#universalhumanrights — Public Fediverse posts

Adelaide Film Festival Boycott:

There is nothing ‘sensitive’ or ‘controversial’ about having a Palestinian author or the content of Dr Abdel-Fattah’s book.

The Board of directors should be forced to declare their ‘conflict of interests’ and lobbyists that were central to making this decision.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/randa-abdel-fattah-adelaide-writers-week-axed-authors-withdraw/106210464
#AusPol #SAPol #Multiculturalism #FreedomOfSpeech #UniversalHumanRights #Antisemitism #Islamophobia

Must Read:

‘Jews can’t do it alone’: one rabbi’s daily vigils at Bondi beach reveal the support that ‘will cure antisemitism’
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/31/jews-cant-do-it-alone-one-rabbis-daily-vigils-at-bondi-beach-and-the-support-that-will-cure-antisemitism-ntwnfb
#AusPol #NSWPol #Multiculturalism #UniversalHumanRights

My Op: on the Iran-Jewish attack allegation:

… Any antisemitism against Jewish diaspora only benefit’s Netanyahu’s narrative that Israel are defender of Jews.

If Iran are guilty of the alleged offences then Iran are idiots helping Netanyahu’s public relations.

The only justice; effective approach to bust the narrative is respect for universal human rights.
Violence against civilians, and other protected groups, only helps Netanyahu maintain his flawed justice.

(Also extremely disappointed that Australia continues to avoid using ‘Universal rights’ narrative in its justification against Israel and Iran.)
Background; https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-27/israel-claims-credit-albanese-expel-iranian-diplomats/105700756
#AusPol #Israel #GazaConflict #Antisemitism #UniversalHumanRights #InternationalRelations #InternationalLaw

hint hint:. Lieutenant Colonel Vivian Bullwinkel would make for a very provoking backdrop for a non-vandal/peaceful protest.

After all, if Israeli-Government’s contempt towards Medical professionals and facilities in Gaza were universally applied during World War One and Two, nurses like Vivian would be dead along with her patients.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8292780/story-of-military-nursing-set-in-bronze-at-war-memorial/
#AusPol #FreedomOfExpression #FreedomOfProtest #PeacefulProtest #LiberalDemocracy #UniversalHumanRights #CollectivePunishment #WarMemorial #DoctorsWithoutBorders #LestWeForget

Vandalism and War memorials, my thoughts so far:

Vandalism as an expression of protest is a controversial one, but one that hard to condemn 100%.

In terms of International human rights, we all have a ‘right to expression’, ‘right to protest’ ‘right to civil disobedience’ and as last resort ‘right to rebellion’, all with the intent of having rights respected for enduring peace. (UNDHR)

On the scale of things, ‘vandalism’ can broadly fall between ‘right to expression and rebellion’. ‘Vandalism’ in terms of graffiti, where there is no material damage, falls somewhere between ‘right to expression and civil disobedience’. In the sense that no person is threatened or harmed by the expression, it is effectively ‘peaceful’.

When watching ‘expressions’ and ‘protests’ as bystanders, we need to then reflect on ‘Why are people resorting to this form of expression’ ‘what is happening or not happening’ etc. How does the inconvenience of a traffic jam or cleaning up graffiti stand in comparison to the injustice that is being protested?
From the perspective of Palestinians and those sympathetic, what is happening in Gaza is a matter of ‘Present-Future’, whereas the Vietnam war is a matter of ‘past’. So what is more important: The deaths occurring now or the memorial of deaths of a distant past?

I question the effectiveness of ‘expressions’ targeting memorials. There are many different ways to use memorials as a backdrop of protest to amplify a message. But not everyone is blessed with the education and creative thought - and shouldn’t be looked down on because they aren’t as PR savvy as someone else, like myself.
In contrast, the statements by ‘caretakers’ for such memorials call to question the relevance of the memorials. Afterall, the purpose of Public memorials is to remember the past so mistakes are not repeated in the present-future.
We cried, expressed, protested and committed acts of civil disobedience about the injustices of the Vietnam war and swore ‘Never again’. Where do we stand on Gaza-Israel, while we provide material and morale support as a Nation-State? How can we condemn Palestinians for crying, expressing, protesting and committing acts of civil disobedience today?
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8551253/vietnam-war-monument-vandalised-with-gaza-message/
#AusPol #FreedomOfExpression #FreedomOfProtest #PeacefulProtest #LiberalDemocracy #UniversalHumanRights #CollectivePunishment #WarMemorial #LestWeForget

This, along with post or reply’s relating to #IWD2024, #WomensRights #LGBTIQIARights #UniversalHumanRights #IndigenousAboriginalHistory among many other topics always get flagged for spam.

… on the other hand, I see replies relating to crypto, marketing ads, etc added to my posts/content and that isn’t flagged as Spam?

#Meta #Facebook #Instagram is weird.