Category Archives: Collective punishment

Day of Infamy for the UN Security Council: Triggering a Devastating Humanitarian Crisis in North Korea

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 5. January 2018 by

Resolution 2397 will condemn the people of North Korea to excruciating deaths. Ironically, December 22 is the United Nations “Holocaust Remembrance Day.” It is shameful that on December 22 the United Nations Security Council voted to inflict the Twenty –First Century’s Holocaust upon the people of North Korea. With the passage of Resolution 2397, the United Nations Security Council has become an instrument of barbarism and terror.

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U.S. and EU Sanctions Are Punishing Ordinary Syrians and Crippling Aid Work, U.N. Report Reveals

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 4. October 2016 by

Five years of devastating civil war and strict economic sanctions have plunged over 80 percent of Syrians into poverty, up from 28 percent in 2010. Ferdinand Arslanian, a scholar at the Center for Syrian Studies at the University of St. Andrews, says that reduction in living standards and aid dependency is empowering the regime.

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The quantum mechanics of Israeli totalitarianism

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 8. May 2015 by

With its matrix of control, Israel has achieved an unparalleled and uniquely successful synergy of “bio” and “necro”-politics, controlling life and death at most every scale of Palestinian existence. The matrix is continuously adjusted with as much care as Israel has adjusted the caloric intake of Gazans during its periodic intensifications of the Gazan siege.

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EU warns against ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. June 2010 by

EU warns against ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-30214320071029 (Reuters, 29.10.2007) – The European Union warned Israel on Monday against imposing “collective punishment” on the 1.5 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip by reducing the territory’s fuel supplies. Israel began implementing … Read more . . .

In favor of collective punishment: Reader’s comments

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. June 2010 by

In favor of collective punishment Reader’s letter to the Jerusalem Post, 28.1.2010http://www.jpost.com/Home/Article.aspx?id=167101  Sir, – Regarding “Amnesty International report claims Israeli blockade of Gaza is collective punishment” (January 18), is war possible without collective punishment? In another headline the same day, … Read more . . .

Pakistan army ‘punishes civilians’

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. June 2010 by

Pakistan army ‘punishes civilians’ Amnesty International accuses troops of harassing families fleeing fighting By Andrew Buncombe in IslamabadSaturday, 24 October 2009, The Independent (UK) Civilians trying to flee the conflict zone in South Waziristan may be suffering collective punishment at … Read more . . .

Collective punishment in Pakistan

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 21. June 2010 by

On 20 May 2008, the Pakistan Army conducted collective punishment against a village called Spinkai, located in the frontier province of Pakistan. The operation was called ‘zalzala’ which is Urdu for earthquake. At first, the Pakistan Army swept through with helicopter gunships, artillery and … Read more . . .

Is collective punishment akin to terrorism?

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 14. April 2010 by

http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/gazaoneyearon/2009/12/20091217144217514772.html UPDATED ON:
Saturday, December 26, 2009 
16:42 Mecca time, 13:42 GMT ‘Punish, humiliate, terrorise’By Ben White  As the one year anniversary of Israel’s attack on the Gaza Strip is marked, it is vital to re-examine Operation Cast Lead within the … Read more . . .