Archive for July, 2023

07/07/2023

Why Is Europe the Epicenter of World Wars?

Human Wrongs Watch

By David Adams | Transition to a Culture of Peace – TRANSCEND Media Service*

Europe was the epicenter of World Wars I and II, and now it threatens, with its war in the Ukraine, to kindle World War III.

As usual in history, overt warfare is the fruit of a constant, underlying culture of war. And in the case of Europe, it was the culture of war developed over many centuries to maintain the profits of colonialism.

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Dr. David Adams

To understand this, let us first turn to that old critic, Vladimir Lenin.

In his essay War and Revolution of May, 1917, Lenin wrote, “Peace reigned in Europe, but this was because domination over hundreds of millions of people in the colonies by the European nations was sustained only through constant, incessant, interminable wars, which we Europeans do not regard as wars at all, since all too often they resembled, not wars, but brutal massacres, the wholesale slaughter of unarmed peoples.”

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07/07/2023

Tunisia: Crisis as Black Africans Expelled to Libya Border

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By Human Rights Watch*

Tunis – Tunisian security forces have collectively expelled several hundred Black African migrants and asylum seekers, including children and pregnant women, since July 2, 2023 to a remote, militarized buffer zone at the TunisiaLibya border, Human Rights Watch on 6 July 2023 said.

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07/07/2023

‘Social Media Has Become a Major Vehicle in Spreading Hate Speech at an Unprecedented Speed’

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(UN News)* — The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect launched a new policy paper on Wednesday [] aimed at countering and addressing hate speech online. 

Governments and Internet companies are failing to meet challenges of online hate.
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Governments and Internet companies are failing to meet challenges of online hate.

The policy paper, Countering and Addressing Online Hate Speech: A Guide for Policy Makers and Practitioners, was developed jointly by the UN Office with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Human Rights, Big Data and Technology Project, at the UK’s University of Essex.

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07/07/2023

‘Bold and Resolute’ Action Needed to Protect Children Affected by War

Human Wrongs Watch

(UN NEWS)* — Last year, 27,180 grave violations were committed against children caught up in war – the highest number ever verified by the UN, the Security Council heard on Wednesday []. 
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A boy runs past damaged buildings, defaced by shelling during the conflict, on his way home from shopping, in the city of Sirte.
© UNICEF/Giovanni Diffidenti | A boy runs past damaged buildings, defaced by shelling during the conflict, on his way home from shopping, in the city of Sirte.

Presenting her latest annual report, Virginia Gamba, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, appealed for “bold and resolute action” to protect boys and girls at risk of death, recruitment, rape and other horrors.

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