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@MikkoVapa @ECHR_CEDH @osce_odihr @anticorruption @RSF_inter @oikeusasiamies @oikeusmin @anna_maja @STM_Uutiset @MFredman #UnitedNations #Convention Against #Torture
- The text of the convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1984[1] and, following #ratification by the 20th state party,[3] it came into #Force on 26 June 1987
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@MikkoVapa @ECHR_CEDH @osce_odihr @anticorruption @RSF_inter @oikeusasiamies @oikeusmin @anna_maja @STM_Uutiset @MFredman #Finland again reprimanded by the committee against #torture | 20/08/2015
- there is much room for improvement in the #conditions of #Finnish #policeprisons.
- previous recommendations have still NOT been #implemented, even made 20+ years ago.
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"What social media thinks" might be a concern of a #politician but must not be a concern of the judges. Social Media could have influenced #juries but a #judge must not be influenced by #SocialMedia. 1/4
Judges have to decide in accordance with the law and not to go "Argumentum ad populum"! To every possible extent in an adversarial legal system, a judge should avoid passing remarks while hearing a case. 3/4
The onus is on the prosecution/plaintiff to prove their case and it's not the duty of the judge. Judge in an adversarial legal system must be like blindfolded #LadyJustice with set a of scales⚖️ in her hands that bends towards the side of stronger evidence/argument. 2/4
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#NZ This is a long thread on the issue of harassment & threats made against #WomenInLeadership, primarily #WomenInPolitics.

⬇️ Reviews incidents over time, highlights the danger & escalation of #misogyny & the real life consequences on the personal & our democratic institutions.
This thread is being woven, the week Michael Cruickshank was sentenced to jail in #NZ for threatening to blow our #WomanPrimeMinister’s head off & to “..wipe you off this f---planet”- Also arrested this week Richard Sivell who has allegedly been posting threatening messages.
Here you can take a look at #OnlineAbuse ~ ⬇️ is a really useful article by @shesource & @WMCLive that names online hostile behaviour, how it is that #Women are targeted, & explains why “online harassment exists on a continuum with offline violence”

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My father was born 130 years ago on the #FourthofJuly

Here he is in #WashingtonDC in 1913 with the #suffragists in their way to try to speak to President Wilson.

#HappyBirthday
Surrounded by women.
Here he is in a more lighthearted moment.
#HappyBirthday
#FourthofJuly
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Jeremy Tam broke into tears several times & while making his statement in court. #Reporters cried while transcribing his words. We all know he's a pilot before becoming a Legco member, but we don't know how he grow up from ghetto.
#HK47 #NSL47 #HongKong
Their family home (a wooden hut) was burnt down & moved to a squatter area. He grew up w/o toys. A bowl of instant noodles to be shared among 3ppl as supper. His dad worked so hard as a taxi driver & finally be able to send him to Australia to pursue his study...
He studied hard to become a commercial pilot. Unfortunately his #father diagnosed w/colon cancer. The targeted therapy cost him $30k/month. He can afford it but this got him thinking, what abt other #HK ppl? He wants to do sth for #HongKong. He then become a #politician...
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How was your #cruise

6,000 young cows drowned at sea. SIX THOUSAND🐮
Image the terror .@AustraliaUN
These #cows were exported by #Australia -headquartered #AustralasianGlobalExports, 💀specializes in live #animalexports, aka torture, abuse
#auspol 👎

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2/ This is on you #Australia gov AND ppl who continue to eat the flesh of others

The #LiveExport 🚢aka #DeathShip departed Napier in #NewZealand w 5,867 #cows passengers
bound for Tangshan, #China
The journey= 17 days no food/water🐮💔
#EndAnimalAg

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If you're shocked by this incident - maybe it's time to stop supporting it
If you still eat other animals, drink their #milk (#AnimalAgriculture ) THIS is a #RealityCheck

These young #cows were vomiting, deficating in #Terror as they slowly #drowned
6,000🐮😭🚢
#auspol
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Accordingng to the police & locals,the violence which broke out in this part of Hooghly dist #Telinipara West Bengal was a planned, systematically executed attack targeting the #Muslim residents.
The locals allege that the attack was carried out by people coming from ‘outside’.
#Muslims Get #Corona’: How Stigma Burnt Down A Bengal Locality

#Telinipara locality in Bengal's Hooghly saw communal clashes between 10 and 13 May.

‘They Keep Taunting Us Wherever We Go’ ‘Look, look, corona is here’.

#Islamophobia_In_India

You can see whose prop were damaged. So many petrol bombs were used that the road is completely covered with pieces of glass. I guess they used acid too,as liquid from a bottle discoloured a wall

They came in such large numbers & with so much ammu, we couldn’t even resist them
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@ScottMorrisonMP @AlboMP @PatsKarvelas @vanOnselenP @TheAIMN @abcnews @guardian Ok, how's this idea.. Appoint 1 Spokesperson for ALL #CoronaVirus announcements. Not a #Politician, not a CMO..someone Independant, Trustworthy, Articulate with no perceived or actual vested interest!
Then, twice, maybe 3 times daily..say 8:00am, 3:00pm, 8:00pm..this person makes an Address Nationally..broadcast on all Networks, all TV channels, All Radio etc to included All the latest facts, collated from all official sources, telling us the 'State of Play'!
Includes any/all changes to Policies, Actions, Updates on Spread, Restrictions & Lockdowns etc...the lot! And everyone else just Shuts The Fuck UP! Give us all ONE clear, understandable source of Information, instead of the clusterfuck of various differing opinions & statistics!
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In India, politicians are not to serve us or society. They are to rule. As people identify with a politician, the more thuggish he is, the more powerful he is seen as & the followers too feel powerful with him. 'Apna neta aisa hai'. Psychological effect. It has several benefits..
for the leader. As his image is that of a ruffian, short-tempered man or a don, not everybody would approach him to get works done or for overall betterment of constituency, improvement in services. No expectations. 'Raw power', the feel of it, is enough. That he represents us..
'We elected him...our MP or MLA is a strongman..' The strength gets into followers. Symbiotic relationship of a unique kind. Further, if he belongs to your own community, caste, naturally you feel more powerful as well as content & a feeling of pride. #Politics #India
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