Russia should free Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov before the World Cup – IFEX

Does the Kremlin care enough about international pressure and the shadow cast by Sentsov’s case to free him? Stranger things have happened, and the outrage over his imprisonment has been mounting inside and outside Russia. For the sake of Oleg Sentsov and others jailed for dissent through political manipulation of justice, we can only hope that Russia still cares about its international image enough to realize that the only right thing to do is to release them immediately.

Source: Russia should free Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov before the World Cup – IFEX

Subhuman savagery of white supremacy — The Border Patrol killing of Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez

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This savage killing of a young 20 year old woman happens when a racist thug posing as a president calls immigrants animals. She was only seeking a better life. The Border Agent shot her in the head & boasted about it. F’ing monster. OMG! Charge him with murder already! The Customs and Border Protection cancelled their news conference & has now changed their story of what happened. THE AGENT LIED about what happened. No one attacked the agent with a

two-by-four. There was NO LUMBER THERE! ALWAYS LYING about being attacked to cover up their crimes. Justice for Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez. Charge the agent with murder and lock him up!

(CNN) United States Customs and Border Protection on Friday released a slightly different account of a border agent’s fatal shooting of an undocumented migrant near Laredo, Texas, raising new questions about what actually happened.

After initially reporting the agent was attacked by migrants armed with “blunt objects,” the federal agency on Friday said only that the group “rushed” the officer after ignoring orders to get on the ground.

But its latest version of events makes no mention of blunt objects described in an agency statement issued after Wednesday’s shooting in the border town of Rio Bravo.

Additionally, the Border Patrol at first reported that a round from the officer’s gun “fatally wounded one of the assailants” but the latest statement refers to the gunshot victim as a “member of the group.”

Customs and Border Protection on Friday canceled a new conference on the shooting and instead released its updated statement.

An agency spokesman declined to comment further, saying the shooting was being investigated by the FBI and the Texas Rangers. An FBI spokesman also said the agency had no comment due to the ongoing investigation.

The woman who was killed was identified as Claudia Patricia Gomez Gonzalez, 20, of San Juan Ostuncalco in Guatemala, Webb County Medical Examiner Corrine Stern said Friday. The cause of death was not released.

The victim’s family held a news conference in Guatemala and asked for justice. “It’s not fair that they treat them like animals, just because they come from countries less developed,” Gomez’s aunt said.

The family said the young woman had just turned 20, had graduated after studying accounting, and had headed to the United States when she could not find a job in Guatemala.

According to the family, the victim had a phone number with her of a family in the US, and the Border Patrol called that number to report that Gomez was dead. The family that received the call in the US then called her family in Guatemala to let them know.

Marta Martinez, who lives near the scene of the shooting, told CNN that she ran out of her home after hearing a gunshot. She said she didn’t hear yelling or orders to stop or a commotion before the shot rang out.

Martinez later saw an officer turn over the body of a young woman, in her early 20s, who was face-down in the ground. she said.

Dominga Vicente, the aunt of Claudia Gomez…..

The young woman’s face was covered with dirt on one side and blood on the other, according to Martinez, who recorded the aftermath of the shooting on her cell phone and posted videos on Facebook Live.

Martinez said she later saw a Border Patrol statement claiming the migrants tried to the hit the agent with “a two-by-four,” referring to a piece of lumber.

“There are no two-by-fours there,” she said. “It’s only grass and some branches.”

In the video, a uniformed man is seen giving someone on the ground chest compressions but Martinez said the woman appeared to be dead.

In a vacant lot near her home, Martinez said an agent captured two men who ran from the scene after the shooting. Martinez said she heard the officer tell the men: “This is what happens. You see?”

The Border Patrol said agents arrested three undocumented immigrants.

In her video, Martinez can be heard yelling in Spanish at the officer who led the men to his vehicle: “Why do you mistreat them? Why did you shot the girl? You killed her. He killed the girl. She’s there. She’s dead. I saw you with the gun, bro.”

Martinez said she was afraid because Border Patrol agents have been stopping outside her home since her posts appeared on Facebook.

“I recorded,” she said. “I went viral everywhere. I don’t know but I’m scared they could do something to us.”

News Analysis: Trump Versus Law Enforcement: A Confrontation with No Precedent

As long as he believes he is protecting himself – he cares not what damage he cause others! The president’s allies say he has every right to manage the executive branch and every reason to be outraged at possible misconduct aimed at his campaign. Critics say he is wreaking untold damage on institutions that form the bulwark of a democratic society.

US liberal Islamophobia is rising – and more insidious than rightwing bigotry | Khaled A Beydoun

Fascists hide inside of all religions and subvert the universal message of love for one another. People who believe otherwise just give comfort to the fascists.

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We must not ignore the spread of leftists who preach that Islam is inimical to liberal values

“When will Muslims step up and reform Islam?” asked the self-identified “progressive and intersectional” college student, following a presentation of my book, American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear, at New York University.

The student wore a Black Lives Matter T-shirt and a colorful assortment of pins and patches on his camouflage backpack calling for “equality now” and claiming that “The future is female”. The young man, by way of verbal admission and the myriad of political statements he proudly wore, was a political progressive. And indeed, a representative of a swelling population of leftists who embrace progressive principles yet see Islam as inimical to liberal values and in conflict with American identity.

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Chicken safety fear as chlorine washing fails bacteria tests | World news | The Guardian Major Oops!

The chlorine washing of food, the controversial “cleaning” technique used by many US poultry producers who want access to the British market post-Brexit, does not remove contaminants, a new study has found. The investigation, by a team of microbiologists from Southampton University and published in the US journal mBio, found that bacilli such as listeria and salmonella remain completely active after chlorine washing. The process merely makes it impossible to culture them in the lab, giving the false impression that the chlorine washing has been effective. Apart from a few voluntary codes, the American poultry industry is unregulated compared with that in the EU, allowing for flocks to be kept in far greater densities and leading to a much higher incidence of infection. While chicken farmers in the EU manage contamination through higher welfare standards, smaller flock densities and inoculation, chlorine washing is routinely used in the US right at the end of the process, after slaughter, to clean carcasses. This latest study indicates it simply doesn’t work.

Source: Chicken safety fear as chlorine washing fails bacteria tests | World news | The Guardian

FBI has obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Donald Trump Jr at NRA Convention | 3CHICSPOLITICO “No one cares the the NRA is in bed with Russia?” 

Torshin — a close political ally of Vladimir Putin — had multiple contacts with conservative activists in the United States during the election, seeking to set up a summit between the Russian president and then candidate Trump. Although the summit never transpired, Torshin did meet briefly with the president’s son at a private dinner in Louisville during the May 2016 annual convention of the NRA. A member of the NRA since 2012, Torshin has been a regular attendee of the group’s conventions in recent years and hosted senior members of the group in Moscow.

Source: FBI has obtained wiretaps of Putin ally who met with Donald Trump Jr at NRA Convention | 3CHICSPOLITICO

ماذا بعد نقل السفارة؟

 

جاء رمضان وبدد الإهتمام بالأمور المهمة. الإنشغال ما بين الطعام والمسلسلات. الطوش اليومية بسبب غضب صائم او غير صائم.

اختفى الاحتلال عن المشهد ، الا من فضه للمنازعات اليومية بالقدس بين الفلسطينيين. ويقنص براحته على الحدود الفاصلة عن غزة ونعد الشهداء ونفرزهم لمصلحة هذا الفصيل أو ذاك.

كل شيء مهم تجمد الا النزاع والاقتتال ، بين الفصائل من جهة ، وبين فئات الشعب المقتتلة من أجل قطايف أو مصف للسيارة او عدم غض البصر عن مفطرات الصيام ولمز واساءة لفظية للإناث.

ولكن …

ما يحدث أكبر ولا يوجد من نلوم في ما يحدث غيرنا . فبن سلمان حتى اختفى من المشهد، وترامب أرجأ إعلان صفقته لما بعد رمضان ، ونحن منشغلون بما سنأكل وما سنشاهد وأين سنسهر.

وأقصى ما نراه من بعض المسؤولين ،بينما ينتظرون خبر انتهاء عمر الرئيس اذا ما توعكت صحته أكثر ، ببعض التنديد والاستياء . فالدول بدأت تهرول بنقل سفاراتهم الى القدس ، واسرائيل شرعت بالاعلان عن بناء توسيعي بالمستوطنات لمئات او الاف الوحدات السكنية في أنحاء الضفة الغربية .

تم موت أسير بشبهات مؤكدة بتعريضه للتنكيل والضرب ولا من حتى وقفة أحتجاجية ومطالبة حقيقية بتحقيق.

وبمناسبة التحقيق، نعم تحركت الدبلوماسية الفلسطينية نحو محكمة الجنايات لتقديم ملف الاستيطان ، وكأن اسرائيل ردت بتمرير قرار انشاء المزيد من الوحدات الاستيطانية لترد على الخطوة الفلسطينية التي استغرقت عقدين.

مر افتتاح السفارة بالقدس ولم ترق السلطة الى استدعاء ممثل او قنصل او سفير . لم تفكر اصلا بتوقيف مشاريع هذه الدول او التهديد بوقف التعاون.

أهم ما يحصل في لساحة الفلسطينية هو مرض الرئيس ومحاولة الوصول الى خليفة قادم ضمن المنتظرين الكثر لفرصة الرئاسة الابدية القادمة. حتى اننا صرنا نسمع بالتوريث!!!

ولكن كل ما يجري بالضفة من مأساوية في كفة ، وما يجري بغزة من استنزاف انساني في كفة أخرى.

لا أفهم كيف استطعنا ووبراعة عجيبة تحويل مسيرة العودة الى هذا. كيف صارت الضحايا ارقاما توزع على الفصائل ؟ كيف تحولت بطولات الناس المسكينة المتعطشة للقمة او حرية لمزادات يتصارع عليها الفصائل المتحاربة؟

كيف حولت حماس المسيرات لاستحقاق تجني منه منافع أعلى سقوفها فتح معابر؟

ما جرى بجنازة الامس مؤسف ومحزن ومخزي ومؤلم . أن نصل إلى مرحلة يرفض فيها امام الجامع بإقامة صلاة الجنازة لأن الشهيد ينتمي لفصيل مناهض ، فبكل أسى اقول ، لا يوجد ما هو حضيض اقعر من هذا.

ولا اعرف لماذا لا استطيع فصل وجودنا برمضان عما حدث ويحدث . ان كانت هذه اخلاق الصائم في أهم الشهور واقدسها لدى المسلمين. ان كان هذا هو الشهر الذي توصد به الشياطين ، فمن اولئك الذين يتصرفون بشيطنة أشد في هذا الشهر الفضيل؟ أين ذهبت الانسانية وكيف تغيب بأبسط ما يذكرنا دائما بأن هذه الحياة فانية ؟ كيف وصلنا الى مكان حتى الميت لا نرحمه ولا نقدم له واجبه الآخير…. وأى ميت؟ شهيد!

في ظل الانحدار الحاصل ، لا يمكن أن يبقى اولي السلطة من كافة الاطراف في هذا الاستنفاذ والاستهلاك للانسان الفلسطيني. لم يبق الا هذا الانسان بعدما ضاعت الارض وفقدنا العرض. ولقد حولتم الإنسان الى رقم محتمل لجني المزيد من الاستحقاقات لجيوبكم على حساب ما كان وطنا وما كان مواطنا .

كفى !

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