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Labeling the wrecker's main points as falsehoods

samedi 12 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Labeling the wrecker's main points as falsehoods, on Facebook and Twitter, has failed to prevent them from influencing his followers.

As often happens, the most harmful lies are in the presupposed premises, and refuting those requires pulling them out in the open so people can see what they are. A simple label that "this is not true" doesn't try to do that.

Brutal IDF arrests of Palestinian teens

samedi 12 décembre 2020 à 01:00

*Tired and afraid, Palestinian [teens and preteens] report brutal IDF arrests.* *EU calls for probe into Palestinian teen's killing by Israel.*

Israel killed another Palestinian teenager a week ago.

Sign of a dying biosphere

vendredi 11 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Greta Thunberg: *'We are speeding in the wrong direction' on climate crisis.*

*Our global fire crisis is the sign of a dying biosphere. But we can take action.* If we can push away the dying hand of the businesses that profit from roasting our planet.

Years of cruel imprisonment

vendredi 11 décembre 2020 à 01:00

Hamid Reza Shakib was imprisoned in Iran for campaigning for human rights. He escaped and went to Australia, which used Papua New Guinea to imprison him for asking for asylum. After years of cruel imprisonment, he now has received asylum in France.

Dropping war crimes probe

vendredi 11 décembre 2020 à 01:00

*'Severe Blow to Iraqi Torture Survivors': Despite Evidence of UK War Crimes, ICC Drops War Crimes Probe.*

The reason given was that the UK appears able to prosecute soldiers itself. Is it really going to do so?