I wonder what is going to happen to the shameful pushback law? There are more humane ways to deal with asylum seekers. You don’t have to trash human rights and the rule of law to make your hostile point. Mitenköhän käy häpeällisen rajalain kanssa? On inhimillisempiäkin tapoja käsitellä turvapaikanhakijoita. Ei tarvitse heittää roskiin ihmisoikeuksia ja…
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MP Heikki Vestman and the government replace human rights and the rule of law with bravado and hubris
National Coaaliton Party MP and chairperson of the constitutional committee, Heikki Vestman, has made a name for himself for his xenophobic statements and for flaunting human rights and the rule of law. His parliamentary committee has given the green light to the Draft Act on Temporary Measures to Combat Instrumentalised Migration, or the so-called pushback law…
Are Donald Trump and his critics interested in #BlackLivesMatter, social equality, and change?
Thanks to the United States, Latin America has suffered human rights abuses, poverty, exploitation, and a long line of dictators. The latest coup we saw in that part of the world was in Bolivia when Jeanine Áñez usurped power and named herself president. I lived under a ruthless dictatorship in Argentina. Memories from those times…
A Finnish lawmaker who states that human rights don’t apply to everyone
With a populist anti-immigration party like the Perussuomalaiset (PS)* in government, it’s clear that issues like human rights and the right to asylum would be questioned by such a bigoted party. Laura Huhtasaari, right, the PS MP with the kindergarten teacher smile, has stuck her foot in her mouth again.
Amnesty International cites (again) Finland’s human rights violations against refugee, migrant and transgender rights
Amnesty International criticized Finland in a 2014-15 country report on human rights violations for its treatment of asylum seekers, migrants, transgender people and conscientious objectors, according to YLE in English. It said that police inaction agains women and girls was another cause for concern. Should we be surprised? Not really. Finland has had a poor…