Cando un pobo digno sae a rúa a defender o seu presente e o seu futuro, hai que escoitalo.
De nada vale que dende a CRTVG traten de vender o bonito dun proxecto que destruirá unha parte xigante do noso texido productivo e medioambiental; un proxecto que envelenará as nosas augas, e as nosas sufridas rías.
Cando un pobo digno sae a rúa a decir ALTRI NON, ao Goberno Galego non lle queda máis remedio que rectificar e obedecer, porque o pobo é quen máis ordea.
A perda de José Blanco bateu moi duro en nós. Jose non era un home que pasara desapercibido pese a súa humildade e non buscar sobresair.
O seu sorriso permanente era unha das súas máis notables características. Disfrutaba da vida e da súa xente.
Jose era un espíritu libre do mar que non só navegaba, senón que voaba alto e forte. Non había máis que escoitalo.
Para min foi unha honra e un privilexio coñecelo e ter a posibilidade de entrevistalo moitas veces; falar con el da pesca e da vida cada vez que puidemos atoparnos en Portosin ou en Compostela era unha delicia. Abriunos as portas da súa casa, do Portosin Dos, no que puidemos coñecer de primeira man que se sinte en mar aberto.
Jose era un lider nato, de palabra sinceira e acción rebelde e inconformista; foi quen de cambiar a percepción da sociedade sobre a pesca, os repartos administrativos inxustos, as repercusiones dos traballadores do mar nas localidades pesqueiras e en Galicia en xeral. José sempre tiña tempo para nós. Sempre estaba disposto a un bó debate e intercambio de opinións: escoitaba e respectaba a todo o mundo, cousa pouco habitual nesta sociedade. Ímolo botar de moito, moito de menos. Pero como todo bó lider, deixa un legado que defender e honrar. Trataremos de facelo o mellor posible, querido Jose. Descansa en paz.
Última entrevista que lle fixen con José Blanco para O Mundo de Pilar_Aymara
Hoxe, Dia de San Andrés, Día Nacional de Escocia, vai ter lugar en Edimburgo o funeral oficial e público en tributo a Alex Salmond. Tiven a enorme honra de recibir unha invitación para estar hoxe presente en St. Giles, pero varias cuestiones impedíronme estar alí hoxe.
Alex Salmond foi e será para min un referente político imprescindible, un home noble temido por mediocres que quixeron acabar coa súa luz, e non o conseguiron. Alex Salmond acompaña hoxe aos e ás grandes heroes escoceses, nese panteón de ilustres que guiarán a Nación ata a súa independencia. Farewell, dear Alex
Conferencia que tiene como objetivo abordar la situación del derecho a la protesta y los avances y mejoras sociales en España celebrada en Madrid (Congreso de los Diputados) el día 8 de noviembre de 2024
The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 8th episode of Season 3, we pay tribute to the legacy and memory of Scotland's former First Minister, Alex Salmond, who died suddenly at the weekend while speaking at a diplomatic conference in North Macedonia. Alex was fond of quoting from the poems and writings of Robert Burns. The words from Rabbie's "Here's a health to them that's awa" seem fitting: "There’s nane ever fear’d that the truth should be heard,
As the Compostelan woman I am it is a great honour to receive people who do El Camino - O Camiño and to meet up with them. So happy to see Peter Grant and Neil Lennon and Team who walked 116 km to raise funds for @FoundationCFC.
Very well done everyone!!
Como muller Compostelana que son é unha grande honra recibir a xente que fai o Camiño e atoparnos con eles. Super feliz de ver a Peter Grant e a Neil Lennon e equipazo que camiñaron 116 km para recadar fondos para a Celtic Foundation.
I first met Alex Salmond in Edinburgh, shortly before he became First Minister of Scotland in 2007. I have followed all his political life since then. I learnt English listening to FMQs. I love the Scottish Parliament.
Then 2014. We did our bit with the International Solidarity Campaing - Scotland Abroad supporting the Yes movement and reporting on what was happening in Scotland. What an experience. We cried when Alex Salmond announced his resignation but we were sure he would come back. And he did as an MP and afterwards with the Alex Salmond Show that I enjoyed and never missed any of his episodes.
Then the betrayal, the accusations, and the persecution.
I always knew Alex Salmond was innocent.
In 2021 he founded the Alba Party and I was lucky enough to participate in the online press conferences and to report on this new path for independence. I had the honour of my life when I was able to interview him.
To me Alex Salmond was the best politician of our time.
He wrote himself into the history of Scotland and he will be sorely missed. But Scotland will remember him like one of its heroes, because he was the Man, the Messenger, the Speaker and the Magician who whispered his wisdom and made a Nation follow its true path: independence.
It is designed to diminish the status of our Parliament and the First Minister. Part of becoming independent is about thinking independently, not subserviently. John should have politely declined the meeting with the words “Scotland is a country not a county”. (5/5)
En abril de 2021, Alex Salmond creou o Alba Party. Tiven a honra de falar con el nos briefings do partido e entrevistalo. Un titan da politica que mereceu máis e mellor. Vai ser botado moito moito de menos#AlexSalmondhttps://t.co/ARqetnyRoG
📝Aquí podes ler o manifesto da #ManifestaciónNacional pola Palestina de hoxe. A Coordenadora Galega de Solidariedade con Palestina, co apoio de máis de 190 entidades de todos os ámbitos da sociedade galega, chamou a exixir a liberdade do pobo palestino. #Galizaconpalestina ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/URW8r7UhIS
A solidariedade galega coa Palestina non se achica nin ante a intensa chuvia. As rúas de Compostela enchéronse de exixencias pola liberdade de #Palestina e dos pobos agredidos por Israel. Fin ao xenocidio, pola soberanía dos pobos, e polo antiimperialismo#GalizaconPalestina 🇵🇸 pic.twitter.com/xpmS9S1kLP
MSP Angus Robertsons meeting with Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to the UK sparked internal criticism within the SNP, especially given the party’s stance on Israel’s actions in Gaza. Another MSP John Mason who also met with the same person had the party whip withdrawn after he downplayed the severity of the situation saying "If Israel wanted to commit genocide, they would have killed ten times as many" Should both have had whip withdrawn?
Dende hoxe tedes catro meses para visitar a Casa do Cabido (Praza das Praterías) para disfrutar dunha fantástica exposición sobre a vida e obra do fotógrafo Ksado. Unha exposición promovida polo Consorcio e organizada por Carlos Castelao e Rubén Sánchez
Visitade esta exposición sobre Ksado na Casa do Cabido, na Praza das Praterias. Unha marabilla cultural e histórico 😉 pic.twitter.com/Wt5XiLaDQR
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe thatYahya SINWAR(Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in the Gaza Strip),Mohammed Diab Ibrahim AL-MASRI, more commonly known as DEIF (Commander-in-Chief of the military wing of Hamas, known as theAl-Qassam Brigades), andIsmail HANIYEH(Head of Hamas Political Bureau) bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of Israel and the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 7 October 2023:
Extermination as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(b) of the Rome Statute;
Murder as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(a), and as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Taking hostages as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(iii);
Rape and other acts of sexual violence as crimes against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(g), and also as war crimes pursuant to article 8(2)(e)(vi) in the context of captivity;
Torture as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(1)(f), and also as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity;
Other inhumane acts as a crime against humanity, contrary to article 7(l)(k), in the context of captivity;
Cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i), in the context of captivity; and
Outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime, contrary to article 8(2)(c)(ii), in the context of captivity.
My Office submits that the war crimes alleged in these applications were committed in the context of an international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, and a non-international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas running in parallel. We submit that the crimes against humanity charged were part of a widespread and systematic attack against the civilian population of Israel by Hamas and other armed groups pursuant to organisational policies. Some of these crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.
My Office submits there are reasonable grounds to believe that SINWAR, DEIF and HANIYEH are criminally responsible for the killing of hundreds of Israeli civilians in attacks perpetrated by Hamas (in particular its military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades) and other armed groups on 7 October 2023 and the taking of at least 245 hostages. As part of our investigations, my Office has interviewed victims and survivors, including former hostages and eyewitnesses from six major attack locations: Kfar Aza; Holit; the location of the Supernova Music Festival; Be’eri; Nir Oz; and Nahal Oz. The investigation also relies on evidence such as CCTV footage, authenticated audio, photo and video material, statements by Hamas members including the alleged perpetrators named above, and expert evidence.
It is the view of my Office that these individuals planned and instigated the commission of crimes on 7 October 2023, and have through their own actions, including personal visits to hostages shortly after their kidnapping, acknowledged their responsibility for those crimes. We submit that these crimes could not have been committed without their actions. They are charged both as co-perpetrators and as superiors pursuant to Articles 25 and 28 of the Rome Statute.
During my own visit to Kibbutz Be’eri and Kibbutz Kfar Aza, as well as to the site of Supernova Music Festival in Re’im, I saw the devastating scenes of these attacks and the profound impact of the unconscionable crimes charged in the applications filed today. Speaking with survivors, I heard how the love within a family, the deepest bonds between a parent and a child, were contorted to inflict unfathomable pain through calculated cruelty and extreme callousness. These acts demand accountability.
My Office also submits there are reasonable grounds to believe that hostages taken from Israel have been kept in inhumane conditions, and that some have been subject to sexual violence, including rape, while being held in captivity. We have reached that conclusion based on medical records, contemporaneous video and documentary evidence, and interviews with victims and survivors. My Office also continues to investigate reports of sexual violence committed on 7 October.
I wish to express my gratitude to the survivors, and the families of victims of the 7 October attacks, for their courage in coming forward to provide their accounts to my Office. We remain focused on further deepening our investigations of all crimes committed as part of these attacks and will continue to work with all partners to ensure that justice is delivered.
I again reiterate my call for the immediate release of all hostages taken from Israel and for their safe return to their families. This is a fundamental requirement of international humanitarian law.
Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant
On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Benjamin NETANYAHU, the Prime Minister of Israel, and Yoav GALLANT, the Minister of Defence of Israel, bear criminal responsibility for the following war crimes and crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the State of Palestine (in the Gaza strip) from at least 8 October 2023:
Starvation of civilians as a method of warfare as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(b)(xxv) of the Statute;
Wilfully causing great suffering, or serious injury to body or health contrary to article 8(2)(a)(iii), or cruel treatment as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Wilful killing contrary to article 8(2)(a)(i), or Murder as a war crime contrary to article 8(2)(c)(i);
Intentionally directing attacks against a civilian population as a war crime contrary to articles 8(2)(b)(i), or 8(2)(e)(i);
Extermination and/or murder contrary to articles 7(1)(b) and 7(1)(a), including in the context of deaths caused by starvation, as a crime against humanity;
Persecution as a crime against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(h);
Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity contrary to article 7(1)(k).
My Office submits that the war crimes alleged in these applications were committed in the context of an international armed conflict between Israel and Palestine, and a non-international armed conflict between Israel and Hamas (together with other Palestinian Armed Groups) running in parallel. We submit that the crimes against humanity charged were committed as part of a widespread and systematic attack against the Palestinian civilian population pursuant to State policy. These crimes, in our assessment, continue to this day.
My Office submits that the evidence we have collected, including interviews with survivors and eyewitnesses, authenticated video, photo and audio material, satellite imagery and statements from the alleged perpetrator group, shows that Israel has intentionally and systematically deprived the civilian population in all parts of Gaza of objects indispensable to human survival.
This occurred through the imposition of a total siege over Gaza that involved completely closing the three border crossing points, Rafah, Kerem Shalom and Erez, from 8 October 2023 for extended periods and then by arbitrarily restricting the transfer of essential supplies – including food and medicine – through the border crossings after they were reopened. The siege also included cutting off cross-border water pipelines from Israel to Gaza – Gazans’ principal source of clean water – for a prolonged period beginning 9 October 2023, and cutting off and hindering electricity supplies from at least 8 October 2023 until today. This took place alongside other attacks on civilians, including those queuing for food; obstruction of aid delivery by humanitarian agencies; and attacks on and killing of aid workers, which forced many agencies to cease or limit their operations in Gaza.
My Office submits that these acts were committed as part of a common plan to use starvation as a method of war and other acts of violence against the Gazan civilian population as a means to (i) eliminate Hamas; (ii) secure the return of the hostages which Hamas has abducted, and (iii) collectively punish the civilian population of Gaza, whom they perceived as a threat to Israel.
The effects of the use of starvation as a method of warfare, together with other attacks and collective punishment against the civilian population of Gaza are acute, visible and widely known, and have been confirmed by multiple witnesses interviewed by my Office, including local and international medical doctors. They include malnutrition, dehydration, profound suffering and an increasing number of deaths among the Palestinian population, including babies, other children, and women.
Famine is present in some areas of Gaza and is imminent in other areas. As UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned more than two months ago, “1.1 million people in Gaza are facing catastrophic hunger – the highest number of people ever recorded – anywhere, anytime” as a result of an “entirely manmade disaster”. Today, my Office seeks to charge two of those most responsible, NETANYAHU and GALLANT, both as co-perpetrators and as superiors pursuant to Articles 25 and 28 of the Rome Statute.
Israel, like all States, has a right to take action to defend its population. That right, however, does not absolve Israel or any State of its obligation to comply with international humanitarian law. Notwithstanding any military goals they may have, the means Israel chose to achieve them in Gaza – namely, intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering, and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population – are criminal.
Since last year, in Ramallah, in Cairo, in Israel and in Rafah, I have consistently emphasised that international humanitarian law demands that Israel take urgent action to immediately allow access to humanitarian aid in Gaza at scale. I specifically underlined that starvation as a method of war and the denial of humanitarian relief constitute Rome Statute offences. I could not have been clearer.
As I also repeatedly underlined in my public statements, those who do not comply with the law should not complain later when my Office takes action. That day has come.
In presenting these applications for arrest warrants, my Office is acting pursuant to its mandate under the Rome Statute. On 5 February 2021, Pre-Trial Chamber I decided that the Court can exercise its criminal jurisdiction in the Situation in the State of Palestine and that the territorial scope of this jurisdiction extends to Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This mandate is ongoing and includes the escalation of hostilities and violence since 7 October 2023. My Office also has jurisdiction over crimes committed by nationals of States Parties and by the nationals of non-States Parties on the territory of a State Party.
Today’s applications are the outcome of an independent and impartial investigation by my Office. Guided by our obligation to investigate incriminating and exonerating evidence equally, my Office has worked painstakingly to separate claims from facts and to soberly present conclusions based on evidence to the Pre-Trial Chamber.
As an additional safeguard, I have also been grateful for the advice of a panel of experts in international law, an impartial group I convened to support the evidence review and legal analysis in relation to these arrest warrant applications. The Panel is composed of experts of immense standing in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, including Sir Adrian Fulford PC, former Lord Justice of Appeal and former International Criminal Court Judge; Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, President of the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute; Elizabeth Wilmshurst CMG KC, former Deputy Legal Adviser at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office; Danny Friedman KC; and two of my Special Advisers – Amal Clooney and His Excellency Judge Theodor Meron CMG. This independent expert analysis has supported and strengthened the applications filed today by my Office. I have also been grateful for the contributions of a number of my other Special Advisers to this review, particularly Adama Dieng and Professor Kevin Jon Heller.
Today we once again underline that international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to all. No foot soldier, no commander, no civilian leader – no one – can act with impunity. Nothing can justify wilfully depriving human beings, including so many women and children, the basic necessities required for life. Nothing can justify the taking of hostages or the targeting of civilians.
The independent judges of the International Criminal Court are the sole arbiters as to whether the necessary standard for the issuance of warrants of arrest has been met. Should they grant my applications and issue the requested warrants, I will then work closely with the Registrar in all efforts to apprehend the named individuals. I count on all States Parties to the Rome Statute to take these applications and the subsequent judicial decision with the same seriousness they have shown in other Situations, meeting their obligations under the Statute. I also stand ready to work with non-States Parties in our common pursuit of accountability.
It is critical in this moment that my Office and all parts of the Court, including its independent judges, are permitted to conduct their work with full independence and impartiality. I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this Court must cease immediately. My Office will not hesitate to act pursuant to article 70 of the Rome Statute if such conduct continues.
I remain deeply concerned about ongoing allegations and emerging evidence of international crimes occurring in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Our investigation continues. My Office is advancing multiple and interconnected additional lines of inquiry, including concerning reports of sexual violence during the 7 October attacks, and in relation to the large-scale bombing that has caused and continues to cause so many civilian deaths, injuries, and suffering in Gaza. I encourage those with relevant information to contact my Office and to submit information via OTP Link.
My Office will not hesitate to submit further applications for warrants of arrest if and when we consider that the threshold of a realistic prospect of conviction has been met. I renew my call for all parties in the current conflict to comply with the law now.
I also wish to emphasise that the principle of complementarity, which is at the heart of the Rome Statute, will continue to be assessed by my Office as we take action in relation to the above-listed alleged crimes and alleged perpetrators and move forward with other lines of inquiry. Complementarity, however, requires a deferral to national authorities only when they engage in independent and impartial judicial processes that do not shield suspects and are not a sham. It requires thorough investigations at all levels addressing the policies and actions underlying these applications.
Let us today be clear on one core issue: if we do not demonstrate our willingness to apply the law equally, if it is seen as being applied selectively, we will be creating the conditions for its collapse. In doing so, we will be loosening the remaining bonds that hold us together, the stabilising connections between all communities and individuals, the safety net to which all victims look in times of suffering. This is the true risk we face in this moment.
Now, more than ever, we must collectively demonstrate that international humanitarian law, the foundational baseline for human conduct during conflict, applies to all individuals and applies equally across the situations addressed by my Office and the Court. This is how we will prove, tangibly, that the lives of all human beings have equal value.
For further details on "preliminary examinations" and "situations and cases" before the Court, clickhere, and here.
Deixou con ela un mundo de leccións de vida, de política, de feminismo, de rebeldía, plasmados nos seus poemas, eses poemas escritos na súa cociña; neses poemas que lle saían de dentro. Deixóunos Luz Fandiño e a súa luz permanecerá entre nós. Hoxe toda persoa que tivo a honra e a sorte de compartir algunha experiencia con ela, estará facendo repaso das anécdotas, das vivencias, das risas, das bágoas, das frustracións e dos logros.
No meu caso, quédome coas moitas horas que pasamos falando de revolución: dos días de pegada de cartaces da Galego-cubana; das charlas e manifestacións ás que fumos xuntas. Quédome cunha viaxe a Lanzarote, nun momento no que non estaba eu moi ben de ánimo. Quédome coas cancións que cantaba e coas súas arengas para seguir adiante loitando. Quédome cos seus enoxos e cos seus perdóns. Quédome co seu "a ver" co que contestaba o teléfono. Quédome tamén co seu inconformismo.
Deixo aquí algunha testemuña de Luz, á que tiven a honra de coñecer e que sempre nos acompañarán.
Este é o video completo da sesión de comparecencia dos representantes do Comité Intercentros da CRTVG en Bruxelas, que se fixo de rogar polos constantes boicots do PP na Comisión de Peticións.
De feito, esta sesión rematou de xeito vergoñento. Unha total falta de respecto cara os peticionarios e aos traballadores e traballadoras do ente público.
Semella que ao PP e a VOX gústalles falar da manipulación das TV só onde non gobernan.
VIDEO IN ENGLISH
This is the full video of the intervention by the Union representatives of the workers of the Galician TV (CRTVG) who denounced in Brussels the bias and manipulation of the public channel by the Conservative Party (PP) in Government in Galicia.
The far right (VOX) & the PP achieved shutting down the petition (again). You can watch at the end of the video the disgraceful irregularities when the President of the Committee tried to silence the peticioners.
#DefendeaGalega#CRTVG
VIDEO EN CASTELLANO
Aquí dejo (para quienes no entendáis gallego) la sesión completa de la comparecencia de los representantes del Comité Intercentros de la #CRTVG (TV Pública de Galicia) en Bruselas, que hoy vieron como el PP y VOX, una vez más, bloquearon que su petición continuara abierta en la Comisión de Peticiones de la Eurocámara.
Defende A Galega lleva más de 300 viernes negros denunciando el uso partidista del ente público y la persecución al personal que levanta la voz.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, holds public hearings on the request for the indication of provisional measures submitted by Nicaragua in the case Nicaragua v. Germany on 8 and 9 April 2024, at the Peace Palace in The Hague, the seat of the Court. Session held under the presidency of Judge Nawaf Salam, President of the Court.
