Turkish & Kyrgyz authorities abducted, forcibly disappeared & extrajudicially transferred #OrhanInandi, a dual Turkish-Kyrgyz national living in Bishkek, to #Turkey.
“Abducting, forcibly disappearing, and unlawfully transporting #OrhanInandi to #Turkey from Kyrgyzstan demonstrates again Ankara’s ruthless disregard for the rule of law in general and most basic norms of international law.” - @HughAWilliamson
That a dual Turkish-Kyrgyz national, could be abducted & missing for weeks on #Kyrgyz soil only to be illegally removed from the country by Turkey’s intel services, "suggests the Kyrgyz government is either unwilling or unable to stand up to Ankara or directly colluded with them"
Over the past 5 years, scores of men, living in countries around the world, have been illegally detained and forcibly returned to #Turkey.
In #Turkey, they are jailed on bogus charges in violation of international law protecting basic rights, including to liberty & security, a fair trial, and freedoms of opinion, expression & association.
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Successive US administrations have largely perceived human rights more as an obstacle than as an essential component of addressing #Afghanistan’s problems.
This approach has been catastrophic...
As US forces withdraw from #Afghanistan, many in the US national security establishment are rehashing old debates about the conflict & what could have led to “victory” – more troops, looser rules of engagement, etc.
It's all very familiar to what happened after the Vietnam War.
But all of these arguments, "grievously devalue the devastating consequences of the war for Afghans — civilians and fighters alike", as my colleague, @pagossman writes... hrw.org/news/2021/07/0…
In blocking wider vaccine production globally, the EU takes a neocolonialist approach to the pandemic, saying:
❗️ we're in charge;
❗️ we decide who lives & dies;
❗️ we may give you some charity later if we feel generous & if you behave.
It’s arrogant & self-destructive.
From the beginning, the EU has been blocking & delaying wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property (IP) rules on vaccines & other health products.
➡️ We are not vaccinating people fast enough globally.
Governments are again arguing over scarce vaccines: who should get the doses - children here or older people there?
But we could tackle vaccine scarcity itself.
The world could make more vaccines faster.
Outrageously, the EU & a few other rich governments are blocking it.
From the beginning, the EU has been blocking & delaying wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property (IP) rules on vaccines & other health products.
Ordinary people, not monsters, make atrocities happen.
The endless stream of books and films that present those who supported and took part in atrocities as one-dimensional beasts, as simply monsters, sheds no light on how atrocities emerge. It offers no insight on how to prevent future atrocities.
Nazi horror didn’t start with genocide.
It started with words...
...with the dehumanizing of minority groups...
...and the mainstream acceptance of that dehumanization.