#saudi
Spreading lies and stories about victims of IRI is coming to Mastodon as well.
The tragic death of Aida Rostami after her capture by regime forces has angered people inside and outside Iran.
As per latest excuse, the regime told the family of her that she had fell from an overpass bridge and died. Even saying that she had committed suicide.
But family members and those who examined her body say that there were signs of torture visible and the cause of death was very possibly result of those tortures.
The case have been used by #Saudi Financed Persian TV channel #iraninternational who (without any source) claiming that one of her eyes was removed.
The story now has been shared by 1000s without any reliable source backing it and Mr. Karimi who is posting stories about Iran on. Mastodon is also sharing it and refered to a source that iwas referring to IA as source for the claim (all without any links).
Her Wikipedia page does not have any references to the IA claim.
IA was also the source of the famous fake story about the "death sentence of 1500 protesters" that the Canadian PM retweeted
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aida_Rostami
Mick Wallace : We rightly have a problem with Russia terrorising Ukrainians. Why have we no problem with #US #NATO terrorising people of #Afghanistan #Iraq #Libya ? Or no problem with US + #EU helping #Saudi #UAE terrorise #Yemen ? Why have we no problem with #Israel terrorising #Palestinians ?
They are not "civilized" like Ukrainians./facepalm
https://twitter.com/wallacemick/status/1582757721035902976
How come EU High Representative @JosepBorrellF
has not been deeply shocked by the horrific #US #EU supported #Saudi #UAE Genocide in #Yemen where over 400,000 are dead? Civilians + Civilian Infrastructure are deliberately targeted +,EU stay silent. Do some lives not matter...?
I freaking hate these #hypocrites.
Britain’s Covert War in Yemen
#Britain ’s #Covert #War in #Yemen #UK #UN #politics
"The brutal war in Yemen, which has raged since 2015, is the world’s worst #humanitarian #disaster . A delicate truce since April has reduced some of the horror, but that deal seems to be breaking down.
It should be time to reflect about who, on all sides of the conflict, including in Britain, might be indicted for #war #crimes . Nearly 9,000 civilians have been killed in over 25,000 mainly #Saudi air strikes which have been facilitated by Britain’s Royal Air Force. Many more tens of thousands have been killed in the conflict.
The U.N. has repeatedly alleged the commission of war crimes but no Saudi, Briton or Yemeni has been held to account, nor is likely to be. Tragically, it is history repeating itself, and the price once again is being paid by ordinary Yemenis."
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The Guardian excels in this kind of subtle, veiled #whitewashing - meant to differentiate itself from the #UK establishment's overt whitewashing of #MBS. Bad as #Saudi ruler's role in murdering journalist Jamal #Khashoggi is, he's committed a far bigger crime – of genocide – in #Yemen
Peace Pledge Union statement on Ukraine and Russia
The #PeacePledgeUnion (PPU) has today issued the following statement with regards to the prospect of #war over #Ukraine. The #PPU is #Britain's leading #pacifist organisation and the #British section of War Resisters' International.
The Peace Pledge Union shares the concern felt around the world about the possibility of war between #Russia and Ukraine. Sending more #troops and more #weapons to the area is only making the situation worse.
We oppose the actions of #politicians and #military leaders on both the #Russian side and the #NATO/Ukrainian side who are stirring up military #tension and using each other’s #aggression to justify their own. We stand with people in all countries who are resisting the drive to war.
We utterly reject any suggestion that to oppose NATO’s #militarism means supporting #VladimirPutin and Russian #forces. We oppose militarism on all sides.
We condemn the action of the Russian #government in building up troops on the #Ukrainian border. We do not accept their claim that this is not aggressive because the troops are in Russian territory. We similarly condemn the aggressive actions of NATO members, including the #US and #UK governments, in building up troops on Russia’s other borders. This follows NATO’s expansion eastwards since the 1990s, which has broken promises made at the end of the #ColdWar.
Each side uses the other’s aggression to justify their own. Each side claims that their actions are purely defensive. This situation has occurred countless times before in many parts of the world. It illustrates the futility of seeking to solve #conflict through #violence. Militarism anywhere fuels militarism everywhere.
As the British section of War Resisters’ International, the Peace Pledge Union stands in #solidarity with #pacifists and other #anti-militarists around the world. We are confident that the people of #Ukraine, Russia, the US, the UK and all the other countries involved have more in common with each other than with the #militaristic politicians, generals and arms companies who would wage war in their name.
As an organisation based in the UK, we note that UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss repeatedly states that UK troops and their NATO allies are promoting “freedom”. Yet the lack of #democracy and civil #liberties in Russia is mirrored in countries that the UK government counts among its military allies. NATO members include the #authoritarian regime of #Turkey. While Truss claims that UK troops in #Estonia are defending #freedom, other UK troops are training the #Saudi forces bombing #civilians in #Yemen. The Ukrainian government has recently imprisoned members of our sibling organisation, the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, for campaigning against militarism; these actions mirror the Putin regime’s repression of peaceful #activists in Russia.
There is no military solution to the #crisis over Ukraine. We urge both sides to withdraw troops from each other’s borders and to stop pouring further troops and weapons into an already highly volatile situation. We encourage them to focus on tackling the real dangers that threaten us all, including Covid, poverty and the climate emergency. We support people in all countries who challenge militaristic polices and we welcome the actions of individuals in the armed forces in any country who refuse to obey orders to fight or to prepare for war.
#peace #propeace #antiwar #ConscientiousObjection #HumanRights
● NEWS ● #MintPressNews #KSA ☞ #Saudi Coalition Withdrawal from #Hodeidah Raises Hopes Yemen War May Be Coming to an End https://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-withdrawal-hodeidah-raises-hopes-war-yemen-coming-end/278978/
