https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147681
"Iranian security forces shot hundreds of people
who took part in widespread protests sparked by the death of Jina Mahsa Amini
while she was in the custody of the country’s so-called morality police,
top independent human rights investigators said on Monday."
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Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran – a group of Council-appointed independent experts – said that
Ms. Amini’s death in September 2022 was “unlawful and caused by physical violence” for which the State is responsible.
Chairperson Sara Hossain told the forum’s 47 Member States that after Ms. Amini’s death,
young women and schoolchildren “were at the forefront” of nationwide protests.
“The entire State apparatus was mobilised
with security forces using firearms, including AK-47s and Uzis
as we documented in some areas, resulting in injuries and deaths,” she said."
There are “credible figures” that indicate there were 551 deaths,
at least 49 women and 68 children, “and we found that those occurred in
26 out of the 31 provinces of Iran over multiple months”, the Mission found.
Ms. Hossain explained that many protesters “removed their hijab in public places as an act of defiance against long-standing discriminatory laws and practices”.
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"Thompson said it’s “frustrating” now to see people putting flags in the back of their trucks or wearing hats or shirts to indicate patriotism.
Retired Retired Col. Kelly Zachgo, left, and retired Maj. Gen. Doug Dollar, right, present the Hall of Honor award to
retired Maj. Gen. Michael Thompson during the Oklahoma Military Heritage Foundation ceremony on April 23.
“Self-anointing themselves
as a patriot – that’s not necessarily patriotism,
that’s more similar to symbolism,”
Thompson said.
“And the sooner we as a country recognize that accept that,
the better off we’re going to be, in my modest opinion.”
Respect The Constitution
Millions have died for it.
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'Hundreds of students gathered at Oklahoma State University Thursday in a protest for peace
regarding the conflict between Israel and the war in Gaza that has ratcheted up conflict in the Middle East.
Standing beneath a tree on Edmon Low Library’s south lawn, students from the Students Coalition for Palestinian Liberation chanted,
read poetry and gave short speeches for an hour and a half."
they demanded that OSU “divest and end partnerships” with companies they said are.
fueling and profiting from what they considered the “U.S.-Israel genocide of Palestinians.”
Those companies listed in the flyer included Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Caterpillar, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Chevron, Palantir and Valero, among others."
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