Archive for December 23rd, 2018

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23/12/2018

2018: In Difficult Times, Hope Is an Act of Courage

Human Wrongs Watch

By Arin de Hoog*

(Greenpeace International)* — Flooding in Japan, unprecedented monsoons in India, a nearly 30% increase in rainfall throughout the Americas and 40% across Europe. Africa is seeing deadly droughts across Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya. Australia, Greece, Sweden, Portugal and the American Northwest’s horizons glowed red with wildfires because of heatwaves and drier seasons. The Philippines and Fiji were battered by some of the worst cyclones in history and the Maldives and the Marshall Islands are gradually drowning by sea level rise.
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This was our reality in 2018.
.California Holy Wild Fire © David McNew / Greenpeace

A Super Scooper firefighting plane makes a water drop during the Holy Fire near Lake Elsinore, California. © David McNew / Greenpeace

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23/12/2018

Bangladesh: Violent Campaign Targets Opposition; Protect Candidates to Ensure a Credible Election – Human Rights Watch

Human Wrongs Watch

New York, 22 December 2018 (Human Rights Watch)* – A repressive political environment in Bangladesh ahead of the December 30, 2018 national elections is undermining the credibility of the process, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Bangladeshi authorities should impartially investigate allegations of election violence and ensure that those responsible are held to account.
Police rush Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters at a protest on February 9, 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Police rush Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supporters at a protest on February 9, 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh. © 2018 Allison Joyce/Getty Images | Photo from Human Rights Watch.

The 37-page report, “Creating Panic”; Bangladesh Election Crackdown on Political Opponents and Critics,” finds that authoritarian measures, including widespread surveillance and a crackdown on free speech, have contributed to a widely described climate of fear.

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