China No Longer Marking Dogs as Livestock Ahead of Controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival

China No Longer Marking Dogs as Livestock Ahead of Controversial Yulin Dog Meat Festival
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Stop Dog Meat | Balloon Protest | South Korea

 
by Last Chance for Animals

On May 14, 2020, LCA and sister organization Animal Liberation Wave held a demonstration in Seoul, South Korea to urge President Moon Jae-in to officially end the dog meat trade.
 
End the South Korean dog meat trade before another pandemic hits the world!
Change.org  

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Care ► + 3 petitions to sign

caring is sharing !!!!!
 
Farmers Are Shooting or Gassing Their Pigs and Throwing Them Away Because of Slowed Production Caused by COVID-19!

Stop Nigeria's Inhumane and Dangerous Dog Meat Industry

The Philippines' Inhumane Dog Meat Trade Is Spreading Rabies
 
Care2

Justice for George Floyd !!!!!

“Please, I can’t breathe,” were the words George Floyd uttered while a police officer kneeled directly on his neck, refusing to move for seven minutes. “I’m about to die!” George said, his wrists handcuffed behind his back.

Demand justice for George Floyd | Amnesty International

Take action now and call on USA authorities to make sure that all those responsible in the death of George Floyd and many others are held accountable.

Join George’s friends, family, and community 
to demand #JusticeforFloyd!

Scene from a distance by Johnny Semaan

Scene from a distance, 2015 (oil on canvas)

 
Johnny Semaan
Syrian artist, born in 1983.
Currently lives in Lebanon.


heartbreaking & truly powerful !!!!!
thank you so much, Johnny ♥

Johnny Semaan Artworks | Facebook

Meet Johnny Semaan, 1800 paintings: one per day of war in Syria
© makesense

Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”

Hungary: Decision to strip trans people of the right to legal gender recognition is “step back into the dark ages”
© Amnesty International

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Show your support for Hungarian trans and intersex people
All Out

Walter Barton murdered by MO gov. & Scotus

Mike Parson & Scotus, you are a bloody slaughterhouse !!!!!

Missouri Just Became the First State to Execute an Inmate During the Pandemic 
It also refused to consider new, persuasive evidence that Barton may be innocent.
© Mother Jones

Missouri carries out 1st US execution amid coronavirus
© Associated Press

previews news ►

Missouri State Supreme Court lets inmate's execution date stand
© Associated Press » pub. April 28
States Are Halting Executions Because of the Pandemic—But Not Missouri
© Mother Jones » pub. May 6
Jury Doubtful of Missouri Death Row Inmate’s Guilt After Seeing New Evidence
© Daily Beast » pub. May 12
Attorney asks Missouri Governor Mike Parson to stop execution of convicted killer
© KSPR » pub. May 12
Advocates petition clemency for Missouri man scheduled to be executed
© KRCG » pub. May 14
Reopening Missouri Means Executing a Possibly Innocent Man
© The Intercept » pub. May 14
Judge stays Missouri’s pending execution of Walter Barton
© The Kansas City Star » pub. May 15
Court clears way for Missouri to execute Walter Barton
© The Kansas City Star » pub. May 17
Missouri Governor Mike Parson: Execution of Walter Barton "will move forward as scheduled"
© kttn » pub. May 19
Missouri Set To Execute Walter Barton Tonight Despite Claims That He May Be Innocent
© The Appeal » pub. May 19

♥ Love ♥ Wins ♥

Heart Rainbow Heart GIF from Heart GIFs

Heart Rainbow Heart GIF
© Tenor

Heart Rainbow

Heart Rainbow Heart GIF
© Tenor

Map Shows Where Its Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease

today, all days, ♥ wins !!!!!

Map Shows Where Its Illegal To Be Gay – 30 Years Since WHO Declassified Homosexuality As Disease
© Forbes

IDAHOT 2020

We Belong: Break The Silence

 
May 17 is

IDAHOT
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia 
and Biphobia

Home ~ May17.org

check out the Events & join !!!!!

Tutwiler, a documentary by Frontline & The Marshall Project

Tutwiler
 
Tutwiler, a documentary short from 
Frontline and The Marshall Project,
offers a powerful and unforgettable window into the lives of incarcerated pregnant women in US — and what happens to their newborns.
© Frontline

The Separation | The Marshall Project

Every year, dozens of pregnant women are sentenced to Julia Tutwiler Prison in Alabama, long considered one of the worst female prisons in the country. Like most prisons, Tutwiler has nowhere for babies to live, so, for these expectant mothers, giving birth means saying goodbye.

Watch Trailer

Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out in northeastern Iran

atrocious !!!!!

Young woman sentenced to have eyes gouged out in northeastern Iran
© NCRI Women Committee

Stop Yulin & Boknal 2020

petitions to sign & share, thanks !!!!!
 
President of China: Compassion for Canines - Please end the Yulin dog festival
Change.org

NARS, Take a Stand Against the Yulin Dog Meat Festival
Care2

STOP BOKNAL, THE SOUTH KOREAN DOG MEAT FESTIVAL
Care2

Yulin ►
June 21 until June 30

Boknal ►
July 13, 23 and August 1, i guess ...
don't find on the net this year dates.

South Korea: Horror discovery of over 70 dogs at meat farm shows people haven't stopped eating puppers despite pandemic
© MEAWW » pub. May 8

‘We are on the eve of a genocide’: Brazil urged to save Amazon tribes from Covid-19

‘We are on the eve of a genocide’: Brazil urged to save Amazon tribes from Covid-19

Open letter by photojournalist Sebastião Salgado and global figures warns disease could decimate indigenous peoples
© The Guardian

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Lélia and Sebastião Salgado: help us protect the indigenous of the Amazon from Covid-19.
Avaaz

2020 Pulitzer Prize winners

Announcement of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize Winners

The Pulitzer Prizes

Urgent !!!!! Clemency for Walter Arkie Barton

Walter Barton
Scheduled execution May 19, Missouri

Urgent !!!! sign & share !!!!!
 
Petition · Governor Mike Parson: Clemency for Walter Arkie Barton #SaveArkie
© Change.org

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report, April 2020

Iran Human Rights Monitor Monthly Report, April 2020

Iranian authorities have executed 32 individuals including juvenile offenders, members of ethnic minorities and drug related convicts.
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Two Prisoners Hanged for “Corruption on Earth” 

Vahed Rostamzadeh, 30, Executed on Drug Charges in Hamadan 
 
© Iran Human Rights

World Press Freedom Day 2020

cartoon by Antonio Rodríguez García
Mexican cartoonist, born in 1965

May 3

Journalism Without Fear or Favour

Cartoon Competition Longlist
Cartoon Movement

Our jury has selected a longlist 70 cartoons,
presented here in no particular order, from 600 submissions
in the Journalism Without Fear or Favour Cartoon Competition.
The World Press Freedom Conference (WPFC)
has been postponed until October.
© Cartoon Movement

2020 World Press Freedom Index: “Entering a decisive decade for journalism, exacerbated by coronavirus” 
 
Reporters Without Borders | Reporters sans Frontières
 
CPJ - Defending Journalists Worldwide
Committee to Protect Journalists

Yemen: Journalists at risk of execution must be freed to mark World Press Freedom Day
© Amnesty International

Jineth Bedoya Lima to receive 2020 World Press Freedom Prize

Colombian journalist Jineth Bedoya Lima to receive 2020 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
 
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize