26/10/2018
A crackdown on free speech is the latest worrying development amid the deteriorating, “wholescale oppression” of human rights in Belarus, an independent expert told the UN General Assembly, on 25 October 2018.
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Belarus,
Miklós Haraszti, referred to the “sad fate of freedom of expression”, specifically pointing to legislation that ends anonymity for contributors to online media, and forcing all online platforms to register with the State.
Mr. Haraszti’s, whose six-year tenure is coming to an end, said that human rights abuses that had prompted international scrutiny when he took up his role, were worsening in important areas.
“Given the impossibility of complete content control over the internet, the new regulations are bound to be exercised in an arbitrary, selective, and politicised manner, with the aim of intimidating those who would express critical views and expose abuses” he said.
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25/10/2018
Agricultural workers have the hardest time accessing food for themselves, and are often excluded from national labour and social protection frameworks, a United Nations independent human rights expert said on 24 October 2018.
©FAO/Riccardo Gangale | A woman stands in a cassava field in Mbaiki, Central African Republic. 2012.
“Agricultural workers, including women, children and migrants and plantation workers, are increasingly faced with low wages, part-time work, informality, and a lack of social and economic protections,” said Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, as she presented her annual report to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee.
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25/10/2018
25 October 2018 — Fifteen Guatemalan women from the Q’eqchi indigenous group, who were enslaved and raped by the military during the Central American country’s 36-year-long civil conflict, are still waiting for hard-won reparations to materialize.
UN Women/Ryan Brown | Indigenous women in Guatemala were systematically raped and enslaved by the military in a small outpost near the Sepur Zarco community during the 36-year-long civil conflict. (April 2018)
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25/10/2018
25 October 2018 — Norway’s capital Oslo is paving a fossil-free, electrified, path in its push toward improving air quality, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has announced.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas | Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway.
The city is a global front runner when it comes to sustainability, having implemented methods of recycling waste into heat and electricity, and allowing cyclists precedence over private cars.
The Executive Director of UN Environment Erick Solheim, said the capital city’s pollution reduction sets the example for “turning climate action into an opportunity.”
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25/10/2018
24 October 2018 (Wall Street International)* – The best thing that most people can do for their own health and humanity is don’t eat meat – especially mass-produced meat. Red meat (beef and pork) contains unhealthy saturated fats that cause smoldering inflammation. This can lead to heart attacks, stroke, many types of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, type-2 diabetes and many other health problems.
Meat that is produced in concentrated animal feed operations, or CAFOs, is especially bad. Meat products (including chicken and turkey) that are produced in CAFOs are the leading source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can infect and kill people.
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25/10/2018
Continued denial of the facts and evidence of gross human rights violations by Myanmar is a clear indication of the country’s “lack of interest” in establishing a fully functioning democracy based on individual rights and freedoms, two United Nations independent experts have underscored.
UNICEF/Ruslana Sirman | A young child sleeps in a shelter at the Kyein Ni Pyin camp in Rakhine province, Myanmar. Over 700,000 members of the Rohingya community have been forced from their homes as a result of widespread and systematic violence.
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25/10/2018
By Robert J. Burrowes*
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 25 October 2018 — The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it.
Robert J. Burrowes
Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics of fascist movements and individuals, particularly as they manifest among politically active fascists.
For example, in his recent book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us And Them Professor Jason Stanley has identified ten characteristics shared by fascists which have been simply presented in the article ‘Prof Sees Fascism Creeping In U.S.’
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23/10/2018
Jair Bolsonaro pledged to use his presidency to launch a frontal assault on his “red” political rivals.
22 October 2018 (teleSUR)* — The far-right candidate of the Brazilian election, Jair Bolsonaro vowed to purge the country of his left-wing political opponents during a video address Sunday [22 October 2018].
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23/10/2018
23 October 2018 (Wall Street International)* — From the very beginning, the ancient China remained directly or closely sacrificial. It is unfortunate but ancient China was built upon sacrifice. Sacrificial elements were of utmost meaning in the ancient China.
Very alike European cultures, ancient and medial China followed the evolution from blood sacrifice to non-blood, re-presented as it is believed “morally correct” sacrifice, and to the ethical systems, such as Taoism and Confucianism, that evolved from it.
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