Lead Lemmy Developer, Dessalines, denying the Tiananmen Square Massacre and praising the Uyghur Genocide
https://sh.itjust.works/post/8419342
Dessalines AKA “parentis_shotgun” on Reddit, is the main Lemmy dev, also the admin of lemmy.ml and lemmygrad.ml.
Their post and discussions on Reddit (archive as the original post must have been removed):
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Also, here’s a UN report that may interest you:
“Reasonable Grounds to Believe Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Occurred in Israel During 7 October Attacks, Senior UN Official Tells Security Council”
https://press.un.org/en/2024/sc15621.doc.htm
Many of the first stories by Israeli first responders have been illustrated to be false, however that doesn’t mean no sexual assaults happened: https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-sexual-violence-zaka-ca7905bf9520b1e646f86d72cdf03244
yes the UN which confirms there is zero evidence of rape provided by israel. Consider reading it. The report states that any testimonies do not count as evidence as a UN investigation (which this is not) would have to take place. Israel is blocking the UN rape investigation because of course, there is no evidence of rape.
If legalese is too difficult consider: https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/pramila-pattens-rape-fantasies
https://sh.itjust.works/comment/12016983
That’s my comment, where I replied to you, with a source from the United Nations. I’ll highlight the relevant… title of the page… for you:
“Reasonable Grounds to Believe Conflict-Related Sexual Violence Occurred in Israel During 7 October Attacks, Senior UN Official Tells Security Council”
I also included an APNews article about this very topic, and addresses the ways that disinformation regarding sexual violence in this conflict about. Here’s the headline of that article:
“How 2 debunked accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 fueled a global dispute over Israel-Hamas war”
Edit: here is the actual UN report: https://www.un.org/sexualviolenceinconflict/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/report/mission-report-official-visit-of-the-office-of-the-srsg-svc-to-israel-and-the-occupied-west-bank-29-january-14-february-2024/20240304-Israel-oWB-CRSV-report.pdf
AP massively manufactured consent for israel their report is worth nothing as they were spouting those debunked rape lies to begin with.
And it’s certainly not 2 accounts… It’s far more.
And the israeli government claimed on BBC that there were survivors of “khamaaas rape” and that they had video, photo and forensic evidence. All which turned out to be lies.
So you did not read anything I’ve sent you?
I’ve edited my previous comment, and included the actual UN report.
Read the first line in my comment again. Israel is blocking the actual UN investigation. Your report specifically states that it is not evidence and cannot be used as evidence.
That Israel has not provided evidence? Maybe, but irrelevant to our conversation.
The UN report itself outlines how sexual violence has occurred in this conflict, right from the start.
Strange because the UN seems to disagree with you. The UN says there is no evidence Hamas raped anyone in this very article:
What? How does that say anything about what did or did not happen? This is about the mandate of the team, and, as I have been saying, means that there is more investigation needed. Please, highlight for me where the UN says that there is no evidence of rape. I think in this case it might be you who struggles with some of the nuances of legalese.
Over and over again, it says that there “are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred at several locations across the Gaza periphery, including in the form of rape and gang rape, during the 7 October 2023 attacks. Credible circumstantial information, which may be indicative of some forms of sexual violence, including genital mutilation, sexualized torture, or cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, was also gathered.”
None of this amounts to “there is no evidence of rape.” What this means is that there needs to be more, sustained and explicitly mandated investigation before legal action should take place. This concept, I think, is called due process.
I agree that the Oct 7 rape charges are bullshit, but you’re misrepresenting the image you posted: it says there was no investigation and that one would be due to draw any conclusions.
The AP has been targeted by Israel for its coverage of the conflict.
In that article they interview the people who initially reported some of these cases of rape, and illustrate how and why they were wrong. It doesn’t say anywhere that there are no other erroneous reports of rape.
The UN report, which I’ve linked elsewhere, illustrates the evidence and methodology, and makes the convincing argument that sexual assault likely occurred in the context of Oct 7. It’s in plain English.
Once again https://normanfinkelstein.substack.com/p/pramila-pattens-rape-fantasies
Consider reading that instead of replying to me. It debunks everything you said about the UN report 5 times over.
I have read the UN report. You have not.
I’ve read the report, and it states over and over again that there is credible evidence of assaults, and stipulates how it went about its business.
I’m working through Dr. Finkelstein’s arguments. All I can see he does is cast doubt on the evidence that was collected and the mission’s mandate. None of this amounts to “there is no evidence that there was any rape.” It just means that there is evidence for more investigation.