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Last year today, this man was the President of Sudan. On this day in 2018, a glorious uprising in Sudan erupted calling for an end to his 30-year rule of corruption and violence.
Today, this man is in prison, having been ousted from power, put on trial, and convicted of corruption.
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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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Those who complain about Norway's human rights records need to spend some time in an Arab prison (like I did), it may add more nuance to their perspective
There's nothing wrong with demanding that your already largely egalitarian country be more just and egalitarian, but to shit on our lived experiences like this is the exact reason solidarity cannot exist. This is the planet "this tool" lives on.
When your very safety and livelihood - the gas that heats your house, the petrol in your car - depends upon my region's subjugation, how can you have any solidarity with me or me with you?
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So which of the rights laid out in the *universal* declaration of human rights do you like to NOT have? Or would you like to deprive others of? Here's the text, take your time: un.org/en/universal-d…
But even that is a curveball. The real significance of human rights isn't their enumeration. It's the very idea that human beings, by virtue of their very humanity, have certain inalienable rights whose legitimacy precedes and suprasses that of any government or human institution
Also, if you want to critique how the West has treated human rights, perhaps spend less time on that sterile "human rights are Western" line, and more on how powerful Western nations guaranteed human rights at home while systematically denying them to our region
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Some regimes, factions, and groups try to project strength and strike fear in their enemies by being endlessly brutal and completely devoid of morality. They think that this will make them appear fearless. You have to be ready to call their bluff.
If they were truly strong, they wouldn't need to roll around in moral shit in order to appear fearsome. This is a sign of desperation, not strength. Call their bluff.
And importantly, you should never allow yourself to descend to their level. If you do that, then even if you win, you lose. The moment you abandon the moral high ground, you've lost - and even if you "win" the battle for power, your win will prove unsustainable.
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