Tag: human rights

A sacred forest dies in Gurugram as Bandhwari landfill’s toxic waste breaches Aravalli sanctuary

Despite Swachh Bharat Mission’s giant promises, 1,600 tonnes of unsegregated waste continues to poison groundwater in villages near Mangarbani forest. Deepanshu Mohan and Shubhangi Derhgawen The air around the Bandhwari landfill in Gurugram is thick with the stench of decay. “We earn our living here, but at what cost to our health?” asks Joginder, a… Read More A sacred forest dies in Gurugram as Bandhwari landfill’s toxic waste breaches Aravalli sanctuary

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The West’s Support For Genocide Is Destroying The World As We Know It / 335,500 Gaza Dead Estimate: Voting For Kid-Killing Kamala Means Complicity in Genocide

NB: The USA is celebrating its democracy; whilst at the same time enabling ethnic cleansing – not by forced migration but by mass murder. ‘The Entire Population of North Gaza Is at Risk of Dying’: UN Relief Official. This is a horrifying spectacle that the world is watching helplessly. It signifies the total collapse of… Read More The West’s Support For Genocide Is Destroying The World As We Know It / 335,500 Gaza Dead Estimate: Voting For Kid-Killing Kamala Means Complicity in Genocide

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How modern slavery, in China and elsewhere, undermines the fight against existential threats

By Erik English Since 2014, the Chinese Communist Party has perpetuated human rights abuses against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region under the guise of anti-terrorism and anti-extremism—subjecting them to forced labor, mass detention, and land transfers. Now, a new report reveals that some Chinese pharmaceutical products made using forced labor in… Read More How modern slavery, in China and elsewhere, undermines the fight against existential threats

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GABOR MATE interview: Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history

Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history GAZA casualties, live statistics Gabor Maté CM (born January 6, 1944) is a Canadian physician. He has a background in family practice and a special interest in childhood development, trauma, and potential lifelong impacts on physical and mental health, including autoimmune… Read More GABOR MATE interview: Zionism will be looked upon as one of the greatest disasters in Jewish history

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Julian Assange again risks his life defying the CIA and Pentagon to testify against them to a 46-nation gathering in Europe

With myriad crimes committed against those invaded and occupied in the Middle East, those spied upon everywhere, and those trying to expose these abuses, not a single perpetrator has ever been prosecuted or even investigated… If the impunity of genocidal Israel on its current rampage through the Middle East puzzles you, keep in mind that… Read More Julian Assange again risks his life defying the CIA and Pentagon to testify against them to a 46-nation gathering in Europe

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The Israeli gangster regime is deliberately murdering children in schools and hospitals. The USA and UK are complicit in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people

GAZA casualties, live statistics NB: The Netanyahu regime is a proxy for the USA; which supplies it with money and arms for this killing spree. They cannot achieve peace by ethnic cleansing; to the contrary this is a recipe for permanent warfare. The only people profiting from this are the arms manufacturers. The events of… Read More The Israeli gangster regime is deliberately murdering children in schools and hospitals. The USA and UK are complicit in the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people

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War Resisters International – Tactics for Combating Militarism (2013) / Stopping the War Business: SEOUL, 16-17 October 2015

First posted July 21, 2015 Stopping the War Business: talking tactics and linking methods, SEOUL, 16-17 October 2015Summary http://www.wri-irg.org/node/22197 Thank you for joining War Resisters International and the New Tactics community for an online conversation on tactics for combating the militarisation of education, public spaces, vulnerable communities, entertainment and culture, from June 10 to 14, 2013. Governments… Read More War Resisters International – Tactics for Combating Militarism (2013) / Stopping the War Business: SEOUL, 16-17 October 2015

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