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Russian authorities forcibly transferred and deported civilians from occupied areas of Ukraine in what amounted to war crimes and likely crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
The report, “Like a Prison Convoy”: Russia’s Unlawful Transfer of Civilians in Ukraine and Abuses During ‘Filtration’, details how Russian and Russian-controlled forces forcibly transferred civilians from occupied Ukraine further into Russian-controlled areas or into Russia. Children have been separated from their families during the process, in violation of international humanitarian law.
Civilians told Amnesty International how they were forced through abusive screening processes – known as ‘filtration’ – which sometimes resulted in arbitrary detention, torture, and other ill-treatment.
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Amnesty International documented cases in which members of specific groups – including children, older people and people with disabilities – were forcibly transferred to other Russian-occupied areas or unlawfully deported to Russia. In one case, a woman was separated from her 11-year-old son during filtration, detained, and not reunited with him, in clear violation of international humanitarian law.
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The New Candidate Countries For BRICS Expansion
The New Candidate Countries For BRICS Expansion - Silk Road Briefing
If accepted, the new proposed BRICS members would create an entity with a GDP 30% larger than the United States, over 50% of the global population and in control of 60% of global gas reserves. By Chris Devonshire-Ellis The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov has stated that ‘over a...www.silkroadbriefing.com
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If accepted, the new proposed BRICS members would create an entity with a GDP 30% larger than the United States, over 50% of the global population and in control of 60% of global gas reserves.In total, the BRICS grouping as it currently stands accounts for over 40% of the global population and nearly a quarter of the world’s GDP. The GDP figure is expected to double to 50% of global GDP by 2030. Expanding BRICS will immediately accelerate that process..
I'm getting to the point that believing anything from western media is a mistake.Russian authorities forcibly transferred and deported civilians from occupied areas of Ukraine in what amounted to war crimes and likely crimes against humanity, Amnesty International said in a new report published today.
It appears he is more free to speak his mind than some folks on this forum are.So he obviously has no fear of saying what he feels. That's freedom of speech. Perhaps he's mocking all the folks who say, "Putin Bad!"
Or did they kill/imprison this person after he went off camera?
Inquiring minds want to know.
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Amnesty International has actually taken a lot of flak for being Putin's useful idiot. One example:I'm getting to the point that believing anything from western media is a mistake.
There is a jail full of them in D.C..Re: Free Speech - show me where in America someone is getting jailed for political speech in public and we can compare apples to apples.
I don't get it. We have free speech here? Where? Behind the Dairy Queen?
Would being 'canceled' be considered 'jailed'?Re: Free Speech - show me where in America someone is getting jailed for political speech in public and we can compare apples to apples.
If we are engaged in an intellectually honest conversation about an apples to apples comparison, we are talking about the government (not any private enterprise) threatening (and acting) on jailing folks for expressing opinions in public that are contrary to government edict. Note that this is about chilling political speech. Incitements to riots or violence is not an apple in this conversation.Would being 'canceled' be considered 'jailed'?
An intellectually honest discussion would start with knowing that those jailed were not rioting, but peacefully protesting.Incitements to riots or violence is not an apple in this conversation.
If we are engaged in an intellectually honest conversation about an apples to apples comparison, we are talking about the government (not any private enterprise) threatening (and acting) on jailing folks for expressing opinions in public that are contrary to government edict. Note that this is about chilling political speech. Incitements to riots or violence is not an apple in this conversation.
That is the fly in the ointment isn't it...?its liberation in Kherson but invasion in Kharkiv
like a fetus in california but an unborn child in Florida
The pro-abortionists would prefer to use the term "clump of cells", as opposed to fetus. Because the word "fetus" conjers up too many baby-like images for people. They want it to be seen as being akin to a tumor.like a fetus in california but an unborn child in Florida