Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgment Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent Russia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights has found. The court’s grand chamber unanimously held that… Read More Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

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USA + Israel + UK = moral depravity + mass murder. Period

GAZA casualties, live statistics Children killed collecting water in Gaza Gaza’s Guernica / Guernica stands in solidarity with Gaza (2024) Israel has slaughtered an average of 122 Palestinians EVERY DAY for 629 days Children queuing at Gaza health center killed in Israeli strike, medics say The bodies of two children lie on the floor of Aqsa Martyrs… Read More USA + Israel + UK = moral depravity + mass murder. Period

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S. B. Zaki: Arab women before and after Islam. Opening the door of pre-Islamic Arabian history

First posted June 19, 2016 “Islamic civilization developed a construct of history that labeled the pre-Islamic period the Age of Ignorance and projected Islam as the sole source of all that was civilized – and used that construct so effectively in its rewriting of history that the peoples of Middle East lost all knowledge of… Read More S. B. Zaki: Arab women before and after Islam. Opening the door of pre-Islamic Arabian history

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Software & Hard consequences: British Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides

NB: Here’s a thought for those who put blind trust in electronic ‘intelligence’. There’s no substitute for human wisdom, but ironically that’s in short supply. DS Julia Kollewe First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation More than 13 people may have killed themselves as a result… Read More Software & Hard consequences: British Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides

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Nationwide strike likely to hit bank, transport services; 25 crore workers to take part

NB: Under cover of fake religious rhetoric, the BJP/RSS government has launched a brutal attack on Indian workers and peasants; and their right to organise and protest. Sooner or later, the Indian public was bound to see this pious fraud for what it is, a misuse of political power to serve the interests of capitalist… Read More Nationwide strike likely to hit bank, transport services; 25 crore workers to take part

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Mongol Warfare

by Mark Cartwright The Mongols conquered vast swathes of Asia in the 13th and 14th century CE thanks to their fast light cavalry and excellent bowmen, but another significant contribution to their success was the adoption of their enemies’ tactics and technology that allowed them to defeat established military powers in China, Persia, and Eastern Europe. Adapting to different challenges and… Read More Mongol Warfare

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New Footage Exposes Ragtag US Mercenaries Firing Toward Gaza Aid Seekers

NB: Huntin’ and shootin’ starving human beings. Great fun for zombie Yankee mercenaries. Western civilisation at its height.. DS As of July 6, 2025, over 700 people had been killed at the hands of the only armed factions operating in the so-called “humanitarian zones”: the GHF, Israel, and the formerly ISIS-aligned clan of Bedouin gang leader Yasser Abu… Read More New Footage Exposes Ragtag US Mercenaries Firing Toward Gaza Aid Seekers

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