Superb performance from Sri Lanka. Great credit to Kusal Mendis. But the death bowling skills very good. Eshan Malinga with those cutters and Yorkers👍🏽.
#SriLanka: UN Human Rights urges Govt to halt use of repressive Prevention of Terrorism Act and to bolster accountability for human rights violations.
UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk: “This Government still has an opportunity to turn the tide on decades of abuse of executive power, repressive laws and custodial violence, and entrenched impunity.”
https://t.co/W85vnWsofR
Tens of thousands of families in Sri Lanka are still waiting to learn the fate of loved ones who disappeared.
On International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances, @UNSriLanka stands in solidarity with families across all communities who are still searching for answers.
43 years ago, Black July exposed the brutality within a nation professing Sinhala Buddhist values... and the vacuum of moral leadership that allowed a pogrom to unfold.
Today, the laugh emojis beneath reports of the Chemmani mass grave expose the same moral void.
So, does empathy end at ethnicity? Is civility just a thin and meaningless veneer?
I love my country. But sometimes, I feel nothing but shame.
#SriLanka
#BlackJuly
#AccountabilityProjectLK
Journalist: “You've said that Russia should repay for reconstruction of Ukraine. Do you believe Israel should repay for reconstruction of Gaza?”
EU chief spokesperson: “I have no comment at this stage.”
*Days later, the journalist is fired*
Kusal Mendis is batting like Luke Ronchi of PSL 2018 or Shane Watson of 2019. He really is batting on a different planet this PSL. If he keeps performing like this, Zalmi will definitely soar high.
I mean, what else could Mendis contribute for Zalmi? He exploited the powerplay, averted collapses, and anchored on treacherous surfaces. Phenomenal.
The greatest military in history has:
Fought Korea to a draw.
Lost to Vietnamese farmers.
Spent 20 years in Afghanistan before being expelled by men in sandals. Created ISIS in Iraq.
And is currently stuck in week five of Iran with a closed strait and no exit strategy.
Greatest ever. No question.
URGENT: UN experts @FranceskAlbs and @profbensaul deplore #Israel’s adoption of the death penalty law which violates international law and risks discriminatory application against #Palestinians and call for its immediate repeal.
Ben Gvir is posting videos showing off the execution chamber where he will exterminate thousands of Palestinian hostages.
Imagine if Hitler broadcast videos of his gas chambers to gloat like this.
We often wonder how people could look away from the atrocities committed by Leopold II, Hitler, or the devastation of nuclear bombs..
until we realize we’re living through our own moment of silence...
The Israeli government is objectively the biggest terrorist organization that the Middle East has ever known. I'm not using provocative rhetoric, I'm describing the reality in its most literal sense.
The US is the world's biggest exporter of weapons of war with 42% of all arms transfers originating in the US - meanwhile Cuba is the biggest exporter of doctors and healthcare workers in the world, with nearly 30,000 doctors helping to save lives in over 50 countries.
Basically, the country that exports death wants to destroy the country that exports life. This tracks.
Notice there is a new "legends" league round every corner. Obviously my English teacher at school didn't teach me well enough because we grew up thinking legends are very rare and extraordinarily distinguished people.
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby.
It has been an honor serving under @POTUS and @DNIGabbard and leading the professionals at NCTC.
May God bless America.
At the end of the Roman Empire it continually lost battles and wars despite having the 'largest most advanced army in the world'.
It was also led by morons.