10th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“As more historical
abuse victims finally come out of their closet of fear, they can begin to
express the horrors they were subjected to”
“This important work
needs to continue”
“Boys, who were placed
in boarding schools, are now having their complaints investigated by two police
forces”
“These police forces
are taking their cases very seriously indeed”
“The abuses took place
in privately run schools in the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire area”
“Pupils stated they
were subjected to horrific abuse during the 1970s and 1980s”
“Staff working there
at the time categorically deny any involvement, as is so often the case until
they are found guilty”
“Then they bleat like
lambs”
“Some of the boys were
sexually abused, while others were beaten violently”
“The owner of these
schools, a Mr Anthony Hurley, oversaw the regime of terror and beatings”
“Hurley died in
2003. He had already been in court in
2000 on allegations of cruelty and sexual abuse on children”
“At that time Hurley
was deemed unfit to stand trial”
“Hurley would force
food down through pupil’s mouths, saying “I’m
not paying for this food and you are not eating it””
“The head teacher at
the time, a John Derek Williams and his deputy Ashley Pritchard, are accused of
carrying out violent assaults on pupils”
“One pupil was caned
repeatedly and his face smashed into a bowl continuously after he refused to
eat his meal”
“The pupils have
stated that the teachers terrorised them and that, when Williams just stood
next to them, they would wet themselves”
“The mental and
emotional abuse was rife to the extremes and pupils were told they were
unacceptable in society”
“The schools at the
time were privately owned and therefore not regulated by the Council”
“It was only when the
Council became aware of allegations involving staff in the 1970s that the
Council stopped using these schools”
“In spite of that,
nothing was done by the Council to bring about any safeguards for these
vulnerable boys”
“It is right and proper
that historical and present day abuses are brought to the surface”
“This culture of
warped-minded butchers of children must be ended”
“The public has to be
more educated and to realise that children are vulnerable, as these sick-minded
predators will not go away”
“It is the job of
every individual to shine a spotlight on these evil practices and bring the
culprits to justice”
“Children can feel
that in some small way they are vindicated”
“There has been too
much abuse of children and many have ignored their pleas/cries for help”
“This now has to be
addressed on a massive scale”
“All children need to
be taken seriously and with compassion and understanding”
“It is now that the
tide is turning and that the perpetrators of these crimes against the
vulnerable are named and shamed”
“Society will no
longer put up with these abusers and the law will show it is doing its job by
ripping out this abuse by root and branch”
“Understand that these
souls suffer a lifetime of emotional pain and suffering”
“They are perpetually
in their own hell. They need to be given love and therapy to alleviate their
sufferings once and for all”
“This is where
Psychotherapy can rectify the symptoms from the past by getting to the root
cause and dealing with it to save these souls”
“We all know they
deserve it!”
10th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“As more historical
abuse victims finally come out of their closet of fear, they can begin to
express the horrors they were subjected to”
“This important work
needs to continue”
“Boys, who were placed
in boarding schools, are now having their complaints investigated by two police
forces”
“These police forces
are taking their cases very seriously indeed”
“The abuses took place
in privately run schools in the Gloucestershire and Wiltshire area”
“Pupils stated they
were subjected to horrific abuse during the 1970s and 1980s”
“Staff working there
at the time categorically deny any involvement, as is so often the case until
they are found guilty”
“Then they bleat like lambs”
“Some of the boys were
sexually abused, while others were beaten violently”
“The owner of these
schools, a Mr Anthony Hurley, oversaw the regime of terror and beatings”
“Hurley died in
2003. He had already been in court in
2000 on allegations of cruelty and sexual abuse on children”
“At that time Hurley
was deemed unfit to stand trial”
“Hurley would force
food down through pupil’s mouths, saying “I’m
not paying for this food and you are not eating it””
“The head teacher at
the time, a John Derek Williams and his deputy Ashley Pritchard, are accused of
carrying out violent assaults on pupils”
“One pupil was caned
repeatedly and his face smashed into a bowl continuously after he refused to
eat his meal”
“The pupils have
stated that the teachers terrorised them and that, when Williams just stood
next to them, they would wet themselves”
“The mental and
emotional abuse was rife to the extremes and pupils were told they were
unacceptable in society”
“The schools at the
time were privately owned and therefore not regulated by the Council”
“It was only when the
Council became aware of allegations involving staff in the 1970s that the
Council stopped using these schools”
“In spite of that,
nothing was done by the Council to bring about any safeguards for these
vulnerable boys”
“It is right and
proper that historical and present day abuses are brought to the surface”
“This culture of
warped-minded butchers of children must be ended”
“The public has to be
more educated and to realise that children are vulnerable, as these sick-minded
predators will not go away”
“It is the job of
every individual to shine a spotlight on these evil practices and bring the
culprits to justice”
“Children can feel
that in some small way they are vindicated”
“There has been too
much abuse of children and many have ignored their pleas/cries for help”
“This now has to be
addressed on a massive scale”
“All children need to
be taken seriously and with compassion and understanding”
“It is now that the
tide is turning and that the perpetrators of these crimes against the
vulnerable are named and shamed”
“Society will no
longer put up with these abusers and the law will show it is doing its job by
ripping out this abuse by root and branch”
“Understand that these
souls suffer a lifetime of emotional pain and suffering”
“They are perpetually
in their own hell. They need to be given love and therapy to alleviate their
sufferings once and for all”
“This is where
Psychotherapy can rectify the symptoms from the past by getting to the root
cause and dealing with it to save these souls”
“We all know they
deserve it!”
9th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The shameful omission
by Ban Ki-moon on Israel’s name being left off the List of Shame”
“This List of Shame is
of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights during conflicts”
“Ban Ki-moon has
crumbled under pressure from the US and Israel and should be ashamed of
himself”
“As he cannot do the
job properly he should leave”
“He needs to allow
others, who hold moral principles to their hearts, to do the job instead”
“While Ban Ki-moon
continues to submit to US and Israel pressure it shows he is not fit for
purpose and should go!”
“In the 2014 war in
Gaza, there was unprecedented and unacceptable scale of impact on Palestinian
children by Israeli forces”
“Israel has no
compunction in its ethnic cleansing of Gaza and all Palestinians”
“Their determination
continues to obliterate this race while the world looks on and does nothing”
“What is the point of
having a UN to service the people of this world against injustice when they
openly do nothing?”
“The UN inquiry showed
Israeli military were responsible for seven attacks on UN schools”
“This was in spite of
precise GPS coordinates being given many times”
“It is known that many
Israeli soldiers no longer have the stomach for these atrocities”
“Many of them have
openly admitted their instructions were to destroy these people leaving no one
alive”
“Israeli soldiers are
made fully aware that Palestinians are of no count and should be obliterated
from the face of the earth”
“How can any UN
Security Council faced with this objective by Israel, continue to sit back and
do nothing?”
“Where are the UN’s
moral values? Where are the rights of
innocent children?”
“When will the world
act against the continuous oppression by Israel on Palestinians?”
“Last year’s 50 day
conflict saw 495 children killed and 3,100 injured with 1,000 having a
permanent disability”
“Almost 1,500 children
were orphaned. All are suffering deep psychological traumas and again nothing
is done!”
“Israel continues to
hold the power throughout this world, as no one has the might or influence to
stand up to them!”
“Israel is the
occupying power and every day they continue their hostile regime”
“They control the
borders, the airspace and territorial waters as well as all activities of goods
and people”
“How can the
international community continue to sit on their hands and do nothing?”
“Where is
international law when Israel systematically oppresses Palestinians and their
children with all impunity?”
“The US, who is
controlled by Israel, exercised their veto power 41 times in the UN Security
Council”
“The US is voting
against resolutions to hold Israel to account for their crimes”
“The UN will continue
to be a laughing stock by all those who hold justice in their hearts”
“It is crystal clear
that the UN does not!”
9th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The shameful omission
by Ban Ki-moon on Israel’s name being left off the List of Shame”
“This List of Shame is
of states and armed groups that violate children’s rights during conflicts”
“Ban Ki-moon has
crumbled under pressure from the US and Israel and should be ashamed of
himself”
“As he cannot do the
job properly he should leave”
“He needs to allow
others, who hold moral principles to their hearts, to do the job instead”
“While Ban Ki-moon
continues to submit to US and Israel pressure it shows he is not fit for
purpose and should go!”
“In the 2014 war in
Gaza, there was unprecedented and unacceptable scale of impact on Palestinian
children by Israeli forces”
“Israel has no
compunction in its ethnic cleansing of Gaza and all Palestinians”
“Their determination
continues to obliterate this race while the world looks on and does nothing”
“What is the point of
having a UN to service the people of this world against injustice when they
openly do nothing?”
“The UN inquiry showed
Israeli military were responsible for seven attacks on UN schools”
“This was in spite of
precise GPS coordinates being given many times”
“It is known that many
Israeli soldiers no longer have the stomach for these atrocities”
“Many of them have
openly admitted their instructions were to destroy these people leaving no one
alive”
“Israeli soldiers are
made fully aware that Palestinians are of no count and should be obliterated
from the face of the earth”
“How can any UN
Security Council faced with this objective by Israel, continue to sit back and
do nothing?”
“Where are the UN’s
moral values? Where are the rights of
innocent children?”
“When will the world
act against the continuous oppression by Israel on Palestinians?”
“Last year’s 50 day
conflict saw 495 children killed and 3,100 injured with 1,000 having a
permanent disability”
“Almost 1,500 children
were orphaned. All are suffering deep psychological traumas and again nothing
is done!”
“Israel continues to
hold the power throughout this world, as no one has the might or influence to
stand up to them!”
“Israel is the
occupying power and every day they continue their hostile regime”
“They control the
borders, the airspace and territorial waters as well as all activities of goods
and people”
“How can the
international community continue to sit on their hands and do nothing?”
“Where is international
law when Israel systematically oppresses Palestinians and their children with
all impunity?”
“The US, who is
controlled by Israel, exercised their veto power 41 times in the UN Security
Council”
“The US is voting
against resolutions to hold Israel to account for their crimes”
“The UN will continue
to be a laughing stock by all those who hold justice in their hearts”
“It is crystal clear
that the UN does not!”
8th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The Turkish election
results place the Kurds (HDP) party at the centre of Turkish politics”
“The composition of a
new Government will determine whether the make-up of the Turkish Parliament…”
“…will bring about
more pluralism and a more mature political understanding”
“The new Parliament,
which will be a coalition, needs to now fully respect the peace process with
the Kurds”
“The Kurds have
continually been placed on the back burner”
“This is the case with
so many minority groups, as their views are of no count”
“Their views are
continually kept as a condition of low priority”
“They are viewed as
being a thorn in the side of Governments, who prefer them to simply go away”
“The Justice and
Development Party (AK) party have not stood up to their name, as injustice has
occurred to the minority groups in Turkey”
“Now the Turkish
people have spoken”
“New policies will
need to be introduced to incorporate all of the people and not just the chosen
few”
“The new Government
will need to finally initiate the Kurdish peace process”
“President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan can’t have his cake and eat it all the time”
“His bullying tactics
towards the Turkish people have now backfired”
“Erdogan
underestimated the power of the Turkish people”
“This always happens
when ones arrogance finds a way of finally hitting one where it hurts most”
8th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The McLaren Formula 1
racing team needs to improve everywhere!”
“Their engine partners
in Honda once again failed with their engines”
“Fernando Alonso and
Jenson Button are now on their fourth and final engines”
“Jenson Button’s
problems with his car are so severe that he failed to qualify”
“Alonso only managed
to finish in 14th place in the Canadian Grand Prix”
“Alonso’s car had a
fault inside his engine necessitating a change”
“Button’s car was
found to have damage inside the system and needed another replacement”
“McLaren’s chairman
Ron Dennis needs to think very carefully about these Honda engines”
“They continually fail
their experienced and exciting drivers”
“They need to return
to a reliable engine and so become a winning formula again”
“This is deserved by
the team, the drivers and especially their fans”
“Continuous breakdowns
are no longer acceptable and they need to realise that Honda is not up to the
job, which is very evidential”
“Ron Dennis, do the
right thing and go back to Mercedes engines and get the formula back on the
track and not continually in the garage”
7th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Tony Blair’s
resignation from his job as Middle East Peace Envoy is not surprising”
“Is it coincidental
that a new UK documentary film puts Blair and George W Bush at the centre of
this century’s Middle East disasters?”
“The film ‘We Are Many’, now released in the UK,
was made by Amir Amirani and tells the story of how we went to war in Iraq”
“At that time there
were the biggest international anti-war demonstrations ever seen throughout the
world”
“On 15th
February 2003, millions of people around 60 countries and over 800 cities
marched in a coordinated effort”
“They marched to stop
the impending war in Iraq”
“It was the biggest
demonstration ever seen in London with 1.5 million people”
“In Madrid there were
1.5 million and in Rome there were 3 million people who demonstrated”
“Despite these
demonstrations, the US and UK and their allies invaded Iraq in March 2003”
“Hans Blix, head of
weapons inspections mission in Iraq, still needed three weeks before could
finish his job”
“Hans Blix’s findings
confirmed that Saddam Hussein was not hiding any weapons of mass destruction”
“Bush and Blair did
not want Blix to finish his job and they certainly did not care about massive
democratic peace protests”
“They wanted to wage
war on Iraq in order to control oil reserves at any cost!”
“The cost of this war
was huge. 4,491 American service men were killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2014”
“The number of Iraqis
killed ranges from 150,000 to over a million”
“This war has
destroyed a state, its political, military, social and economic institutions”
“It has also decimated
a society with ethnic and religious groups. Some of them are sectarian and may
become wiped out completely”
“This film, ‘We Are Many’, reveals 25% of Iraqi
children live with chronic malnutrition”
“Amir Amirani, the
film maker, took nine years to make this film. For him it was a labour of love”
“He started out ‘wanting to tell the story’, but quickly
found ‘he needed to tell it.’”
“The film, now released,
has come along to remind us through interviews of an impressive array of
politicians…”
“…together with
international lawyers, anti-war activists, journalists and former high profile
figures”
“All tell the story of
Bush and Blair’s great lie”
“The film shows many
testimonies from those directly involved in policy”
“They include Hans
Blix and various politicians as well as Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson”
“Colin Powell, who was
Chief of Staff at the time, states he would gladly sacrifice his freedom…”
“…if the
administration he worked for could be punished for what they did!”
“With the biggest
anti-war movement in the world, it shows that International Law remains feeble
and with no real teeth”
“Tony Blair still
roams the world freely”
“He is earning
millions from public speaking and advising Governments and now this week posing
as a peace envoy”
“Tony Blair together
with George W Bush has no conscience”
“But with all things
in life and when they least expect it, the Higher Intelligence that sees all
and knows all will deal with these souls”
“It will not be in the
way they would expect it”
“They have blood on
their hands and no amount of washing can ever remove it”
7th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Tony Blair’s
resignation from his job as Middle East Peace Envoy is not surprising”
“Is it coincidental
that a new UK documentary film puts Blair and George W Bush at the centre of
this century’s Middle East disasters?”
“The film ‘We Are Many’, now released in the UK,
was made by Amir Amirani and tells the story of how we went to war in Iraq”
“At that time there
were the biggest international anti-war demonstrations ever seen throughout the
world”
“On 15th
February 2003, millions of people around 60 countries and over 800 cities
marched in a coordinated effort”
“They marched to stop
the impending war in Iraq”
“It was the biggest
demonstration ever seen in London with 1.5 million people”
“In Madrid there were
1.5 million and in Rome there were 3 million people who demonstrated”
“Despite these
demonstrations, the US and UK and their allies invaded Iraq in March 2003”
“Hans Blix, head of
weapons inspections mission in Iraq, still needed three weeks before could
finish his job”
“Hans Blix’s findings
confirmed that Saddam Hussein was not hiding any weapons of mass destruction”
“Bush and Blair did
not want Blix to finish his job and they certainly did not care about massive
democratic peace protests”
“They wanted to wage
war on Iraq in order to control oil reserves at any cost!”
“The cost of this war
was huge. 4,491 American service men were killed in Iraq between 2003 and 2014”
“The number of Iraqis
killed ranges from 150,000 to over a million”
“This war has
destroyed a state, its political, military, social and economic institutions”
“It has also decimated
a society with ethnic and religious groups. Some of them are sectarian and may
become wiped out completely”
“This film, ‘We Are Many’, reveals 25% of Iraqi
children live with chronic malnutrition”
“Amir Amirani, the
film maker, took nine years to make this film. For him it was a labour of love”
“He started out ‘wanting to tell the story’, but quickly
found ‘he needed to tell it.’”
“The film, now released,
has come along to remind us through interviews of an impressive array of
politicians…”
“…together with
international lawyers, anti-war activists, journalists and former high profile
figures”
“All tell the story of
Bush and Blair’s great lie”
“The film shows many
testimonies from those directly involved in policy”
“They include Hans
Blix and various politicians as well as Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson”
“Colin Powell, who was
Chief of Staff at the time, states he would gladly sacrifice his freedom…”
“…if the
administration he worked for could be punished for what they did!”
“With the biggest
anti-war movement in the world, it shows that International Law remains feeble
and with no real teeth”
“Tony Blair still
roams the world freely”
“He is earning
millions from public speaking and advising Governments and now this week posing
as a peace envoy”
“Tony Blair together
with George W Bush has no conscience”
“But with all things
in life and when they least expect it, the Higher Intelligence that sees all
and knows all will deal with these souls”
“It will not be in the
way they would expect it”
“They have blood on
their hands and no amount of washing can ever remove it”
6th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“More than 3.5 million
lives a year could be saved if the G20 cracked down on corrupt businesses
practices”
“Money laundering and
tax evasion costs the world’s poorest countries at least a trillion dollars
each year”
“The advocacy group
‘ONE’ has been campaigning to fight poverty, disease and hunger”
“All of which are
being damaged by a ‘web’ of corrupt activity”
“It is this corrupt
web of activity that siphons hundreds of billions of dollars from economies
every year”
“The ONE report says
that money is being stealthily drained off through anonymous shell companies
and shady deals”
“It is in these
developing countries that corruption is a killer”
“Up to 3.6 million
lives could be saved if we end the web of secrecy that helps the criminal and
the corrupt”
“It is when
Governments are deprived of their own resources”
“They are unable to
invest in their essentials, like nurses and teachers, where the cost is
devastating”
“ONE estimates that
these practices result in between $972bn and $2.02tn going out of these
developing countries every year”
“At least $20tn is
held in off shore tax havens and this money could yield tax revenues of $19.5bn
a year for their own countries”
“It is not only the
scandal to save 3.6 million lives a year in low-income countries, but it would
prevent 4.3 million deaths a year”
“In the sub-Saharan
Africa alone the money recovered would pay to educate 10 million children a
year”
“It would cover the
costs of 500,000 primary school teachers”
“In addition the
retrieved money would provide antiretroviral drugs for more than 11 million
people”
“Those that have HIV
and Aids would benefit by 165m vaccines”
“ONE’s report is being
launched in the run-up to the G20 summit in Brisbane in November”
“There must be a light
shone on these anonymous shell companies”
“Their information
must be made public to identify corrupt and criminal individuals and
businesses”
“The G20 needs to
introduce tough payment laws to increase transparency in the oil, gas and
mining industries and crack down on tax evasion”
“It is the only way to
hold Governments to account. It is the use of these shell companies where the
corruption lies”
“A case, where a
licensing payment was paid by Nigerian subsidiaries of Shell and Italy’s ENI
was made in 2011”
“This was to develop
lucrative offshore oil drilling”
“That money ended up
in a bank account of a private firm owned by Nigeria’s former oil minister”
“The British-Dutch
company insisted it had paid the Nigerian Government, not a private firm”
“They added that they
have acted lawfully at all times”
“Another report of tax
evasion was against the mining firm in Zambia that is controlled by the Swiss
trader Glencore Xstrata
“They have always
denied the allegations”
“For too long now the
G20 countries have turned a blind eye to these massive outflows from developing
countries”
“Here funds have been
channelled into offshore bank accounts and secret companies”
“It is down to the G20
to make drastic changes and to save millions of lives”
“If they have any
moral conscience at all they will finally do this act and swiftly!”
6th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“More than 3.5 million
lives a year could be saved if the G20 cracked down on corrupt businesses
practices”
“Money laundering and
tax evasion costs the world’s poorest countries at least a trillion dollars
each year”
“The advocacy group
‘ONE’ has been campaigning to fight poverty, disease and hunger”
“All of which are
being damaged by a ‘web’ of corrupt activity”
“It is this corrupt
web of activity that siphons hundreds of billions of dollars from economies
every year”
“The ONE report says
that money is being stealthily drained off through anonymous shell companies
and shady deals”
“It is in these
developing countries that corruption is a killer”
“Up to 3.6 million
lives could be saved if we end the web of secrecy that helps the criminal and
the corrupt”
“It is when
Governments are deprived of their own resources”
“They are unable to
invest in their essentials, like nurses and teachers, where the cost is
devastating”
“ONE estimates that
these practices result in between $972bn and $2.02tn going out of these
developing countries every year”
“At least $20tn is
held in off shore tax havens and this money could yield tax revenues of $19.5bn
a year for their own countries”
“It is not only the
scandal to save 3.6 million lives a year in low-income countries, but it would
prevent 4.3 million deaths a year”
“In the sub-Saharan
Africa alone the money recovered would pay to educate 10 million children a
year”
“It would cover the
costs of 500,000 primary school teachers”
“In addition the
retrieved money would provide antiretroviral drugs for more than 11 million
people”
“Those that have HIV
and Aids would benefit by 165m vaccines”
“ONE’s report is being
launched in the run-up to the G20 summit in Brisbane in November”
“There must be a light
shone on these anonymous shell companies”
“Their information
must be made public to identify corrupt and criminal individuals and
businesses”
“The G20 needs to
introduce tough payment laws to increase transparency in the oil, gas and
mining industries and crack down on tax evasion”
“It is the only way to
hold Governments to account. It is the use of these shell companies where the
corruption lies”
“A case, where a
licensing payment was paid by Nigerian subsidiaries of Shell and Italy’s ENI
was made in 2011”
“This was to develop
lucrative offshore oil drilling”
“That money ended up
in a bank account of a private firm owned by Nigeria’s former oil minister”
“The British-Dutch
company insisted it had paid the Nigerian Government, not a private firm”
“They added that they
have acted lawfully at all times”
“Another report of tax
evasion was against the mining firm in Zambia that is controlled by the Swiss
trader Glencore Xstrata
“They have always
denied the allegations”
“For too long now the
G20 countries have turned a blind eye to these massive outflows from developing
countries”
“Here funds have been
channelled into offshore bank accounts and secret companies”
“It is down to the G20
to make drastic changes and to save millions of lives”
“If they have any
moral conscience at all they will finally do this act and swiftly!”
5th June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“Cultural genocide, a
practice which occurred in Canada where the indigenous children were separated
from their parents”
“This occurred in
residential schools, a system is now in place to bring in reconciliation to the
survivors”
“In 1966, five year
old Joseph Maud was separated from his family”
“He was sent to live
at the Canadian residential school for indigenous students in Pine Creek,
Manitoba”
“Maud did not speak
English or French, only his native language of Ojibwa”
“When the students
spoke their own language their ears were pulled and their mouths were washed
out with soap”
“The greatest hurt to
these children was being separated from their parents”
“When the lonely
little boy would wet his bed the nun in charge of his dormitory would rub his
face in his own urine. That was so degrading”
“Maud remembers
kneeling painfully on the cement chapel floor, because the nuns had told him it
was the only way that God hears you”
“Maud cried, “When is this going to end?””
“The Government of
Canada released a report on their residential schools with testimonies from
7,000 witnesses”
“It was called the
‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission” (TRC)”
“From 1840 to 1996,
more than 150,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit children were taken from their
families and placed in these schools”
“The idea was to ‘kill
the Indian in the child’”
“TRC chair Justice
Murray Sinclair said that more than 6,000 children died at these schools”
“Many more suffered
emotional, physical and sexual abuse”
“It is the survivors
of St Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario, who are suing
the Government”
“They want them to
release the unredacted documentation”
“The documentation
proves staff used an electric chair to shock students as young as six and
forced sick students to eat their own vomit”
“The TRC report
concludes that the Government-led policy amounted to cultural genocide”
“These inhumane
policies were to eliminate Aboriginal people as distinct peoples”
“It was to incorporate
them into Canadian mainstream against their will”
“The will of the
Canadian Government was to remove themselves of any legal or financial
obligations to the Aboriginal people”
“It also wanted to
gain control over their land and resources”
“The Canadian Prime
Minister apologised to the survivors in 2008, but it is the report that states
urgent reconciliations needs to run deep”
“Canada now needs to
move from apology and into action”
“The TRC report made
94 recommendations about the way we talk to and about each other”
“There needs to be an
Aboriginal Languages Act to preserve and promote these languages”
“There needs to be a
memorial museum launched by Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017”
“It is high time that
we removed ignorance and begin to recognise people from all parts of this world
and even in our own country”
“All have a right to
live and to be respected for who they are”
“The Aboriginal people
enrich our lives and our history”
“We must never take
them for granted, because we are all a part of this world together”
5th June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“Cultural genocide, a
practice which occurred in Canada where the indigenous children were separated
from their parents”
“This occurred in
residential schools, a system is now in place to bring in reconciliation to the
survivors”
“In 1966, five year
old Joseph Maud was separated from his family”
“He was sent to live
at the Canadian residential school for indigenous students in Pine Creek,
Manitoba”
“Maud did not speak
English or French, only his native language of Ojibwa”
“When the students
spoke their own language their ears were pulled and their mouths were washed
out with soap”
“The greatest hurt to
these children was being separated from their parents”
“When the lonely
little boy would wet his bed the nun in charge of his dormitory would rub his
face in his own urine. That was so degrading”
“Maud remembers
kneeling painfully on the cement chapel floor, because the nuns had told him it
was the only way that God hears you”
“Maud cried, “When is this going to end?””
“The Government of
Canada released a report on their residential schools with testimonies from
7,000 witnesses”
“It was called the
‘Truth and Reconciliation Commission” (TRC)”
“From 1840 to 1996,
more than 150,000 First Nations, Metis and Inuit children were taken from their
families and placed in these schools”
“The idea was to ‘kill
the Indian in the child’”
“TRC chair Justice
Murray Sinclair said that more than 6,000 children died at these schools”
“Many more suffered
emotional, physical and sexual abuse”
“It is the survivors
of St Anne’s Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ontario, who are suing
the Government”
“They want them to
release the unredacted documentation”
“The documentation
proves staff used an electric chair to shock students as young as six and
forced sick students to eat their own vomit”
“The TRC report
concludes that the Government-led policy amounted to cultural genocide”
“These inhumane
policies were to eliminate Aboriginal people as distinct peoples”
“It was to incorporate
them into Canadian mainstream against their will”
“The will of the
Canadian Government was to remove themselves of any legal or financial
obligations to the Aboriginal people”
“It also wanted to
gain control over their land and resources”
“The Canadian Prime
Minister apologised to the survivors in 2008, but it is the report that states
urgent reconciliations needs to run deep”
“Canada now needs to
move from apology and into action”
“The TRC report made
94 recommendations about the way we talk to and about each other”
“There needs to be an
Aboriginal Languages Act to preserve and promote these languages”
“There needs to be a
memorial museum launched by Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017”
“It is high time that
we removed ignorance and begin to recognise people from all parts of this world
and even in our own country”
“All have a right to
live and to be respected for who they are”
“The Aboriginal people
enrich our lives and our history”
“We must never take
them for granted, because we are all a part of this world together”
1st June 2015 (jandmayers twitter)
“The People’s
Democratic Party (HDP) leader is gaining support with voters opposed to
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan”
“Selahattin Demiras is
a confident and charismatic 42 year old lawyer”
“He is transforming
the People’s Democratic Party from a dedicated Kurdish faction into a
mainstream liberal party”
“Its rise shows the
growing influence of the Kurds not only in Turkey but across the region
including Syria and Iraq”
“It is the
self-governing Kurdish communities, which are rare islands of stability”
“Should the HDP party
receive the valued 10% of the vote, it needs to get representation in the
Turkish Parliament”
“It would be enough to
deny Mr Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice Development Party or AKP a
supermajority”
“The HDP’s performance
on June 7th could affect the balance of power in the precarious
peace process”
“This is between the
Government and the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party or PKK”
“It is their aim to
end a three-decade insurgency that has cost them some 40,000 lives”
“The HDP’s campaign
has shifted its focus on promoting democracy, free speech and the rights of
women and minorities”
“The HDP is
increasingly appealing to the young, secular Turks weary of Mr Erdogan’s
dominance”
“This will be a high
stakes election – it all hinges on the HDP”
“The AKP have been
dominant for more than a decade and they are now vulnerable, largely because
they are a single party”
“The AKP have won nine
back-to-back elections and other votes since 2002”
“Mr Erdogan wants more
power. He hopes to change his Presidency from a ceremonial role to and
executive one”
“When Mr Demiras’s
party hits the threshold of 10% to enter Parliament, it will get the 50 out of
the 550 seats”
“This would be enough
to stop the AKP from getting three-fifths supermajority to overhaul the
construction to beef up the President’s role”
“Relationships with
the 15 million Kurds and the Government have improved”
“However the Kurdish
region is still poor and many feel disenfranchised”
“Selahattin Demiras
has worked as a human rights lawyer in Turkey’s de facto Kurdish capital
Diyarbakir before entering politics”
“Mr Demiras has seen
first-hand the many killings of the Kurdish people”
“Many of his friends
were killed in clashes and in the prisons”
“Selahattin Demiras
states the youths joined militants, because their conditions were dire. These
conditions have not changed”
“Mr Demiras wants to
turn to the youths to encourage them into politics instead”
“One must not forget
the Gezi Park protests last summer”
“This demonstrated the
extent of dissatisfaction with the ruling AKP party and especially Mr Erdogan”
“Those street protests
high-lighted the lack of a viable political alternative to the AKP party”
“The Turkish people
themselves are crying out for modernisation and freedom of speech”
“Instead they get more
gripping control by their Government, again by Mr Erdogan”
“It is time that the
Turkish people voiced their opinion in the ballot box and asked for reform and
not more control over them!”
1st June 2015 (ladylydialondon twitter)
“The People’s
Democratic Party (HDP) leader is gaining support with voters opposed to
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan”
“Selahattin Demiras is
a confident and charismatic 42 year old lawyer”
“He is transforming
the People’s Democratic Party from a dedicated Kurdish faction into a
mainstream liberal party”
“Its rise shows the
growing influence of the Kurds not only in Turkey but across the region
including Syria and Iraq”
“It is the
self-governing Kurdish communities, which are rare islands of stability”
“Should the HDP party
receive the valued 10% of the vote, it needs to get representation in the
Turkish Parliament”
“It would be enough to
deny Mr Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice Development Party or AKP a supermajority”
“The HDP’s performance
on June 7th could affect the balance of power in the precarious
peace process”
“This is between the
Government and the outlawed Kurdish Workers’ Party or PKK”
“It is their aim to
end a three-decade insurgency that has cost them some 40,000 lives”
“The HDP’s campaign
has shifted its focus on promoting democracy, free speech and the rights of
women and minorities”
“The HDP is
increasingly appealing to the young, secular Turks weary of Mr Erdogan’s
dominance”
“This will be a high
stakes election – it all hinges on the HDP”
“The AKP have been
dominant for more than a decade and they are now vulnerable, largely because
they are a single party”
“The AKP have won nine
back-to-back elections and other votes since 2002”
“Mr Erdogan wants more
power. He hopes to change his Presidency from a ceremonial role to and
executive one”
“When Mr Demiras’s
party hits the threshold of 10% to enter Parliament, it will get the 50 out of
the 550 seats”
“This would be enough
to stop the AKP from getting three-fifths supermajority to overhaul the
construction to beef up the President’s role”
“Relationships with
the 15 million Kurds and the Government have improved”
“However the Kurdish
region is still poor and many feel disenfranchised”
“Selahattin Demiras
has worked as a human rights lawyer in Turkey’s de facto Kurdish capital
Diyarbakir before entering politics”
“Mr Demiras has seen
first-hand the many killings of the Kurdish people”
“Many of his friends
were killed in clashes and in the prisons”
“Selahattin Demiras
states the youths joined militants, because their conditions were dire. These
conditions have not changed”
“Mr Demiras wants to
turn to the youths to encourage them into politics instead”
“One must not forget
the Gezi Park protests last summer”
“This demonstrated the
extent of dissatisfaction with the ruling AKP party and especially Mr Erdogan”
“Those street protests
high-lighted the lack of a viable political alternative to the AKP party”
“The Turkish people
themselves are crying out for modernisation and freedom of speech”
“Instead they get more
gripping control by their Government, again by Mr Erdogan”
“It is time that the
Turkish people voiced their opinion in the ballot box and asked for reform and
not more control over them!”
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