Harry Hummel
@harryhummel
Civic activist since a long time and planning to hold on. Occasional posts (E & NL) on (the struggle for) a just society in the Netherlands, Europe & beyond
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23-09-2008 15:20:25
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Deze week is de grote verkiezingsfraude in Belarus 5 jaar geleden, gevolgd door massale demonstraties en massieve repressie. Cultuuruitingen zijn belangrijk in het verzet, schrijft Christie Miedema van LIBERECO – Partnership for Human Rights en Tijdschrift Donau op RAAM – op Rusland, Oekraïne en Belarus, platformraam.nl/artikelen/2868…
Hearing disturbing news that Turkish youth rights defender Enes Hocaoğulları was charged following his speech at the Council of Europe on Turkish police violence against peaceful demonstrators. His detention contradicts @CoE aims & international HR agreements Türkiye at the UN Geneva
Garry Kasparov Rachel Scott — the only journalist who asked putin about killing Ukrainians. At the August 17 press conference, ABC News’ Rachel Scott stood out as the only journalist to directly confront vladimir putin. Her question cut through the talk of sanctions and strategy: “Mr. putin,
Three days have passed since Mikalai Statkevich disappeared. He was released thanks to the efforts of President Donald J. Trump, but refused to be forcibly deported from Belarus. Before vanishing, he was last seen at the border. His wife & relatives still cannot find him. What happened to Mikalai?
Serious international crimes continue in #Belarus, the Chair of an independent experts' group, Karinna Moskalenko, told the United Nations Human Rights Council. With no credible prospect of accountability, victims are turning to the international community for responses, she said. #HRC60
John Paul Newman Krasznahorkai doesn't usually mince his words He told The Yale Review "How can a country be neutral when the Russians invade a neighboring country? Haven’t they been killing Ukrainians for nearly 3 years? (...)This Hungarian regime is a psychiatric case" yalereview.org/article/l%C3%A…
Human rights are neither superfluous nor a luxury. They are essential for any society’s stability and prosperity. We have seen time and again what happens when that truth is neglected. — Human Rights Council (UN Human Rights Council) President Jürg Lauber at the United Nations General Assembly. #UNGA80