fundamentalism / shrinking secular space

• Rencontre avec des militant·E·s ukrainien·nE·s des droits humains
  11 juillet, par siawi3

  Depuis la première Marche des fiertés de Kiev en 2012, petite et menacée, le mouvement pour l’égalité LGBTQI en Ukraine n’a cessé de croître.
  « Il existe plusieurs groupes transphobes et homophobes qui sont très liés à la Russie, à l’Église et à l’extrême droite »

• India: Teesta Setalvad’s arrest: Dissident Voice of a ‘Foot Soldier of the Constitution’
  8 July, by siawi3

  Giorgio Agamben’s theorization of State of Exception comes to our mind in the context of Teesta Setalvad’s arrest: “...modern totalitarianism can be defined as the establishment, by means of the state of exception, of a legal civil war that allows for the physical elimination not only of political adversaries but of entire categories of citizens who for some reason cannot be integrated into the political system”.

• France : Mois des fiertés : des Prides sous la menace de l’extrême droite
  8 juillet, par siawi3

  « Lorsque l’extrême droite gagne du terrain, comme c’est les cas en ce moment en France avec l’élection de 89 députés RN, les agressions augmentent. »

• Russia’s Jews fear resurgent anti-Semitism amid Ukraine war
  8 July, by siawi3

  Jews have fled Russia in droves, but those who remain are scared of a return to the darkest days of discrimination. “Any words which we say publicly [about the war] can be used against us as a Jewish community”. “It’s back to the 1990s,” said Khanin, referring to a period when anti-Semitic conspiracy theories proliferated and far-right firebrand Vladimir Zhirinovsky spouted vitriol against Jews.

• USA: With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
  8 July, by siawi3

  “There were comments about library staff, calling us groomers and pedophiles and saying we needed to be fired, we need to be jailed, we needed to be locked up, that all the books needed to be burned,” she said. “It got to a certain point where I thought, do I want to live here? Is this something I can subject myself to?”

• « Islam politique en France, ce que nous refusons obstinément de voir »
  7 juillet, par siawi3

  Observons des faits, tant à l’étranger qu’en France. Car toute analyse qui dissocie les mouvances islamistes françaises de la situation mondiale, notamment en Afrique et au Moyen-Orient, n’a qu’une faible valeur politique et scientifique ; l’islamisme français n’est que l’émanation d’un tout mondialisé. Au regard de leurs objectifs communautaristes, les attentats étaient un succès pour les salafistes : si le pays a tenu, ils ont néanmoins renforcé le communautarisme islamique des jeunes musulmans - ainsi qu’en attestent de nombreuses études -, rendu visible par le voilement des jeunes musulmanes.

• Indian government proposal to study “racial purity” draws widespread attack from scientists
  6 July, by siawi3

  The science is clear. The concept of race has no validity. In the current historical context, the proposed study, no matter how it is couched or soft-pedaled, has the most reactionary consequences. At a time when the unity of the working class is vitally important, all such actions to divide workers based on whatever distinctions must be firmly rejected. Over a hundred Indian scholars wrote an open letter to the ministry sharply criticizing the project. It stated, “[T]he notion of tracing the ‘purity of races,’ whether in India or elsewhere, is extremely worrisome. A plan to do so would be both absurd and dangerous.”

• India: Mapping solidarity: 26 protests so far demanding Teesta Setalvad’s release
  6 July, by siawi3

  SabrangIndia’s exclusive map also charts cities whose solidarity attempts were thwarted by administration

• India: A week in the life of human rights defender Teesta Setalvad
  6 July, by siawi3

  It is now more than a week since Teesta Setalvad, one of India’s most formidable and resilient human rights defenders, was targeted and held captive by a vindictive regime. But as is evident in the burgeoning support for her, both online and on the streets, you may put Teesta Setalvad behind bars, you cannot cage her courage, which is even today inspiring countless others. “It reflects an aggressive abuse of power and law by the State machinery, in grave breach of the rights and freedoms guaranteed to citizens under the Indian Constitution. This turn of events has also raised questions about the Government’s commitments to human rights and Human Rights Defenders (HRDs), not just domestically but also at the global level,” said the WGHR in a statement. HRW has released a statement saying, “The Indian authorities should immediately release the prominent human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, drop all charges against her & stop their relentless attacks against her.”

• Libya-UK: Counter-terrorism officials allowed Manchester bomber to operate in Libya warzone
  4 July, by siawi3

  From 2012, it was clear that Al Qaeda and later Islamic State were increasingly active in Libya. MI5 and Greater Manchester Police had numerous opportunities to stop Salman Abedi gaining military experience and contacts in Libya for years before the 2017 Manchester bombing - but they gave him free rein.

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