Federal death penalty: Supreme Court allows executions to resume

Federal death penalty: Supreme Court allows executions to resume
© USA TODAY


Stop Federal Executions - Death Penalty Action

Iran » Prison, exile and death sentences for Isfahan protesters finalized

Prison, exile and death sentences for Isfahan protesters finalized
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Avaaz - Palestine must live

Avaaz - Palestine must live

In a few days, Israel's Prime Minister is set to expand Israel 
into much of Palestine.

sign & share !!!!!

Starvin' for Justice 2020

Starvin' for Justice 2020 

June 29th - July 2nd
 
The 27th Annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty
Washington, DC
 
© Abolitionist Action Committee

On Orwell ♥ 117th Birthday

Orwell by Mondadori (via Getty Images)

♥♥♥


❝ If liberty means anything at all,
it means the right to tell people
what they do not want to hear.

❝ All animals are equal,
but some animals are more equal than others.

from Animal Farm


❝ Who controls the past controls the future.
Who controls the present controls the past.

❝ Reality exists in the human mind and nowhere else.

❝ The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten,
the lie became the truth.

from 1984

- George Orwell - 

June 25, 1903 - January 21, 1950

George & his dog/comrade Marx

Urgent: Political Prisoner, Hedayat Abdullahpour executed by firing squad

Iran » In an unprecedented move since the 1980s, 
Hedayat Abdullahpour was executed by a firing squad !!!!!

Urgent: Political Prisoner, Hedayat Abdullahpour executed ”by firing squad”
© Iran Human Rights 

Death Certificate Indicates Political Prisoner's Death by Firing Squad
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Neuroscience Experts: Brain Science Shows Texas’ Use of Future Dangerousness to Sentence Those Under 21 to Death is Unreliable, Unconstitutional

Neuroscience Experts: Brain Science Shows Texas’ Use of Future Dangerousness to Sentence Those Under 21 to Death is Unreliable, Unconstitutional
© Death Penalty Information Center

Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For Three Young Protesters

Iran Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence For Three Young Protesters
© Radio Farda

Yulin 2020 is Happening Now !!!!!

broken heart ♥


"People have been saying that the dog meat trade in China 
is over.
This video has been circulating - showing dog meat butchers 
in Yulin preparing for the festival butchering hundreds of dogs."

"There is no live dogs in the city, they slaughter dogs in the countryside and sells in the city center. ... "
   
The Animal Hope & Wellness Foundation | Facebook


Stop Yulin Forever !!!!!


China dog meat festival goes ahead despite coronavirus visitor decline
© Hong Kong Free Press » pub. June 23

World Refugee Day 2020

June 20, All Days !!!!!

We are One !!!!!
 
1 per cent of humanity displaced: UNHCR Global Trends report
© UNHCR - The UN Refugee Agency

UN refugee chief laments nearly 80 million people forcibly displaced
© UN News

Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi suffers for witnessing executions

Political prisoner Narges Mohammadi suffers for witnessing executions
© NCRI Women Committee

World Peace and Prayer Day 2020

World Peace and Prayer Day 2020
 

June 18 - 21 

We warned that one day
you would not be able to control
what you have created.
That day is here.

- Chief Arvol Looking Horse -

All Nations, All Faiths, One Prayer


WPPD Home

Campaigners renew calls to halt China’s Yulin dog meat festival after rescue of puppies from a meat market days before festival begins

Campaigners renew calls to halt China’s Yulin dog meat festival after rescue of puppies from a meat market days before festival begins
© Humane Society International

USA » April/June 2020 - State Killings & stays

April/June - 2020  

June
3 - Carlos Trevino - Texas - stayed (90-day)
Coronavirus In Texas: 5th Texas Execution Delayed In Midst Of Outbreak
© CBS Dallas / Fort Worth » pub. April 17
4 - Oscar Smith - Tennessee - stayed
Tennessee Supreme Court Reschedules Oscar Smith Execution Due to COVID-19
© Nashville Scene » pub. April 17
16 - Ruben Gutierrez - Texas - stayed
Texas death row prisoner granted stay ahead of scheduled execution next week
© Houston Chronicle » pub. June 9
Stay of execution lifted for death row prisoner, execution set for Tuesday
© Houston Chronicle » pub. June 13
U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas execution of Ruben Gutierrez during legal fight over religious advisers' access to death chamber
© Texas Tribune » pub. June 16
17 - Romell Broom - Ohio - stayed
Ohio governor delays 3 more executions amid drug shortage 
© Albany Times Union » pub. April 14

* serious dates

as of June 16

for scheduled executions, check ►
Rick Halperin page, thanks !!!!!

Take Action for All at ► Catholic Mobilizing Network

Recent State Killings & stays ►

May
6 - Edward Busby - Texas - stayed (60-day)
Coronavirus: 6th Texas Execution Delayed As Attorneys Cite Pandemic 
© CBS Dallas / Fort Worth » pub. April 28
13 - Randall Mays - Texas - stayed
Appeals Court Delays Texas Execution Set for Next Week
© Associated Press » pub. May 7
19 - Walter Barton - murdered by MO gov. & Scotus
Barton’s execution is the first in US during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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

April 
23 - Fabian Hernandez - Texas - stayed (60-day)
Third Texas execution delayed because of coronavirus outbreak
© Associated Press » pub. April 1
29 - Billy Wardlow - Texas - stayed
new date set July 8
4th Texas execution delayed in midst of virus outbreak
© Albuquerque Journal » pub. April 6

Recent State Killings, commutations & stays ► 

January/March - 2020

Kill Death Penalty NOW !!!!!

info by Rick Halperin and i ... thanks, my friend !!!!!

'This Is Mass Murder': Covid-19 Deaths in US Prisons Have Risen by 73% the Past Month

'This Is Mass Murder': Covid-19 Deaths in US Prisons Have Risen by 73% the Past Month
© Common Dreams
 
Report: 500% Increase in Use of Solitary Confinement During COVID-19 Puts Hundreds of Thousands of People at Risk
© Solitary Watch

New execution dates set for federal inmates on death row

US to resume federal executions after 17 years

New execution dates set for federal inmates on death row
© Star Tribune

Upwards of 100 inmates executed in Iran since January 2020

Upwards of 100 inmates executed in Iran since January 2020
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

Iran: Five Men Executed in One Day at Rajai Shahr Prison

♥
 
Iran: Five Men Executed in One Day at Rajai Shahr Prison
© Iran Human Rights

Che ♥ Day

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe.
You have to make it fall.

- Che Guevara -

June 14, 1928 - October 9, 1967

 
Che by Elliott Erwitt, 1964

Ask Yulin to be China’s next city to end dog and cat meat trade horrors

only one week left ... Stop the slaughter, Yulin !!!!!

Ask Yulin to be China’s next city to end dog and cat meat trade horrors
© Humane Society International

Statues Celebrating Colonialism, Racism, and Oppression Toppled Across US and Worldwide

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss !!!!!
 
Statues Celebrating Colonialism, Racism, and Oppression Toppled Across US and Worldwide
© Common Dreams

On Kawabata 121st Birthday

Kawabata by Yousuf Karsh, 1969  

♥♥♥

 
Seeing the moon, he becomes the moon,
the moon seen by him becomes him.
He sinks into nature, becomes one with nature.
The light of the "clear heart" of the priest,
seated in the meditation hall in the darkness
before the dawn, becomes for the dawn moon its own light.

- Yasunari Kawabata -

June 11, 1899 - April 16, 1972

Biography of Yasunari Kawabata

Oglala Commemoration - Leonard Peltier Day 2020

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
 
the 21st Annual
OGLALA COMMEMORATION
Leonard Peltier Day
June 26, 2020
has been CANCELLED for this year 
due to COVID-19

newsletter - Oglala Commemoration

if you can, please support Indian Nations !!!!!

Oglala Commemoration

Iran Secretly Hangs Kurdish Political Prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour

♥♥

Iran Secretly Hangs Kurdish Political Prisoner Hedayat Abdollahpour
© Iran Human Rights Monitor

was Winston Churchill a Racist ?? Yes !!!!!

I hate Indians.
They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. 

- Winston Churchill - 

Churchill, imperialist & white supremacist, was also the Vice President of the 1st International Congress of Eugenics in 1912, in London.
Definitively he had no beliefs in human equality.

The Eugenics Congress, London 1912
© Pat Walsh
Churchill and Eugenics
© The International Churchill Society

The dark side of Winston Churchill
© The Independent

The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career
© BBC News
 
Why was a Winston Churchill statue defaced? The life and views of the wartime PM as graffiti brands him 'racist'
© The Scotsman

Why Black Lives Matters Movement Resonates with American Indians

Why Black Lives Matters Movement Resonates with American Indians
by Levi Rickert
© Native News Online

Levi Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation)
is the publisher and editor of Native News Online.

#BlackLivesMatter protest, Lisbon

photos © Manuel d'Almeida, LUSA


massive #BlackLivesMatter protest today in Lisbon ♥

obrigada, LUSA, thank you !!!!!

Manifestações antirracistas e antifascistas - "Black Lives Matter" em Portugal
(protests anti-racists & anti-fascists "Black Lives Matter" in Portugal)
© Lusa » photo gallery

Black Lives Matter Movement to hold more Rallies Across Portugal
© Euro Weekly News

The Protests Made a Huge Difference: All Four Minneapolis Cops Charged in Killing of George Floyd

The Protests Made a Huge Difference: All Four Minneapolis Cops Charged in Killing of George Floyd
© Democracy Now!

'My brothers on Europe's last death row'

'My brothers on Europe's last death row'
© BBC News

Blackout Tuesday

 
We Stand Against Racism ♥

"I can't breathe" -- Sign the public open letter against racism and police brutality

Add your Voice !!!!!
 
"I can't breathe" -- Sign the public open letter against racism and police brutality
Avaaz 

Rest in Power, George Floyd !!!!!

Winners Sardine Contest 2020

even without saints,
we have sardines ♥♥


Parabénsssss a Todos, Congratsssssssss to All !!!!!

Cultura na Rua
 
Mesmo sem santos populares, eis as sardinhas que escaparam ao confinamento 
© Público