#volker-turk — Public Fediverse posts
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Truth is falsehood — or is it the other way round?
The Guardian says: The fate of the two-week ceasefire in the Iran conflict looked in peril on Wednesday as both sides gave divergent versions of what had been agreed, Israel intensified its bombing campaign in Lebanon and Iran halted the passage of oil tankers because of an alleged Israeli ceasefire breach. So if the Guardian editor asked for a summing up of the situation, just to save space, it ought to be “There is no ceasefire. Zilch! It’s over.” That would also be more truthful. […]https://bobmouncer.blog/2026/04/09/truth-is-falsehood-or-is-it-the-other-way-round/
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The United Nations has harshly criticized Israel's approval of a "cruel and discriminatory" new death penalty bill, warning that applying it in occupied Palestinian territory "would constitute a war crime." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/01/world/politics/israel-death-penalty-war-crime-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #palestinians #us #warcrimes #antonioguterres #volkerturk
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Applying Israel’s death penalty law would be a ‘war crime’: U.N.
GENEVA – The United Nations on Tuesday harshly criticized the Israeli parliament’s approval of a “cruel and discriminatory”…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #AntonioGuterres #breakingnews #Gaza #Israel #MiddleEast #Palestinians #u.s. #VolkerTurk #Warcrimes
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LIVE: United Nations Human Rights council
The United Nations Human Rights Council starts in Geneva with statements expected from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk and the Chief of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, Ignazio Cassis. #UN #HumanRights #Geneva #Guterres #VolkerTürk…
https://fllics.com/en/video/live-united-nations-human-rights-council/
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Media obscure BDS push for freedom and equal rights
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A group of countries led by China and Russia has repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the United Nations over a five-year period, according to a report. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/china-russia-defund-un-human-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #russia #humanrights #un #volkerturk
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#FYI #FreedomFlotilla #Palestine #genocide #GlobalSumudFlotilla #NeverAgain #NeverAgainForAnyone
2:54 #UN human rights council #VolkerTürk on warcrimes of #Israel in #Gaza
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https://www.democracynow.org/2025/7/11/volker_turk_interview_with_amy_goodman
#VolkerTurk from #UN on Trump. My question: Turk! What the FUCK are you going to do to #StopHim?
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The #UN's #HumanRights chief has demanded the #US government withdraw #sanctions it imposed on 4 #judges at the #InternationalCriminalCourt (#ICC).
#VolkerTürk said in a stmnt that "attacks against judges" run directly counter to "respect for the rule of #law & the equal protection of the law – values for which the US has long stood".
Secy of #State #MarcoRubio announced the sanctions on Thurs, for what he described as the "illegitimate" targeting of #Israel & the US.
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UN expresses deep doubts about human rights
UN High Commissioner Volker Türk expresses widespread concerns about threats to human rights
March 2024
Volker Türk, addressing the 58th Human Rights Council, has expressed a range of concerns about the state of human rights today. As we said in our last post celebrating the 50th year since the formation of the Salisbury group, any idea that we were on a slow path to a better future with wider and deeper respect for rights in countries and communities around the world, is no longer believed. Not only are old threats still in existence, but new threats are appearing and gaining ground.
He begins by something of a tour d’horizon of conflicts around the world of which there are now 130
according to the Red Cross. In addition to the familiar which appear on our screens most days, there are conflicts in the Congo, Yemen (which has dropped out of the news recently), Myanmar and Haiti. He is concerned that in each of these wars, civilians are deliberately attacked and subject to sexual violence, and famine used as weapons of war.
Health care workers have suffered grievously and in 2023, 480 were killed, double the number of the previous year. Humanitarian workers are also being killed with 356 dying in 2024.
The new threat comes from individuals and corporations which have never had so much control and influence over our lives as they do today. This is something of a new phenomenon which has emerged in the last two decades or so. “A handful of unelected tech oligarchs have our data: they know where we live, what we do, our genes and our health conditions, our thoughts, our habits, our desires and our fears. They know us better than we know ourselves“. Several of these ‘techbros’ as they are called played a significant role in the recent US presidential election. Either by manipulating their algorithms, by direct financial aid or in the case of Jeff Bezos, his control over the Washington Post, they were able to play a hugely influential part in the result.
Unregulated power
Türk says that any form of unregulated power can lead to oppression, subjugation, and even tyranny – the playbook of the autocrat. We should be very concerned at the activities of the tech companies. Virtually all are American based and as we have seen in the last few days, the post-war consensus has been shattered by the new administration’s statements and policy changes.
President Putin of Russia, a demonstrable tyrant, who’s regime has murdered journalists and sent Navalny to a remote Siberian camp where he subsequently died for reasons unknown, is now being courted by the US president Donald Trump even having invaded Ukraine.
Governments seem unwilling or unable to control the companies’ activities. One by one, the companies have dropped their internal controls used to moderate content. A prime example of the effects – the murderous effects – of the tech companies was Myanmar. Hate speech and posts against religious minorities was widely spread on Facebook leading to considerable violence. Facebook was slow to remove posts and did so only after much damage was done.
Speed and scale of mis and disinformation can have dramatic and far reaching effects on people’s lives and rights. The tech companies have shown a remarkable lack of concern to control the content on their sites. They exhibit an almost mystical belief in their platforms and with the current belief in America in liberty and free speech absolutism, the risks for ordinary people are considerable. They cannot be voted out except by shareholders whose concern is profits not the effects their platforms might have.
We should be very concerned that a group of American companies, closely aligned to the politics of the White House, are able to have profound influence over the lives of millions yet are subject to almost no controls, certainly not from outside the US.
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[10:41] UN condemns Taliban ban on Afghan women working at NGOs
UN human rights chief Volker Turk has said that Afghanistan's governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs.
https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1231/1488610-afghanistan/
#UN #VolkerTurk #Afghanistan #Taliban #Afghan -
THE WORLD IS WATCHING and the imperial, genocidal, #zionist, colonialist, ethno-supremacist terrorist regime admitted to turning consumer #electronics in #Lebanon into bombs yesterday.
https://www.rt.com/news/607448-netanyahu-admits-pager-attack/
btw i understand that it was not just pagers and walkie talkies, but some laptops and phones also, as was reported by a journalist i follow. not only has #EdwardSnowden labeled that attack #terrorism, but....
>UN Human Rights Commissioner #VolkerTurk [hashtag added] [labeled] it a “shocking” and “unacceptable” act that violates human rights laws.
>“Another glaring example of terrorist methods as a means of achieving political aims is the inhumane attack on Lebanon that transformed civilian technology into a lethal weapon,” Lavrov said, calling for an immediate international investigation.
The above list is far from complete, with condemnations from a number of countries for the perpetrators of this attack,,,, the world is watching.
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Alto Comisionado de la ONU: “Debe abordarse la situación de ilegalidad en todo el territorio palestino ocupado” | vía #UChileRadio
#bombardeos #escuelasdestruidas #franjadegaza #gaza #gazatiesdesplazados #israel #ocupación #onu #palestina #unicef #volkerturk
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#VolkerTürk, the #UN #HighCommissionerForHumanRights, has said the death toll in #Gaza passing 40,000 is a 'grim milestone', as he accused the Israeli army of repeatedly failing to 'comply with the rules of war'. Gaza’s health ministry has announced that 40,005 #Palestinians [mostly women & children] have been killed in #Israel’s military offensive on the Palestinian territory after the 7 October attack by #Hamas last year. https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/aug/15/grim-milestone-un-commissioner-calls-for-ceasefire-as-gaza-death-toll-passes-40000-video
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U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk has accused China of violating fundamental rights in its Xinjiang and Tibet regions and called on Beijing to change course. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/05/asia-pacific/politics/un-rights-china-xinjiang-tibet/ #asiapacific #politics #un #china #xinjiang #tibet #uyghurs #volkerturk
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#UN’s #VolkerTurk: A quarter of humanity is caught in 55 #globalconflicts | #TalkToAlJazeera
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The United Nations, a longtime advocate for human rights through treaties and laws, faces stark realities.Despite its efforts, rights violations persist, esp...#AlJazeera #AlJazeeraEnglish #TheUnitedNations #VolkerTurk #alJazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralive #aljazeeravideo #aljazeera #aljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeralatest #aljazeeralive #aljazeeralivenews #gaza #humanrights #israel #latestnews #newsheadlines #palestine #sudan #talktoaljazeera #theUNHighCommissionerforHumanRights #ukraine #un
UN’s Volker Turk: A quarter of humanity is caught in 55 global conflicts | Talk to Al Jazeera -
“Stop the violence. Guarantee the safety of humanitarian workers. Provide safe access to ensure humanitarian assistance to all those in need. Make sure people have enough to eat, clean water to drink, medical care and shelter. Free the hostages. Bring to justice – in line with human rights law – the perpetrators of serious violations.”
Today’s statement from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights #VolkerTürk is morally and legally indisputable.
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Volker Turk denounced that Israeli forces have taken the crisis to "a new level of violence and pain," putting the civilian population in grave danger. #Palestine #Gaza #UN #IsraeliAttacks #VolkerTurk
UN Warns of Thousands More Deaths in Gaza from Israeli Attacks -
teleSUR's Middle East correspondent Hisham Wannous updated the death toll at Baptist Hospital in central Gazato to more than 750 civilians. #AlAhliArabHospital #Gaza #IsraeliBombing #UN #WHO #ICRC #VolkerTurk
UN, WHO and ICRC Strongly Condemn Attack on Gaza Hospital