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Q: Удаление нескольких селекторов одной функцией Всем привет! Подскажите пожалуйста, как удалить сразу несколько селекторов.
Моя идея, того чего хочу (понятное дело, что не работает):
$('.some_class_one', '.some_class_two', 'div #some_id', 'p some-text'). remove();

A: так попробуйте:
$('.some_class_one, .some_class_two, div #some_id, p some-text').remove();

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Q: Email to Whatsapp user I have an alert service which currently sends me email alerts. I would like to redirect these emails so that they appear as messages to me in whatsapp.
My first idea would be to follow the email to SMS gateway approach. I see some mention of Whatsapp API but I have not fully researched it.
Is there a current service for this? Or do I need to perhaps code a PHP gateway on one of my web servers to receive emails and then convert them and send via the Whatsapp API?

A: Try this:
https://www.whatsmate.net/whatsapp-gateway-api.html
They are offering API to send messages directly to whatsapp gateway, so that the message will be delivered as whatsapp message.


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...DISCUSS GUUAM. At their joint press conference on 15 March, Shevardnadze said that he and Kuchma want regional cooperation within GUUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and Moldova) to serve the interests of all its members, Caucasus Press reported. The Georgian president noted that the doors of that group are open to new members. But he stressed that the alignment is primarily economic and that military cooperation between its members plays only a minor role. LF
...GETS SUPPORT IN EUROPEAN CAPITALS. Sweden's Social Democratic Party held rallies in Stockholm and Kiruna on 15 March to coincide with the Freedom March-2 and opened a Web site to raise public awareness of the opposition movement in Belarus, AP reported. RFE/RL's Belarusian Service reported that rallies of solidarity with the Minsk march took place in front of the Belarusian embassies in Brussels, Warsaw, and Kyiv. The Kyiv picket, which was organized by Youth Rukh activists, also protested the Ukrainian authorities' intention to hold a constitutional referendum and warned against "repeating the Belarusian scenario" in Ukraine. JM
UKRAINE'S CREDITORS ACCEPT DEBT RESCHEDULING OFFER. The Dutch ING Barings bank, which advises Ukraine on managing its debt, announced on 15 March that it has convinced 88 percent of Ukraine's foreign creditors to accept the $2.6 billion debt rescheduling plan offered by Kyiv last month (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 7 February 2000). "We analyzed the situation very carefully, and I think investors saw that the offer...was a good one. Also, the Ukrainians did an exceptional job at getting the word out," dpa quoted ING Barings Kyiv Director Robert Grant as saying. The acceptance of the rescheduling plan reduces the threat of a Ukrainian default and increases Kyiv's chances of receiving further support from the IMF and the World Bank. JM
UKRAINE HOPES FOR IMF LOAN RESUMPTION, DESPITE RESERVES CONTROVERSY. Economy Minister Serhiy Tyhypko said on 15 March he is confident that Ukraine and the IMF will agree next month on the resumption of the fund's $2.6 billion loan program, Interfax reported. Tyhypko added that arguments for the loan's resumption are the 6 percent increase in Ukraine's GDP in January-February 2000 and the successful rescheduling of Ukraine's foreign-debt repayment. He refused to comment on the IMF statement the previous day saying that Ukraine provided the fund with inaccurate data on its hard currency reserves (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15 March 2000). Meanwhile, Ukraine's National Bank and the government have expressed their readiness to clarify all questions included in the IMF statement. Finance Minister Ihor Mityukov and National Bank Chairman Volodymyr Stelmakh are currently in Washington for talks with the IMF and the World Bank. JM
UKRAINE, RUSSIA SIGN DOCUMENTS ON RUSSIAN BLACK SEA FLEET. Russian Admiral Vladimir Kuroedov and Ukrainian National Defense and Security Council Deputy Chairman Oleksander Belov have signed seven agreements on the Russian Black Sea Fleet, based in Sevastopol, AP reported on 16 March. The documents regulate issues connected with the fleet's debt for port facilities, schooling for Russian sailors' families, and housing for retired officers. They also provide for Ukraine's monitoring of the fleet's military activities. The fleet owes Ukraine some 40 million hryvni ($7.24 million) for various facilities and repair work. One of the documents provides for writing off this debt with Russian gas supplies to Ukraine. JM
SLOVAKIA IMPOSES VISAS ON UKRAINE, RUSSIA, BELARUS. The Slovak government decided on 15 March to impose visa restrictions on Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, and Cuba, TASR reported. Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda said the move is aimed both at protecting Slovakia's labor market and decreasing the number of illegal migrants in the country. Ukraine announced that it will take reciprocal action. VG
HUNGARY, ROMANIA, UKRAINE SIGN ENVIRONMENT PACT. Representatives from Hungary, Romania, and Ukraine gathered in the eastern Hungarian city of Debrecen to sign an agreement to prevent environmental pollution. Under the protocol, each country will list potential sources of risk to the environment. The three countries are also to cooperate with the International Danube Commission and a special EU task force set up after a cyanide spill from a Romanian gold mine in January spread through several European rivers. The representatives also discussed a second spill in Romania, which released heavy metals pollution into the Tisza River last weekend. The Romanian representative said that a new wave of heavy metals pollution reported by Ukraine on 14 March (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15 March 2000) did not result from yet another spill but rather from the leak reported earlier. VG

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Cayman U-14 footballers to take on international squads
Fabian Whorms, CEO Cayman Airways
(CNS): The third annual Cayman Airways Invitational U-14 Youth Cup, which will be held 20-25 June, will feature players from local squads Academy Sports Club and Sunset FC going against six international U-14 teams – Tottenham Hotspur FC and Gillingham FC from the UK; Cavaliers SC and Harbour View FC from Jamaica; and IFFDC and Rev Soccer from the US.
Paul Byles, Academy Sports Club U-15 coach, thanked sponsor Cayman Airways for its support of sports locally and added, "Their participation enables our players to gain international experience which may not otherwise be available to us. We are excited to be able to test our players' skills and determination against the experienced and talented international teams playing in this year's tournament.
"The opposition gets tougher every year and once again we can anticipate an exciting and intense five days of competition."
Fabian Whorms, Cayman Airways president and chief executive officer, said the airline "is excited to support the tournament once again this year. We strongly believe that youth sports initiatives such as these have numerous benefits. They not only promote Cayman as a destination for sports tourism by attracting players and their families to our beautiful islands, but they also give the teams the opportunity to develop skills both on and off the pitch.
"To compete at this international level requires hard work, discipline, dedication, motivation and the desire to be the best, all of which are important for the growth of the players in their sports careers and also personally."
Paul Macey, vice president at Sunset FC, added, "This is a great opportunity for our players to test their skills and endurance against visiting international teams. They are all dedicated to being the best that they can and constantly strive to push the bar, ably supported by a tireless team of volunteers."
For more information, go to the Cayman Youth Cup Facebook page
Tags: Cayman Airways Invitational U-14 Youth Cup
Category: Football, Sports, Youth
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To help make it one of the flexible DC-DC converters on the Australian market, Amtex Electronics has improved its DCW series of DC-DC converters in relation to their input voltage options, output voltage options and power levels.
Designed for professional applications such as in the railways industry, control and factory automation, telecommunications, instrumentation, utilities, and many other industrial applications, the series is available now with two wide input voltage options.
A 20 to 60 V DC input version and allow it to operate from either a 24 V or 48 V supply. Another version accepts inputs from 65 to 160 V DC.
This development helps standardise the product range, reduces inventory of spares and lessens the paperwork associated with having too many models.
Another way it has been improved is through the choice of output voltages.
Although Amtex only stocks the standard 12 V, 24 V, and 48 V outputs, users of its technology can now order any output voltage to 120 V DC without any MOQs.
The company will manufacture 100, 150 and 200 W models.
Mechanically, the DCW series comes in a vented case with screw terminals that can be manufactured with DIN rail mounting as well as open frame for low cost solution.
As an option, all units can be conformal coated or ruggedised for demanding environments.
All units are designed in accordance with EMC standards EN55022 Class B, as well as AS/NZS60950 for safety, with the DCW 100 unit already tested by a NATA accredited laboratory.
All units in the DCW series have standard over-voltage and overload protection, and high efficiency of 85%.
Amtex Electronics has a strong engineering department that can offer customised solutions to meet unique applications for many electronics technologies.


"What is it like to die?" She asked after I shared that I am a bodyworker who specializes in oncology massage and end of life care. "I don't know. I haven't died yet!" I quipped a bit off handed. This immediately generated a round of shared laughter. While this brief interaction was with a stranger at a mindfulness class many people will ask this question of family and caregivers as they are dying.
During our subsequent conversation, my new friend and I discussed what it was like to witness our patients and clients in their dying process. Our observations and experiences affirmed that while dying is a universal experience, it is as unique as each person. We recognized the multitude of factors which influence the dying process for the family and their loved one. Perhaps one or more disease is invading the body. Perhaps they are ready, or not ready, to accept the letting go process inherent in end of life. Perhaps family members' efforts fall short or exceed expectations; or there is a need for reconciliation with a loved one. Alternately, there is no family. Some families will rally together and vigil with their loved one. Others may not have access to or an advocate for their care in the end of life. Cultural and religious traditions will also influence comfort measures and rituals provided. There are a plethora of scenarios.
The dying process may be quick happening abruptly, or drawn out over months or years. The moment of death may be gentle or physically turbulent. It can be existentially distressing or spiritually uplifting. And, it can be anything and everything in between. Dying takes a great amount of energy. Our role is to assist and witness part of the dying person's journey.
Bodywork in end of life care asks us to rethink and redirect our attention as therapists. Instead of focusing on the doing or fixing to which we are so accustomed; we discover we need to be present with the other. Instead of holding on to an agenda or a rehabilitative model of care, our work is to provide comfort. Instead of treating clients in our office where time may be short or rushed; our pace slows down and we take time to listen well before we provide care in their surroundings. These are just a few examples of how we shift our work in end of life care.
Further, as bodyworkers or as caregivers we must accept people and their circumstances as they are. We can expect things to change frequently, sometimes minute by minute. Flexibility in responding is required. Our ability to remain open to whatever occurs in the moment is paramount. The ability to be mindful and caring, compassionate and without judgments are fundamental aspects. We live very much in the present moment when working with the dying because they are living into their own death.
Equally, if not more important, is that we shift our way of being with clients. This includes seeing the whole person before us, and not their injury or disease process and symptoms. Symptoms do not make the person. While it is important for us to have an understanding of disease and dying process, it is not the focus of our attention. If we work exclusively with symptoms we ignore other aspects of who they are and miss valuable cues for pain relief and comfort measures.
Being present and focused with clients asks us to be humble. In respect for them, we let go of our need to fix. We forgo our expectation of how they should manage their pain or discomfort. Put another way, we learn to let go of our attachment to the biases we hold about their circumstance. We accept their wishes for care. This compassionate act holds the potential for healing and transformation even before touch is given.
Being with clients in this way brings us into a closer relationship. Touch with intentional presence creates and fosters connection, which at the end of life may pave the way for a peaceful transition.
As bodyworkers, we are accustomed to using touch as a way to connect. Over time we come to know the nuances of our client's tissue. Our hands tell us what is painful or healing; what is releasing or inflamed. Well-honed palpation brings us information about our clients' body enabling us to make adjustments in session. Some bodyworkers include a somatic component or energy medicine in their sessions to further help clients heal into their well-being. Energy is revived as fear or anxiety is released. There is relief where pain once resided. Range of motion is restored and daily activities resumed.
Bodywork sessions in end of life can vary greatly. A sessions may be focused on releasing tension with a "great shoulder rub" one day while the next we need simply lotion their itching back. Our hands on time with a client may be shorter than a full hour, yet our presence together fills the entire session.
Touch helps restore a sense of normalcy. In end of life, pain and suffering have many faces. While there are physical causes we also need to be aware of other types of discomfort. Anguish in losing control in life may prompt hostility and anger toward loved ones. Losing a sense of purpose can contribute to feeling isolated or trigger deep questions about the meaning and value of one's life. Touch helps us find our way back home, into the self we know now; the person that is living into dying.
In our practices, we measure our general success by the outcomes our clients achieve: improvements in movement or increased ability to cope with anxiety are two examples. This is the yardstick for ensuring payment when working with insurance. Yet it often also becomes the yardstick for measuring our value and self-worth as therapists. Herein lays the quagmire that we need to step out of; in end of life outcomes are not the priority: quality of living is.
Our significance in the eyes of the other is not measured by what we do: we are remembered for who we are. This shift transforms our own view of self-worth and value. We come to know that our presence matters. We come to know who we are in the presence of others.
Touch in the end of life may become the only form of communication at some point. Yet, it should not be the only tool we use as we journey with the dying. Expanding our communication and presencing skills deepen our connections. Listening without interruption empowers the other to share their story. As we hold our tongue, their voice becomes clearer. This moment reminds them of what is pleasurable or significant. Sharing their life review is an offering of wisdom and a ritual of release. Receiving it is a gift of gratitude.
Listening without interpreting what the other is saying helps us both move deeper into a heart centered presence. We turn off our own monkey mind and thought wandering. We let go of our judgments and silent narration allowing us to attend more fully. Presencing frees our minds and opens our hearts. We are privileged to witness their journey and are changed by their presence in our life.
How are you being shaped by their presence in your journey?
Steven Levine: Healing into Living and Dying, Anchor books. 1987.
Joanne Lynn, MD and Joan Harrold, MD: Handbook for Mortals, Guidance for People facing Serious Illness. Oxford University Press. 1999.
Gayle MacDonald: Medicine Hands for People Living with Cancer, Chapter 11: Being is Enough. Findhorn Press. 3rd Edition. 2014.
As an NCBTMB approved provider, she is currently focused on teaching "Massage for People living with Cancer" © and "Bodywork in End of Life: Journeys in Dying" © around the country. Recently she co-authored chapter 11, Being Present is Enough; in the 3rd edition of Medicine Hands with Gayle MacDonald. She has been a guest instructor at the Mayo Clinic Rochester, and is the first past president of The Society for Oncology Massage. Meg believes that bodywork can be an olive branch of peacefulness to the soul.
If this article spoke to you and you are interested in learning to be present with the terminally ill, consider taking Meg's class Journeys in Dying: Presencing Deep Peace. Spread over three days, this interactive course helps practitioners move through their concerns about working with the dying.


Good article in the Post-Gazette today… Check it out!
In other news, there's a certain word you won't find anywhere on this blog. Bet you can't guess what it is!
Finally, I happen to have recently skimmed through nearly every blog entry ever posted to this site. For old times sake, I thought it would be fun to re-post the very first entry made on March 21, 2004.
The "email us" link under "contact" still points to the HotD***mpgh address.


Where would Christmas be without a pudding? Currants and raisins, sugar and spice, Orange peel, lemon peel—everything nice. However if you tire of this precious pud, don't let it sit neglected, freeze it in time, and transform into a delicious ice-cream in the summer months. Continue the Christmas spirit by daring to dash in a splash o' leftover rum or whiskey. A cheat's version of Rum and Raisin using leftover Christmas Pudding by Love Food, Hate Waste.
125g leftover Christmas pudding, crumbled.
150ml chilled ready made custard.
Liquor such as branch, rum, whisky or Baileys.
Mix together the custard and whipped cream then stir in the crumbled Christmas pudding. Freeze in a large Tupperware container and stir every half hour or so until it's the consistency you want.
For a softer freeze, add a little brandy or leftover Christmas liquor such as rum, whisky or Baileys.
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Archive for the 'HRW' Category
John Williams Ntwali. © Private
Human Rights Watch and others demand that the Rwandan authorities allow an effective, independent, and transparent investigation into the suspicious death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist and editor of the newspaper The Chronicles. Ntwali was regularly threatened due to his work as a journalist exposing human rights abuses in Rwanda and had expressed concern about his safety to Human Rights Watch and others.
"John Williams Ntwali was a lifeline for many victims of human rights violations and often the only journalist who dared report on issues of political persecution and repression," said Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch. "There are many reasons to question the theory of a road accident, and a prompt, effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, is essential to determine whether he was murdered."
News of Ntwali's death emerged in the evening of January 19, 2023. Police asked Ntwali's brother to identify his body at Kacyiru Hospital morgue, telling him that Ntwali had died in a road accident the night of January 17 to 18. The police told the New Times website that Ntwali died in a motorbike accident in Kimihurura, Kigali, on January 18 at 2:50 a.m., but to date, have not provided details of the accident such as a police report, its exact location, or information on the others involved. Human Rights Watch is not aware of any reports about an alleged accident coming to light until the evening of January 19.
Ntwali was regularly threatened and attacked in the pro-government media for his investigative reporting. He played a leading role in covering and bringing attention to the plight of Kangondo neighborhood residents, who are in a long-standing dispute with authorities over land evictions. Recently, he also published videos on his YouTube channel about people who had suspiciously "disappeared." His last video, posted on January 17, was about the reported disappearance of a genocide survivor who had spoken out about being beaten by police officers in 2018.
Ntwali was also one of only a few journalists independently covering high profile, politicized trials of journalists, commentators and opposition members, and posting videos about their conditions in prison. In June 2022, he told Human Rights Watch about the torture wounds he had seen on some of these critics and opponents. He also told Human Rights Watch:
I don't know what's going to happen to me after CHOGM [the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which took place in Kigali in June 2022]. I'm told that after CHOGM, they won't play around with us anymore. I've been told five or six times. I receive phone calls from private numbers. Some [intelligence] people have come to my house twice to tell me. NISS [National Intelligence and Security Services] has told me: 'If you don't change your tone, after CHOGM, you'll see what happens to you.'
On July 12, he told a friend he had survived a number of "staged accidents" in Kigali. "He was telling me about ordeals and threats he faces for his journalism," his friend told Human Rights Watch.
Given these circumstances, Rwanda has a legal obligation to ensure a prompt, effective investigation that is capable of determining the circumstances of Ntwali's death and identifying those responsible, with a view to bringing them to justice. An effective investigation must be independent, impartial, thorough, and transparent, conducted in full compliance with the Revised United Nations Manual on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-legal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (The Minnesota Protocol on the Investigation of Potentially Unlawful Death).
Because Rwandan authorities have consistently failed to ensure credible investigations into and accountability for suspicious deaths of political opponents or high-profile critics, such as Kizito Mihigo in February 2020, foreign experts such as the United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions should be involved in the investigation, Human Rights Watch said. All Rwandan authorities should fully support and cooperate with the investigation, and the Commonwealth, which Rwanda currently chairs, should publicly call for such an investigation. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2021/02/16/call-for-independent-investigation-into-rwandan-singer-kizito-mihigos-death/
Rwandan authorities have long targeted Ntwali. He was arrested in January 2016, in the lead up to the 2017 elections, and accused of raping a minor. Judicial officials later changed the charge to indecent assault and eventually dropped the case for lack of evidence.
At the time, Ntwali had been investigating several sensitive issues, including the death of Assinapol Rwigara, a businessman and father of would-be independent presidential candidate Diana Rwigara, whose candidacy to the 2017 elections was later rejected. The police said that Assinapol Rwigara died in a car accident in February 2015, but his family contested the authorities' version of events.
Ntwali had also been arbitrarily arrested several other times and his website was blocked by a government regulator, apparently in retaliation for his reporting that was critical of the government.
"It is an embarrassment for the Commonwealth and a problematic message about its values that the country that presides over it is a place where the suspicious deaths of journalists and activists can be swept under the carpet," Mudge said. "Rwandan authorities should not only not harm journalists but should be actively protecting them, and Rwanda's partners should be holding the government to account in full for its obligations under international human rights law."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/20/rwanda-suspicious-death-investigative-journalist
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/john-williams-ntwali-rare-rwandan-journalist-critical-govt-dies-2023-01-20/
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Tags: critical journalists, freedom of expression, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Watch, John Williams Ntwali, journalists, killings, Kizito Mihigo, Rwanda
On 22 January 2023 Freedom Under Law (FUL) said that the news that eSwatini human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko has been gunned down in cold blood comes as no surprise. The eSwatini government said Maseko was brutally shot and killed by unknown criminals at his home in Mbabane on Saturday night. See: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/laureates/03464020-c1e6-11ea-a3f7-933e766692a6
"A ceaseless and fearless human rights lawyer, an outspoken critic of the regime in his beloved eSwatini, Thulani had all too long suffered at the hands of a heedless regime. But he lived by the motto: 'My head is bloody, but unbowed … I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul'.
"Sadly, and to the shame of those engaged in the administration of justice in his country, all too often he was a lone beacon of light," FUL chair judge Johann Kriegler said. He said no-one could be misled by the cynical message of condolence put out on behalf of the eSwatini government.
"His passing has not only left his family bereft of a loved one; his country has been left the poorer, its human rights conscience brutally stifled."
FUL said in paying tribute to Maseko that it respectfully suggested it would be fitting if the Law Society of eSwatini were to mark his passing by observing January 21 every year as a day of mourning his death and rededication to the rule of law. "To his widow and family we express our grateful condolences. They have paid a bitter price on behalf of all who try to serve the principles for which their dear one lived."
According to the eSwatini government, Maseko was shot by "unknown criminals". "[His] demise is a loss to the nation, and his footprints as a human rights lawyer are there as proof of his contributions to the country. He will be surely missed," it said in a statement. Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo said the country's security forces had assured the government that they were already at work looking for the killers and would not rest until they have been brought to book. "Government also wants to warn against speculations and insinuations, peddled particularly on social media platforms in instances like these. Again, government distinctively disassociates… and the country's authorities from these heinous acts."
Maseko chaired the Multi-Stakeholders Forum, a collaboration of political parties and civil society groups working to amplify calls for democratic reforms.
In 2018, Maseko took Swaziland's King Mswati III to court for changing the country's name. He had argued that the resources to be channelled to the name change should rather go towards improving living standards of the poor, according to reports by City Press. In 2014, Maseko was sentenced to two years in prison, with the editor of news magazine The Nation, Bheki Makhubu, for contempt of court over articles critical of the government and judiciary. The Nation published articles co-authored by the two men which were critical of the chief justice and suggested that he may have abused his powers. See also: https://lawyersforlawyers.org/en/lawyers/thulani-maseko/
A very impressive group of NGOs and individuals co-signed a statement condemning his killing: https://www.fidh.org/en/issues/human-rights-defenders/eswatini-condemnation-of-assassination-of-renowed-hrd-thulani-maseko
https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/2023-01-22-human-rights-lawyer-thulani-masekos-murder-is-no-surprise-says-freedom-under-law/
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/25/eswatini-activist-rights-lawyer-brutally-killed
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/human-rights-lawyer-thulani-maseko-shot-dead-outside-home-in-eswatini-20230122
https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/case-history-thulani-maseko
Thulani Maseko
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Tags: digest of human rights awards and laureates, eSwatini, Freedom Under Law (FUL), Human rights defender, human rights lawyer, killing, Swaziland, Thulani Maseko
Now it is the turn of the Moscow Helsinki Group to be liquidated
Tanya Lokshina, Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division, reported on 21 December 2022 on how the Moscow Helsinki Group MHG), Russia's oldest Human Rights Group, faces 'Liquidation'
Moscow Helsinki Group's logo. © 2022 Moscow Helsinki Group
Last week, Russia's Justice Ministry filed a petition with the Moscow City Court seeking "liquidation" of the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG), a leading Russian human rights organization.
On 12 May Tanya Lokshina received one of MHG's annual awards for contributions to human rights and the Russian human rights movement. She writes: "By then, in the aftermath of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the authorities had shut down Human Rights Watch's Moscow office, along with the offices of 14 other foreign nongovernmental organizations. I had already left the country with the rest of our team, and my 9-year-old son received the beautifully framed award on my behalf. I first saw it several weeks later, when he joined me in Tbilisi, Georgia, where I had relocated to continue my work. I generally don't display awards and diplomas, but receiving one from MHG was so special that it now hangs on my wall."
MHG was founded in 1976 by Soviet dissidents to expose governmental repression. It lasted nine months before the government jailed or forced practically all its members into exile. After the USSR's collapse, the group revived in the 1990's under the leadership of Lyudmilla Alexeeva, a legendary human rights defender, and has been working tirelessly to expose abuses, build up a country-wide human rights movement in Russia, and advocate for the rule of law. [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/12/10/russian-human-rights-defender-ludmila-mikhailovna-alexeeva-is-no-longer/]
The liquidation lawsuit is based on the Justice Ministry's ad hoc inspection of MHG. The liquidation petition cites several supposed violations of Russia's stifling legislation on nongovernmental organizations, including the group being registered in Moscow but operating elsewhere in Russia, and the group's charter lacking information on the location of its executive body. These are obviously bureaucratic pretexts that could not justify such a drastic move.
This year, Moscow courts liquidated four other major human rights groups in addition to Memorial, so it's hard to find optimism for a fair trial for MHG. But it's not hard to be optimistic about Russia's human rights movement. It outlasted the Soviet Union; it will outlast today's oppressors. See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/12/12/foreign-agent-law-in-russia-from-bad-to-worse/.
And it goes on, the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, see: 24 January 2023 HRW post: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/24/russia-designates-another-rights-organization-undesirable
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/21/russias-oldest-human-rights-group-faces-liquidation
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Tags: Andrei Sakharov Foundation, closing, freedom of association, HRW, Human Rights Defenders, Lyudmilla Alexeeva, Moscow Helsinki Group, NGOs, Russia, Tanya Lokshina
Belarusian Human Rights defender Aleh Hulak dies
Aleh Hulak © 2022 Belarusian Helsinki Committee
On 16 December, 2022 Human Rights Watch published "In Memory of Aleh Hulak", chair of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee (BHC) and a long-time leader of the Belarus human rights movement. Hulak, 55, led the Helsinki Committee with courage and unwavering commitment, including through the country's recent, vicious crackdown on rights and the entrenchment of President Aliaksandr Lukashenka's autocracy.
The BHC, one of the country's oldest human rights groups, has a broad mandate to advance civil and political, and social and economic rights. Hulak was a strong voice for free speech and the release of political prisoners and also for fair work conditions, and upholding human rights in business, trade union operations and health care.
The Belarusian government liquidated the BHC in 2021, along with hundreds of other independent groups. Hulak for years had pursued, against all odds, the group's accreditation at the United Nations Economic and Social Council. In a bittersweet victory, his efforts succeeded less than two months ago.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/16/belarus-memory-aleh-hulak
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Foreign Agent law in Russia from bad to worse
A new law entered into force in Russia that drastically expands the country's oppressive and vast "foreign agents" legislation, Human Rights Watch said on 1 December 2022. The law is yet another attack on free expression and legitimate civic activism in Russia, and should be repealed:
Adopted in July 2022, the law's entry into force was delayed until December 1. The law expands the definition of foreign agent to a point at which almost any person or entity, regardless of nationality or location, who engages in civic activism or even expresses opinions about Russian policies or officials' conduct could be designated a foreign agent, so long as the authorities claim they are under "foreign influence." It also excludes "foreign agents" from key aspects of civic life.
"For more than a decade, Russian authorities have used 'foreign agents' laws to smear and punish independent voices," said Rachel Denber, deputy Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "This new tool in the government's already crowded toolbox makes it even easier to threaten critics, impose harsh restrictions on their legitimate activities and even ban them. It makes thoughtful public discussion about Russia's past, present, and future simply impossible." See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/05/21/kasparov-and-khodorkovsky-are-now-also-foreign-agents/
In Russia, the term "foreign agent" is tantamount "spy" or "traitor." The foreign agent designation remains extra-judicial, with no possibility to contest it in court before the designation is made. Those designated must comply with all requirements the day after the authorities add them to the registry, even if they challenge the designation in court.
When the first foreign agent law was adopted in 2012, only registered organizations could be designated "foreign agents." Successive amendments gradually expanded the application from registered organizations, to media, to other categories of individuals, and to associations without legal entities.
The July law, On Control Over Activities of Entities/Persons Under Foreign Influence, replaces these with a consolidated, simplified, but endlessly broad definition to cover any person – Russian, foreign or stateless; any legal entity, domestic or international; or any group without official registration, if they are considered to have received foreign support and/or are considered to be "under foreign influence" and engaged in activities that Russian authorities would deem to be "political." It also covers anyone who gathers information about Russia's military activities or military capabilities, or creates or publicly disseminates information or funds such activities.
The law defines "foreign influence" as "support" from foreign sources that includes funding, technical assistance, or other undefined kinds of assistance and/or open-ended "impact" that constitutes coercion, persuasion, and/or "other means."
Under this definition, any interaction with a foreign element can potentially be construed as "foreign influence," Human Rights Watch said. There is also no requirement for any causal link between "foreign influence" and the "political" or other activities for the designation to be applicable.
Foreign sources include not only foreign states or foreign entities, but also international organizations, presumably including such multilateral organizations as the United Nations. The law considers Russian nationals or organizations "foreign sources" if they are respectively considered by the Russian authorities to be under "foreign influence" or to be beneficiaries of "foreign funding."
To avoid the "foreign agent" label, an organization needs to ensure that no source of any donation was at any stage "tainted" by "foreign influence," including indirectly.
In defining what constitutes "political" activities of a foreign agent, the law consolidates provisions of earlier iterations of "foreign agent" amendments to include "opinions about public authorities' decisions or policies." For example, a journalist who publishes a commentary about urban development plans could fall under the definition of foreign agent activity.
The new law also excludes "foreign agents" from key aspects of public life. These include bans on joining the civil service, participating in electoral commissions, acting in an advisory or expert capacity in official or public environmental impact assessments, in independent anti-corruption expertise of draft laws and by-laws, or electoral campaigns or even donating to such campaigns or to political parties.
Foreign agents are also banned from teaching or engaging in other education activities for minors or producing informational materials for them. They cannot participate in organizing public assemblies or support them through donations and are barred from a number of other activities.
The law expands the notion of a person or entity affiliated with a "foreign agent," which was first introduced in 2021 in relation to electoral candidates. A person remains "affiliated" up to two years after they sever ties with the foreign agent, even if the "affiliation" started before the law entered into force, and even if the "affiliation" started before the entity was designated a foreign agent.
Since the adoption of the first "foreign agents" law, hundreds of civic groups and activists, including those that work on human rights, the environment, election monitoring, and anti-corruption, have been designated "foreign agents." A large number of organizations had to close down because they either sought to avoid the toxic label or were unable to bear the hefty fines imposed for not complying with the law's burdensome, arbitrary labelling and reporting requirements. The authorities used the "foreign agents" law as a legal pretext to close down other groups, such as the human rights group Memorial, one of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2021/12/29/russias-supreme-court-orders-closure-emblematic-memorial/
"This new 'foreign agents' law is an unrestrained attack on Russian civil society aimed at gagging any public criticism of state policies," Denber said. "It should be scrapped."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/12/01/russia-new-restrictions-foreign-agents
Tags: Civil society, foreign agent law, foreign funding, HRW, Human Rights Defenders, Memorial, Russia
UN Human Rights Council holds special session on Iran on 24 November
Iranian demonstrators in the streets of the capital, Tehran, during a September 21, 2022 protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. © 2022 AFP via Getty Images
Just before the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on ongoing human rights violations in Iran on 24 November, Human Rights Watch urge it to establish an independent fact-finding mission to investigate Iran's deadly crackdown on widespread protests as a first step toward accountability, Human Rights Watch said today.
The demonstrations began on September 16, 2022, following the death of Mahsa (Jina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, in the custody of the "morality police." As of November 22, human rights groups are investigating the deaths of 434 people including 60 children. Human Rights Watch has documented a pattern of Iranian authorities using excessive and unlawful lethal force against protesters in dozens of instances in several cities including Sanandaj, Saghez, Mahabad, Rasht, Amol, Shiraz, Mashhad, and Zahedan.
"Iranian authorities seem determined to unleash brutal force to crush protests and have ignored calls to investigate the mountains of evidence of serious rights violations," said Tara Sepehri Far, senior Iran researcher at Human Rights Watch. "The UN Human Rights Council should shine a spotlight on the deepening repression and create an independent mechanism to investigate Iranian government abuses and hold those responsible accountable."
Since mid-November, Iranian authorities have dramatically escalated their crackdown against protests in several Kurdish cities, with at least 39 people killed, according to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network. The group reported that from November 15 to 18, at least 25 Kurdish-Iranian residents were killed in Kurdish cities during three days of protests and strikes to commemorate the victims of the government's bloody crackdown on protests in November 2019.
The authorities have pressured families of recent victims to bury their loved ones without public gatherings, but several funerals have become the scene of new protests. The group said that at least 14 people were killed in Javanrood, Piranshahr, Sanandaj, Dehgan, and Bookan from November 19 to 21, 2022. Radio Zamaneh said the victims included Ghader Shakri, 16, killed in Piranshahr on November 19, and Bahaedin Veisi, 16, killed in Javanrood on November 20.
A 32-year-old Sanandaj resident told Human Rights Watch that the security forces fatally shot Shaho Bahmani and Aram Rahimi on November 17 and forcibly removed their bodies from the Kowsar Hospital in Sanandaj, and threatened the two men's families outside the hospital.
Jalal Mahmoudzadeh, a parliament member from Mahabad, told Shargh Daily on November 21 that between October 27 and 29, security forces killed seven protesters in the city Mahabad. Mahmoudzadeh said security forces also damaged people's houses; one woman was killed in her home outside of the protests. He said that since then, another man had been killed, and three more had been shot and killed during his funeral, bringing the total number killed in Mahabad, since October 27, to 11.
Videos circulated on social media show that authorities have deployed special forces and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps units armed with military assault rifles, vehicle-mounted DShK 12.7mm heavy machine guns, and armored vehicles.
On October 24, Masoud Setayeshi, the judiciary spokesperson, told media that authorities have started prosecuting thousands of protesters. These trials, which are often publicized through state media, fall grossly short of international human rights standards, with courts regularly using coerced confessions and defendants not having access to the lawyer of their choice. As of November 21, trial courts have handed down death sentences to at least six protesters on the charges of corruption on earth and enmity against God. The acts judicial authorities have cited to bring charges against the defendants, including "incineration of a government building" or "using a "cold weapon" to "spread terror among the public." Amnesty International said that at least 21 people are facing charges in connection to the protests that can carry the death penalty.
Since the protests began in September, the authorities have arrested thousands of people during protests as well as hundreds of students, human rights defenders, journalists, and lawyers outside the protests. Detainees are kept in overcrowded settings and are subjected to torture and other ill-treatment, including sexual harassment, Human Rights Watch said.
Two women who were arrested during the first week of protests in Sanandaj told Human Rights Watch that the authorities brutally beat them, sexually harassed them, and threatened them during their arrests and later while they were detained at a police station. One of these women said she had several severe injuries, including internal bleeding and fractures.
Over the past four years, Iran has experienced several waves of widespread protests. Authorities have responded with excessive and unlawful lethal force and the arbitrary arrests of thousands of protesters. In one of the most brutal crackdowns, in November 2019, security forces used unlawful force against massive protests across the country, killing at least 321 people. Iranian authorities have failed to conduct any credible and transparent investigations into the security forces' serious abuses over the past years.
Iranian authorities have also used partial or total internet shutdowns during widespread protests to restrict access to information and prohibit dissemination of information, in particular videos of the protests, Human Rights Watch said. They have blocked several social media platforms, including WhatsApp messaging application and Instagram, since September 21, 2022, by an order of Iran's National Security Council.
"On November 24, UN Human Rights Council members should vote to establish an independent mechanism to document serious human rights violations in Iran and advance on the path to accountability," Sepehri Far said.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/11/23/iran-un-rights-council-should-create-fact-finding-mission
5 Things You Need to Know About Protests Prompted by Mahsa Amini's Death
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/09/1128111
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/11/12/iran-pushes-back-against-protests-scrutiny-at-un
https://genevasolutions.news/peace-humanitarian/iran-un-called-to-act-as-crackdown-intensifies?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
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Human rights defender Şebnem Korur Fincancı in Turkey now also jailed
Şebnem Korur Fincancı © 2022 TİHV
On 28 October 2022 HRW reports on the continuing crackdown on human rights defenders in Turkey, where Şebnem Korur Fincancı is the latest human rights defender to be jailed as authorities pursue a bogus investigation against her for "spreading terrorist propaganda." Korur Fincancı is head of the Turkish Medical Association, former head of the Human Rights Foundation of Turkey, and a retired professor of forensic pathology. Her work was central to the creation of the United Nations' "Istanbul Protocol," a landmark manual on how to identify and document signs of torture. She has also worked on the exhumation of mass graves and forensic documentation of war crimes in different countries. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2018/11/05/turkish-human-rights-defender-and-forensic-doctor-sebnem-korur-fincanci-honoured/
Korur Fincancı's arrest and pre-trial detention followed an interview she gave to pro-Kurdish TV on October 19. Responding to allegations that the Turkish military had used chemical weapons against the armed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Korur Fincancı said the video footage she had seen suggested use of toxic gases affecting the nervous system and that there should be a full investigation. Turkish pro-government media and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan accused Korur Fincancı and the Turkish Medical Association of slandering the Turkish military. Prosecutors and courts rapidly responded by ordering her investigation and detention.
Korur Fincancı's arrest is the latest in a pattern of politically motivated cases as the Erdoğan government continues its crackdown on critics and opponents. Just this week, police also detained 10 Kurdish journalists on top of 16 incarcerated in June. The Turkish authorities show all the signs of being determined to silence the voices of experts like Korur Fincancı as well as the journalists who report their words.
Authorities also appear focused on a broader plan of reshaping and taking over professional bodies that have been critical of government policies. On October 27, Turkey's justice minister announced a plan to restructure both the Turkish Medical Association, from which Korur Fincancı will be removed as head, and the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects. Mücella Yapıcı, a prominent member of the latter, was convicted and jailed in April along with rights defender Osman Kavala and six others for her alleged role in the 2013 Gezi Park protests.
In the run-up to the 2023 presidential and parliamentary elections, the Turkish government is likely to continue to misuse criminal charges and detention against individuals it wants to silence and attempt to seize institutions outside its control.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/28/turkey-jails-another-human-rights-defender
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Criticizing Kremlin leads to treason charges
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza in Moscow. © 2021 AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko
On 7 October 2022 Human Rights Watch criticised sharply the Russian charge of high treason against an opposition politician, Vladimir Kara-Murza. It is "a blatant attempt to quash any criticism of the Kremlin and deter contact with the international community", Human Rights Watch said.
This is the third baseless criminal charge against Kara-Murza since he was detained in April 2022. He has already been indicted for spreading "fake news" about the Russian Armed Forces because he publicly criticized Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and for alleged involvement with an "undesirable" foreign organization. He now risks an additional sentence of up 20 years if convicted on high treason charges. [see also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/04/14/human-rights-defender-vladimir-kara-murza-arrested-in-russia/]
"Vladimir Kara-Murza is a longstanding proponent of democratic values and has been a vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin and Russia's war on Ukraine," said Hugh Williamson, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "It is painfully obvious that the Kremlin sees Kara-Murza as a direct and imminent threat. These charges against him and his prolonged detention are a travesty of justice. Russian authorities should immediately and unconditionally free Kara-Murza and drop all charges against him." See also: https://www.trueheroesfilms.org/thedigest/laureates/34e43b60-3236-11ea-b4d5-37ffeeddd006
Vadim Prokhorov, Kara-Murza's lawyer, said the high treason charges relate to Kara-Murza's public criticism of the Russian authorities in international forums.
Kara-Murza has called for sanctions against the Kremlin and has spoken in person before national political bodies throughout Europe and in the United States, and at many international and intergovernmental forums, including at the United Nations. He was a key figure advocating for the US Magnitsky Act that gave rise to the Global Magnitsky sanctions regime for serious human rights violations.
Kara-Murza was also a close friend of the murdered Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. He survived two near-fatal poisonings, in 2015 and 2017, which Bellingcat investigative journalists reported was most likely orchestrated by the Russian Federal Security Service and which the Russian authorities have failed to investigate.
Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started in February, the Russian authorities have expanded their repressive toolbox. In March, Russian authorities criminalized calls for sanctions against Russia, and in July also criminalized "confidential cooperation" with foreign states, international or foreign organizations as well as public calls for action that are "against national interests."
These new provisions cannot be applied retroactively to the years of advocacy by Kara-Murza, Human Rights Watch said, and so he is being charged with high treason under Russia's criminal code, which was expanded in November 2012. The definition was expanded to include consultations or any other assistance to a foreign state or international or foreign organizations…
Russia's rules on prosecution and trial of treason cases also breach human rights safeguards, in particular fair trial guarantees. For example, the criminal case materials in such proceedings are classified so that the defense team may not have access to key pieces of evidence, and the trial takes place behind closed doors, preventing public scrutiny.
Ivan Safronov, a journalist, was recently convicted of high treason and sentenced to 22 years in maximum security prison and given a substantial fine for his journalistic investigations of defense contracts, spotlighting how treason cases are handled. He was tried behind closed doors, key evidence obtained by fellow journalists was not accepted by the court, and his defense team came under immense pressure. Two of his lawyers had to flee the country, and a third was detained on accusations of spreading false information and remains in detention.
"Sadly, it is unrealistic to expect that fair trial standards will be observed in Kara-Murza's case," Williamson said. "By jailing leaders like him, Russian authorities are attempting to instill fear in the Russian people and eradicate any opportunity for civil society to mobilize and oppose the Kremlin and its war."
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/07/russia-first-treason-charges-criticizing-kremlin
Tags: criminalisation, Freedom of speech, HRW, judicial harassment, Kremlin, Russia, treason charges, Vladimir Kara-Murza
Uyghur issue at the UN Human Rights Council: will there be even a debate?
The controversial issue of the treatment of Uyghurs is continuing to play out at the UN Human Rights Council. A resolution is being considered this week to discuss the report's findings awhich is being strongly resisted by China who is leaning heavily on smaller states to oppose it. If these efforts are successful, they could deal a severe blow to the legitimacy of the UN Human Rights Council. Groups such as CIVICUS, Human Rights Watch have been following this issue closely and are urging Member States to support a decision to AT LEAST discuss the report in the interests of transparency and accountability. But then the big disappointment: on Thursday 6 October at the Human Rights Council the motion was rejected in a tight vote of 19 states against, 17 in favour and 11 abstentions.
https://genevasolutions.news/global-news/human-rights-council-shuts-down-china-debate-proposal-in-close-vote?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
On 3 October 2022 CIVICUS is urging UN Human Rights Council member States to do the right thing by voting in support of a resolution to debate the human rights situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).
The resolution follows the release of a major UN report which affirms that the rights of Xinjiang's Uyghur Muslim population are being violated through an industrial-level programme of mass incarceration, systemic torture and sexual violence. The report attracted intense criticism from the Chinese government before it was released on 31 August 2022, minutes before the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet ended her term. SEE: See: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/09/01/finally-the-long-awaited-un-report-on-china/.
The report concludes that the actions of the Chinese government in XUAR including arbitrary detention, cultural persecution and forced labour may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity. Recommendations include the taking of prompt steps to release all individuals arbitrarily imprisoned in XUAR, a full legal review of national security and counter-terrorism policies, and an official investigation into allegations of human rights violations in camps and detention facilities.
China's government has rejected the findings and called into question the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Office of the High Commissioner has asserted that the report is based on a rigorous review of documentary evidence with its credibility assessed in accordance with standard human rights methodology.
A proposed resolution to hold a debate on the report's findings at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council is being resisted by China which is also said to be pressuring states that make up the 47-member Human Rights Council not to support the resolution.
"The UN report affirms testimonies of victims belonging to the Uyghur community who have endured extreme forms of oppression. Human rights researchers and civil society groups have for years documented abuses and sounded the alarm to the international community about the situation in Xinjiang," said Mandeep Tiwana, CIVICUS Chief Programmes Officer. "Yet the Chinese state is going to extraordinary lengths to suppress the findings and cover up its actions."
In June 2020, 50 UN Special Rapporteurs and human rights experts issued a joint statement, that catalogued concerns over the treatment of ethnic minorities in XUAR and Tibet, alleging excessive force against protesters, as well as in Hong Kong, and reports of retaliation against people voicing their concerns publicly over COVID-19 pandemic policies. The experts urged the Human Rights Council to convene a special session on China; consider the creation of a Special Procedures mandate; and appoint a UN Special Envoy or a panel of experts to closely monitor, analyse and report annually on the human rights situation in China.
Sophie Richardson of HRW stated: 'This week the credibility of the United Nations Human Rights Council is on the line over an extraordinarily modest request: to hold a debate on a recent report from the UN high commissioner for human rights on abuses in the Xinjiang region of China. Member states would not be obliged to take a position on the issues at hand, the government in question, or even seek a particular outcome. But the debate is an opportunity to stand together to ensure the council fulfils its bare minimum mandate."
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/media-releases/6070-global-civil-society-alliance-urges-human-rights-council-members-to-support-debate-on-uyghur-abuses-report
https://www.civicus.org/index.php/media-resources/op-eds/6072-uyghur-violations-a-litmus-test-for-global-governance-and-rules-based-international-order
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/10/03/un-rights-body-should-debate-xinjiang-report
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Finally the long awaited UN report on China
A long-delayed but groundbreaking United Nations report published on August 31, 2022, says the Chinese government has committed abuses that may amount to crimes against humanity targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities in the Xinjiang region. The report by the outgoing UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, contains victim accounts that substantiate mass arbitrary detention, torture, cultural persecution, forced labor, and other serious human rights violations, and recommends that states, businesses, and the international community take action with a view to ending the abuses, and advancing justice and accountability. See also: https://humanrightsdefenders.blog/2022/06/09/disappointment-with-un-high-commissioners-visit-to-xinjiang-boils-over/
"The UN human rights chief for the first time lays bare the Chinese government's grave abuses and concludes they may amount to crimes against humanity," said John Fisher, Global Advocacy Deputy Director at Human Rights Watch. "Victims and their families whom the Chinese government has long vilified have at long last seen their persecution recognized, and can now look to the UN and its member states for action to hold those responsible accountable."
The high commissioner's report challenges the Chinese government's blatant disregard for its international human rights obligations, Human Rights Watch said. It calls on businesses to meet their responsibilities to respect human rights, and for follow-up by UN member countries and bodies, which could take the form of an investigation to interview victims and survivors, identify those responsible, gather evidence, and recommend strategies for accountability. Similar recent UN Human Rights Council mechanisms have included commissions of inquiry, fact-finding missions, and independent international monitoring missions. This could also lead to the identification of all those missing and forcibly disappeared so that they can be reunited with their families.
The report should be formally presented to the Human Rights Council as a matter of priority, Human Rights Watch said, so that states can discuss the report's findings and take the steps needed to implement its recommendations.
In the report, the high commissioner details widespread abuses, including targeting of cultural and religious practices, family separation, arbitrary arrests and detention, rape, torture, and enforced disappearances, across Xinjiang. The report concludes that "[t]he extent of arbitrary and discriminatory detention of members of Uyghur and other predominantly Muslim groups, pursuant to law and policy, in context of restrictions and deprivation more generally of fundamental rights enjoyed individually and collectively, may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity."
Detainees interviewed for the report described conditions in so-called "vocational training centres" that would amount to torture or other forms of ill-treatment, including "being beaten with batons, including electric batons while strapped in a so-called "tiger chair"; being subjected to interrogation with water being poured in their faces; prolonged solitary confinement; and being forced to sit motionless on small stools for prolonged periods of time."
The report noted that Chinese authorities continue to openly criticize victims and their relatives now living abroad for speaking about their experiences in Xinjiang, engaging in acts of intimidation, threats, and reprisals. In the words of one interviewee: "We had to sign a document to remain silent about the camp. Otherwise, we would be kept for longer and there would be punishment for the whole family."
The report also draws on analyses of Chinese laws, regulations, and policies. The findings are consistent with those of academics, journalists, and human rights organizations, published since 2017 documenting grave international crimes. In the past five years, Human Rights Watch has documented mass arbitrary detention, pervasive surveillance, and crimes against humanity across the region.
The high commissioner has been systematically assessing a growing body of evidence regarding Chinese government human rights violations targeting Uyghurs and other Turkic communities. Treaty body reviews and reports from UN human rights experts also informed the new report, reinforcing concerns about secret detention and unlawful family separations, among other violations.
In June 2020, 50 UN human rights experts urged the Human Rights Council to establish an independent UN mandate to monitor and report on human rights violations in China, partly in response to Chinese government resistance to UN human rights scrutiny. In June 2022, another group of UN experts reiterated the 2020 statement and again urged Chinese authorities to grant them access to investigate "allegations of significant human rights violations and repression of fundamental freedoms in the country."
In May, Bachelet visited China, despite being unable to travel or engage with interlocutors freely, and had little direct engagement with affected communities. In an end-of-mission statement delivered on May 28, Bachelet underlined that the visit was not an investigation, which she noted would require "detailed, methodical, discreet work of an investigative nature." The new report lays a solid foundation for further UN and Human Rights Council action towards accountability in China.
"Never has it been so important for the UN system to stand up to Beijing, and to stand with victims," Fisher said. "Governments should waste no time establishing an independent investigation and taking all measures necessary to advance accountability and provide Uyghurs and others the justice they are entitled."
Amnesty International's Secretary General Agnès Callamard said:
"This 46-page document lays bare the scale and severity of the human rights violations taking place in Xinjiang – which Amnesty International previously concluded amounted to crimes against humanity. There can be little doubt why the Chinese government fought so hard to pressure the UN to conceal it.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2022/08/31/china-new-un-report-alleges-crimes-against-humanity
China: Long-delayed UN report must spur accountability for crimes against humanity in Xinjiang
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A life in a webbis: iPad digitizer cracked experience.
Thank God, my iPad still can be used. The LCD is working superbly even with those cracks on the side and some dent at the bottom of the ipad (very near to the headphone jack). I still can browse thru internet, play songs, games and all those things but the shattered glass just bother me way too much. It was serious ridiculous to play the iPad during this time. I can't even say.
It may look not that much but my heart still shattered from this. (although I just act cool). Irfan started to browse through the internet to find where I could send this for a repair. He found some shops in Pertama Complex and also in Subang. Both has different prices. The Subang charges RM350 and the pertama complex charges RM250.
Before we ended up going to Pertama Complex, on Sunday we did surveyed at e@curve iphone specialist shop (behind watsons), just to ask the price. I know it'll going to be expensive and it is. RM600 for original parts (they claim it) was ridiculous. I could add another RM399 and get one new iPad mini. Not just their seller is quite unfriendly, it was just ridiculous. They have to revise the price, seriously! Well, ended up going to Pertama Complex.
First time going there, I have no idea where to send my iPad. We just wandering around and found the store named WAP In Teleshop. They quoted RM150 for the digitizer and some dent repair blablabla all RM205. I added the screen protector for RM20. So all for only RM225! Yay! Cheap. Works like new and I love it. It has 1 month warranty not including cracks. It takes about 1 hour for them to finish repairing my iPad. so yay!
Hi there, How do you rate the replacement screen? I am thinking of going to WAP in Teleshop to replace my ipad screen. I have heard some cheap screens may not be as sensitive, or in some cases, too sensitive that it starts clicking even without you touching the screen!


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Our first Curatorial Directions programme took place from Tuesday 19 until Saturday 23 and consisted of an intensive series of lectures, discussions, workshops and excursions exploring some of the key issues and ideas regarding contemporary curatorial practice in Northern Ireland and further afield.
Following an open call for participants, a group of 9 emerging curators from the UK, Ireland and different parts of Europe were selected to be involved in the project – to meet one another and share knowledge and experiences together, as well as work with and learn from a range of other invited curators, artists, and experts from the field of contemporary art.
In Northern Ireland we were delighted to work with the following organisations to explore the current state of curatorial practice here:
- Belfast Exposed, Belfast
- Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
- Ulster Museum, Belfast
- F.E. McWilliam Gallery, Banbridge
- Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
- CCA Derry~Londonderry, Derry
We were also able to collaborate with and/or make visits to the following major institutions further afield as part of the excursions out of the city during the programme:
- MoMA, Warsaw
- The Arts Council Collection, London
- The Whitechapel Gallery, London
- The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
Other speakers of note included curator Marta Dziewańska, art writer and critic Gilda Williams, and artist Peter Liversidge.
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If you want your dog to turn on a dime and come when called then make it fun.
It is critical that every dog know this potentially life-saving command.
If taught correctly, getting your dog to come when called, can be fun for both you and your dog.
Develop a fast start: When you call your dog, he needs to take his eyes off the distraction and make eye contact with you.
Develop a fast, motivated run to you. You want your dog to run fast to you with speed and determination ignoring all distractions.
Here's my 4 step "cheat-sheet" of quick tips as you follow along watching this video.
Add the sit. Once you've trained a fast recall, it's time to add sit in front of you and wait to be released.
Add distractions. Train in locations where you need your dog to come.
Always work on a long line when training your dog outside.
Remember do the fast start and run to you for a week before you add the sit – praise and treat your dog for a job well done.
Never train for too long on the come command. Quit leaving your dog wanting more!
Call your dog to you when you're in a different room.
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Have wonderful Holidays and thanks for all your help!
CArmen: Are you specifically speaking of getting your dog to come when called or???? Your words" not what he wants to do" makes your question unclear for me.
Thanks, Jim! I am looking forward to working with Ginny on this!
I have not found a treat that my dog likes very well. He is finicky, smells everything & on occasion has snubbed some treats.
If when we make eye contact & he choses to ignore me is that when I would tug his leash to make him understand what he needs to be doing not what he wants to do?


Sandy Conrad, an author living near Paisley, has written a story shortlisted by Crime Writers of Canada for one of its 2013 Arthur Ellis Awards. ?Sins of the Fathers? is one of eight stories in her collection Daughters and Other Strangers, published last August by The Brucedale Press.
Crime Writers of Canada Awards take the official name of the last hangman in Canada, and bring winners a wooden statuette of a moveable human figure on a gibbet. The 2013 winners will be announced at the Arthur Ellis Awards gala dinner on Thursday, May 30, in Toronto. Award categories include best novel, best novella, and best unpublished manuscript as well as the best short story from a magazine or anthology.
This year, the short-story category received more than 50 entries, with five making the judging panel?s shortlist. Conrad?s entry is set in Kincardine, where imagined characters revisit grisly incidents from their past. Typical of her stories, this one deals not only with crime, but with the great mysteries of the human heart.
Sandy Conrad lives in Saugeen Shores, and has taught English, Drama, and Creative Writing at secondary schools in both Port Elgin and Kincardine. Her short stories have been winners in contests and published in anthologies around Ontario. Daughters and Other Strangers is her first solo collection.
Since 1994, The Brucedale Press has been publishing words from authors in the Queen?s Bush and Bruce Peninsula. This is the first of its publications nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award.


You can install AbanteCart on your HostPapa server via the Softaculous application installer in cPanel.
First, log in to your HostPapa Dashboard. Using the navigation bar at the top of the page, select My cPanel.
Scroll down the page until you reach the Software section, then click Softaculous Apps Installer.
You may see AbanteCart featured as a top script on the Softaculous front page.
Alternatively, you can search for AbanteCart in the Search text box located in the left sidebar, or navigate to E-Commerce > AbanteCart.
The Software Setup page appears, which is used to configure your installation. Click the dropdown menu next to Choose Protocol to select the HTTP protocol for your store.
If you have an SSL certificate installed on your server, you can choose https:// or https://www. If not, go with http:// or http://www.
Next, use the Choose Domain dropdown menu to select a domain or subdomain for your store.
A subdomain allows you to section off your hosting account to act like a separate website without having to get a new domain name. The subdomain address will have a bit of extra information in front (e.g. subdomain. maindomain.com or www.subdomain.maindomain.com). You can create a subdomain on your own from any domain name you have connected to your HostPapa account.
If you'd like to create a subdomain for your AbanteCart store, head back to cPanel and navigate to the Subdomains section. Enter your desired subdomain in the Subdomain text box and use the Domain dropdown menu to select the main domain. You will see that the Document Root – the top-level folder for your subdomain – is automatically populated, but you can edit it if you wish. Click Create to continue.
Now head back to Softaculous to continue the installation.
The In Directory field is blank by default, meaning that your store will be installed to the root of your domain or subdomain (for example, http://subdomain.maindomain.com or http://www.domain.com). If you wish to install AbanteCart in a subfolder, enter a folder name in this field. The folder should not already exist and your store will subsequently be accessible at http://www.maindomain.com/myfoldername.
In Site Settings, enter an Admin Folder name, which will be used to access AbanteCart's administration pages. Thinking of an original folder name (rather than admin) will increase the security of your store.
Continue to enter an Admin Username, Password and Admin Email address in the Admin Account section. Again, creating a secure username and password will enhance your store's security. You can click the key icon next to the Admin Password text box to generate a strong, random password.
Softaculous will automatically create a database for use with AbanteCart during installation; however, if you wish to edit the Database Name, Table Prefix and Backup Location, you can do so by clicking Advanced Options.
You can now click the Install button to proceed. However, before you do so, enter your email address in the text box below the button to have your installation details emailed to you.
The software installs in less than a minute and, once complete, you should receive a welcome message on screen with your administration details. Be sure to check your email inbox for full details of your installation.
For more information about AbanteCart, please visit http://www.abantecart.com and HostPapa's knowledge base.


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The redesign of crane tracks on Pier "Charlie", Charleston Naval Shipyard, for a Nuclear-Safe-Handling Certification.
Study of Railroad Tracks A, B, and C, at the Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic (POMFLANT) regarding the derailment of long missile carrying cars.
A new railroad spur along with site grading and storm drainage for a large chemical company, Charleston, South Carolina.
A hydrological study for replacing an existing railway bridge with box culverts in Robbins, North Carolina.
Preliminary Engineering Evaluation Report on the Condition of the Santee Cooper Railway Spur.
The inspection, structural analysis, and load capacity rating of an existing railway bridge over Noisette Creek, Charleston, South Carolina.
A railroad spur along with access roads, large parking lots, and a warehouse for a large beer distributor, Charleston, South Carolina.
A railroad spur along with access roads, large parking lots, and warehouse for a large manufacturer, Charleston, South Carolina.
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Analysts: What's most impressive about the new Apple iPhone 5
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 9:16 pm 10 Comments
"It's not the new and improved features of the iPhone 5 that got the most attention from Wall Street analysts Wednesday, but rather the mass global rollout of the new device and the speed of that availability around the world," John Melloy reports for CNBC. "By the end of the year, the phone will be available in 100 countries through 240 carriers, according to analysts. And there's hope for an official China launch soon as well."
"'In particular, the velocity at which Apple will distribute the product globally was a positive surprise to us,' said ISI Group's Brian Marshall, in a note to clients he wrote shortly after leaving the much-anticipated introduction of the product in San Francisco," Melloy reports. "'Overall the iPhone 5 announcement was in-line with previews, though we think the phone is launching at more carriers and sooner than many investors expected,' wrote Peter Misek, an analyst with Jefferies. 'We believe the launch schedule implies that supply constraints are not as bad as some feared.'"
Melloy reports, "The iPhone 5 is 'the largest consumer product launch in history,' said Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray. 'We are raising our September iPhone estimates from 22 million to 27.2 million units given the confirmation of the iPhone 5 launch on September 21.'"
MacDailyNews Take: We knew they were going to eat up Apple's aggressive rollout schedule. Records will be set that will be difficult to equal, much less exceed. "iPhone 5S" — yuck, that's horrible to read; they'll never use it — "iPhone 6" had better have a 20+ country simultaneous launch while also being capable of morphing into a personal helicopter.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Lynn Weiler" for the heads up.]
900 herewe come
Laughing_Boy48
Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 1:21 am
Gimme a break. The stock went up a measly $9 and will probably drop before the end of the week. Apple is going to have scratch and claw every inch of the way to $700. Apple will probably have to sell 50 million of those iPhones before the stock gets above $700. Wall Street isn't going to give Apple stockholders any free pass. Apple stock doesn't climb like Amazon because Tim Cook doesn't talk the talk like Jeff Bezos.
auren
No, he just walks the talk!
Yeah, Jeff Bozo is so great that Obama change his speech to use Steve Jobs as an example instead of Bozo. Most people don't even know who Jeff Bozo is. More people know Bozo the clown.
fscuttle
Yeah Apple is only up a measly hundred dollars a share in the last two months
Great to see Apple rolling all these products in time for the holiday season.
For me the presentation reminded me of everything Apple is successful at. High product quality, attention to detail, implementing capabilities when the time is right not just as a fad, the huge depth in team work and integration of multiple disciplines.
Next time I start to doubt about Apple, I will think back to this to remind myself that if they keep these core values, no one can beat them.
Pridon
Agree. Good to watch the presentation after seeing the CNBC misinterpretations. e.g. CNBC implied Apple had a new restaurant reservation App which competes with Open Table when in fact Open Table is integrated into Siri or you can just use the OT App. Presentation clearly distinguishes Apples enginneering and attention to detail.
The worst year ever for bogus Apple rumors continues apace.
Also impressive about the iPhone 5: No NFC (near field communications) built in. BRAVO say I. NFC remains fundamentally insecure. I'm happy I won't have to worry about turning it off. 😀
Ah, check this out!
Interview: Phil Schiller on Why the iPhone 5 Has a New Connector but Not NFC or Wireless Charging
Tags: Brian Marshall, Gene Munster, iPhone 5, iPhone 5 launch, iPhone 5 launch date, iPhone sales record, ISI Group, Jeffries, Peter Misek, Piper Jaffray, smartphone unit sales, smartphones


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Seven Questions With… Stuart Goldsmith
March 9, 2016 by Becca Moody	4 Comments
© Andre Pattenden
Stand up comedian Stuart Goldsmith is also the brains behind every comedy nerd's favourite podcast, The Comedian's Comedian, a series of interviews where Stu gets to the heart of the creative processes and, invariably, the psychological issues of many a comic. The endlessly charismatic Goldsmith is rapidly cultivating a very interesting crowd of followers, with most audience members being as passionate about the craft of stand up as he is.
To find out more about Stu, I asked him these seven questions…
1) What is your best character trait?
My incredible world-class humility. But seriously folks…
I think I'm probably quite good with kids. That's being tested recently with the birth of my new son; I was trying to be a fun uncle for the first week and ran myself into the ground over-delivering. I need to remember that he loves me anyway so I don't need to throw a whirlwind of funny songs and kisses at him. Good advice for life generally…
2) How has your life changed in the past year?
Ha, I should have read through these first. Having a baby (and I know no-one without a baby cares about this) is the single most challenging thing I've ever done. It's impossible to explain to child-free people the extent to which it changes your life; it's like suddenly becoming a religious fundamentalist overnight; you've got something incredible to live for but now you need to do all these insane rituals every 40mins and talk to something that isn't listening.
3) What is the most challenging aspect of your podcasting work?
Ooh, nice question. It's either: the fact that the job has an infinite brief, so I'm never finished; the fact that now watching comedy feels like "work I should have to do" rather than "a fun thing to relax with"; or it's the amount of admin that has suddenly blossomed into my life. I want to answer every email and watch every video I'm sent, but I've also got to write a new show! But it's enormously fulfilling and I arrogantly think it's a legacy that will outlast however many DVDs I eventually sell. We're changing lives here, people!
4) What makes you feel trapped?
Being buried alive in a coffin made of lolly sticks for a crime I didn't commit.
5) Who would you be afraid to meet?
Gosh, everyone, I'm a terribly scared person. Lots of surface confidence and very little actual belief in myself. Probably an angry Scottish woman. For some reason they absolutely will not be charmed by me.
6) What was the last surprise you had?
My little bloke making a sort of pre-voice sound like "cah!" It was the absolute TITS.
7) What will make your first UK tour a success in your eyes?
If I walk away feeling like it's the start of something. I had that feeling at Ed Fringe last year, and Brighton Festival later on. I've put a lot of work into my career and writing and performing and specifically this show, a lot of that part of the work was "working out what the work is", coz comedy can be a rabbit hole made of sexy smoke. So the sensation that I'm starting to find and cultivate an audience is very satisfying. But – stay focused Goldsmith – my goal was to tour my own show, and actually getting to do the tour is a victory lap with which I'm rewarding myself for achieving that goal! So the shows themselves will be awesome whether there's 100 people in the crowd or 2. DO YOU HEAR ME WOLVERHAMPTON?! I WILL NOT BE BEATEN!!
STUART GOLDSMITH IS CURRENTLY TOURING HIS LATEST SHOW 'AN HOUR' ACROSS THE UK
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Tainted yeast caused Left Hand Brewing to dump…
Tainted yeast caused Left Hand Brewing to dump $2 million of Nitro Milk Stout, IPAs, brewery says in lawsuit
Longmont brewery had to shut down for two weeks to sanitize equipment
RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post
Empty beer bottles make their way through the bottling line, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, at Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont.
By Mitchell Byars | mbyars@dailycamera.com | The Boulder Daily Camera
PUBLISHED: November 21, 2017 at 3:47 pm | UPDATED: November 21, 2017 at 6:28 pm
Longmont's Left Hand Brewing is suing its yeast supplier after the brewery said contaminated yeast led to a $2 million recall of its Milk Stout Nitro and IPAs last year.
The lawsuit was filed in Boulder District Court by Indian Peaks Brewing — which does business as Left Hand Brewing — on Nov. 14 against White Labs Inc. and was first reported by Courthouse News.
The lawsuit alleges that "contaminated yeast product supplied by White Labs caused secondary fermentation in beers brewed using that yeast, including Milk Stout Nitro, resulting in over-pressurized bottles, broken bottles, off flavors, and disruption of the distinctive nitrogen cascade."
The lawsuit said the contaminated yeast required Left Hand to issue recalls for the stout, Extrovert IPA and Warrior Fresh Hop IPA and destroy thousands of barrels of unpackaged beer.
Left Hand — which operates out of 1265 Boston Ave. in Longmont — also had to shut down its brewery for two weeks and disassemble its equipment, according to the lawsuit.
The company said that an investigation discovered that the beer was contaminated by a strain of wild yeast called Saccharomyces cerevisiae variant diastaticus that is known to cause secondary fermentation in beer.
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According to the lawsuit, Left Hand was able to trace the source of the wild yeast to White Labs. Left Hand said it used White Labs yeast exclusively to brew several beers, including the Milk Stout Nitro and the two IPAs involved in the recall.
"It is unfortunate we had to file a lawsuit, but we didn't have a choice," Eric Wallace, co-founder and CEO of Left Hand Brewing, said in a statement.
Milk Stout Nitro is the company's flagship beer, with the beer making up about half of the company's sales historically, according to the lawsuit.
To read more of this story go to dailycamera.com
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Q: GitHub actions splitting workflow file Is it possible to split a GitHub Actions workflow file and reference it from other? I need to deploy an application into multiple environments i.e. staging and production and would like to share half of the steps to minimize maintenance.

A: You can split each action in the following file format:
folder named "test-action"
.github/test-action/action.yml
with contents
  name: test-action
  description: test action
  inputs:
    test_input:
      description: key
      required: true
  runs:
    using: composite
    steps:
      - name: echo test
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo ${{inputs.test_input}}

then you can refer to the action from any yml:
  - name: test-action
    uses: ./.github/test-action
    with:
      test_input: "test-string-value"

the key here was to make sure that the file within your named action folder would be called "action.yml"

A: It seems like there is no way as CircleCI allows defining commands that are a set of steps: https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/reusing-sharing-inheriting-steps-between-jobs-declarations/td-p/37849
At this moment, I guess we can use repository_dispatch as a workaround.
In this example, it handles events between repositories, but I think we can apply this in same repository: https://blog.marcnuri.com/triggering-github-actions-across-different-repositories/