co coping with in the wake of the atlanta shootings. today, a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from asian-american lawmakers about the climate of hatred that they, and their constituents, are experiencing. the committee also heard from texas congressman, chip roy. the ranking republican who used part of his time to recall the good, old days, when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find the rope in texas and get a tall-oak tree. we take justice very seriously, and we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence, during a hearing to address that violence and discrimination. congressman roy, there, seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. and just as as americans of asian desent are being slandered with false allegations of loyalty to a foreign country, racist allegations that have, frankly, a long history in this country
"Without Sakharov s ideas, without this team s activity, I see no future for Russia," says Yan Rachinsky. Moscow s Sakharov Center and human rights museum holds its last event after Russian authorities decided to evict the organisation from its premises, after nearly 30 years in operation.
The people of Ukraine received the European Parliament s annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday to honour their fight against Russia s invasion.. | December 14, 2022
The European Parliament (EP) has awarded its 2022 Sakharov Prize to "the brave people of Ukraine" in their battle against Russia's unprovoke
the past, soviets can at least save the present and the future. dissident andre sakharov said memorial should denounce not only stalin but all terrorists and illegal methods of leadership. that sort of talk alarms many party hardliners who fear it couldli be a political movement and a threat to the communist party. so at first glance, it might not seem obvious why a history project, an organization that is dedicated to documenting the soviet union s past, would be so radical or why it would become such a major part of andrei sakharov s legacy. but as you heard in that report, nightly news report, the communist party was immediately frayed of it, because they could see where such a project could end up. it s one thing to look back and criticize stalin, who had been