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Stevenage Labour Disability Discrimination in Action!

Stevenage: Grotesque Labour Discrimination Exhibited at Xmas Lights Switch-On! (25.11.2025)

In a statement, the borough council’s two Reform UK representatives, Cllr Mason Humberstone and Cllr Rob Henry, called on the mayor and the cabinet member for equalities to resign “for the shockingly disrespectful way Logan and his family were treated”. 

Cllr De Freitas said that she is “aware” of their statement but declined to comment further.

It is understood that neither Cllr De Freitas nor the mayor, Cllr Chowdhury, was involved in the planning of the Christmas lights switch-on event.

Stevenage’s Labour MP, Kevin Bonavia, was at the switch-on and said he had since spoken to Gemma and to the council to “ensure lessons are learned”.

He said: “What happened at the Stevenage lights switch-on was deeply disappointing for Logan and his family.

“Logan was invited as a special guest in his own right, and he deserved to be at the heart of that moment.

“Many constituents have contacted me about this, and I share their concern.

“I will hold the council to account to make sure that this does not happen again to any other SEN child.

“Inclusion is not optional, and despite having no role in the procedure of the event, I feel a personal duty to stand up for Logan and ensure his family feels the strength of support out there for them.

“This must never happen again.”

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Journalist Ahmad Mansour was burned alive following an Israeli strike that targeted a journalists’ tent at Nasser Hospital, Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Several other people were massacred and injured.

UK: Israel Deports Two Non-White British MPs – Accused of “Spying” Whilst on Fact-Finding “Genocide” Mission! (7.4.2025)

GAZA, April 7, 2025 (WAFA) — At least 10 civilians, including journalists, were killed and others injured early Monday morning in Israeli airstrikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a journalists’ tent near Nasser Medical Complex Hospital in Khan Yunis, killing journalist Hilmi al-Faqawi and Yousef al-Khazindar. Journalists Ahmed Mansour, Hassan Islayh, Ahmed al-Agha, Mohammed Fayeq, Abdullah al-Attar, Ihab al-Bardini, Mahmoud Awad, Majed Qudaih, and Ali Islayh were injured, some seriously.

The sources added that the Israeli occupation bombed two houses west of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, killing two citizens and wounding others.

WAFA correspondent said that Israeli drones targeted a group of citizens on Wadi al-Arayes Street in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, killing three citizens: Ghassan Bassam al-Anqar, Awad Jamal al-Harazin, and Saeed Ashour Daghmash.

He added that the occupation also bombed Masoud Street in the Al-Jurn area north of Gaza City, killing Abdul Karim Akram Muqbil. Two citizens were also killed and others wounded in the occupation’s bombing of Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.

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Regalia of Modern Russia!

Russia: Putin’s 5th Term – US & UK Aggression Leads to Deployment of Tactical Nuclear Weapons! (8.5.2024)

In his address, Putin did not directly mention the special military operation in Ukraine. Some Western countries boycotted the inauguration ceremony in light of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The United States and the United Kingdom were among those that refused to send their diplomats to the event.

Russia’s relations with the US and its allies are at their lowest point since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the world came to the brink of a nuclear war.

The West has provided Ukraine with artillery, tanks and long-range missiles, but NATO troops have not joined the conflict directly, something that both Putin and US President Joe Biden have warned could lead to World War III.

Noting the rise in nuclear tensions, Russia said on Monday it would practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons as part of its military exercise, following what it said were threats from the UK and the US.

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China Issues Report on U.S. Human Rights Violations in 2022! (28.3.2023)

Overseas military operations have caused humanitarian catastrophes. On Dec. 20, 2022, non-profit U.S. media outlet Common Dreams pointed out in an article titled “Warren, Jacobs Accuse Pentagon of Vastly Undercounting Civilians Killed by US Military” that according to data from the UK-based monitor group Airwars, U.S. airstrikes alone have killed as many as 48,000 civilians in nearly 100,000 bombings in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, and Yemen since 2001. According to data released by the Costs of War project at Brown University, since the 21st century, the U.S. government undertook what it labeled “counterterrorism” activities in 85 countries, directly killing at least 929,000 people and displacing 38 million people. And the U.S. military operations around the world have violated freedom and human rights of people in the United States and other countries. A woman and two children were killed in U.S. drone strikes in the Al-Hadba area of Al-Wadi, Yemen, on Nov. 30, 2022. “… the violence that characterizes the modern United States at home and in its conduct overseas — from the prevalence of gun — related deaths to the controversies over preemptive military action and drone strikes.”

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