Human Rights
Thursday 28 September 2023
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"The American judiciary is a full-fledged judiciary. So is the judiciary of Turkey. And you have to respect that. We are a state of law, and inside that state of law, this is how we lived, and this is how we will keep on living."
Despite claims of judicial independence, Erdogan has used Turkey’s courts to target dissent. -
"In total, 65.14% of the Kherson region’s voters took part in the voting."
Any form of Russian “elections” in Ukrainian war zones are illegal in the eyes of international law. Russia’s claims of high turnout are unverifiable. -
“We’re not [punishing] anyone at all. Who are we [punishing]? This [foreign agent] law has been in force since 1937, I think, or 1938 in the USA, ours is almost a copy, only it’s much more liberal.”
The Russian government has been using the “foreign agent” law as an effective tool for public disrepute and criminal persecution of dissent, including in suppressing press freedom. -
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan does not interfere in the affairs of any institution to disrupt their work. We and our military are obliged to ensure their security.”
Taliban actions and policies, such as the exclusion of female humanitarian staff, inhibit the ability of aid to reach Afghans. -
“…in no country in the world, wherever the forces of the North Atlantic Alliance invaded, neither the elementary order nor the pre-war standard of living of the local population was restored.”
Since its creation, NATO has conducted military missions in six conflicts. In four countries, the quality of life and order has improved significantly. In two others — Libya and Afghanistan — the situation remains turbulent. -
“The politician [Umerov] has played an active role in spreading blatant propaganda about the alleged mistreatment of the Crimean Tatar community by Russia in Crimea – claims that Crimean Tatar leaders actually living in the peninsula have repeatedly debunked.”
Russia’s oppression of the Crimean Tatars and systematic persecution of their leaders is well documented. -
“Such irresponsible actions of the government of Timor-Leste are not only harming the bilateral diplomatic relations between the two countries but also encouraging the terrorist group to further committing their violations in Myanmar.”
Myanmar’s military is systematically targeting civilians by burning and bombing villages amid allegations of other atrocities and rights violations. -
"...The United States decided to impose sanctions against... Aymani Nesievna (Kadyrova). ...What kind of threat can a woman who has been doing charity work all her life, helping hundreds of thousands of people around the world, pose to the United States?”
Aymani Kadyrova is involved in illegally transferring children from Ukraine to a camp near Grozny, Chechnya, for "re-education." -
"The rights and freedoms of all ethnic groups, including the freedom of religious belief and the freedom to use and develop their ethnic groups' spoken and written languages, are fully protected … The boarding schools in Tibet are examples of human rights and cultural heritage protection. The so-called 'forced assimilation' is pure fabrication."
According to a U.N. Human Rights Office report published in February, about 1 million Tibetan children have been herded into state-run boarding schools as part of a push to forcibly assimilate Tibetans into China's majority Han culture. -
"Navalny calls his supporters to actively participate in ‘elections in 40 regions of Russia’ this September. Needless to say, ‘elections’ will take place in 36 regions; other four are Ukrainian regions Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhya."
In calling on his supporters in Russia to vote in the country’s regional elections on September 10, opposition leader Alexei Navalny posted a link to the Russian version of Wikipedia showing that elections will be held 45 Russian regions, including five partially occupied Ukrainian regions. -
“I am confident it should not be a worry as our intended legislation is NOT different from American laws in states like Florida and Kentucky. I believe the US Supreme Court agrees largely with Ghana's position.”
Proposed bill in Ghana would essentially criminalize living as an LGTBQ+ person. It bears no resemblance to controversial laws in U.S. states. -
"Now, criticism over the government’s lack of precautions and lack of rescue efforts might not be based on facts. For the most part, people are just venting."
Chinese netizens’ criticism is focused on the government’s decision to deliberately open flood gates and spillways causing devastation in seven low-lying flood control zones in Hebei province to prevent rivers in Beijing from overflowing.