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The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) is permanently ceasing operations, Concordia University confirmed last Friday. In a notice published on its website, the university blamed “budgetary constraints” for the decision. “We extend our sincere gratitude to all faculty, staff, students and partners who dedicated themselves to advancing MIGS’ mission over the years,” the university wrote. The institute was long considered one of Canada’s leading think tanks, working to develop better policies to protect human rights.
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Call your senators and tell them to kill themselves!!
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𝗨.𝗦. 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗧 𝗖𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗚𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗢 𝗔𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗦
Not guilty.
That's the verdict of a US federal appeals court in a case involving five tech companies accused of benefitting from child labour in Congolese mines. On 5th March, 2024, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia made a 3-0 decision in favour of (Google’s parent company) Alphabet, Microsoft, Dell, Tesla and Apple Inc. in a case filed by 16 former Congolese child miners and their guardians.
The plaintiffs accused the companies of "deliberately obscuring" their dependence on child labour, in effect abetting the exploitation of many children to ensure steady supplies of cobalt. Some of the complainants were the guardians of children who’d been killed in cobalt-mining operations.
The court ruled that buying cobalt in the global supply chain did not amount to "participation in a venture," and there was no proof that the tech giants had anything more than a buyer-seller relationship with suppliers or had the power to stop the use of child labour.
Cobalt is in high demand as competition for market leadership in Electric Vehicle sales kicks into high gear. Nearly two-thirds of the world's cobalt is mined in DR Congo. The country has 2-million artisanal miners working under horrible conditions, according to DelveDatabase, an online database. Four critical minerals - copper, nickel, cobalt and lithium - will generate $16 trillion in the next 25 years, according to the IMF.
DR Congo's vast wealth is the key reason for the country's long history of exploitation and conflict - from Belgian King Leopold II running the country as his private estate to Western tech firms churning out high-end goods using Congolese minerals.
Help raise awareness of the exploitation of Congolese children by sharing this video widely.
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my left leaning family group chat is currently blowing the fuck up at my shitty old grandpa who made a joke about putting an addendum on project 2025 that says “whack his peepee if he’s naughty”
#the way this keeps happening is both funny and sad#we are truly all alone#bc like people who have friends normally have all of this already vented out :/#hope theyre ok
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Dear everyone!
Recently a woman by the name of Amal @amalashuor has reached out to me to make a post for her. It is a matter of urgency and hope for a better future for her family. The IOF's ruthless slaughter and bombing has ruined the lives of Amal, her husband and her little daughter. They have been displaced many times, not being able to live normal lives or pursue their dreams. For nine months they have been witnessing the sheer carnage and relentless violence committed by the occupation. This family needs our help.
Please reblog, share this post, and donate what you can. Help Amal's family to safety:
€12,054 raised of €30,000 goal! They are almost there 🌹
This fundraiser is vetted and verified by @el-shab-hussein @nabulsi (you may check it out here along with other vetted Gaza fundraisers, Amal is #175).
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Maybe her last wish before death‼️
Not to arouse pity, something happened to me today and I wanted to tell you about it. Today my sister shared with me a simple but deep and touching dream... She dreamed that she was eating chocolate - a small pleasure but dear to her heart. In all innocence, she told me that she wished to die so that she could eat everything she loved in heaven. Cuz for 400 days in this war we have not tasted chocolate and many things due to famine. Maybe it was a simple dream, but her thinking made me see life in a different way, how many small pleasures we sometimes deprive ourselves of, and now we realize them in the midst of this war.
Donate the price of the chocolate you love🤍
My family and I may die in this war but your help gives us happiness and hope in our lives and if we die the money will go to save the poor and treat animals as well♥️
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my friend @mohammedhaboubsblog is back in school full time, while also working to support himself and his sister as refugees in Egypt, as well as their parents who still face genocide in Gaza.
Mohammed hoped to raise enough this month to evacuate his parents, but donations have been very slow, so he's adjusted the goal to $2000 by November 20th to cover his parents' rent in Gaza so they're not displaced to the streets again.
if you have anything to spare, please help keep Rania and Adli out of the cold. every $5 counts!
November 11th: $295 / $2000 (short term goal for rent)
tags for reach, thank you!
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Salli Richardson-Whitfield in A Low Down Dirty Shame, 1994
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Waleed Ayman Alanqar, 27, is a father and Electrical Engineer from Gaza
His wife, Areej is only 23 years old
They have a 3 year old son, Ayman. He has lived a third of his life under war.
This fundraiser has been vetted! you can find it at the number #107 on this spreadsheet.
They have been campaigning since April!
Their goal is 20k Euros. They're only 10% of the way there.
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