#humanrightsviolations

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‘Disaster’: Palestinian homes used as Israeli bases in Jenin

Jenin, occupied West Bank – The inside of Bassem Tahayneh’s home in the Jenin refugee camp appears as though a tornado had blown through it.

Israeli soldiers used many homes inside the camp as military bases and caused heavy damage to furniture and belongings.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/6/how-israel-used-palestinian-homes-bases-jenin

#Palestinian #civilians #WarCrimes #Israel #army #military #homes #residential #ResidentialBuildings #Refugees #RefugeeCamps #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #WestBank

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The removal of our international human right to protest is terrifying

We should all be terrified at the authoritarian removal of our international human right to peaceful protest.

You can now be arrested in the UK, just as in Russia, for merely holding a placard – or even being suspected of even thinking about doing so.

Indeed, earlier this year, 10 Downing street said that the bill would mean that “police will not need to wait for disruption to take place and can shut protests down before chaos erupts.” This, indeed, is vague enough to include everything – and exclude nothing.

More at:
https://northeastbylines.co.uk/the-removal-of-our-international-human-right-to-protest-is-terrifying/

#UntedKingdom #England #ToryFascistDictatorship #DemocracyLost #BritishFascism #Britain #fascism #HumanRights #InternationalHumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #FreeSpeech #ToryScum #oppression #Orwell #1984 #DystopianBritain #dystopia #dystopian

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French publisher arrested in London on terrorism charge

A French publisher has been arrested on terror charges in London after being questioned by UK police about participating in anti-government protests in France.

Ernest Moret, 28, a foreign rights manager for Éditions la Fabrique, was approached by two plainclothes officers at St Pancras station on Monday evening after arriving by train from Paris to attend the London book fair.

He was questioned for six hours and then arrested for alleged obstruction in refusing to disclose the passcodes to his phone and computer. His treatment was condemned as an attack on the right to demonstrate, amid calls for protests outside the UK embassy in Paris and French Institute in London.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/apr/18/french-publisher-arrested-london-counter-terrorism-police-ernest-moret

#ToryDictatorship #DemocracyNotAutocracy #PoliceState #ErnestMoret #protests #France #Orwellian #ThoughtPolice #1984 #oppression #repression #authoritarian #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #MetPolice

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‘Hostile, authoritarian’ UK downgraded in civic freedoms index

The UK is becoming increasingly authoritarian and is among concerning company in the Civicus Monitor ratings as restrictive laws and dangerous rhetoric are creating a hostile environment towards civil society in the UK.”

It is also concerned by what it sees as the UK government’s attempts to undermine human rights and its hostility towards charities and campaigners who actively oppose or speak out against its policies on climate change, anti-racism and refugee and asylum seeker rights.

The UK government’s increasingly hardline approach is reflected in a separate annual survey of charities by the Sheila McKechnie Foundation (SMK), which reveals widespread alarm at the extent of ministers perceived hostility to civil society and enthusiasm for cracking down on long-held freedoms to organise and protest.

“The results of our survey, alongside the news Civicus has downgraded the UK as obstructed, should be a wake-up call. Our civic space is experiencing death by a thousand cuts and, at a time when ‘Global Britain’ is trying to carve out its new space in the world, we find ourselves in the same class as countries we have previously been a democratic example to,” said the SMK chief executive, Sue Tibballs.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/mar/16/hostile-authoritarian-uk-downgraded-in-civic-freedoms-index

#ToryFascistDictatorship #DemocracyNotAutocracy #CivilRights #authoritarian #hostile #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #ToryScum #asylum #AsylumSeekers #refugee #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateEmergency #protests #PoliceState #racism #fascism

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The UK will treat online images of immigrants crossing the Channel as a criminal offense

On 17 January, the United Kingdom (UK) government announced that online platforms will have to proactively remove images of immigrants crossing the Channel in small boats under a new amendment to be tabled to the Online Safety Bill. The announcement, intended to bolster the UK’s hostile immigration policy, has been met with concern among the British public and charities working with people on the move.

https://edri.org/our-work/the-uk-will-treat-online-images-of-immigrants-crossing-the-channel-as-a-criminal-offence/

#ToryFascistDictatorship #censorship #OnlineSafetyBill #immigrants #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #DemocracyNotAutocracy #ToriesOut

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Most convicts recruited by Wagner Group killed, wounded or deserted

Of the 50,000 convicts recruited by #mercenary company Wagner Group from the Russian prison system, only 10,000 remain in the ranks of the military, according to Olga Romanova, head of Russia Behind Bars, an NGO that protects the rights of convicts.

The rest have deserted or have been killed or wounded, she said.

https://kyivindependent.com/news-feed/ngo-most-convicts-recruited-by-wagner-killed-wounded-or-deserted

#RussiaInvadedUkraine #StandWithUkraine #WagnerGroup #convicts #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #RussiaUkraineWar #PutinWarCriminal #WarCrimes #RussianWarCrimes

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First day of UK Police State action

https://twitter.com/secrettory12/status/1541832073023049728

#ToryFascistDictatorship #PoliceState #UnitedKingdom #ToryDictatorship #HumanRights #Protest #HumanRightsViolations #ToryCorruption #JohnsonTheCorruptPM #JohnsonTheLiar

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SPEAK UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

The Tory Government is trying to destroy a system that protects every one of us from abuse of power. It is shutting down the ways ordinary people hold it accountable for its actions – criminalising protest and ignoring laws and rules it doesn't like.

And now in its attempts to become untouchable, the Government wants to rip up our Human Rights Act.

Petition:
https://www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/fundamental/stand-up-to-power/

#ElectiveDictatorship #HumanRights #HumanRightsViolations #DemocracyLostUK #ToryCriminals #ToryCoup #ToryCorruption #JohnsonTheCorruptPM #JohnsonTheLiar #ToryLiars #Orwellian #OrwellWasRight