Human Wrongs Watch
In this long read, the direct cause of the current economic and environmental threats is shown to have been laid into the foundations of the state
England invests far less in wind turbines than Scotland | Karsten Würth, UnSplash
06/04/2021
Disability Discrimination at the World Bank: Is It Immunity or Impunity?
Human Wrongs Watch
– The 15,900-strong World Bank, which has funded over 12,000 development projects worldwide since 1947, is an international institution with a superlative reputation for its sustained efforts to end poverty in the developing world—with loans, interest-free credit and outright grants.
Credit World Bank
But it has come under heavy fire for its blatant violations of disability rights—an area where no US labour laws are applicable because the Washington-based institution enjoys diplomatic immunity.
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05/04/2021
The World as It Is–And the World as It Could Be
Human Wrongs Watch
By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service*
A New Freely Downloadable Book
I would like to announce the publication of a new book, in which I have tried to contrast the world that we experience today, filled with terrifying existential threats, such as catastrophic climate change, pandemics, all-destroying nuclear war, and the threat of large-scale famine, with the world that we would wish it to be.
Johan Scales Avery
The book may be downloaded and circulated free of charge from the following link:
The First Version Was Written in 1983
“THE WORLD AS IT IS AND THE WORLD AS IT COULD BE”, in its original form, dates from 1983, and it was the first article that I ever wrote about global problems.
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31/03/2021
Inequality: America’s Pre-Morbidity
The pandemic has revealed the gross inequality in American culture and society | Image from Wall Street International.
30 March 2021 (Wall Street International)* — It has been a year since the Covid-19 virus interrupted and changed our lives forever. The virus attacked not only our bodies but every aspect of our lives, our livelihoods, our children’s care and education, our ability to gather, to even kiss our grandparents.
A virus attacks the bodies of those who are most vulnerable, who have the least strong and healthy immune systems, but most critically those with “pre-morbidity.”
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31/03/2021
UN Investigation Concludes French Military Airstrike Killed Mali Civilians
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — In a statement released on Tuesday [30 March 2021] the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a 3 January French military airstrike on the central Malian village of Bounty, hit a group largely made up of civilians, killing several of them.
The day after the attack, a MINUSMA fact-finding team, made up of 15 human rights officers, and supported by two UN forensics experts and two public information officers, was deployed to investigate the strike, and shed light on the allegations surrounding the deaths.
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30/03/2021
‘Abortion Pill Reversal’ Spreading in Europe, Backed by US Christian Right
Illustration: Inge Snip
30/03/2021
‘Decisive Action’ Urgently Needed to Stave Off Debt Crisis in Developing Countries
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — Though significant steps have been taken to prevent debt crises across the world sparked by the COVID-19 crisis, they have not been sufficient to restore economic stability in many developing countries, according to a policy brief issued by the UN Secretary-General on Monday 29 March 2021.
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30/03/2021
IMF, World Bank Must Urgently Help Finance Developing Countries
Human Wrongs Watch
– COVID-19 has set back the uneven progress of recent decades, directly causing more than two million deaths. The slowdown, due to the pandemic and policy responses, has pushed hundreds of millions more into poverty, hunger and worse, also deepening many inequalities.
Anis Chowdhury
Development setbacks
The outlook for developing countries is grim, with output losses of 5.7% in 2020. Compared to pre-pandemic trends, the expected 8.1% loss by end-2021 will be much worse than advanced countries dropping 4.7%.
COVID-19 has further set back progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). As progress was largely ‘not on track’ even before the pandemic, developing countries will need much support to mitigate the new setbacks, let alone get back on track.
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30/03/2021
We Are Human, We Are Free—Building Worldwide Nonviolent Resistance to The Great Reset
Human Wrongs Watch
By Anita McKone – TRANSCEND Media Service*
In late 2020 Robert J. Burrowes and myself were asked by some Melbourne activists protesting against the lockdowns and Covid vaccinations to help them develop more effective strategy.
Anita McKone
Many of the protesters were new to activism, and those with an inclination towards following a nonviolent approach wanted education in this area.
In February, Robert and I ran two Introduction to Nonviolent Action workshops, and one Nonviolent Strategy weekend, and with the inspiration and input of this great group of participants, I have now put the basics of a worldwide nonviolent campaign strategy to defeat the Great Reset on a website. We have named this campaign We Are Human, We Are Free.
The website is designed as a resource that activists anywhere in the world can use to develop effective local nonviolent campaigns.
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