There are a handful of political prisoners who have really captured the attention of our generation, and Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is among the most prominent. His intentions have always been noble. “By bringing out into the public domain how human institutions actually behave, we can understand frankly, …
Read More »China and Russia urge independent probe into Canada’s treatment of indigenous people as anger over mass-grave discovery rages
The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found in May by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation in the province of British Columbia at the site of what was once the largest residential school for the forced assimilation of indigenous children. An estimated 150,000 children …
Read More »Canada’s treatment of religious communities is a prime example of using Covid as an excuse to bully just because they can
Back in April, I wrote about Canada beginning to crack down on religious services. During that time, a pastor of Polish descent had said the country was turning into World War II Germany, branding police who raided his church ‘gestapo’. Though plainly the nation has not reached those Hitlerian extremes …
Read More »Jeffrey Epstein didn’t receive special treatment from Florida justice system despite controversial plea deal, probe concludes
In three separate reports that were part of a two-year probe, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement concluded that Palm Beach County prosecutors and sheriff’s officials had correctly followed protocols while dealing with the high-profile criminal between 2005-2009. State officials were heavily criticized for the plea deal and cushy prison …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Everything the West claims it values is invalidated by its treatment of Assange
Truth. Justice. Freedom. Democracy. We are taught from an early age that these are the sacred values our society upholds with the utmost reverence, and that we are very fortunate to have been born in a part of the world which holds such virtue. You see this haughty self-righteousness pop …
Read More »NY attorney general sues NYPD for ‘excessive, brutal & unlawful’ treatment of George Floyd protesters
James condemned the NYPD and its leadership for its “excessive, brutal and unlawful” response to the protests against racism and police brutality that followed on the heels of the death of black Minneapolis man George Floyd under a white officer’s knee last May. In a news release published on Thursday, …
Read More »‘Inhumane treatment’: Turkey accuses Greece of migrant ‘pushbacks’ into Turkish waters
The Greek coast guards have been engaged in “torture and inhumane treatment every day,” Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said in a Twitter post, addressing Greek Minister for Migration and Asylum, Notis Mitarachi. The Turkish minister also posted a video supposedly showing a Greek Coast Guard vessel allegedly abandoning life rafts …
Read More »UK High Court says minors must ‘understand’ treatment before starting gender transition, in ‘devastating blow’ to trans activists
In a landmark ruling, the court said that children under 16 who want to undergo gender-changing procedures can only be given puberty blockers if they “understand the nature of the treatment.” The panel of judges ruled that “long-term consequences,” taken together with the “experimental” aspects of the treatment, should require …
Read More »READ: From hormone treatment to punishment in solitary, Maria Butina’s book lays bare her US prison horror and what she saw there
The book ‘#Prison diary’ is based on the journal Butina kept chronicling her experiences behind bars, including the time she spent in solitary confinement. The young gun rights activist from Siberia was in the US on a student visa when she was arrested in July 2018. It was the height of …
Read More »You are a heretic in woke America if you oppose trans treatment for kids, liberal crusade against ‘Irreversible Damage’ book shows
Published in June, Abigail Shrier’s ‘Irreversible Damage’ argues that teachers, therapists and the media are encouraging vulnerable teenage girls to identify as “transgender,” and pushing life-changing treatments and surgeries – including puberty-blocking hormones and double mastectomies – on these teens. Childhood gender dysphoria is a relatively recent phenomenon, but one …
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