Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria (from released Syrian Presidency Facebook page) By Rick Sterling | Dissident Voice | August 20, 2019 It may be a new low in propaganda. National Public Radio (NPR) used the news that Syrian First Lady Asma al-Assad had overcome breast cancer to mock her and continue the information war […]
A new Security Council resolution recognizes for the first time that men and boys are victims of sexual violence in conflicts, reflecting more attention to this problem in addition to the work being done for female victims. Here, a scene from Aleppo, Syria. CREATIVE COMMONS
Seventy-eight percent of Americans live in states that have laws or policies against boycotting Apartheid Israel or Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law, according to a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report details the immense price Americans pay when exercising their free speech via their purchasing power to push back against human-rights abuses by Israel.
HRW further breaks down the number of states and which kinds of laws they have on the books:
By Sean Clinton | MEMO | November 7, 2018 Fig.1 – Graph of diamond exports and trends from main exporting hubs Israel’s gross diamond exports have crashed by a staggering 45 per cent since the 2014 massacre in Gaza that resulted in the death of over 2,200 people, mainly civilians including over 550 children. The […]
Sputnik – November 2, 2018 Human Rights Watch’s recent report alleging rampant abuse against women in North Korea is a underhanded attempt to undermine progress on inter-Korean talks, Christine Hong, a member of the Korea Policy Institute, told Sputnik. The 98-page report by the US-based watchdog details widespread sexual abuse allegedly carried out by North Korean government […]
*Mentality of the author: whitewash a war criminal with the blood of untold numbers on his hands…
August 24, 2018, RT.com
In a move that was entirely predictable, the US administration is once again threatening to bomb Syria if there is a “chemical weapons attack”.
