Myanmar: Armed Forces Day Spotlights Atrocities
(Bangkok) – Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day on March 27, 2022, is an opportunity for foreign governments to take stronger action against the military’s widespread abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.
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Ethiopia: Airstrike on Camp for Displaced Likely War Crime
(Nairobi, March 24, 2022) – An Ethiopian government airstrike hit a school compound hosting thousands of displaced Tigrayans in northwestern Tigray on January 7, 2022, Human Rights Watch said today.
Philippines: Duterte Threatens to Ration Gasoline, Blames Crisis on 'Stupid' Ukraine War
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte reminisced on Tuesday about days in his youth when the country endured gasoline rationing, suggested he may impose such a policy due to skyrocketing prices and low demand he blamed on the “stupid war” between Russia and Ukraine. Duterte also blamed the Russia-Ukraine war for “inflation
Dr Vernon Coleman: ‘Our Governments have declared War on us’
The absurd and pointless sanctions imposed on Russia will cause far more deaths in the UK and the EU than the fighting in Ukraine will kill.
The huge rise in energy costs is going to force millions to turn their heating off. Economies which were struggling to recover from the
Will we see a Syria-style “chemical attack” in Ukraine?
OPCW mission inspecting the site of a “chemical attack” in Douma, Syria
Over the past two weeks, media headlines worldwide have been dominated by the Russian military intervention in Ukraine – launched in response to almost nine years of Western provocations.
These provocations began with the CIA and MI6 orchestrated Euromaidan
Gas Prices Hit Record High for Third Straight Day
The national average price of gas has hit a record high for the third straight day.
Revenge of the Putin-Nazis!
And they’re back! It’s like one of those 1960s Hammer Film Productions horror-movie series with Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee … Return of the Putin-Nazis! Revenge of the Putin-Nazis! Return of the Revenge of the Bride of the Putin-Nazis!
And this time they are not horsing around with stealing
Russia Instructs Teachers to Spread Disinformation About Ukraine
This week, Russia’s Education Ministry provided schoolteachers with “information for a social studies session.” “Disinformation” would have been a more accurate title for the two-page text, which teachers are apparently meant to read out loud in their classrooms before screening a video of President Vladimir Putin. Guidance is provided
How Far Will Russian Forces Go in Ukraine?
As Russian forces invading Ukraine confront stronger and more effective resistance than the Kremlin probably anticipated, the big question is: what comes next.
Ukraine coverage reveals West’s inherent racism
We don’t talk about racism much at OffG, except in meta-analyses of its political weaponisation.
A lot of the time “racism” is used by the establishment to attack people who pose a threat to the status quo (see: Jeremy Corbyn). Other times it is used to simplify complex political
Dublin and Monaghan – Britain forgets its recent history of “unleashing war in Europe”
Aftermath of the bombing on Talbot Street, Dublin 1974 (Source RTE)
In the early hours of Thursday morning – in what will perhaps finally result in the COVID-19 mainstream media narrative being permanently banished from the headlines – almost nine years of Western provocations via its Eastern European proxy state Ukraine would
Russia, Ukraine & International Law: On Occupation, Armed Conflict and Human Rights
(Kyiv) – Russia’s parliament adopted a resolution on February 16, 2022 requesting President Vladimir Putin to recognize as independent states two areas in eastern Ukraine held by Russia-backed armed groups. On February 21, President Putin signed two decrees recognizing the two areas’ independence and submitted them to parliament for ratification.
Kenneth Branagh's 'Death on the Nile' Craters at Chinese Box Office
Kenneth Branagh’s lavish detective film Death on the Nile was a crashing failure in its opening weekend in China, earning a paltry $5.9 million.
War or Images of War?
Experienced foreign policy analysts such as Ray McGovern, Scott Ritter, and Pepe Escobar, while agreeing that the Biden administration is clearly guilty of provoking Russia over Ukraine, are divided over whether it will lead to war.
All agree that Russia has no intention of invading Ukraine and that it is
Still No Answers 2 Years After Rwanda Singer Found Dead
On February 13, 2020, the popular Rwandan singer Kizito Mihigo was arrested and accused of attempting to cross illegally into Burundi.
