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Myanmar releases hundreds of post-coup prisoners

DW
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 00:01 UTC

The prisoners demonstrated the three-finger salute adopted by the pro-democracy movement on leaving prison in buses.

Myanmar's military says it has released more than 600 prisoners arrested on various alleged infractions since the February 1 coup.

Witnesses said hundreds imprisoned after last month's coup were freed on Wednesday in what appeared to be the first gesture by Myanmar's military to placate persistent protesters.

Several full buses drove from Yangon's notorious Insein Prison. Myanmar state television said 628 people had been released.

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'I'm done, Britain': When a copper pens a heartfelt resignation letter like this, it shows we live in a warped and broken society

Kevin Hurley
Source
Thu, 25 Mar 2021 10:04 UTC

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Far Right agitators chant Tommy Robinson songs and declare their love for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as Stand Up to Racism hold a protest outside Downing Street called Not My Prime Minister on December 13, 2019 in London, England.

An anonymous police officer has quit, publishing a searing indictment of how we treat our men and women in blue. Having worked in policing for nearly 40 years, I recognise the sentiments, and I despair.

I urge you to read the disturbing words below, and if not weep, then think very carefully about them. They are a cry from the heart - and should be a wake-up call for all of us who want to live in a decent, harmonious society in which the law is upheld and we are safe to go about our business in peace.

As a former senior officer in the Metropolitan force and a former elected police and crime commissioner, I have heard similar words to this articulated a thousand times. It is still depressing for me to read them, and they may well shock you. It's the story of why a very experienced, articulate, caring and sensitive officer is leaving the job after 20 years, when they're in their prime as a public servant, with perhaps another 15 or more to give.

Slurs at 'Stop Asian Hate' rally in California probed as hate crime

Joshua Rhett Miller
New York Post
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:35 UTC

The anti-Chinese slurs made by a man who drove through a group of protesters at a "Stop Asian Hate" rally in California are being investigated as a hate crime, sheriff officials said.

Footage posted to Instagram of the unidentified driver — who cops believe is a white male in his 50s — shows a black Honda Civic cutting off a group of protesters while making a U-turn at an intersection and yelling "F-k China!"

A second video shows the man outside his car while continuing to lob hatred at the group, again saying "F-k China" and telling off others at the rally with the same expletive.

Comment: The press continues to imply the Atlanta spa murders were racially motivated, despite the perpetrator saying the motive was due to his sex addiction and some of his victims being white. The media narrative about rising Asian-hate incidents (instigated by Trump, of course) requires more fuel for the fire, apparently.

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Covid disruption led to nearly a quarter of a million infant deaths in South Asia, UN estimates

Ben Farmer
The Telegraph
Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:31 UTC

Closed clinics and suspended health programmes are thought to be behind the large numbers of extra deaths in young children

Covid-19's disruption of healthcare in South Asia led to nearly a quarter of a million young children's deaths last year, the United Nations has estimated.

An analysis of the impact of closed clinics and suspended health programmes suggested there had been large numbers of extra deaths soon after birth or from malnutrition and childhood diseases.

Modelling from the UN's children's body, Unicef, estimated that there had been 229,000 more deaths among under fives than in 2019. Three-out-of-five of those deaths were thought to be among newborns.

The research in Afghanistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, also estimated an extra 89,000 stillbirths over the year. The report called Direct and Indirect Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic and Response in South Asia, looked at the effect of government lockdown strategies on healthcare, social services, education and the economy.

Researchers also found a heavy toll on women and girls, with deaths from childbirth and unwanted pregnancies also rising. As the region locked down a year ago to avoid spreading the new coronavirus, basic nutrition and preventative health schemes credited with saving lives were suddenly put on hold.

Comment: See also: Lockdowns killed 228,000 children in South Asia, says UN report

The high-stakes Abramovich libel case may see the dubious quality of Western Russia reporting finally come under scrutiny

Paul Robinson
RT
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:21 UTC

Western journalists working in Russia are a famously close-knit community. But that collegiality seems to have fuelled complacency and problematic standards, with a reliance on questionable sources and a reluctance to break ranks.

Now, the chickens may be coming home to roost, as exiled Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich launches a libel case against a former Financial Times correspondent who compiled a much-criticised book largely based on testimony from an ex-Kremlin insider with a documented history of offering false evidence. The word around Moscow apparently suggests Abramovich's move may open the floodgates for a raft of similar legal claims.

FBI searches the Syrian-born Boulder gunman's $800K family home: More background emerges on suspect

Valerie Edwards and Daniel Bates
The Daily Mail
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 20:56 UTC

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A woman at the family home - thought to be Alissa's mother - threatened to call the police on a DailyMail.com reporter and said the family are not planning to speak to the media

Investigators were seen searching the $800,000 Colorado home of the King Soopers gunman on Tuesday as more of his Facebook rants are revealed and a police report shows that he 'beat up a teen bully who called him a terrorist' in 2017.

Agents of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived at the residence of Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, 21, who was named by police earlier in the day as the man who shot dead 10 people at the Boulder grocery store on Monday afternoon. The grocery store is about 30 miles from his Arvada home.

Alissa was pictured leaving the store handcuffed and bloody following the rampage and was booked into the Boulder County Jail today after being released from hospital.

Up to 35% of Brits will go abroad even if it breaches lockdown & despite threats of £5,000 fines

RT
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 12:09 UTC

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FILE PHOTO. Airline passengers queue to enter the departures area at Terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport

The latest figures on the UK's attitude to international travel show that 20% of Brits are still planning to go abroad even if their trip violates government Covid-19 restrictions and despite the threat of being fined £5,000.

The data, released by travel insurance firm Battleface, follows the UK government's announcement that it will introduce fines of up to £5,000 ($6,853) for anyone in England who tries to travel abroad without appropriate justification, warning that it is still "too early" to make plans for holidays during the summer.

A fifth of the individuals surveyed by the company said that, even if the UK government advises against travel to their destination, they would still proceed with their booked holiday, with that number rising to 35% among 18-34-year-olds.

Comment: One wonders just what, if anything, will cause those throughout Europe to push back against their governments and their nonsensical and tyrannical restrictions; as it is, there's the summer holiday ban, and later in the year the government is threatening to subject their children to mass vaccine experiments: UK children to be test subjects of latest AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trials

De Blasio announces 'unprecedented' racial justice commission to rethink NYC laws

Evie Fordham
Fox News
Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:48 UTC

New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio announced an "unprecedented" racial justice commission to rethink the city's laws, including its charter, to address "the foundational sin of racism in this country."

"We need to do something transformational at this point in our history, something unprecedented, and that's why today I'm naming a racial justice commission. This is unlike any approach you've ever seen in the history of New York City or, honestly, in any major city in America, any state in America. We've never had a model for actually addressing structural racism... formally apologizing for it," de Blasio said at a press conference Tuesday.

The commission will be a "charter revision commission" and have the power to send proposals to the ballot for voters to decide on, de Blasio said.

"This commission ... will have the power to examine the fundamental laws of New York City, the very basis of the governance of this city, and determine if those very laws themselves are either exacerbating institutional racism or helping us to cure it," he said.

Comment: The CRT revolution isn't slowing down. It's just getting started.

Oldest US journalist organization urges Biden to lift restrictions on visits to border facilities amid migrant surge

RT
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 01:05 UTC

President Joe Biden is failing on his promise of transparency, said the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), condemning his policy of denying access to the US-Mexico border to members of the media.

It is "crucial" that journalists be given "unfettered access" to the border to inform the public of what is happening there, the SPJ said in a statement on Tuesday, condemning the "tactics" of the Biden administration that resulted in effective restrictions on reporting.

Biden "promised both a more humane approach to immigration and more transparency than his predecessor," said SPJ National President Matthew T. Hall, adding that his administration's "refusal to let journalists fully observe and assess the growing humanitarian crisis at the border... shows he is failing on both promises."

The SPJ urges Biden and his administration "to let journalists do their job by granting them access to facilities along the border" as well as interviews with officials "who know and can accurately convey to the public what is going on."

Trump congratulates O'Keefe on 'big win' in defamation lawsuit against NYT: Encourages legal defense fund contributions

Project Veritas
Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:54 UTC

Project Veritas CEO James O'Keefe met with President Trump at his office inside Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, to discuss the outlet's ongoing defamation lawsuit against the New York Times.

Trump and O'Keefe stood side by side as the Project Veritas CEO held up a hard copy of the litigation filed against the "Gray Lady."

"I want to congratulate Project Veritas on their big win on The New York Times [lawsuit], now the suit will continue, and whatever you can do for their legal defense fund, we're with them all the way," he said.

Comment: We look forward to more of Project Veritas's excellent reporting.

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dom38

Here's a nice tune for a war criminal. [Link]

frankchapeau

The dude is now on his own way to Hell.

dom38

Codis Albeit I think those times were harsher with people that chose to ignore reality ... Same goes for NOW tambien.

LindaMay

The earth just got a tiny bit better! :) Good riddance you filthy piece of shit, take a few more of your tribe with you!

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Society's Child

Myanmar releases hundreds of post-coup prisoners

'I'm done, Britain': When a copper pens a heartfelt resignation letter like this, it shows we live in a warped and broken society

Slurs at 'Stop Asian Hate' rally in California probed as hate crime

Covid disruption led to nearly a quarter of a million infant deaths in South Asia, UN estimates

The high-stakes Abramovich libel case may see the dubious quality of Western Russia reporting finally come under scrutiny

FBI searches the Syrian-born Boulder gunman's $800K family home: More background emerges on suspect

Up to 35% of Brits will go abroad even if it breaches lockdown & despite threats of £5,000 fines

De Blasio announces 'unprecedented' racial justice commission to rethink NYC laws

Oldest US journalist organization urges Biden to lift restrictions on visits to border facilities amid migrant surge

Trump congratulates O'Keefe on 'big win' in defamation lawsuit against NYT: Encourages legal defense fund contributions

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