An August 2024 report by Israeli human rights group B’tselem (@btselem on IG and X) details the abusive conditions Palestinian detainees endure in Israeli prisons, based on policies promoted by Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir and with the Israeli government’s support.
According to the report, ‘Since 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinian men and women from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, which accounts for about 20 per cent of the total population and about 40 per cent of all Palestinian men.’
According to the report, ‘Since 1967, Israel has imprisoned over 800,000 Palestinian men and women from the West Bank (including East Jerusalem) and the Gaza Strip, which accounts for about 20 per cent of the total population and about 40 per cent of all Palestinian men.’
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Continued…. The report includes testimonies of prisoners held in military and civilian prison facilities in Israel and the West Bank. It notes that ‘over the past few months, during the war, Israel has disappeared thousands of Palestinians, mostly from Gaza, for extended periods. Many of them are still missing at the time of publication.’
Moreover, the report found that the number of Palestinians classified as ‘security prisoners’ before 7 October 2023 was 5,192, with approximately 1,319 held without charge or trial as ‘administrative detainees.’ By early July 2024, this number had risen by over 85 per cent to 9,623, and the number of prisoners held without charge rose by almost 100 per cent to 4,781. These prisoners included minors subjected to the same conditions.
Moreover, the report found that the number of Palestinians classified as ‘security prisoners’ before 7 October 2023 was 5,192, with approximately 1,319 held without charge or trial as ‘administrative detainees.’ By early July 2024, this number had risen by over 85 per cent to 9,623, and the number of prisoners held without charge rose by almost 100 per cent to 4,781. These prisoners included minors subjected to the same conditions.
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Continued….. Palestinians are held in these prisons for lengthy periods, subjected to physical, s*xual and psychological abuse. They testified that Israeli authorities coerced them into confessing to crimes they did not commit, in a perpetual violation of their human rights and denial of basic needs and medical care. The report, which collected horrifying testimonies from 55 Palestinians incarcerated during the period since 7 October 2023, concludes that these prisons, ‘in which every inmate is intentionally condemned to severe, relentless pain and suffering, operate in fact as torture camps.’
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RACISM DESTROYED BRITISH ARMY POSTER GIRL
A Black soldier has revealed the harrowing racism she suffered in the British Army.
Kerry-Ann Knight says colleagues threatened her with lynching while another said, ‘tar and feather her, it’s what they used to do in the old days.’
In this interview with the BBC, she reveals the extent of her trauma, which almost ‘broke’ her. She’d joined the Army over a decade ago, hoping to find ‘a new family’ and became their poster girl for recruitment ads. However, from her early years of service, she suffered terrible abuse.
In July this year, she received a payout from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) after taking her case to an employment tribunal. The Army initially contested it, claiming she was ‘an aggressive Black woman.’ However, after seven days of hearings, it backed down as the evidence piled up. The case was then settled, with the MOD refusing to admit liability.
A Black soldier has revealed the harrowing racism she suffered in the British Army.
Kerry-Ann Knight says colleagues threatened her with lynching while another said, ‘tar and feather her, it’s what they used to do in the old days.’
In this interview with the BBC, she reveals the extent of her trauma, which almost ‘broke’ her. She’d joined the Army over a decade ago, hoping to find ‘a new family’ and became their poster girl for recruitment ads. However, from her early years of service, she suffered terrible abuse.
In July this year, she received a payout from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) after taking her case to an employment tribunal. The Army initially contested it, claiming she was ‘an aggressive Black woman.’ However, after seven days of hearings, it backed down as the evidence piled up. The case was then settled, with the MOD refusing to admit liability.
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Continued.....Kerry-Ann warns women, especially of colour, to stay clear of joining the Army because ‘it’s not going to benefit your life in the long run.’
The BBC report aired on 2 August 2024.
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The BBC report aired on 2 August 2024.
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It seems like the imperialist camp wants Burkina Faso’s young president, Ibrahim Traoré, out of their way. He’s revealed details of a fifth coup attempt in two years and accuses a ‘Western intelligence agency’ of masterminding it.
Here’s the lowdown on that and the previous four failed plots, which don’t include unconfirmed attempts or ‘lone’ attacks by individuals.
One reason Burkina Faso has successfully foiled them is due to a national network of citizens that keep a lookout for trouble. ‘The Citizen’s Nightwatch’ or ‘The Wayiyans’, patrol neighbourhoods every night across the country. In fact, according to Nightwatch spokesman, Abdoul Aziz Sawadogo, they operate ’in the four corners of Burkina Faso, in all 45 provinces and all 8,000 villages.’
Both the people and the government are on high alert. And their national slogan, ‘The homeland or death, we will succeed’ is the code they live by.
Here’s the lowdown on that and the previous four failed plots, which don’t include unconfirmed attempts or ‘lone’ attacks by individuals.
One reason Burkina Faso has successfully foiled them is due to a national network of citizens that keep a lookout for trouble. ‘The Citizen’s Nightwatch’ or ‘The Wayiyans’, patrol neighbourhoods every night across the country. In fact, according to Nightwatch spokesman, Abdoul Aziz Sawadogo, they operate ’in the four corners of Burkina Faso, in all 45 provinces and all 8,000 villages.’
Both the people and the government are on high alert. And their national slogan, ‘The homeland or death, we will succeed’ is the code they live by.
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S. AFRICAN SISTER SLAMS CAPE INDY MOVEMENT
You’ve heard of Brexit, but have you heard of CapeXit? It’s a movement calling for South Africa’s Western Cape - as well as potentially other parts of the Cape - to break away from the rest of the country.
What little support it currently has comes mainly from the region’s White population, who say Western Cape - currently run by the Democratic Alliance, which primarily draws its support from White South Africans - is better managed than the rest of the country, and better off going it alone.
But in this clip, a South African sister exposes the movement for what it really is: a land project driven by a colonial sense of ennoscriptment to divide Africans even further.
You’ve heard of Brexit, but have you heard of CapeXit? It’s a movement calling for South Africa’s Western Cape - as well as potentially other parts of the Cape - to break away from the rest of the country.
What little support it currently has comes mainly from the region’s White population, who say Western Cape - currently run by the Democratic Alliance, which primarily draws its support from White South Africans - is better managed than the rest of the country, and better off going it alone.
But in this clip, a South African sister exposes the movement for what it really is: a land project driven by a colonial sense of ennoscriptment to divide Africans even further.
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Continued.....As she notes, White people in South Africa - including in Western Cape - are descended from Dutch colonisers, and hence have no right to be trying to subdivide the country further. If anything, we should be removing borders, not imposing them: as she says, Nigeria is as much her home as Kenya is, and as South Africa - in its entirety - is.
This is an important message, especially at a time when South Africa is witnessing a rise in Afrophobia. One recent example is the uproar over South African model Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina's participation in the 2024 Miss South Africa competition due to her Nigerian and Mozambican heritage.
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This is an important message, especially at a time when South Africa is witnessing a rise in Afrophobia. One recent example is the uproar over South African model Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina's participation in the 2024 Miss South Africa competition due to her Nigerian and Mozambican heritage.
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The Nigerian government has accused a Chinese company of seizing its assets overseas, including three presidential jets, over unpaid dues following the cancellation of an export-processing zone management contract in 2015. Abuja says it is not a party to the agreement, signed in 2007 by the Ogun State government and Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co. Ltd. Nigeria says Zhongshan has misrepresented facts to courts in the UK, the United States and France, where it secured over $60 million in an arbitration award in 2019. Zhongshan reportedly built infrastructure without support from Ogun State, which, in turn, alleges the Chinese put up no more than a perimeter fence on the land earmarked for a free-trade zone.
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Continued……News of the French court’s order to include the jets has elicited anger in Nigeria, which is undergoing its worst economic downturn in decades, with inflation hitting 34.19% and the national currency, the naira, plummeting in value. Peter Obi, a presidential candidate in the 2023 election, posted a message on X decrying the story as an ‘international embarrassment’ for Nigeria.
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HOW MUSK, SOCIAL MEDIA ALGORITHMS PUSH FAR RIGHT
In the last few months, social-media platforms such as Meta and X have taken down or restricted hundreds of accounts for posting pro-Palestinian sentiments and criticising the Israeli military assault on Gaza. They claimed those accounts violated their restrictions on violence and hate speech. However, the same restrictions were not applied to the many accounts that spread disinformation before and during the far-right race riots that shook England and Northern Ireland recently. In fact, Elon Musk, the owner of X, not only condemned the UK government for what he termed ‘suppression of free speech,’ he also participated in the spreading of false information. On 8th August, Musk shared a fake Telegraph article claiming that the UK government was planning to send arrested rioters to detainment camps on the Falklands Islands, a British territory (colony!) off the coast of Argentina. Have you noticed how social media is pushing far-right content?
In the last few months, social-media platforms such as Meta and X have taken down or restricted hundreds of accounts for posting pro-Palestinian sentiments and criticising the Israeli military assault on Gaza. They claimed those accounts violated their restrictions on violence and hate speech. However, the same restrictions were not applied to the many accounts that spread disinformation before and during the far-right race riots that shook England and Northern Ireland recently. In fact, Elon Musk, the owner of X, not only condemned the UK government for what he termed ‘suppression of free speech,’ he also participated in the spreading of false information. On 8th August, Musk shared a fake Telegraph article claiming that the UK government was planning to send arrested rioters to detainment camps on the Falklands Islands, a British territory (colony!) off the coast of Argentina. Have you noticed how social media is pushing far-right content?
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PAUL ROBESON RESISTING McCARTHYISM
On this date (August 16) in 1955, Pan-Africanist singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to have the U.S. State Department grant him a passport. The U.S. government had denied Robeson the right to travel in 1950 because of his political beliefs.
In this clip, re-enacted by James Earl Jones, Robeson masterfully educates the House Committee on anti-American Activities. This pivotal moment occurred during the McCarthy era, when Robeson's anti-imperialist efforts had caught the attention of U.S. officials. He was held responsible for dissuading African Americans from participating in imperialist wars and was branded 'a Communist'.
On this date (August 16) in 1955, Pan-Africanist singer, actor, and activist Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to have the U.S. State Department grant him a passport. The U.S. government had denied Robeson the right to travel in 1950 because of his political beliefs.
In this clip, re-enacted by James Earl Jones, Robeson masterfully educates the House Committee on anti-American Activities. This pivotal moment occurred during the McCarthy era, when Robeson's anti-imperialist efforts had caught the attention of U.S. officials. He was held responsible for dissuading African Americans from participating in imperialist wars and was branded 'a Communist'.
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