Ian Urbina ( The Outlaw Ocean Project) En el último semestre se han sucedido inquietantes publicaciones sobre graves violaciones de los derechos humanos relacionadas con la pesca industrial. Primero fue la investigación que expuso el trabajo forzado en el mar ligado a … Continue reading Algo empieza a oler muy mal en el suministro mundial de marisco.
By Hướng Thiện During a 2020 field trip to a rural area in Vietnam, Hoa (not her real name), then working for a conservation-focused nonprofit, visited local authorities to discuss forest management. Vietnamese law requires local authorities to approve foreign-funded projects, … Continue reading Culture of harassment persists for women in Southeast Asia’s conservation space
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam).- La capital de Vietnam, Hanói, lidera esta semana los rankings de las ciudades con el aire más contaminado del mundo, seguida de Lahore (Pakistán) y Baghdad (Irak), según los datos de la página de seguimiento de … Continue reading Esta semana, las ciudades más contaminadas del planeta son …
Twenty cats and kittens destined for the dinner table were given a second chance at life but work continues to see a nationwide ban Earlier this year I reported on the horrors of how thousands of cats are being snatched from their owners in Vietnam before being sold for their meat. It has been six months since my trip and although there have been movements in the right direction, a ban on cat meat consumption is still a way off. But as we near the end of the year, I wanted to share some good news. Last week, 20 traumatised cats and kittens destined for the dinner table were given a second … Continue reading ‘End is nigh for cruel, barbaric cat-meat trade but nationwide ban is still way off’
Goldman laureates raise concerns over Vietnam’s record on suppressing environmental protest Chris Humphrey in Hanoi | 14 Sep. 2022 More than 50 Goldman environmental prize laureates from 41 countries have written to the UN human rights council as it considers admitting Vietnam as a new member. In the letter, which comes as the council meets for its 51st session (12 September – 7 October), the prize winners raise concerns over Vietnam’s human rights record, in particular the sentencing in June of Nguy Thi Khanh, a fellow Goldman prize winner and Vietnam’s best-known environmental advocate, to two years’ imprisonment for alleged tax evasion. “As Goldman prize winners, we have all faced … Continue reading Vietnam urged to free green activist Nguy Thi Khanh as it bids to join UN rights body
By Jasmine Gadhavi | 24 Aug. 2022 Campaigners hail landmark decision as a ‘huge paradigm shift’ in attitudes towards sexuality Being gay, bisexual or transgender should not be considered an illness and cannot be treated, the Vietnam government has announced in “a huge paradigm shift” in LGBTQ+ rights in the country. The Ministry of Health said medical professionals should treat LGBTQ+ people with respect and ensure they are not discriminated against. In an announcement sent to provincial and municipal health departments earlier this month, and posted on the government website, the ministry said being LGBTQ+ “is entirely not an illness” so it “cannot be ‘cured’ nor need[s] … Continue reading Vietnam declares being LGBTQ+ is ‘not an illness’ in victory for gay rights
A Vietnam veteran greets supporters and press outside District Court in Concord (which shared a courthouse with Lexington) during the Vietnam Veterans Against the War Memorial Day protest from Concord to Boston Common, in 1971.Photograph by Ulrike Welsch / Courtesy Boston Herald / Boston Public Library What kind of place was the town I grew up in? By Bill McKibben | May 1, 2022 In my tenth year, in 1970, my family—my mom, my dad, my seven-year-old brother Tom, and I—moved to the American suburbs. More precisely, we moved to the town of Lexington, Massachusetts, a community of thirty thousand people a dozen miles northwest of Boston. … Continue reading The Second (and Third) Battle of Lexington
Vietnam | April 23 2022 Monkeys are being forced to participate in sickening stunts, including swimming races, at a tourist resort off the coast of Nha Trang, Vietnam, with one visitor dubbing the destination ‘torture island’ Monkeys are being forced to ride dogs and motorbikes at a twisted resort called ‘Monkey Island’, branded ‘horrific’ by an animal welfare charity. One tourist renamed the Vietnamese destination ‘torture island’ after witnessing the disturbing circus show. The monkeys are even entered into swimming races on the island, where bears and other animals are paraded in front of the crowds. Anti-cruelty group Animals Asia sent The Mirror shocking images of … Continue reading Inside twisted ‘Torture Island’ circus where monkeys forced to ride dogs and motorbikes
Marines attached to the Enhanced Nuclear Biological Chemical decontamination section carry a simulated casualty to a decontamination site during nuclear biological chemical training on Nov. 19, 2000, at the Al Hamra Training Area in the United Arab Emirates. Photo by Cpl. Branden P. O’Brien, U.S. Marine Corps. James S. Ketchum, psiquiatra, adquirió notoriedad durante la década de 1960 por llevar a cabo experimentos con LSD, un potente alucinógeno, en soldados voluntarios. La investigación se dirigía a su uso potencial como agente químico en la guerra con objeto de invalidar la función mental de los adversarios. En aquella época todavía no se había firmado el acuerdo que ratificaron 190 naciones para … Continue reading EXPERIMENOS CON LSD EN SOLDADOS (BZ). JAMES S. KETCHUM
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