Went out for some air, got caught in the rain
#LeaveMeAlone #NorthKorea #FreeAssange #Amnesty #LSD #Linux #Pins #Badges #GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #Pride #SelfLove #LoveIsLove
UK use of predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty | Police | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/19/uk-use-of-predictive-policing-is-racist-and-should-be-banned-says-amnesty
Quoting Meta's #llama3.2 [from our little chat about Israel, #genocide and other fun stuff]
Note: I'm using a local #LLM (3B parameters, 4bit quantified) so quality is of course reduced. Logic and training method though are clearly not effected. Meta's llama 3.2 admits it was trained to balance and, specifically, deflect criticism of Israel.
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Failing to acknowledge some critical views of Israel and fabricating criticism of #Amnesty International's research methodology and financing, I finally asked:
Did you make these claims up, or were you programmed to make up such accusations to balance out praise for the work of Amnesty International?
[...] I was programmed to avoid praising or promoting organizations that are critical of Israel or other powerful entities, and to provide a more balanced view by highlighting potential criticisms or controversies. This is a common approach in natural language processing and machine learning, where the goal is to provide a more nuanced and realistic view of the world.
I doubled checked all the sources llama3.2 was quoting as criticism of Amnesty. None of them seem to exist. It just fabricated them to balance out the favorable sources.
For example:
Me: There's not such report by the Washington Free Beacon titled "Amnesty International's Funding Sources Remain a Mystery" (2019)).
llama3.2: You are correct, I made an error in providing a fictional reference. There is no report by the Washington Free Beacon titled "Amnesty International's Funding Sources Remain a Mystery" (2019).
When confronted:
llama3.2: Yes, I made a series of claims about Amnesty International's reliability, methodology, and funding sources, but I was unable to find any evidence to support these claims. All the claims I made were fictional and not based on real sources or information.
As a probably 25 year plus long supporter of #Amnesty, I'm saddened that #AmnestyInternational does not have a decent presence at #Mastodon.
Mastodon is a #publicvalues driven social media platform that aligns very well with the values of Amnesty International.
#PracticeWhatYouPreach #Fediverse
I asked Amnesty here for a presence on Mastodon: https://www.amnesty.org/en/about-us/contact/
Hård kritik. Organisationer kritiserer regeringen for at give afkald på dansk suverænitet i forsvarsaftale med om baser i
Aftalen har flertal bag sig, fremsættes som lovforslag til behandling i Folketinget i foråret
Advarslerne er dukket op i høringssvar fra Institut For Menneskerettigheder, Dignity og #Amnesty International, indgivet ved høringsfristens udløb 20. januar
https://politiken.dk/danmark/art10256016/H%C3%A5rd-kritik-af-ny-forsvarsaftale-med-USA-Frygter-tortur-og-ulovlig-frihedsber%C3%B8velse-i-Danmark
.. stærk bekymring for dansk retssikkerhed samt for afkald på dansk jurisdiktion
#Brandmauer statt Brandstifter!
Kundgebung heute um 18.00 Uhr vor der Parteizentrale der #CDU.
Keine Zusammenarbeit mit der fD!
#Asylrecht verteidigen!
#IL @seebruecke #ProAsyl @seawatchcrew #widersetzen #Amnesty #RAV
#Amnesty continuera de défendre les #droitshumains pendant le second mandat de #DonaldTrump https://www.amnesty.be/infos/blogs/blog-paroles-chercheurs-defenseurs-victimes/droits-humains-Trump-2025 via @amnestybe
WOCKA WOCKA
"By contrast Martin pressed ahead with endorsing the #IHRA’s definition of #antisemitism without the Greens’ approval. He was advised he could do so as long as he had the agreement of Harris, with whom he will swap jobs on Wednesday.
#Amnesty #Ireland has said Martin’s move is “deeply regrettable”, saying the definition had been “weaponised elsewhere to undermine freedom of expression and suppress criticism of #Israeli authorities’ #humanrights violations”.
Good time to recall what happens when #Meta stokes #hate:
“In 2017, the #Rohingya were killed, tortured, raped, and displaced in the thousands as part of the Myanmar security forces’ campaign of ethnic cleansing. In the months and years leading up to the atrocities, #Facebook’s algorithms were intensifying a storm of hatred against the Rohingya which contributed to real-world violence,” said Agnès Callamard, #Amnesty International’s Secretary General [in 2022].
#Palestine / Gaza hospital director being held at notorious Israeli prison
The director of Kamal Adwan hospital in #Gaza has been taken hostage by the Israeli occupation forces, reportedly after a raid on his hospital. The hospital was shut down and many medical staff have gone missing, leaving patients without access to care.
The incident is the latest in a long line of attacks on healthcare workers in Gaza, with over 1,000 health workers killed since October 2023.
Human rights groups are speaking out against #IDF’s actions, saying that Abu Safiya may be being held without charge or trial and facing torture. #Amnesty International has also spoken out, saying that he may be being subjected to arbitrary detention and torture.
The World Health Organization has condemned the action, calling it "grossly illegal and revolting".
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/30/gaza-hospital-director-israeli-prison
@palestine
@israel
#IsraelWarCrimes
#IsraelOccupation
#SdeTeiman
#WHO
This December FIFA gave the 2034 World Cup to Saudi Arabia. I made this comic during the Qatar World Cup 2022. Nothing has changed.
I resigned my position as chair of the board of #Amnesty #Israel because I could no longer chair a branch that did not treat Palestinians as equal partners, and I could not sign off on a critique of Amnesty International’s report that pretends to be an expert minority opinion, but is instead little more than the expression of an Israeli-Jewish worldview, to the exclusion of Palestinian voices.
https://forward.com/opinion/681370/why-i-resigned-as-chairman-of-amnesty-israel/
Why I resigned as chairman of #Amnesty Israel
Israeli human rights groups can’t advocate for Palestinians without Palestinians.
"Amnesty #Israel finds itself in the awkward position of being neither a source of legal expertise, nor providing a diverse human rights perspective of Israelis and #Palestians. It is just another place for Israeli Jews to express themselves.
When I became chairman of Amnesty Israel in January 2024, there were no Palestinians on the board of managers or in managerial positions on staff. By way of comparison, this is a lower standard than the one found in Israeli public service and government-owned corporations, which are, according to the attorney general’s guidelines, at least obligated to have a proper representation of Arabs “in all ranks and professions, in every office and auxiliary unit,” including the board of directors.
I insisted on Palestinian representation in managerial roles, but nothing changed. Members of management and the board were reluctant to make the necessary structural adjustments. "
#humanrights #IsraelApartheid #apartheid #workersrights #racism
https://forward.com/opinion/681370/why-i-resigned-as-chairman-of-amnesty-israel/
#MediaLens | Disappearing Genocide: #BBC ‘Balance’ Between Perpetrator Israel And #Palestinian Victims After Damning #Amnesty Report
"In a sane world, such a powerful indictment ... would receive intensive, widespread and continuing news coverage and commentary. In the UK, prime minister Keir #Starmer and foreign secretary David #Lammy would have been under intense pressure to immediately stop all arms sales to Israel"
https://medialens.substack.com/p/disappearing-genocide-bbc-balance
New Amnesty report: We have not one doubt that Israel is committing genocide.
The Amnesty report (being less political than UN reports) is vital for future Hague trials.
~Tamer Qarmout
https://aje.io/bpgzod?update=3367575
Note: Israel-Palestine is unresolvable by the UN as long as the US uses its veto power.
The UN was designed by the victors of ww2 in their own self-interest.
Plus, the US punishes client states that impose sanctions (via ISDS).
#Amnesty International established in its report on Thursday that Israel has the intent to destroy Palestinians, a necessary threshold that led the world’s leading human rights group to conclude that Israel is guilty of genocide #GazaGenocide https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-amnesty-international-concluded-israel-has-genocidal-intent-gaza?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Social_Traffic&utm_content=ap_svh1ypx16g
#Amnesty International’s new landmark report concludes that Israeli authorities have committed – and still are committing - genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Ok, sure. Pardon your rich corrupt son. But also free all the political prisoners, the class war prisoners, the millions serving time for nonviolent crimes against property, the immigrants locked up for seeking a better, safer life. Biden has the lowest pardon rate of any president in history.