Human Rights
Saturday 4 February 2023
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"[A]fter the Second World War, Germany was, as you know, divided into four occupation zones: American, British, French, and Soviet. So, the Soviet Union legally ended the occupation, but the United States did not.”
The United States, United Kingdom and France ended their military occupation of West Germany on May 5, 1955. -
“…the report lacks scientific and objective evidence, and no sane person or specialist can reach such misleading conclusions.”
Despite years of denials and distortions from Syria and its ally, Russia, the chemical weapons watchdog offers overwhelming evidence Syrian government forces carried out the attack. -
“[A] nuclear power's defeat in a conventional war can provoke the outbreak of a nuclear war. The nuclear powers have not lost major conflicts on which their fate depends."
Nuclear powers have more than once been defeated in conventional wars that have affected their fate, and that has not led to a nuclear war. -
“We do not interfere in the internal affairs [of other countries], while President Macron's statement clearly indicates that France regards such interference as possible and resorts to it.”
The Kremlin’s activities across Africa remain largely in the shadows, but Russia’s record of foreign interference is undeniable. -
“The Ministry of Education assures its people and the international community that the Islamic Emirate considers education essential for every Afghan.”
In fact, the Taliban have indefinitely suspended higher education for female students. -
From Syria to Ukraine and beyond, the Wagner Group has been credibly accused of crimes against humanity.
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"[T]he United States has created a coalition of nearly all European member states of NATO and the EU and is using Ukraine to wage a proxy war against Russia with the old aim of finally solving the ‘Russian question,’ like Hitler, who sought a final solution to the ‘Jewish question.’ "
The Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a global coalition, is helping Ukraine fight Russian military aggression and never planned or discussed exterminating the Russian people. -
“Anyone who breaks the law has no political affiliations in the eyes of the court, which [j]ust takes action against them procedurally and according to law.”
The Hun Sen government has systematically used Cambodia’s judicial system to target political opposition. -
“In today’s Hong Kong, the rule of law is safeguarded, justice is upheld, and the legitimate rights of Hong Kong people are better protected in a safer environment.”
Hong Kong’s National Security Law has caused drastic damage to judicial independence and human rights. -
“This is one nation that came out of the Kyiv Baptismal font, but a very large nation.”
The religious leader, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, echoes Kremlin claims that Ukraine is not really a separate country from Russia. -
“Hamid Nouri, a former Iranian judiciary official who has been illegally incarcerated in Sweden … said his trial has not been fair."
Nouri was legitimately tried and found guilty in Sweden under universal jurisdiction. -
“We are sorry that this magazine is published in a country which claim[s] to be respecting the values and supporting the rights of others, but it fails to stand by the most obvious principles and bases that govern the international law.”
Freedom of expression is a universal human right, not a violation of international law.