ill-treatment and torture in Turkey
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) confirmed in two reports published on August 5 the continued existence of ill-treatment, torture, informal questioning, and restricted access to a lawyer as well as a fundamentally flawed medical screening system in Turkish detention facilities. More..
Ousted Kurdish mayor attacked by police dogs, tortured in home for hours Ousted co-mayor of Van’s Edremit Municipality Rojbin Çetin was attacked by police dogs and tortured in her home in the southeastern city of Diyarbakır
