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When one hurts or kills a women
one hurts or kills hummanity and is an antrocitie.
Gino d'Artali
and: My mother (1931-1997) always said to me <Mi
figlio, non esistono notizie <vecchie> perche puoi imparare qualcosa da
qualsiasi notizia.> Translated: <My son, there is no such thing as so
called 'old' news because you can learn something from any news.>
Gianna d'Artali
Al Jazeera
23 Jan 2022
<<Turkish journalist arrested for insulting President Erdogan
Tens of thousands have been charged and sentenced over the crime of
insulting Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the seven years since he became
president.
A Turkish court ordered prominent journalist Sedef Kabas jailed pending
trial on a charge of insulting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan under a
law that has seen tens of thousands prosecuted. Police detained Kabas
early on Saturday morning and took her to Istanbul’s main police station
before transferring her to the city’s main court, which ruled in favour
of her formal arrest. The alleged insult was in the form of a
palace-related proverb that Kabas expressed both on an opposition
television channel and on her Twitter account, drawing condemnation from
government officials. <When the ox climbs to the palace, he does not
become a king, but the palace becomes a barn,> she tweeted. Fahrettin
Altun, head of Turkey’s communications department, denounced the
statement. <The honour of the presidency’s office is the honour of our
country… I condemn the vulgar insults made against our president and his
office,> Altun tweeted. Abdulhamit Gul, Turkey’s justice minister, also
said on Twitter that Kabas will <get what she deserves> for her <unlawful>
words. ‘Unacceptable’ arrest Kabas, 53, has hosted a series of
high-profile TV shows over a career spanning three decades. She was sent
to Istanbul’s Bakirkoy prison, her lawyer Ugur Poyraz said, adding he
will appeal the <unlawful> decision on Monday. <We hope Turkey can
return to rule of law soon,> Poyraz added. Merdan Yanardag, chief editor
of the Tele 1 channel, on which Kabas made the comments, sharply
criticised her arrest. <Her detention overnight at 2am because of a
proverb is unacceptable,> he wrote on social media. <This stance is an
attempt to intimidate journalists, the media and society.> The law on
insulting the president carries a jail sentence of between one and four
years.>>
Read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/23/turkish-journalist-arrested-on-charge-of-insulting-erdogan
Al Jazeera
21 Jan 2022
<<Chile president-elect Boric unveils women-majority cabinet
Fourteen of Chile’s 24 new cabinet ministers are women, while several
are former student protest leaders.
Gabriel Boric, Chile’s left-wing president-elect, has announced his
first cabinet, giving a majority of the posts to women and several to
former student protest leaders. Fourteen of the 24 new ministers
announced on Friday are women, including Defence Minister Maya Fernandez
— a granddaughter of socialist President Salvador Allende, who was
overthrown by a military coup in 1973. The interior ministry that
oversees domestic security will go to Dr Izkia Siches, who was recently
head of the national medical association. <We have formed this team with
people who are prepared, with knowledge, with experience, and committed
to the agenda of changes that the country needs,> Boric said. The
cabinet announcement comes after Boric, who will turn 36 before taking
office on March 11, won the presidential election last month. He ran on
a platform to modernise Chile’s public health sector, which serves 80
percent of the population, replacing the now-privately run pension
system while raising benefits and increasing the minimum wage. Social
disparities in the South American nation had sparked widespread protests
in 2019, lighting the fuse for the political rise of the progressive
left and the redrafting of the country’s dictatorship-era constitution.
<This Cabinet’s mission is to lay the foundations for the great reforms
that we have proposed in our programme,> Boric said after unveiling his
ministers, adding that it would look to drive economic growth while
cutting out <structural inequalities>. <We are talking about sustainable
growth accompanied by a fair redistribution of wealth,> he said.
Communist Party legislator Camila Vallejo, who like Boric rose to
prominence as a student leader, will be the government spokesperson.>>
Read and view some video's here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/21/chile-president-elect-boric-unveils-women-majority-cabinet
Al Jazeera
20 Jan 2022
<<DR Congo convicts sentenced to 15 years over jail rapes
Fifty-six women were repeatedly raped during a three-day mutiny at
Kasapa jail in Lubumbashi in September 2020.
Ten convicts have been handed 15-year jail terms for the rape of dozens
of female inmates at a prison in the Democratic Republic of the Congo,
lawyers said. Fifty-six women were repeatedly raped during a three-day
mutiny at Kasapa jail in Lubumbashi in September 2020.
Three of the women were infected with HIV (which causes AIDS) and 16
became pregnant after the assault, according to lawyers for the victims.
<The court has found the 10 prisoners guilty of raping over 30 women
inmates. They stormed into the women’s section of the prison during
riots in the prison in September 2020 and raped them,> Lieutenant Peter
Ntangalo, a security officer in Haut-Katanga, told Anadolu Agency by
phone. Prosecutors had sought 20-year terms against the accused, who
were also sentenced on Wednesday to pay the equivalent of $5,000 to each
of the women.
<We are satisfied with the verdict, [which came] after a long struggle
to gain justice for my clients,> Melanie Mumba, a lawyer for the
victims, told AFP news agency by phone. Defence lawyer Noella Bashizi
said she would consult her clients about whether to appeal.
<It’s the Congolese state which should be prosecuted – it’s responsible
for the bad jail conditions,> she said. <The women were raped over three
days and no one intervened. And yet there’s a police base close to the
jail.> >>
Read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/20/dr-congo-convicts-get-15-years-over-jail-rapes
The Guardian
Helen Davidson in Taipei
18 Jan 2022
<<Chinese activist told he could not visit dying wife is re-arrested.
A Chinese human rights activist and writer who was detained following
repeated pleas to be allowed to visit his terminally ill wife has been
formally arrested days after she died for allegedly <inciting subversion
of state power>. Yang Maodong, who goes by the pen-name Guo Feixiong,
was formally arrested on Wednesday last week by the Guangzhou Public
Security Bureau, two days after the death of his wife, Zhang Qing. An
arrest document stated he was arrested <on suspicion of inciting
subversion of state power>, and was being held at the Guangzhou No 1
detention centre. Yang’s arrest was first reported by the online Rights
Protection Network group. Yang is a prominent human rights activist and
legal consultant known for working with Taishi villagers protesting
against corruption in 2005, after which he was jailed. He has been
harassed, reportedly beaten, and in and out of detention for years,
including a total of 11 years in prison, where Human Rights Watch said
he was subjected to torture, including electric shocks. In 2009, Zhang
and their children fled to the US, where she advocated for Yang’s
release. After Zhang was diagnosed with a terminal illness in January
2021, Yang made repeated requests to Chinese authorities to let him go
to his wife and children, but was refused on unspecified national
security grounds. <You public servants are also husbands, [blessed with]
marital love, must also have empathy of ordinary people,> he wrote to
China’s premier, Li Keqiang, and the minister of public security, Zhao
Kezhi, at the time. Dozens of academics, foreign politicians and human
rights groups expressed concern about the case. Yang was detained again
in December. From the US, Zhang pleaded with Chinese authorities to let
Yang join his family.
<I’m in a critical condition. Things are particularly hard in these cold
winter days – we, my family, need him,> she told the South China Morning
Post. <Never could I imagine the Chinese authorities were capable of
such inhumane cruelty – to keep him locked up when my life is coming to
an end, it’s very shocking to me.>
The couple had not seen each other in 15 years.>>
Read more here:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/18/chinese-activist-yang-maodong-told-he-could-not-visit-dying-wife-is-re-arrested
Al Jazeera
18 Jan 2022
<<UK peers vote in favour of making misogyny a hate crime
Move comes as the House of Lords delivers string of defeats to Boris
Johnson’s government over its controversial police and crime bill.
The United Kingdom’s House of Lords voted in favour of making misogyny a
hate crime in England and Wales during an overnight session that saw
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government suffer several
legislative defeats. Peers in the UK Parliament’s unelected upper
chamber voted for changing the law so that judges can impose stronger
penalties when prejudice against women is proved to be the motivation
for abuse. The amendment would also require police to record whether
crimes were driven by the hatred of someone’s gender or sex. The
development puts the peers at odds with Johnson, who along with senior
ministers has previously spoken out against designating misogyny as a
hate crime. Johnson said in October that <widening the scope> of what
police are asked to do would only <increase the problem>. During the
House of Lords session, peers repeatedly voted against several proposed
measures and in favour of other amendments. The vote was part of a
debate on the government’s Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill
that began on Monday and lasted until the early hours of Tuesday.>>
Read more here:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/18/uk-peers-vote-to-make-misogyny-a-hate-crime
Note by Gino d'Artali: read also the related headers/links on the same
page:
-The UK is facing an epidemic of violence against women and girls
-Spray, alarms, defence classes: UK women ‘arm up’ after murders
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