The Ion Tail of New Comet SWAN

Image Credit & Copyright: Gerald Rhemann
 
APOD: 2020 April 29 - The Ion Tail of New Comet SWAN

thanks, APOD ♥

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors

truly hope so ...

Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors
© BreakingNews.ie

Saudi Arabia scraps death penalty for crimes committed by minors
© Middle East Eye

A royal decree by King Salman says that those who received death sentence for crimes committed as minors will now receive a prison sentence of no longer than 10 years in a juvenile detention facility.

2020 World Press Freedom Index | RSF

2020 World Press Freedom Index: “Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus” 


Reporters Without Borders | Reporters sans Frontières

Saudi Arabia courts abolish flogging as punishment

Saudi Arabia courts abolish flogging as punishment
© Middle East Eye

♥ Solta a Grândola que há em ti ♥

illustration by Rui Borges


hoje, 25 de Abril, às 3 da tarde, vem à janela
e Solta a Grândola que há em ti ♥

today, April 25th, 3 pm, come to the window
and let go of the Grândola in you ♥

Liberdade Sempre !!!!! Freedom Always !!!!!

 
by luiisfdias
published on Apr 24, 2009

Iran quickly hangs 11 more prisoners before Ramadan

Iran quickly hangs 11 more prisoners before Ramadan
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Iran remains world’s second most prolific executioner - AI

Amazon Watch: Earth Week and the Amazon 2020

starting tomorrow, on Earth Day !!!!!
 
Earth Week and the Amazon 2020

© AMAZON WATCH

Iran Hangs Juvenile Offender Who Fled After Coronavirus Prison Unrest

Shayan Saeedpour ♥♥
 
Iran Hangs Juvenile Offender Who Fled After Coronavirus Prison Unrest
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

AI Death Penalty Report 2019

Death penalty 2019: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people last year amid decline in global executions
 
Death penalty in 2019: Facts and figures
 
© Amnesty International

Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Bahrain see rising executions 
while Asia-Pacific region records lowest numbers since 2011.

Iran Executions Continue in Coronavirus Situation

Iran Executions Continue in Coronavirus Situation
 
Possible Juvenile Offender Hanged In Iran

© Iran Human Rights

Yasuyoshi Chiba World Press Photo of the Year

Straight Voice by Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan

 
The World Press Photo of the Year is awarded to ‘Straight Voice’ by Yasuyoshi Chiba, Japan, Agence France-Presse. 
The winning image shows a young man, illuminated by mobile phones, reciting protest poetry while demonstrators chant slogans calling for civilian rule, during a blackout in Khartoum, Sudan, on 19 June 2019.


Congratsssssssssssssssssssss, Yasuyoshi and All !!!!!

Discover the results of the 63nd annual World Press Photo Contest and the 10th annual World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest - including the new major awards, World Press Photo Story of the Year, World Press Photo Interactive of the Year and World Press Photo Online Video of the Year ► here

World Press Photo

France: George Ibrahim Abdallah must not die in prison!

sign the petition, thanks !!!!!

France: George Ibrahim Abdallah must not die in prison!
© Workers World
 
Georges Ibrahim Abdallah ne doit pas mourir en prison ! Libération immédiate ! Appel international de partis et organisations communistes
INITIATIVE COMMUNISTE

Luis Sepúlveda Presente !!!!!

♥♥♥♥♥

The Man who dreamed to be a Cat & read Love stories !!!!!

October 4, 1949 - April 16, 2020
 
Chilean author Luis Sepulveda dies of virus in Spain
© RFI

Coronavirus: Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda dies aged 70
© BBC News

Zhuhai, China, bans consumption of dog & cat meat

more 1, yessssssssss !!!!! 

Second Chinese city bans consumption of dog and cat meat

The ban in Zhuhai follows a decision made by authorities in Shenzhen earlier this month to prohibit dog and cat meat. 
The new rules come into force in Zhuhai on 1 May.
© The Independent

Saudi Arabia has carried out 800 executions under King Salman: Report

Saudi Arabia has carried out 800 executions under King Salman: Report
 
Executions have doubled in only five years, with at least 13 juvenile defendants currently on death row, says Reprieve
© Middle East Eye

US: Medical Professionals Ask Death-Penalty States to Turn Over Execution Drugs Needed for Coronavirus Treatment

Medical Professionals Ask Death-Penalty States to Turn Over Execution Drugs Needed for Coronavirus Treatment
© Death Penalty Information Center

The Wager by Fatemeh Shams

We were alive, but within ourselves we had died
We’d choked down the outlawed words we were forced to hide

We were alive, but silent, alone, and homesick,
Disheartened by the scars we’d endured side by side

We were shoulders, embraces, tears, and our cries, alone
In a strange town, suffering the wounds that we bore inside

And though horror and fear made their nest in our souls
We would not believe in our loss, defeat was denied

We stood and we died so that life would take hold, making
The wager, in this solitary grave where we’ve died.
 
- Fatemeh Shams -

Iranian poet, born in 1983,
exiled in United States


Far From Home, Poet Fatemeh Shams Finds Sense of Belonging and a Voice at Penn
© Penn Today

Iran executes Kurdish political prisoner following prison riot

Mostafa Salimi ♥♥
 
Iran executes Kurdish political prisoner following prison riot
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

China considers ending dog meat consumption

& cats too ... truly hope so !!!!!
 
China considers ending dog meat consumption
© Bangkok Post

2 Actions from Survival International

send an email, thanks !!!!!

Danger for uncontacted tribes. Act now!

Help stop #FactorySchools in India

© Survival International

2000 prisoners released in Portugal

only ??? Free More !!!!!

Left-wingers vote for mass pardons to free-up space in Portuguese jails
© Portugal Resident

Gruffalo stayed in the cave

Room on the Broom
by Axel Scheffler & Julia Donaldson, 2020


'Gruffalo stayed in the cave': Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson's coronavirus cartoons
© Books | The Guardian

inspiring book 4 kids of all ages,
to encourage us to stay home during this time ...
thank you ♥♥

Axel Scheffler's official website

Julia Donaldson's official website

Appeals court sides with Trump on federal execution policy

Appeals court sides with Trump on federal execution policy
© TheHill

Trump Gets Win in Executions Case, but More Litigation Ahead
© The New York Times

COVID-19: King Mohammed VI Grants Exceptional Pardon to 5,654 Prisoners

COVID-19: King Mohammed VI Grants Exceptional Pardon to 5,654 Prisoners
© Morocco World News

Tunisia releases 1,420 inmates to reduce prison population

Coronavirus: Tunisia releases 1,420 inmates to reduce prison population
© Middle East Eye

Paganini Caprice no.24 by Alexander Markov

 
Alexander Markov | Violinist


Alexander is how i imagine Paganini ... magistral ♥

+ 2 petitions ► sign & share, thanks !!!!!

Bear Bile is Being Recommended to Treat Covid-19, with NO EVIDENCE!
© Care2 

Petition · Ban Ki-moon (Secretary-General of the United Nations): Ban wet markets in China 
- Change.org

Animal Equality Launches Global Campaign To Ban Wet Markets

Animal Equality Launches Global Campaign To Ban Wet Markets 


sign & share !!!!!
 
The Danger and Cruelty of Wet Markets 

ask the United Nations to Ban Wet Markets

© Animal Equality 

Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban eating dogs and cats

yesssssssssssssssss !!!!!

Shenzhen becomes first Chinese city to ban eating dogs and cats
© CNN

Iran: Death Row Juvenile Offender Killed by Prison Guards

Danial Zeinolabedini ♥

Iran: Death Row Juvenile Offender Killed by Prison Guards
© Iran Human Rights

On Hans Christian Andersen ♥ Birthday

H.C. Andersen by Henrik Tilemann

 
♥♥♥

❝ Life is like a beautiful melody,
only the lyrics are messed up.

❝ Just living is not enough ...
one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.

- Hans Christian Andersen -

April 2, 1805 - August 4, 1875


♥ We Love You ♥

In a time of closure and solidarity,
why not read these wonderful stories
and make paper cuts ???
it's what i'm doing right now thinking of my Flora ...

H.C. Andersen's paper cut


Hans Christian Andersen 

Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories 
© HCA.Gilead.org.il

Hans Christian Andersen - Paper cuts
in The Royal Library

"I Was Posing for The Photographer Today" 
© Odense City Museums