Month: March 2022

EU must provide emergency visas for Russian & Belarusian journalists fleeing repression

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Brussels 16 March 2022 – The International Federation of Journalists joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in calling on European Union Member States to set a global example of support for media freedom in crisis by extending emergency shelter and visa exemption to Russian journalists fleeing the country, as well as to Belarusian journalists seeking refuge from war and repression. Independent journalists and media in Russia are currently experiencing the most severe and wide-ranging crackdown in the last thirty years. Leading broadcasters have been silenced or shuttered; dozens of news websites…

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ආදරණීය උතුරත් දකුණත් අපි මිනිසුන් වග කියාදුන් තල් වැට අද්දර…

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වෛද්‍ය භාග්‍යා වීරවර්ධන තලෙයිමන්නාරමට පත්වීම් ලැබූ සිංහල වෛද්‍යවරිය මුහුණ දුන් අමුතු සිද්ධිය… වෙසක් පෝයට හම්බවුන කෑමත් දුප්පත් අයට බෙදලා..! උතුරු කරෙන් මම යන්නෙමි.. ඊ ළගට කොහෙ ද ? මන්නාරම… ඒකත් තලෛයිමන්නාරම.. 378Km. තාත්තා ඇහුවේ පොඩි දුව යනවද ? මොකද කරන්නෙ ඔයා තීරණය කරන්න. අම්මා හිටියෙ තූෂ්ණිබූත වෙලා. Bloom where you are planted theory එකත් එක්ක යන මට තලෛයිමන්නාරම කිව්වම ලොකු ගානක් වුනේ නැ except for the language barrier. ( NILET කරලා මට දෙමළ එපා වෙලා තිබ්බෙ) හැම දේටම ලෑස්ති වෙන්න තිබ්බෙ දවස් 2i. තාත්තා එක්ක ටවුම පුරා රවුමක් ගිහලා පිගන්…

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நீதி வென்றது!

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நீதி வென்றது!மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர்தோழர் திருமலைராஜன் குழுவினருக்கு நன்றி!!தமிழ்நாடு சிறுபான்மை மக்கள் நலக்குழு பாராட்டு!!!———————————————————————நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம் பள்ளிபாளையம். கந்துவட்டிக் கொடுமை கொடிகட்டிப் பறக்கிற முதல் வரிசை ஊர். கடன் வாங்கிய தாயும், மகளுமான அப்பாவி ஏழைப் பெண்களைப் பாலியல் கொடுமை செய்து, ஆபாசப் படமெடுத்து, இணையத்தில் பதிவேற்றுகிறது கந்துவட்டிக் கும்பல். இந்த அநீதியைத் தட்டிக் கேட்கிறான் மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சித் தோழன் வேலுச்சாமி. போலீசில் புகார் தருகிறான். ஆத்திரம் கொண்ட கந்துவட்டிக் கும்பல், திட்டமிட்டுப் படுகொலை செய்கிறது. தோழர் வேலுசாமியின் குடும்பத்தைப் பாதுகாக்கும் பொறுப்பை ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட மார்க்சிஸ்ட் கம்யூனிஸ்ட் கட்சி, மறுபுறம், மூத்த வழக்கறிஞர் தோழர் திருமலைராஜன் அவர்களை, நீதிமன்றத்தின் துணையோடு, அரசுத் தரப்பு வழக்கறிஞராக ஏற்பாடு செய்தார்கள். பன்னிரண்டு ஆண்டுகள் ஓடிவிட்டன. பணபலம், அதிகார பலம், கொலைமிரட்டல் என்று சகல அஸ்திரங்களையும் தவிடுபொடியாக்கி, தோழர் திருமலைராஜன் அவர்கள்…

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Russia: Journalist Marina Ovsyannikova arrested after protesting against war

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Brussels 15 March 2022 – The Russian authorities arrested on 14 March journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor with the Russian television channel Channel One following her appearance behind the presenter holding up a sign reading “No to war. Don’t believe the propaganda. They are lying to you. Russians against war”. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) call for her immediate release. Marina Ovsyannikova interrupted the evening broadcast on Russian state TV network Channel One with a sign blasting Russian war against Ukraine. “Stop the war, no to war!” she shouted.…

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Ukraine: Fox News reporter attacked near Kiev

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Journalist Benjamin Hall – (Credits: Fox News) Brussels 15 March 2022 – Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was attacked and seriously injured on 14 March while reporting on the outskirts of Kiev. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) condemn the systematic targeting of media workers reporting on the front lines in Ukraine and urges the international community to investigate these attacks.Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said the news crew probably “came under mortar or artillery fire“ from Russian forces as they were heading towards the city of Irpin, which sits…

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Restoring the role of social work in a transforming society

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by Steve Rogowski14th March 2022 Originally Published on: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/03/14/restoring-the-role-of-social-work-in-a-transforming-society/ As we begin Social Work Week , I came across Steve Burghardt’s new book ‘The End of Social Work’ which describes the dire state of social work in the United States. His argument is that social work there is at a very low point in its history, this resonating with aspects of the UK situation as outlined in the second edition of my book ‘Social Work: The Rise and Fall of a Profession?’   As I have continually argued, social work’s high point in…

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Red Salute Comrade Karl Marx!

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By NATİONAL HEWERS FEDERATİON. BY jayantha daş fröm India. Our Tribute to the Great Philosopher who could visualise the role of Working Class in transforming the human race and could vialise the working class revolution which can overthrow capitalism – Comrade Karl Marx in his “The Capital”& “Communist Manifesto” could ignite Pari Commune in France and The Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia. His  scientific Philosophy will continue to guide the peoples revolutions in bringing transformation of human society to curb exploitation of surplus labour and surplus value and build…

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