Archive for August 25th, 2022

25/08/2022

“The Worse, The Better” Doctrine and the Melting Ice

Human Wrongs Watch

MADRID, Aug 25 2022 (IPS)* – There is a prevailing doctrine among the right and far-right political parties who are still in the opposition and are most likely to jump to power in those countries where they are not already ruling. It is the doctrine of “the worse things go, the better for us.”

As of 2019, the total value of the annual world shipping trade had reached more than 14 trillion US Dollars. Credit: Bigstock

Their markets-influenced neo-liberal thinking implies that their already existing or about-to-be governments will have the golden chance of overriding the present and past rights’ achievements in fields like social public services including health, education, pensions, and migration policies, let alone the fight against gender violence.

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25/08/2022

Ukraine ‘Testing Ground’ Shaping US Network, Electronic Warfare Effort

Human Wrongs Watch

By Colin Demarest | Defense News – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Fierce battles being waged in Ukraine are showcasing cyber and electronic warfare and their consequences for connectivity and communications, according to the deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

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17 Aug 2022 – Fierce battles being waged in Ukraine are showcasing cyber and electronic warfare and their consequences for connectivity and communications, according to the deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.

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25/08/2022

The World Owes the Rohingyas their Right to Human Dignity

Human Wrongs Watch

New Delhi, Aug 25 2022 (IPS)* – It has been five years since the forced exodus of the Rohingyas from Myanmar, and their plea for justice and accountability continues.
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Dr Mohsina Chaklader, a doctor with Humanity Auxilium, walks through Cox’s Bazar. Chaklader says while physical conditions in the refugee camps that house more than 900,000 more needs to be done. Credit: Humanity Auxilium

Dr Mohsina Chaklader, a doctor with Humanity Auxilium, walks through Cox’s Bazar. Chaklader says while physical conditions in the refugee camps that house more than 900,000 more needs to be done. Credit: Humanity Auxilium

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25/08/2022

Israeli Suppression of Palestinian Rights Organizations ‘Illegal and Unacceptable’

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN News)* — Twenty-four UN-appointed independent human rights experts condemned on Wednesday [24 August 2022], Israel’s escalating attacks against Palestinian civil society in the occupied West Bank, describing it as “illegal and unacceptable”.

IRIN/Shabtai Gold | Palestinian women walk by Israel’s barrier near Ramallah in the West Bank.

During a raid last week, the Israeli army broke into and shut down the offices of seven Palestinian human rights and humanitarian groups operating in Ramallah, located in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). 

These actions amount to severe suppression of human rights defenders and are illegal and unacceptable,” the experts said, encouraging UN Member States to use international law to end the abuses. 

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