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Kiev is the aggressor: UN reports 90% of civilian casualties in Ukraine conflict within Lugansk and Donetsk regions

Inessa Sinchougova
Fort Russ
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 16:02 UTC
United Nations Poroshenko
The UN Commission for Human Rights has noted that 90% of civilian casualties in Donbass lived within the territory of Lugansk or Donetsk republics (as opposed to the Kiev- controlled territory of Donbass.) This was stated by political scientist Denis Denisov at a press conference in Moscow.

"These figures are most authoritative and illustrative. They demonstrate the most important thing - which side is conducting a defensive war, and which - the offensive," Denisov said.

According to him, the OSCE mission constantly notes the absence of Ukrainian military equipment. At the same time, the Ukrainian military prevents access of the monitoring mission to certain sites. OSCE representatives have recorded attempts by the Ukrainian army to shoot down unmanned aerial vehicles belonging to the mission. The Ukrainian military responded that there have been no orders to stop the fire.
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Fire

Riots explode in India after right-wing Hinduist snowflakes get offended by movie


RT
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 15:38 UTC
India riots
© Dominiwue Faget / AFP
Violent riots exploded in multiple cities across India after a controversial Bollywood epic featuring a romance between a Muslim emperor and Hindu queen was approved for screening.

Angry mobs went on the rampage in several cities across India, protesting against the release of 'Padmavat', a Bollywood film which centers on a relationship between Padmavati, a 14th-century Hindu queen, and Muslim emperor Alauddin Khilji.

Scores of people have been arrested during the riots, local media adds.

Violent protests broke out in Mumbai, where rioters - reportedly led by Hinduist right-wing group Karni Sena - torched cars and motorbikes.
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Horse

Thousands of wild horses in western US face slaughter as government proposes new regulations to control herds

Gloria Rivier, Shannon Crawford, Jake Lefferman, Lauren Effron
ABC News
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:40 UTC
US wild horses BLM roundup

Wild horses are herded into corrals by a helicopter during a Bureau of Land Management round-up outside Milford, Utah, Jan. 7, 2017.
A wild mustang charging across an open plain is a symbol of the untamed majesty of nature. But the predators chasing these horses are anything but natural.

Controversy has broken out over the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) practice of using helicopters to herd horses off public lands and sometimes permanently put them into holding facilities in an effort to control their population.

"Sometimes these horses get stampeded for miles and miles," said Simone Netherlands, an animal rights activist and a spokesperson for the American Wild Horse Campaign.

Now the government is considering culling these animals for the first time in nearly 50 years, putting the lives of thousands of wild horses at stake.

Most of the U.S.'s estimated 75,000 wild horses live on public lands, usually vast expanses that the government controls in the American West.
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Arrow Down

UConn offers counseling services to students who may be offended at the thought of Ben Shapiro visiting campus

Nikita Vladimirov
Campus Reform
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 23:45 UTC
Ben Shapiro

Ben Shapiro
The University of Connecticut has decided to restrict public access to Wednesday's Ben Shapiro talk following a new "review" process that will be applied to all campus speakers.

According to Young America's Foundation, the organization set to sponsor the event, the only guests allowed to attend Shapiro's January 24 lecture are UConn students, faculty, and special pre-registered guests.

YAF Spokesperson Spencer Brown asserted that the review process was adopted by the public university after a controversial scuffle between Gateway Pundit journalist Lucian Wintrich and a protester at his on-campus lecture in November.

Comment:
Clutching Pearls
© It's A Meme
UConn apparently sees its students as weak, hapless children whose sense of self is so fragile that a mere visit from a speaker who has opposing views is deemed as a meaningful threat. Student who abide by this victim mentality will have much difficulty facing the real challenges of the world. University officials who encourage and indulge in such thinking have no business being in a position designed to foster responsibility.

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Sheriff

Cop who beat innocent woman is caught on video AGAIN stomping a man's head

Matt Agorist
Free Thought Project
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:49 UTC
Brian Richter smashes women
Pulled over for driving 15 mph over the speed limit, an elementary school teacher was recorded on police dash cam video being slammed to the ground twice by an overly aggressive cop. After the woman was placed in the back of a patrol car, two separate videos caught the arresting officer making false statements regarding the arrest and another officer making racist comments to the restrained teacher. In spite of the glaring evidence against him, the officer responsible for the brutality, Brian Richter, did not face charges. He was allowed to remain a cop and has struck again.

After the incident, a grand jury did not indict him. The grand jury heard 13 hours of testimony from eight different witnesses over a three-week period before returning the irresponsible decision. As a result of their failure to hold this violent cop accountable, another person was victimized.

Just like the first offense, the second one was also captured on video. This time, Richter and Detective Steven McCurley were captured on video assaulting a drug suspect and then they were caught lying about it. Sadly enough, as the video below illustrates, this officer has been captured in multiple videos assaulting multiple people, many of whom were women.
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Megaphone

DACA protesters storm Schumer's NYC home, demand 'amnesty 'now'

Penny Starr
Breitbart News
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 13:50 UTC
immigration protest Schumer house
© Associated Press/Frank Franklin II
Dozens of illegal aliens surrounded Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-NY) home in New York on Tuesday demanding that Congress pass legislation immediately to give millions of people in the United States illegally amnesty and a pathway to citizenship.

"We want a Clean Dream Act," the crowd chanted.

"When do we want it?" they chanted.

"Now!" they chanted.

The so-called Dreamers - some of whom are recipients of President Barack Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA - and potentially as many as 3.6 million illegals in all were reacting to the Senate vote on Monday to pass a Continuing Resolution funding the government until Feb. 8 that did not include any immigration amendments.

Comment: The real reason for the Dem's intransigence over DACA? They're hoping to import an entire voting bloc.

Leaked Center For American Progress memo says DREAMers 'critical' to Dems 'future electoral success'

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Star of David

'Muhammad is dead': Israeli minister posts video with football fans chanting anti-Arab slogans


RT
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:39 UTC
Supporters of Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem
© Menahem Kahana / AFP
Supporters of Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem
An Israeli football club has pledged to crack down on radical fans after a game marred by anti-Arab chants. The sports minister posted a video from the match which featured the offensive calls.

Beitar Jerusalem is notorious for having a radical component among its fan base. During a game on Monday against Bnei Sakhnin, the most successful Israeli Arab football club, some Beitar Jerusalem fans chanted slogans such as "I hate all Arabs," "Burn down your village," and "Muhammad is dead," according to the Times of Israel. There was an announcement at Beitar Jerusalem's Teddy Stadium, asking the fans to stop, but they continued with the chants.

Now, as the club faces fines for hate speech, management says they will shut down an entire section of the stadium, where the radical fans gather.
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Stormtrooper

Baltimore cop indicted for planting drugs


RT
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:24 UTC
Baltimore police
© MANDEL NGAN / AFP
As crime-ridden Baltimore continues its mission to "rebuild community trust" in law enforcement, a police officer is indicted by a grand jury for allegedly planting drugs during an arrest, as seen on bodycam video.

Pinheiro was charged on Tuesday with misconduct and fabricating evidence in connection with the body camera video after Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that a grand jury returned an indictment against the officer, according to WBAL.

Prosecutors in the case claim Pinheiro attempted to use his body camera footage with intent to deceive attorneys and investigators regarding where evidence was found in a case involving an individual charged with possession of drugs.
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Alarm Clock

Academics say research is being blocked by universities' fear of online backlash

Harry Yorke
The Telegraph
Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:08 UTC
James Caspian

James Caspian plans to take Bath Spa University to judicial review
Academics say they have been forced to leave the country to pursue their research interests as British universities are accused of blocking studies over fears of backlash on social media.

As they come under increasing attack from online activists, some of the country's leading academics have accused universities of putting their reputations before their responsibility to defend academic freedom.

Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, they claim that university ethics committees are now "drifting into moral vanity" by vetoing research in areas that are seen as "politically incorrect".
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Health

Doctors say Julian Assange's health is in 'dangerous condition'

Ewen MacAskill
The Guardian
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 14:03 UTC
Assange
© Andrew Parsons / Global Look Press


Two clinicians who examined Assange renew calls for him to be given safe passage to hospital

Julian Assange's long stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London is having a "dangerous" impact on his physical and mental health, according to clinicians who carried out the most recent assessments of him.

The pair renewed calls for the WikiLeaks publisher to be granted safe passage to a London hospital.

Sondra Crosby, a doctor and associate professor at the Boston University's school of medicine and public health, and Brock Chisholm, a London-based consultant clinical psychologist, examined Assange for 20 hours over three days in October.

In an article for the Guardian, they wrote: "While the results of the evaluation are protected by doctor-patient confidentiality, it is our professional opinion that his continued confinement is dangerous physically and mentally to him and a clear infringement of his human right to healthcare."

Although the two did not go into details, Assange's health appears to be deteriorating significantly after more than five years holed up in the embassy.

Comment: Ecuador granting citizenship to Assange may be directly related to the concerns about his health:

1st step to obtaining diplomatic immunity: Ecuador has granted citizenship to Julian Assange, says foreign ministry

And what was that recent tweet from Wikileaks?



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