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Today > 70% of mineral demand comes from industries unrelated to the energy transition such as the automotive, aerospace, military & communications sectors.
For @realDonaldTrump, pursuit of minerals is not about climate action, but about maintaining economic & military hegemony:
@Mittaloak
We won’t flee. We won’t go anywhere. We will not back down!" Look into their eyes that is the face of a community pushed to the absolute brink by state terror. The government thinks it can submerge their history and homes for the Ken-Betwa project, but these tribal women are standing like an iron wall. Waging war against your own indigenous people isn't governance, it's a crime!
#JalJungleZameen
We won’t flee. We won’t go anywhere. We will not back down!" Look into their eyes that is the face of a community pushed to the absolute brink by state terror. The government thinks it can submerge their history and homes for the Ken-Betwa project, but these tribal women are standing like an iron wall. Waging war against your own indigenous people isn't governance, it's a crime!
#JalJungleZameen
وُلد لامين جمال لمراهقين (16 و 15 سنة)، وبعد انفصالهما قامت جدته بتربيته وآمنت بحلمه، يصفها بأنها من أكثر الأشخاص تأثيرًا في حياته واشترى لها بيتا من راتبه الأول 👇
This slow drip release of these horrific images should be dominating headlines beyond Sri Lanka. But it’s a non-issue beyond Tamil spaces. Tamils can see how much their lives are worth in Sri Lanka by the reaction of not just the state but the wider population.
⭕️ Al Jazeera Undercover investigation exposes UK and Canadian funding of illegal Israeli settlements
An undercover investigation by @AJ_Investigates says it has uncovered evidence that charities and donors in the United Kingdom and Canada are helping channel tax-deductible donations to Israeli settler organizations in the occupied West Bank, despite laws prohibiting charitable funds from supporting illegal settlements.
Posing as prospective donors, Al Jazeera’s undercover reporter was allegedly told by pro-settler organisations that donations could be routed through registered charities before being used to expand settlements, campaign for the demolition of Palestinian homes, and provide military-grade equipment, including drones, to settlers.
🔗 Watch the full investigation by Al Jazeera below 👇
.@UNESCO As 48th Session of the World Heritage Committee gets underway, it still legitimizes the forced displacement of the Maasai from @visitngorongoro
If World Heritage designation fails to protect the rights of Indigenous custodians, then the Ngorongoro Conservation Area MUST BE REMOVED from the World Heritage List!
@ndycurrier@Survival@amazonwatch@ICCAConsortium@MongabayOrg@PINGOsForum
When the perpetrator is a white Christian man and the victim is a brown Sikh woman, funny how all of those details are left out of western media headlines.
ICE arrested 4 members of Oglala Sioux Tribe….released 1
"There is nobody more American than American Indians! We are America, how can you possibly target Native Americans? It's legally impossible!"
⚽️As the world gears up for the football world cup final, Israel has just killed another Palestinian footballer: 17 year old Fadi al-Naasan was shot during an attack by Israeli settlers on his village in the West Bank. Israel spares no one in its genocidal war on Palestinians.
⭕️ Sixteen Palestinian doctors held in Israeli torture prisons, rights group says
16 Palestinian doctors are being held in Israeli prisons in isolation, denied family visits, and subjected to starvation, medical neglect and torture, the Palestinian Center for Prisoners Advocacy said, calling it retaliation against medical staff who stayed at their posts during the war on Gaza.
The group highlighted the cases of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, who has faced abuse, isolation and threats, and Dr. Marwan al-Hams, who has been denied medication and family contact as his health deteriorates. It also noted that the whereabouts of some doctors are deliberately concealed.
The doctors:
1.Dr. Ahmad Shehadeh
2.Dr. Mahmoud al-Hallak
3.Dr. Raed Mahdi
4.Dr. Murad al-Qouqa
5.Dr. Hamza Abu Subha
6.Dr. Ahmad Mousa
7.Dr. Nahed Abu Tu’ayma
8.Dr. Ghassan Abu Zuhri
9.Dr. Musab Samaan
10.Dr. Hassan al-Muqayyad
11.Dr. Mohammed Obeid
12.Dr. Akram Abu Odeh
13.Dr. Marwan al-Hams, former director of Gaza’s field hospitals; reportedly denied medication and family contact, with deteriorating health
14.Dr. Omar Ammar
15.Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza; reportedly subjected to abuse, isolation and threats
16.Dr. Medhat Abu Tabanga
The group called for their immediate release.
Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs.
@Mittaloak
.@Afrimag_"Between Sino-American rivalry, soaring military spending, the rise of artificial intelligence, and the appetite of multinational corporations, mining is experiencing a new golden age. But, according to @oak_institute this frenzied race primarily threatens populations in the Global South & the planet's ecological balance.”
@Mittaloak@FredMousse