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september 13, 2013 · 2:53 am

Statement Bradley Manning/”Somtimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society”

 

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PAY A HEAVY PRICE TO LIVE IN A FREE SOCIETY

 

The following is a transcript of the statement made by Pfc. Bradley Manning as read by David Coombs at a press conference on Wednesday after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison.

WATCH VIDEO OF COOMBS STATEMENT HERE

The decisions that I made in 2010 were made out of a concern for my country and the world that we live in. Since the tragic events of 9/11, our country has been at war. We’ve been at war with an enemy that chooses not to meet us on any traditional battlefield, and due to this fact we’ve had to alter our methods of combating the risks posed to us and our way of life.

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augustus 29, 2013 · 4:30 am

Martin Luther King’s speech ”I have a dream”/August 28 1963

 

MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SPEECH

I HAVE A DREAM

AUGUST 28 1963

 

On 28 August, 1963, Martin Luther King delivered his magnificent “I have a dream speech” on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Below is the full text of his speech.

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augustus 19, 2013 · 2:58 am

Egypt/Letter to General Abdel Fattah al Sisi/Urgent appeal about the detention conditions of ex president Morsi and his nine aides

TO THE MINISTER OF DEFENCE
GENERAL ABDEL FATTAH AL SISI
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
CAIRO. ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
SUBJECT
APPEAL TO YOU ABOUT THE VIOLATIONS
OF HUMAN RIGHTS AGAINST EX PRESIDENT
MORSI AND HIS NINE AIDES IN DETENTION
“No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.”
”’Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.”

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augustus 17, 2013 · 2:18 pm

[Human Rights Watch]/Egypt: Sectarian Attacks Amid Political Crisis

EGYPT: SECTARIAN ATTACKS AMID POLITICAL CRISIS

Scant Protection As Christians Attacked in Several Cities
July 23, 2013

  • A protester holds a cross and a Koran during a protest against ousted President Mohamed Morsy at Tahrir Square in Cairo on July 4, 2013.

    © 2013 Reuters
Egyptian security forces should be on high alert to prevent and halt sectarian violence in the current tense and polarized situation. Egypt’s religious and political leaders should denounce the dangerous escalation of sectarian attacks.
Nadim Houry, acting Middle East director

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· 1:41 am

[Amnesty International]/Egypt’s disastrous bloodshed requires urgent impartial investigation

 

EGYPT’S DISASTROUS BLOODSHED REQUIRES URGENT IMPARTIAL INVESTIGATION

16 AUGUST 2013

More than 600 people have been killed in unprecedented levels of violence by the security forces.More than 600 people have been killed in unprecedented levels of violence by the security forces.© MAHMOUD KHALED/AFP/Getty Images
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Based on the initial testimonies and other evidence we’ve gathered, there seems to be little doubt the security forces have been acting with blatant disregard for human life, and full investigations that are both impartial and independent are urgently needed

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Philip Luther, Middle East and North Africa Programme Director at Amnesty International
Fri, 16/08/2013
“

There were dozens of dead bodies and hundreds of injured people. They mostly sustained live ammunition wounds to the upper part of the body

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A doctor Amnesty International spoke to in Cairo

There must be a full and impartial investigation into the violent dispersal of sit-in protests in Cairo this week, where security forces used unwarranted lethal force and broke promises to allow the wounded to exit safely, Amnesty International said today on the basis of its research on the ground.

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augustus 16, 2013 · 3:17 am

[Article of Joke Kaviaar]/Faces of deportation: Just another operation?

FACES OF DEPORTATION: JUST ANOTHER OPERATION?

JOKE KAVIAAR

Opinie, gepost door: Joke Kaviaar op 15/08/2013 08:05:12

Deportation charter flights. They are a military operation. They are covered in the utmost secrecy. So much for a transparent democratic state! How much different are these mass deportations from the trains that left for the concentration camps during the second World War?

Ah, but they are not similar at all! The Nazi’s were crude, blatant fascists and they did not really try to hide what they were up to. Not that it made any difference.. the Dutch government sent back Jews that took refuge in the Netherlands, because Hitler was a friendly head of state they did not want to offend. This is a clear similarity to the current Dutch (and European) policy regarding refugees. After all, sending people back to unsafe countries is exactly the same practice today! But you got to hand it to them: the Dutch (or any other European) government did and does not mass murder anyone themselves, they merely cooperate, which of course is an entirely different thing. All they do is to not safeguard refugees from torture and murder, as they organize their deportation.

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augustus 14, 2013 · 3:30 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Mass detention of migrants

 

 

RUSSIA: MASS DETENTION OF MIGRANTS

 

Racial Profiling, Arbitrary Detention, Harsh Detention Conditions
AUGUST 9, 2013
OUR REPORT:
Everything about this massive sweep violates Russia’s obligations under international law. Prolonged detention without counsel, ethnic profiling, inhuman conditions – it should stop now.
Tanya Lokshina, Russia program director

(Moscow) – Moscow police have detained thousands of suspected irregular migrants since late July 2013, for alleged violation of migration and employment regulations. Hundreds are in custody, including in a makeshift tent camp in inhuman conditions. Russia should immediately halt these arbitrary detentions and the degrading treatment of migrants.

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· 3:21 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Xenios Zeus and the True Meaning of Greek Hospitality

XENIOS ZEUS AND THE TRUE MEANING OF GREEK HOSPITALITY

July 9, 2013

 

Author(s):

Eva Cossé

Published in:

Open Democracy

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The Greek authorities should revise Greece’s general stop and search powers, including for Operation Xenios Zeus, and adopt legal and policy reforms to ensure that all measures to identify irregular migrants fully comply with national and international law prohibiting discrimination.

“Police officers came to the door and said ‘All blacks out, all blacks out,’” Tupac told me as he recalled how police officers forced him and other black and Asian passengers out of a bus in central Athens for an identity check in early February. After pulling him off the bus, the police held Tupac, a Guinean registered asylum seeker, for approximately 10 hours to check his legal status in Greece.

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augustus 11, 2013 · 3:16 am

[Speech of Joke Kaviaar, held at the demonstration at 10th august, which concluded the No Border Camp Rotterdam 2013]/Faces of deportation: Accuse the profiteers

FACES OF DEPORTATION: ACCUSE THE PROFITEERS

SPEECH OF JOKE KAVIAAR AT 10TH AUGUST 2013

HELD AT THE DEMONSTRATION THAT CONCLUDED THE NO BORDER CAMP ROTTERDAM 2013

 

Opinie, gepost door: Joke Kaviaar op 11/08/2013 08:12:55

The article below is the text of a speech held during the demonstration to conclude the No Border Camp in Rotterdam August 2 -10. This demonstration was held on Saturday August 10 (Report with video’s here.).

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augustus 10, 2013 · 4:51 am

[Human Rights Watch]/Russia: Reject Discriminatory Bill

RUSSIA: REJECT DISCRIMINATORY BILL

 

Wave of International Criticism of Anti-LGBT Draft Law
JUNE 24, 2013
Russia has made much of its leadership on “traditional values” at the United Nations, but this bill shows what “traditional values” actually means in Russia. This bill makes clear that in Russia, “traditional values” means the state decides what is acceptable and what is not when it comes to personal identity. That is something that anyone – gay or straight – concedes at their peril.
Graeme Reid, director of the LGBT Rights Program

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