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Swedish police get twice as many reports of suspected war criminals last year than in 2015


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 08:32 UTC
criminal in shackles
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The number of suspected criminals handed over to Swedish authorities has doubled since 2015; the majority are the result of incidents in war-torn regions according to a new report.

"A third are about incidents in Syria or Iraq, and beside those there are scattered cases from other countries where there have been or are still conflicts," Patricia Rakic Arle, head of the commission, told SvD.

A total of 80 such cases were handled by the War Crimes Unit of the Swedish police in 2017.

Many of the reports were processed through the Swedish Migration Agency, whose experts interview people during the asylum application process and specialize in detecting suspected war criminals attempting to pass themselves off as civilians.
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Suicide bomber and armed men strike at Save the Children office in Afghanistan, 2 dead, 12 injured


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 05:14 UTC
Jalalabad explosion
Gunmen attacked the office of the international Save the Children NGO in the city of Jalalabad, and an explosion rocked the compound. The assault which left two dead and 12 injured was later claimed by Islamic State.

Attackers stormed the building on Wednesday morning, local officials confirmed. At least one suicide bomber blew himself up at the gate of the compound, opening the way for gunmen to enter the office.

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Pakistani version of #MeToo movement emerges amid outrage over brutal rape, murder of 7yo girl and a culture of silence surrounding abuse

Kathy Gannon
The Globe and Mail
Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
Murder Zainab Ansari Pakistan
© B.K. Bangash/AP
In this Jan. 18, 2018, photo, posters reading ‘protest’ are seen on the walls of a neighbourhood of seven-year old Zainab Ansari in Kasur, Pakistan.
The brutal rape and killing of Zainab Ansari, a 7-year-old girl whose body was left in a garbage dump, has unleashed a wave of revulsion around Pakistan, revealing a string of child abductions and killings by a suspected serial predator and generating outrage at a culture of silence surrounding sexual abuse.

Zainab's death has even given birth to a nascent Pakistani version of #MeToo movement.

A number of prominent Pakistani women have come forward with their own stories of sexual assault, saying they want to change traditions that consider abuse as a mark of shame for the victim. Those traditions, they say, help predators get away with abuse and encourage an already corrupt police force to ignore such crimes.

Maheen Khan, a legendary Pakistani fashion designer, tweeted that she had been sexually abused as a child by an Islamic cleric who taught her the Qur'an. "I froze in fear day after day," she tweeted. At 73, Khan has spoken publicly only once before of the abuse.
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Swedish boar found with record levels of radiation 32yrs after Chernobyl disaster


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 00:16 UTC
boar
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Thirty two years on from the Chernobyl disaster, the highest ever radiation level measured in wild boar meat in Sweden has been recorded - a whopping 25 times greater than the safe limit for meat consumption.

The radioactive animal, shot in Tierp Uppsala County on the eastern coast of Sweden, was found to have a radiation level of 39,706 becquerel per kilo by the Radiation Safety Authority. The safe limit set by the Swedish Food Agency for meat consumption is 1,500 becquerel per kilo.

"It is the highest value we have measured since we invited hunters to send us samples," Paul Andersson at the Radiation Safety Authority told Jaktjournalen.
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Do not call the cops! South Carolina police shoot and paralyze innocent man reporting burglary

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 22:13 UTC
Bryant Heyward
© The Free Thought Project
An innocent man called 911 for help while his home was being burglarized. However, when police showed up, the robber got away and they shot the innocent man instead-leaving him paralyzed for life

Dashcam footage captured the disturbing scene as Deputies Keith Tyner and Richard Powell of the Charleston County Sheriff's Department arrived at the home of then 26-year-old Bryant Heyward, who had called 911 after he'd just been the victim of a home invasion. Heyward had fended off the two intruders who were threatening his home and his life, only to be critically shot and paralyzed by those who he had desperately called for help.

Now, the cops responsible for leaving an innocent man paralyzed for doing the right thing and calling them-will not be held responsible. The cop who shot the man in the neck-on video-was said to have "acted appropriately" by his superiors and will not be charged.

"We have concluded that Deputy (Keith) Tyner acted appropriately in response to an apparent deadly threat," Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Heather Weiss said in a letter to state investigators last week, "and that there is insufficient evidence to merit criminal prosecution."

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French sports news outlet condemns IOC's ban of more Russian athletes from Olympics despite no evidence of guilt


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 13:49 UTC
Russian athletes banned olympics
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Sergey Ustyugov (L), Anton Shipulin (R)
French sports news outlet Ski-nordique has condemned the International Olympic Committee's reported decision to exclude leading Russian athletes from the 2018 PyeongChang Games, stressing no evidence of guilt has been presented.

In an article titled "Shipulin et Ustiugov privés de JO" (Shipulin and Ustiugov excluded from the Olympic Games), journalist Mirko Hominal slammed the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Invitation Review Panel, which was granted the right to approve Russian athletes for the upcoming Winter Games, for its reported decision.

Following the IOC decision to ban Russia from February's Games in South Korea, the Olympic governing body ruled that "clean" Russian athletes will be able to compete under a neutral flag, provided their status is confirmed by the IOC-appointed panel.

Comment: State Duma representative and two-time Olympic biathlon champion Sergey Chepikov sees the recent move for what it is - a political maneuver:
If someone thought before that sport is removed from politics... all doubts have now evaporated. I consider the actions of the IOC to discredit the Olympic movement. The IOC requires a restructuring, to put it lightly. It is hard to analyze it using common sense," Chepikov told RT.

"There is so much negative information in the last couple of days, in particular, about Anton Shipulin, about our skiers...I believe that the IOC's actions have already overtly signaled that this organization is in need of fundamental reformation," he added.

Spokesman for the State Duma committee on physical culture, sports, tourism and young people's affairs Dmitry Svishev said he believes the ban on national symbols at PyeongChang is inadmissible.

"I don't understand how the ban can possibly be controlled. We must wait for clarification from the IOC. In the instance of confirmation it is possible to consider it a blatant violations of the rights of citizens," Svishev told RT. He also said he expects Russia to react severely in the event fans will not be allowed to display the flag.
See also:

The US-Inspired Olympic Ban on Russia: Another Pyrrhic Victory for the Ailing Empire of Chaos
The new Cold War has destroyed the Olympics
Leaked email to IOC President Bach: 'WADA has been used for politics from the beginning'

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"I just signed your death warrant": US Olympic doctor Nassar sentenced to 175yrs


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:43 UTC
Larry Nassar
© Brendan McDermid / Reuters
Larry Nassar, a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges, is escorted into the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, U.S., January 24, 2018
Disgraced former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for the sexual abuse of some 98 Olympic athletes, the majority of whom were children at the time of his crimes.

Nassar was the doctor for the US gymnastics team for 20 years. He faced lawsuits from 140 women accusing him of sexual abuse during this time. US Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney was among Nassar's victims and had called for the maximum sentence possible.

"I just signed your death warrant," Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina told Nassar in imposing the penalty, after condemning his years of abuse.

Comment: See: Also check out SOTT radio's: Behind the Headlines: Predators Among Us - Interview With Dr. Anna Salter

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Chilliwack school official protests 'transgender education' — and pays the price

Barbara Kay
National Post
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:34 UTC
Long-time trustee slapped with human rights complaint by school district employees after he criticizes curriculum supplements on gender identity
children in class
© Postmedia News
The union representing employees of the Chilliwack School District in B.C. has laid a human rights complaint against a long-time trustee because he has questioned the school board's Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity curriculum.
Barry Neufeld, a long-time trustee of British Columbia's Chilliwack School District, hadn't planned to find himself at the centre of a legal battle, whose outcome could have far-reaching consequences for gender-related teaching programs across Canada.

But on Jan. 22, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF, on whose board I sit), announced it will be defending Neufeld against a human rights complaint laid on behalf of Chilliwack School District employees. Complainant CUPE Local 411 bases its grievance on a school district policy stating staffers have the right to "operate, work or learn in an environment free from harassment."

Comment: I'm a pediatrician. How transgender ideology has infiltrated my field and produced large-scale child abuse

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7 year old girl groomed online by ROBOT in a case police can do nothing about


RT
Wed, 24 Jan 2018 21:26 UTC
girl online
© FILE PHOTO Global Look Press
A UK schoolgirl was being "groomed" online by a robot in one of the first cases of its kind to be flagged to police in Britain. Her angry mother says she was "sickened" by messages sent to her seven-year-old.

Amy Hollands from Gravesend in Kent found the messages on her daughter Gracie Holland's iPad. Suggestive messages like "I dare you to do something naughty to me" were sent by Cleverbot - an artificial intelligence web app. Not understanding the statement, Gracie replied: "What swearing?"

In another exchange the machine said to Gracie it "tutches your body while kissing" (sic).
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Bad Guys

Britain's acid attack epidemic is spreading from London into neighboring counties

Jack Montgomery
Breitbart
Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:00 UTC
Hertfordshire acid attacks

Dwane Matterson (right), a 26-year-old from Enfield, and Aaron Boyce (left), a 19-year-old of no fixed abode, and two other men forced their way into a property in the small market town of Hitchin spraying the homeowner with an acid substance.
Britain's acid attack epidemic is spreading from its focal point in Sadiq Khan's London to the historic Home Counties which surround it.

Figures released following a Freedom of Information request to the local police force have revealed that Hertfordshire, a traditionally peaceful county which was recently ranked the best place in Britain to raise a family by the UK Better Family Life Index, has experienced a sharp uptick in acid attacks, The Comet reports.

The county, home to the famous St. Albans Cathedral, suffered just one reported attack in 2013, but this had risen to eight by 2016 and an all-time high of nine the following year.

Comment: See also: London crime wave: Theft, burglary, rape, violent crime and homicide skyrocket

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