“Eating animals is speciesist,” People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said on its Twitter account on Wednesday, adding that “Speciesism is the human-supremacist belief that one species is more important than another.” If the US-based advocacy was angling for some hype, the proclamation certainly worked. PETA’s name soon …
Read More »After drawn out case, ECHR rejects Georgia’s claims of Russian Human Rights violations during 2008 war
On the night of August 7, 2008, Georgian forces started shelling the breakaway region of South Ossetia, where Russian peacekeepers were stationed. In response, the Russian military entered the area. Meanwhile, another breakaway region of Abkhazia announced a mobilization, fearing a renewal of fighting with Georgia. After five days, then-President …
Read More »Gorillas in US zoo test positive for Covid-19 in ‘a world’s FIRST’ via suspected human-to-animal transmission
All eight members of the gorilla troop at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are being re-tested and monitored after three of the primates turned up positive for the illness on Monday, the US Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL) said in a statement, noting they are the …
Read More »‘Possible’ human remains found near ‘intentional blast’ site in Nashville
Tissue was found at the blast site, but authorities have yet to confirm whether it belongs to human remains, Metropolitan Nashville Police chief John Drake said. Earlier, law enforcement sources, who spoke with AP and CNN on condition of anonymity, said the remains were sent to the medical examiner’s office …
Read More »‘Hard lockdown’ in Australian state ‘violated human rights’ & was ‘contrary to the law’ – ombudsman
A summary issued by Victoria Ombudsman Deborah Glass on Thursday found that a strict lockdown implemented over nine public housing towers in July violated civil liberties and may have been illegal. It confined residents to their homes for nearly a week, leaving some without food or medicine. “The rushed lockdown …
Read More »Slavoj Zizek: Biden’s just Trump with a human face, and the two of them share the same enemy
In the run up to the US presidential elections, different forms of populist resistance are gradually forming a unified field: “Armed militia groups are forging alliances in the final stages of the US presidential election with conspiracy theorists and anti-vaxxers who claim the coronavirus pandemic is a hoax, intensifying concerns …
Read More »Jack Ma says his new company’s IPO will be ‘the LARGEST in human history’
Ant Group is expected to raise $34.5 billion in its dual listing after setting the price for its shares on Monday. “It’s the first time that the pricing of such a big listing — the largest in human history — has been determined outside New York City,” the Chinese billionaire …
Read More »The power to behave like human beings is not going
About Khabarovsk, at the end of watching the video, reading, social media, and several interviews. 1. Protest won’t fade. Judging by the video from the copter, in the stock 18 and 25 July was attended by approximately the same number of people. 2. On behalf of the protesters no one …
Read More »The UN Secretary-General said about human rights violations in Crimea
We are talking about documented new violations by Russia of international humanitarian law. UN Secretary-General, antónio Guterres, released a report, which reported on human rights abuses in annexed Crimea. About it on Wednesday, June 24, UKRINFORM reports with reference to the permanent representative of Ukraine Serhiy Kislitsa. “The report of …
Read More »The connivance of the whole world the human rights violations in China has led to the pandemic
Lawyer and human rights activist believes that the connivance only of the world to human rights violations in China has led to a pandemic The correspondent of The Epoch Times interviewed David Matas, canadian human rights lawyer. David Matas graduated from the University of Oxford, is engaged in private law …
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