Category Archives: human rights

Sylvie Guillem – Two (Rise and Fall) – YouTube Just amazingly beaufitul

Sylvie Guillem – Two (Rise and Fall) – YouTube.

Meet the Lying Liars Responsible for Chipping Away at Roe v. Wade | Dame Magazine

They create nonprofits, staffed with die-hard ideologues, and set about producing and promoting bogus science, to build the illusion of dissent or doubt over conclusions drawn by peer-reviewed scientific or medical research. They develop their own “research findings” to suit their ideological views. Then they deploy scare tactics, all with the goal of passing laws that suit their agenda.

Abortion opponents, say Resnick and Coutts, have created “what might best be called the ‘False Witness’ industry,” a group of so-called experts willing to testify to unproven, anti-scientific claims about abortion.

via Meet the Lying Liars Responsible for Chipping Away at Roe v. Wade | Dame Magazine.

Price tag violence by settlers now includes casual murder! Palestinian driver found hanged inside Israeli bus | Maan News Agency

Witnesses told Ma’an that other drivers saw al-Ramouni’s bus parked in the bus terminal during his working hours. A driver checked inside the bus and found al-Ramouni’s body hanging from a steel bar in the middle of the bus.

His colleagues cut the body down and he was taken to Hadassah hospital. Medics at the bus station tried to resuscitate him but he was later pronounced dead.

“According to an initial investigation, it appears there is no suspicion of criminal activity, in other words a suicide,” Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a statement, which said there were “no signs of violence on the body.”

But fellow bus driver Muatasem Fakeh said he had seen evidence to the contrary.

“We saw signs of violence on his body,” he told AFP.

“He was hanged over the steps at the back of the bus in a place where it would be impossible to hang yourself alone,” he added.

The victim’s brother, Osama al-Ramouni said the family did not accept the verdict of suicide, saying his body “had bruises on it,” suggesting he had been “tortured” before his death.

“My brother had children and was a happy man. It is impossible that he killed himself,” he told AFP.

“He had no problems that would make him do it,” he said, adding that a post-mortem would “reveal everything.”

“We reject the suicide theory. We all know it was settlers who killed him,” he said.

via Palestinian driver found hanged inside Israeli bus | Maan News Agency.

Dr Death will see you now | Priyanka Kaushal

Camps Of Death: A timeline of mishaps at medical camps in the state

2011 Nearly 300 operations were performed in Balod village. Four people lost their lives, while 52 lost their eyesight completely. Some paramedics were suspended. An inquiry by a team from AIIMS revealed nothing more sinister than some “unnamed problems with some unnamed medicines”

Against the target of 1,000, experts of the state government performed 1,098 operations in Kawardha. Twenty people lost their eyesight and two lost their lives. An inquiry was inconclusive

2012 Nearly 145 eye operations were performed in Bagbahara. Twelve people reported partial loss of eyesight

Around 200 operations were performed in Durg. Three patients lost their eyesight completely and 12 partially

722 girls in Bilaspur and Raipur complained that their uterus was missing after they were admitted to private clinics running a government sterilisation programme. The doctors’ defence was that the uteruses were cancer-infected. The registration of several doctors was cancelled, but the Indian Medical Association managed to reverse the move

2013 Seven women ended up with severely butchered stomachs during a sterilisation programme in Durg

via Dr Death will see you now | Priyanka Kaushal.

Rosebud Sioux Tribe: House Vote in Favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline an Act of War

In response to Friday’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to authorize the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the Rosebud Sioux Tribal president announced that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) recognizes the authorization of the this pipeline as an

“act of war.”

The Tribe has done its part to remain peaceful in its dealing with the United States in this matter, in spite of the fact that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has yet to be properly consulted on the project, which would cross through tribal land, and the concerns brought to the Department of Interior and to the Department of State have yet to be addressed.

“THE HOUSE HAS NOW SIGNED OUR DEATH WARRANTS AND THE DEATH WARRANTS OF OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. THE ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE WILL NOT ALLOW THIS PIPELINE THROUGH OUR LANDS,” SAID PRESIDENT CYRIL SCOTT OF THE ROSEBUD SIOUX TRIBE.

“We are outraged at the lack of intergovernmental cooperation. We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such. We will close our reservation borders to Keystone XL. Authorizing Keystone XL is an act of war against our people.”

via Rosebud Sioux Tribe: House Vote in Favor of the Keystone XL Pipeline an Act of War.

One Of Two Men Shot And Killed By Deputies Was Holding A BB Gun, Says Family: LAist

Being Brown can be lethal with LASC on the loose. They might be able to justify one but not the other. Will unfortunately  be forgotten too soon.

Two men were shot and killed by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies early Sunday morning when authorities say one of the suspects exited their vehicle carrying what appeared to be a handgun. However, family members say it was all a tragic misunderstanding.

via One Of Two Men Shot And Killed By Deputies Was Holding A BB Gun, Says Family: LAist.

Latino Families Optimistic Despite Inequities, Survey Finds | News | PND

Developed in partnership with Univision and the Denver Post, the report, The State of the Latino Family: A National Survey of Latinos in the United States (90 pages, PDF), surveyed a thousand Latinos — ranging from undocumented immigrants to fourth-or-more-generation Americans — and found that respondents were more likely to say that access to health care, economic opportunity, and public education had improved over the last five years. At the same time, U.S.-born Latinos and those with higher educational attainment and incomes were more likely than recent immigrants to express skepticism and disappointment with persistent inequality and/or to view opportunity as diminishing.

via Latino Families Optimistic Despite Inequities, Survey Finds | News | PND.

Chikungunya and Dengue Fever: A Public Health Responsibility | Petchary’s Blog

When it first arrived, it was made light of. “You’ll have pains for about three days, maybe a rash, then you’ll get better and will be immune to further attacks.” Not so for many, including myself. Those of us over 45 may take 1 to 2 or more months to get over the acute phase. After that there is the possibility of the subacute phase with arthritis and the possibility of disorders of the blood vessels. Then there is the chronic phase, occurring beyond 3 months and persisting for 2 -3 years. The symptoms include prolonged and severe arthritis, fatigue, body weakness, and depression (no wonder, with the prospect of these symptoms for 3 years!) The chronic phase occurs in 13% of people who contract the disease. If 2 million people in Jamaica contract it, that means that about 260,000 will be affected for up to 3 years. More tragically, many people have died. Yes, they had other conditions such as sickle cell, hypertension and diabetes, or were undergoing cancer treatment, but without chickV they would still be alive.

I think it is gross negligence on the part of WHO, PAHO and the Jamaican Ministry of Health, who were aware of this disease 2 years ago, to have done nothing. The least they could have done was to mount a public education campaign in the media, schools, churches and business places. The usual cry is that there is no money, but this outbreak has cost far more than a public education campaign would have. A public education campaign, at minimum could give the following information, which could be presented in simpler or more sophisticated ways depending on the audience.

via Chikungunya and Dengue Fever: A Public Health Responsibility | Petchary’s Blog.

U.S. Sailors Assaulted by Turkish Nationalists in Istanbul – NYTimes.com

As the sailors broke free, their assailants chased them and shouted “Yankee go home!” and “Down with U.S. imperialism!”

The United States Embassy in Ankara issued a strong condemnation. “The video showing an assault on three visiting American sailors is appalling,” it said in a statement published on Twitter. “While we respect the right to peaceful protest and freedom of expression, we condemn today’s attack in Istanbul.”

The Turkish government’s immediate response to the assault was conspicuously less forceful.

via U.S. Sailors Assaulted by Turkish Nationalists in Istanbul – NYTimes.com.