Browsing Category: Human Rights

Global Assange Amnesty Network (GAAN) call upon Amnesty International to declare Julian Assange a Prisoner of Conscience retroactively

We are members of the Global Assange Amnesty Network (GAAN) representing Amnesty International members from Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Uruguay, the US and UK sections. We have also been leading or supporting campaigns for Press Freedom and Julian Assange, through Amnesty International (AI) and other relevant organisations: Adelaide for Assange, Assange Defense, Free Assange Wave (FAW) and The Committee […]

“The European Union leadership is a club of losers”

By Marcello Ferrada de Noli From the RNN interview: “The latest composition of the EC included such characters that people would never have chosen on their own. These are all politicians from national governments with portfolios of failures, noted Marcello Ferrada de Noli, emeritus professor and a Swedish human rights activist.” ‘The European Union leadership […]

“Assange was saved by the U.S. presidential race” – But, can he feel safe?

By Prof Marcello Ferrada de Noli   1. What motivated President Biden the release of Assange on June 26? Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson said that “diplomacy and intense lobbying with the highest authorities in the U.S. played a big role in Assange walking free”. Besides Australia, other notable international campaigning in favour of Assange’ release […]

Debunking U.S. Secretary Blinken’s and German Foreign Minister Baerbock’s statements on Ukraine presidential elections

Regarding Blinken’s fallacies recently repeated by Annalena Baerbock, on why presidential elections in Ukraine are “not possible” By Prof. Marcello Ferrada de Noli, chief editor Recently, during a visit to Kiev to be bestowed with a honour medal by a thankful Zelensky, Germany´s foreign minister Anna Lena Baerbock repeated the same fallacious conclusion of US […]

Origins of the Russian Military Special Operation in Ukraine

By Professor Emeritus Marcello Ferrada de Noli Founder of Swedish Doctors for Human Rights (SWEDHR) (First published on March 12, 2022) The utmost human right is the right to life, hence, per definition, Swedish Doctors for Human Rights has always opposed war as means to solve geopolitical conflicts. The international community should extreme its efforts […]

SWEDHR and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Open letter to Ursula von der Leyen

To: Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission From: Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights Dear Dr. Von del Leyen, Swedish Professors and Doctors for Human Rights SWEDHR was founded to essentially work for the authorities’ compliance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the denouncing of breaches against them. Our first ever […]

Professor called the delay in delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip a war crime

Translation of a report published in Izvestia, based in an interview with The Indicter chief-editor. “Professor called the delay in the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip a war crime. Marcello Ferrada de Noli: many initiatives to help Gaza are not being implemented.” ,, There are several reasons for the delay in the […]

Documenting killing of Russian POWs by Ukraine troops. Geneva Convention: A #WarCrime

By Prof Marcello Ferrada de Noli A few days ago I saw some video fragments posted in Telegram, depicting Russian POWs in captivity. A separate brief video showed dead Russian soldiers, some scattered, while others lye in a pile. I decided to investigate the material, to which I did a breaking down of the sequences […]