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Ein #Herz für #AutofahrerInnen
Alle bashen diese armen Leute, die in ihrer tollen, geliebten #Box sitzen und damit kämpfen die #Temperatur auf 21,08°C zu erhöhen, den Sitz um 0,6cm niedriger zu stellen, die #Lichthupe zu bedienen und gepflegt die richtige #Hupe erklingen zu lassen, während man um einen Platz im #Stau kämpft. Dann muss ja noch ein #Update beim #IPhone gestartet und die #Karten für das nächste #Fußballspiel geordert werden.
Oft kommt dann auch noch die elementare Frage aus der #Kindergartengruppe bei #WA:
#Kirsch- oder #Apfelkuchen?
Und da soll man noch auf #Fußgänger oder #Radfahrerinnen achten? Geschweige denn #Blinken?
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#ElSalvador faces scrutiny for ‘political’ trial of five #EnvironmentalActivists
UN and legal experts have condemned prosecution of #AntiMining campaigners over alleged civil war-era killing
Nina Lakhani
Wed 9 Oct 2024 11.43 EDT"Five environmental activists who helped secure a historic mining ban in El Salvador are facing life imprisonment for an alleged civil war-era crime, in a case that has been condemned by #UN and legal experts as baseless and politically motivated.
The trial against Miguel Ángel Gámez, Alejandro Laínez García, Pedro Antonio Rivas Laínez, Antonio Pacheco and Saúl Agustín Rivas Ortega, who were arrested in January 2023 for the alleged killing of an army informant in 1989, opened on Tuesday in Sensuntepeque, in the department of Cabañas in northern El Salvador.
"The case has proceeded in almost total secrecy amid widespread allegations of legal violations – and repeated calls for the charges to be dismissed from UN experts, and hundreds of international lawyers, academics and rights groups.
"The defendants, who were at the forefront of a 13-year grassroots-led campaign to ban #MetalMining to protect the country’s dwindling #water and #farmland from further #contamination, were arrested amid warnings that President Nayib Bukele was planning to overturn the 2017 historic law.
"The five anti-mining activists had denounced suspicious land sales and mining interests operating in the area when arrested, accused of murder and illicit association over an alleged crime during the 1979-1992 civil war.
"'This case has no legal basis, but we fear that the lack of judicial independence and the Bukele government’s desire to overturn the metal mining ban risks the five #environmental leaders being subjected to a terrible miscarriage of justice,' said Pedro Cabezas, coordinator of the Central American Alliance Against Mining.
"'The five are respected community leaders, and sentencing them to inhumane prison conditions would be a death sentence.'"
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"In what was perceived as a show of support for the activists, #Canada, #Germany, #France, the #UK and the #EU sent representatives to pre-trial hearings. The #Biden administration has remained silent despite 17 members of Congress condemning the arrests and urging the secretary of state, Antony #Blinken, to join calls for the charges to be dismissed."
Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/09/el-salvador-trial-environmental-activists-mining#EnvironmentalActivists #CriminalizingActivism #WaterIsLife #TrumpedUpCharges #NoMiningWithoutConsent #BigMining #Corruption
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‘Hard to believe’: Venezuela election result met with suspicion abroad
Nicolás #Maduro’s apparent re-election as #Venezuela’s president has been met with
💥scepticism, suspicion and calls for a transparent and detailed breakdown of the vote in Sunday’s controversial poll.💥Although the results, released by the government-controlled electoral authority, were immediately hailed by Maduro’s allies in Latin America,
they drew a guarded and often accusatory response from others in the region and farther afield.The #US secretary of state, Antony #Blinken, said Washington had “serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people”.
He said the international community was watching the vote “very closely” and would react accordingly.
“It’s critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently, that election officials immediately share information with the opposition and independent observers without delay,
and that the electoral authorities publish the detailed tabulation of votes,” said Blinken.#Spain’s foreign minister, José Manuel #Albares, also called on the electoral authority to release voting information in the interests of “respecting the democratic will” of the Venezuelan people.
“The people of Venezuela yesterday voted democratically and in very large numbers,” Albares told Spain’s Cadena Ser radio on Monday morning.
“We want total transparency and that’s why we’re asking for the results to be published, polling station by polling station. We don’t have a candidate
– we just want a guarantee of transparency.
The publication of polling station information is key so that the results can be verified.”
Albares also urged “calm and civic responsibility” as the results were properly examined. -
Richtig #Blinken (Abbiegen, Kreisverkehr, halten, ...): 3 von 10
In die #Engstelle einfahren, obwohl da schon Radfahrende entgegenkommen: 8 von 10
Einem #Hindernis auf der eigenen Fahrbahnseite über die Gegenfahrbahn ausweichen, obwohl dort schon Radfahrende entgegenkommen: 9 von 10
Viel zu schnell durch den #verkehrsberuhigten Bereich: 9 von 10
dabei zu Fuß Gehende anhupen und anpöbeln: 5 von 10
Auf dem #Radweg statt an der #Haltelinie anhalten: 10 von 10… (2/3) -
Before #Biden’s trip was announced, #Blinken participated Mon evening in what became a marathon session w/ Israel’s #WarCabinet, seeking to wrangle assurances on #humanitarian steps that could be taken to ease the suffering of #Palestinians to balance the political victory that #Netanyahu would gain from a Biden visit. Bibi… was facing heavy criticism in #Israel for failing to anticipate the #Hamas assault & waiting days to meet w/the family members of #hostages.
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…As #Blinken crisscrossed the region last wk, he stopped 3X in Israel, & included multiple engagements w/its #WarCabinet. Each time, he stressed #UnitedStates support & understanding of what Israelis had gone thru, but emphasized that “we want them to think soberly about what happens next.”
“Waging the war in a #humane way doesn’t just give #Israel a moral high ground, it also makes sense strategically,” said a US ofcl.
Last Mon, the WH decided that it would take #Biden to drive the msg home.
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#Blinken, just finished a marathon 7½ hour meeting at a military base in Tel Aviv w/ PM Benjamin #Netanyahu of #Israel & his #WarCabinet. At 3AM local time Blinken addressed the world to announce the President #Biden’s visit.
Blinken said Biden's visit is meant to show unwavering support for Israel & that he would speak w/Israeli ldrs about urgent issues, including #hostages held by #Hamas & #humanitarian #aid to #Palestinians in #Gaza.