Hungary’s ‘Stop Soros’ bill seeks to criminalise migrant/refugees helpers

abominable !!!!!

Hungary’s ‘Stop Soros’ bill seeks to criminalise migrant helpers
© Euronews

UNHCR urges Hungary to withdraw draft law impacting refugees
© UNHCR

EU, Council Of Europe Condemn New Executions In Belarus, Call For Moratorium

EU, Council Of Europe Condemn New Executions In Belarus, Call For Moratorium
© Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Pakistan's death-row population increases to 8,000

Country's death-row population increases to 8000
4,000 inmates await execution in Punjab
© The Nation

Iran Execution Trends Six Months After the New Anti-Narcotics Law

Iran Execution Trends Six Months After the New Anti-Narcotics Law
© Iran Human Rights

Inside the Barbaric U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation

Inside the Barbaric U.S. Industry of Dog Experimentation
© The Intercept

Yulin 2018: Dog killers threatened RIOTS if annual slaughter was banned

Yulin Dog Eating Festival: Dog killers threatened RIOTS if annual slaughter was banned
© Express.co.uk

Winners Sardine Contest 2018

♥ Congratssssssssssssss to All, Parabénsssss a Todos ♥

***^-^*** & mum

Festas de Lisboa'18

Conheça as sardinhas vencedoras das Festas de Lisboa
© Time Out ► know them here, full list ...

150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England

150 years ago today, a Fenian became the last person to be publicly executed in England

Today, May 26th, 2018, marks the 150th anniversary of the last public execution in England, when Michael Barrett died in front of Newgate Prison, London. Crowds witnessed hangings, intended as a deterrent, until the Victorians began to question this Hogarthian concept.
© Irish Times

What #JusticeforNoura Tells Us About the Women and the Death Penalty

What #JusticeforNoura Tells Us About the Women and the Death Penalty
© UN Dispatch

Ireland has spoken. The eighth amendment is history

my body, my choice my rights !!!!!
yessssssssssssssssssssss, Ireland !!!!!

Ireland has changed utterly: the cruel eighth amendment is history
by Ivana Bacik
© The Guardian

Nigeria: Starving women raped by soldiers and militia who claim to be rescuing them

Nigeria: Starving women raped by soldiers and militia who claim to be rescuing them
© Amnesty International

Malaysia - Australian grandmother sentenced to death by hanging for drug smuggling

oh dear !!!!!
 
Australian grandmother sentenced to death by hanging for drug smuggling
© CNN

'They deserve no mercy': Iraq deals briskly with accused 'women of Isis'

'They deserve no mercy': Iraq deals briskly with accused 'women of Isis'
 A Baghdad court has sentenced more than 40 foreign women to death after 10-minute hearings
© The Guardian

Belgian IS member sentenced to death by Iraqi court 
© Kurdistan24

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 104 army 'plotters' to life

abominable !!!!!

Turkey coup trial: Court sentences 104 army 'plotters' to life
© Al Jazeera

Gérard de Nerval 210th Birthday

Nerval by Félix Nadar


❝ Le rêve est une seconde vie.
Je n’ai pu percer sans frémir 
ces portes d’ivoire ou de corne qui nous séparent
du monde invisible.
 
The dream is a second life.
I have never been able to penetrate without a shudder
those ivory or horned gates which separate us
from the invisible world. 

from Aurélia

❝ Je suis le ténébreux, — le veuf, — l'inconsolé,
Le prince d'Aquitaine à la tour abolie :
Ma seule étoile est morte, — et mon luth constellé
Porte le Soleil noir de la Mélancolie.
 
I am the shadowy - the widowed - sadly mute,
At ruined tower still the Prince of Aquitaine:
My single star is dead - my constellated lute
Now bears the sable sun of melancholy pain.
 
from El desdichado

- Gérard de Nerval - 

May 22, 1808 - January 26, 1855

♥ On Vous Aime ♥

 
















The Suicide of Gérard de Nerval by Gustave Doré, 1855
image source Wikimedia
 
Gérard de Nerval | Poetry Foundation

Nerval's Lobster: Is walking a crustacean any more ridiculous than a dog?
© Boing Boing

The Dakota Sioux Execution Was The Largest In U.S. History — But America Has Forgotten It

The Dakota Sioux Execution Was The Largest In U.S. History — But America Has Forgotten It
© Bustle

Detained Saudi women's rights activists could face death penalty - report

Detained Saudi women's rights activists could face death penalty - report
© Middle East Eye

Saudi Arabia: Chilling smear campaign tries to discredit Loujain al-Hathloul and other detained women’s rights defenders
© Amnesty International

Portugal: protect the lives of transgender people

shame, Marcelo !!!! sign & share !!!!!

Portugal: protect the lives of transgender people
All Out
 
On April 13, Portugal made history by approving a law that allows transgender people to identify with their actual name and gender, without going through medical or legal procedures.
That law could've changed many lives but it was vetoed by our President.

WATCH: Fourteen Days in May – full documentary

WATCH: Fourteen Days in May – full documentary

Telling the true story of the countdown to an execution in Mississippi on 20th May 1987.
Written and directed by Paul Hamann.
© Reprieve

Malcolm X Day

 




















Malcolm by Eve Arnold

  

We don’t see any American dream;
we’ve experienced only the American nightmare.

- Malcolm X -

May 19, 1925 - Feb. 21, 1965

Legal Efforts Failed; Political Prisoner on the Verge of Execution in Iran

Ramin Hossein Panahi

Legal Efforts Failed; Political Prisoner on the Verge of Execution in Iran
© Iran Human Rights

Confirmation of Gina Haspel, Supervisor of Torture, As CIA Director, Is Unconscionable

Confirmation of Gina Haspel, Supervisor of Torture, As CIA Director, Is Unconscionable

For Immediate Release
© Physicians for Human Rights

CA - Separating sick Inuit kids and parents is medical colonialism all over again

Separating sick Inuit kids and parents is medical colonialism all over again
© The Guardian

Will Texas have to push back the expiration date on its lethal injection drugs?

Will Texas have to push back the expiration date on its lethal injection drugs?

Texas currently has eight executions scheduled through October, but records obtained on Monday showed that most of the drugs the state had in stock were set expire in July.
© The Texas Tribune

Int. Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia'18

May 17 is

IDAHOT

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

ILGA launches Annual Report 2017
© ILGA - International lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex association

Annual IDAHOTB events promote solidarity, alliances
© Washington Blade

13 Countries that will kill you for being gay
© The Gay UK

5 LGBTI activists to look out for this IDAHOTB 2018
© Amnesty International

Declaration by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini on behalf of the EU on the occasion of the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, 17 May 2018
© EU News

‘Hugs Not Hate’ campaign to tackle homophobia in SE Asia
© Jakarta Post

11th Cuban Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
© Granma English

Collection of items from the career of Britain's most famous executioner discovered

Collection of items from the career of Britain's most famous executioner discovered
© Express.co.uk

Iran: Five Prisoners Executed, Two of Them in Public

Three Executions in Western Iran

WARNING GRAPHIC PICTURES: Two More Public Executions in Iran
© Iran Human Rights

The secret executions in Europe's 'last dictatorship'

The secret executions in Europe's 'last dictatorship'
© BBC News

Illinois governor seeks to reinstate death penalty

Illinois governor seeks to reinstate death penalty for mass murderers, cop killers
© CBS News

How the death penalty was abolished in Illinois
© Chicago Tribune

Nakba Day

We Shall Return 
© The Palestine Poster Project Archives

1948 - 2018

Free Palestine !!!!!

Palestinians on May 15 mark the Nakba (Catastrophe), 
the violent ethnic cleansing that forcibly expelled more than 
800,000 Palestinians from more than 500 towns and villages 
that were destroyed or abandoned and annexed.

Gaza: Nakba day protests as Palestinians bury those killed in embassy unrest – live updates
© The Guardian

Killing Gaza

Killing Gaza - A documentary film on Israel's 2014 war in Gaza

Killing Gaza
 
Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen’s powerful new film, “Killing Gaza,” offers an unflinching and moving portrait of a people largely abandoned by the outside world, struggling to endure.

“Killing Gaza” will be released Tuesday, to coincide with what Palestinians call Nakba Day—“nakba” means catastrophe in Arabic—commemorating the 70th anniversary of the forced removal of some 750,000 Palestinians in 1948 by the Haganah, Jewish paramilitary forces, from their homes in modern-day Israel. The release of the documentary also coincides with the Trump administration’s opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem.

© Common Dreams

‘Terrible massacre’: Israel kills 59, injures 2,771 Gaza protesters as US embassy opens in Jerusalem

I am Palestinian !!!!!

‘Terrible massacre’: Israel kills 59, injures 2,771 Gaza protesters as US embassy opens in Jerusalem
© RT News

Urgent: Save Noura Hussein, sentenced to death aged 19

sign & share !!!!!

Urgent: Save Noura Hussein, sentenced to death aged 19
© Amnesty International

Sudan urged to pardon teenager facing death for killing husband who raped her

Justice for Noura !!!!!

Sudan urged to pardon teenager facing death for killing husband who raped her

UN and rights groups lead campaign for 19-year-old given death penalty for stabbing man she was forced to marry as he assaulted her
© The Guardian

Canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on indigenous people

Canada sued over years of alleged experimentation on indigenous people

Class-action suit filed on behalf of thousands of people allegedly subjected to medical tests without consent in the mid-20th century
© The Guardian

Take the Streets for Palestine – March for Return!

70 Years of Nakba: Take the Streets for Palestine – March for Return!
© Samidoun: Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network

check out the Events !!!!!

NY - 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival

New York 

June 14 - 21
 
New York | Human Rights Watch Film Festival

The 2018 Human Rights Watch Film Festival
15 Films & Discussions Showcase Courageous Activists During Challenging Times
© Human Rights Watch

Nevada Court OKs Execution, Rejects Challenges on Procedure

Court of Nevada, for the first time in 12 years,
endorsed the death penalty.

Nevada Court OKs Execution, Rejects Challenges on Procedure
© Associated Press

Teenager who killed husband after he raped her is sentenced to death in Sudan

Justice for Noura !!!!!

Teenager who killed husband after he raped her is sentenced to death in Sudan
© The Guardian

A Sudanese teenager killed her rapist, and Muslim women are fighting for her life 
by Yassmin Abdel-Magied

Islam is often blamed for violence towards ‘oppressed women’. 
The case of Noura Hussein, who is sentenced to death, shows otherwise
© The Guardian

Stop "conversion therapies" in Germany

Fundamentalists in Germany are trying to "fix" LGBT+ people.
Ask Germany's Minister of Health to stop dangerous "conversion therapies" now !!!

Stop "conversion therapies" in Germany
All Out

sign & share !!!!!

Turkey coup 'ringleaders' face 252 life sentences each

outrageoussssssssssssss !!!!!

Turkey coup 'ringleaders' face 252 life sentences each
© Al-Monitor

The Fluffy Cats of Kamwei Fong

Kamwei Fong,
Malaysian illustrator 

Kamwei Fong | Instagram

Kamwei at Work - WordPress.com


♥ we are crazy about Kamwei's cats ♥

***^-^*** & mum

Fluffy Cats! By Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong
© KALTBLUT Magazine

Delicate Inked Lines Form Fluffy Black Cats in Illustrations by Kamwei Fong
© Colossal

Fashion Giants Dump Mohair After Graphic PETA Video Exposes Goat Abuse

Fashion Giants Dump Mohair After Graphic PETA Video Exposes Goat Abuse
© Care2 Causes

i told once i don’t like PETA anymore but this is important !!!!!

Boycott !!!!! Boycott !!!!!
don’t buy any products made or tested on animals !!!!!
i’m having a hard time to find them ;-(((((((((((((((((((( 
one of these days i'll post here a Cruelty Free list ... 
lu

The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas

The woman who watched 300 executions in Texas
© BBC News

US - States Turn to an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas

States Turn to an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas
© The New York Times

Stop Animal Death Ships

sign & share, thankssssssssssss !!!!!

Stop Animal Death Ships
Avaaz

Stop Yulin & Boknal 2018

Yulin to be held on June 21 until June 30

Boknal to be held on July 17, July 27 and Aug. 16

sign & share !!!!! thankssssssss !!!!!

p.s. » check out the label below for updates ... 
*^,-^* & mum

URGENT: Stop the Yulin Dog Meat Festival
Care2

Petition To Stop Yulin 2018
Change.org

STOP BOKNAL, THE SOUTH KOREAN DOG MEAT FESTIVAL
Care2

Stop the Brutal Bok Nal 'Dog Eating Days'
Change.org

this year we'll not speack too much ...

Robert Earl Butts murdered by Georgia

terrible !!!!!

on wednesday GA board of pardons and paroles issued a 90-days stay to review information on the case & lifts its own stay 18 hours later ...
bloody killers !!!!!

Robert Butts executed for 1996 murder. Final words: ‘It burns, man’
© Atlanta Journal Constitution

New Bipartisan Bill Could Give Any President the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens in Military Detention Forever

OMG !!!!!

New Bipartisan Bill Could Give Any President the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens in Military Detention Forever
© The Intercept

World Press Freedom Day 2018

May 3
 
Free Them All !!!!!
There is No Press without Freedom !!!!!

Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders

2018 World Press Freedom Index | RSF

Detained Journalists | RSF

Committee to Protect Journalists – Defending Journalists Worldwide

CPJ Events

Jailing journalists from Egypt to Turkey
© Amnesty International

World Press Freedom Day and the state of African media
© Africa Times

World Press Freedom Day: Remembering Afghanistan's brave journalists
© Amnesty International 

Turkey: “For journalists, Turkey has become a dungeon”
© Amnesty International

Execution of Kurdish activist Panahi halted ‘for now,’ lawyer reveals

Ramin Hossein Panahi

Execution of Kurdish activist Panahi halted ‘for now,’ lawyer reveals
© Kurdistan 24

We truly hope so ... for now & forever !!!!!

"Photo Requests from Solitary" Comes to Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary

"Photo Requests from Solitary" Comes to Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary 

New Exhibition Debuts at the Birthplace of Solitary Confinement
and Invites Viewers to Take Part

© Solitary Watch

The exhibit opening on May 4 from 5:30-7:30 pm 
is open to the public
and the installation will remain in place until the fall of 2018.

Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives

Native American Photographers Unite to Challenge Inaccurate Narratives
© Lens - The New York Times

NATIVES PHOTOGRAPH

a must !!!!!

Radio Sleepytime brings bedtime stories for Syria's bereft children

Radio Sleepytime brings bedtime stories for Syria's bereft children 

Canadian Brigitte Alepin’s brainchild Radio-Dodo is a bilingual radio station with stories, songs and segments to help Syria’s scattered kids get to sleep.
© The Guardian

thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu !!!!!

Iran: Political Prisoner in Imminent Danger of Execution

Ramin Hossein Panahi

Iran: Political Prisoner in Imminent Danger of Execution
 
Ramin Hossein Panahi, a political prisoner, was transferred to the solitary confinement of Sanandaj Central Prison and, according 
to his brother, he will be executed on Thursday.
© Iran Human Rights

Iran: Imminent execution of Kurdish man must be halted
© Amnesty International

Stop NOWWWWW !!!!!

Mahmoud Abu Zeid awarded the World Press Freedom Prize

Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid has won the 2018 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize.

Photojournalist Potentially Facing the Death Penalty Is Awarded The “World Press Freedom Prize”
© Resource Magazine

Mai 68 ♥ 50 Years On

Mai 68 by Philippe Gras

Les slogans de Mai 68 
© AFP 


Il est interdit d'interdire !

It is forbidden to forbid ! 


Philippe Gras
French photographer
April 16, 1942 - February 22, 2007

Slogans of 68
© Libcom.org

See posters from the 'May 68' French protests – 50 years on
© Digital Arts Online
 
“L’héritage” Is In the Streets: The Text, Images and Legacy of May 1968
by Justin L. Baggett
© The Aquila Digital Community
 
Commemorating the Global May '68 Events
© French Culture

May 1968 events in France | Wikipedia

Mai 68 - 40 years later
my post from May 2008, with some good info ...