Archive for December 22nd, 2021

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22/12/2021

Inequality

Human Wrongs Watch

By Francine S. R. Mestrum*

Why international organisations prefer to chase the chimera of poverty

Between $20 and $30 trillion US dollars remains hidden from tax authorities
Between $20 and $30 trillion US dollars remains hidden from tax authorities | Image from Wall Street International.

22 December 2021 (Wall Street International)* — At the beginning of October 2021, the ICIJ (International Consortium of Investigative Journalists) published the Pandora Papers – leaked data on how the world’s very rich hide their wealth in tax havens. The practice is perfectly legal, but less so when it is used to avoid or evade tax.

In both cases, it is money that remains hidden, and not only skews the statistics – according to Tax Justice between $20–30 trillion US dollars remain hidden from the tax authorities – but also causes financial problems for national governments.

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22/12/2021

The Lot of the Exploited, Discriminated and Oppressed (Part 2)

Human Wrongs Watch

By Prof Hoosen Vawda – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Is It Predestination, Karma, or Hedonistic Colonial Subjugation by People of Aryan Origins? An Odyssey of Generational Suffering of Humanoids of Colour

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The decapitated head of a Shark Island prisoner sent to Germany for experimentation

In Part 1 of this paper[1] the oppression and subjugation of the Scheduled Castes, formerly called the Dalits, the “Untouchables” people in India, on the basis of the tenets of Hinduism, whereby the lot of the lowest caste people was predestined on their karmas in their previous cycle of life; The process of Reincarnation.

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22/12/2021

End ‘Appalling’ Belarus-Poland Border Crisis, UN Human Rights Office Urges

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Belarus and Poland must resolve the migrant and refugee crisis at their mutual border, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Tuesday [21 December 2021], describing the on-going situation as “appalling”.

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People stranded in Belarus at the Polish border are receiving emergency assistance from UNHCR, IOM and the Belarus Red Cross.
© UNHCR/Katsiaryna Golubeva | People stranded in Belarus at the Polish border are receiving emergency assistance from UNHCR, IOM and the Belarus Red Cross.
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OHCHR again called on the two countries to address the matter in line with their obligations under international law.

This follows a visit by a UN human rights team to Poland from 29 November to 3 December.  Members were not granted access to the restricted border area, while Belarus denied a request to visit.

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