Worldwide Austerity Crimes Against Humanity.
According to Wikipedia the definition of Crimes Against Humanity is, in part,."..a serious attack on human dignity or grave humiliation or a degradation of one or more human beings.They are part either of a government policy or of a wide practice of atrocities tolerated or condoned by a government or a de facto authority".
The usual crimes we associate with this legal term are murder, torture etc.,but the definition also states;"Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering,or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health".
Also, to fall under the Roman Statute,a Crime Against Humanity-"must be part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population".
Bear the above in mind when reading the following.Most of this information that follows was gleaned from an excellent article by Mark Lowen from the B.B.C. News on 24.4.2012.
Olga and Tanya Yeritsidou, psychologists,are attempting to take the Greek government to The International Criminal Court(The Hague). alleging that the austerity measures introduced by the Greek government constitute peacetime Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
They are not alone,as they have a large group of people backing them.
Who are these people ? Activists, extremists or dissidents?
Not at all. They are the normal mix of middle class people,among them teachers and lawyers.
When asked why they are taking such action, Tanya said;"Austerity is pushing Greeks not just below the poverty line,but below the minimum needed for survival"
And Olga added to this by saying;"By taking away our income and our property,we don't have access to shelter,food,health and education".
They had filed a court injunction in Greece, but (surprise,surprise) this was not 'taken seriously' by the powers that be.
So they then decided to take the matter further.
Good for them!
Come on, citizens of Spain,Ireland, Portugal, Italy,France and all the countries in the World who have been knocked flat by having their hard earned cash taken from them, their workers rights ripped away,their human dignity stamped on, who have been humiliated and degraded,who have suffered serious injuries to body or to mental or physical health, why not do the same?
Maybe, just maybe, The Hague ,in between convicting anyone the U.S.A, or Britain thinks is an obstacle to their greed for natural resources or empire building,might,just might, take notice.
I guess that's Might with a very big capital letter
.
The usual crimes we associate with this legal term are murder, torture etc.,but the definition also states;"Other inhumane acts of a similar character intentionally causing great suffering,or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health".
Also, to fall under the Roman Statute,a Crime Against Humanity-"must be part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population".
Bear the above in mind when reading the following.Most of this information that follows was gleaned from an excellent article by Mark Lowen from the B.B.C. News on 24.4.2012.
Olga and Tanya Yeritsidou, psychologists,are attempting to take the Greek government to The International Criminal Court(The Hague). alleging that the austerity measures introduced by the Greek government constitute peacetime Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity.
They are not alone,as they have a large group of people backing them.
Who are these people ? Activists, extremists or dissidents?
Not at all. They are the normal mix of middle class people,among them teachers and lawyers.
When asked why they are taking such action, Tanya said;"Austerity is pushing Greeks not just below the poverty line,but below the minimum needed for survival"
And Olga added to this by saying;"By taking away our income and our property,we don't have access to shelter,food,health and education".
They had filed a court injunction in Greece, but (surprise,surprise) this was not 'taken seriously' by the powers that be.
So they then decided to take the matter further.
Good for them!
Come on, citizens of Spain,Ireland, Portugal, Italy,France and all the countries in the World who have been knocked flat by having their hard earned cash taken from them, their workers rights ripped away,their human dignity stamped on, who have been humiliated and degraded,who have suffered serious injuries to body or to mental or physical health, why not do the same?
Maybe, just maybe, The Hague ,in between convicting anyone the U.S.A, or Britain thinks is an obstacle to their greed for natural resources or empire building,might,just might, take notice.
I guess that's Might with a very big capital letter
.
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