#eyes on congo

[hole34]

don’t forget about Congo. don’t forget about Sudan. don’t forget about Palestine. don’t forget about Lebanon. don’t forget about the Uyghur Muslims. don’t forget about Iraq. don’t forget about Syria. don’t forget about Yemen. don’t forget about slavery.

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repost daily if you can. 🇮🇷🇺🇦

[mellomaia]

I saw someone make a similar post and didn't want to distract from that one by adding on: On this Valentine’s Day please don’t forget about the genocide in the Congo. An ongoing issue in the Congo and nearby countries is that enslaving children to pick cocoa nuts is common practice in the chocolate industry. People buy lots of chocolate candies during Valentine's day, contributing to this human rights crisis.

I recommend referencing the chocolate list from The Food Empowerment Project (FEP) before purchasing chocolate whenever possible. FEP is an organization that advocates veganism and does a ton of research and activism around the rights of agricultural workers. The chocolate list is a culmination into which chocolate brands are likely and unlikely to be sourcing their chocolate from the areas of the world where slavery is most rampant. They have a desktop version, as well as a mobile app. I find the mobile app easier to use, fwiw.

[mileenaxyz]

I love this man. He's really on the ground, building shelters, feeding and clothing people. 🥹 He's working tirelessly in Congo.

[violottie]

tw: rape, sexual assault, violence on women & children

"SAVING THE WOMEN OF CONGO!

"Congolese women are paying a terrible price for the conflict in eastern DRC. Those who escape the violence are often forced to find shelter in makeshift tent camps, without proper facilities or security - where they face a high risk of sexual assault." from African Stream, 26/Mar/2024:

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Many have children in their care and seek work outside the camps, including in dangerous cobalt mines. This has also left them vulnerable to militants who abduct and rape.

Children are also subjected to sexual abuse, with stigma and unwanted pregnancies making the trauma even harder to bear.

According to a UNICEF report, the rise in sexual violence in Congo went up by 37% in the first three months of 2023, compared with the year before.

The systematic use of rape as a weapon of war has been labeled a “medical and humanitarian emergency,” as aid groups struggle to provide adequate health and psychological services to affected women and children.

[pilloclock]

Your posts about Palestine matter, your posts about Congo and Sudan matter. Your awareness and the sharing and education of others MATTERS 🇵🇸🇸🇩🇨🇩

Keep posting , keep sharing, keep boycotting, keep watching , keep reposting , keep commenting and most importantly don’t let yourself see human deaths as just numbers. Don’t let yourself become blind. London just had the biggest protest many people have ever seen in support of Palestine. Demand a ceasefire and don’t stop.

[seohyun0306]

[c4myra]

blocking aid, killing children and innocent men, women, people. starving them. there is more blood spilled than drinkable water in Palestine.

“i dont like politics” THIS IS HUMAN RIGHTS. these are living beings. you hate politics?

i hate that you use that as a excuse. i hate that you have not spoken out.

“i can’t boycott” you’re saving money. what about those innocent people? they don’t have that luxury, at all. “i want my mcdonald’s” gaza, palestine is being starved. they’re blocking aid, food trucks. with our tax money, our government, our “country” is doing this. israel is doing this.

“i need a new phone.” children in congo are being killed, slaved, beat. to make you that phone. what about them?

what about any of them? do you only care when it’s your race? when it’s your life?

pro lifers, where are you? you wanted abortion banned so bad. what about the babies in palestine being killed, bombed, dying. being denied help, formula food. babies are being born WEEKS early, they’re dying. they have no food, no family. babies are being stuck and suffocated under the rubble.

they’re not numbers. they’re humans who had dreams and accomplishments, families, life, hope. don’t forget them. don’t forget the ones who passed, who lived, who are stuck under the rubble.

[rha3nyr4]

Reblog this if you support palastine, sudan, congo and if you're boycotting

[diaday333]

Hymns/prayers for the Dead

I’ve never really considered reading/ writing hymns for the dead because I guess I never “needed” them, but with the tragic events going on the world right now, multiple gen-c-des and atrocities, I’ve felt moved to write these. Like I said in my last prayer post, keep speaking up, b0yc0tting, and keep praying! You can technically apply these prayers with any dead, but I had the m@rtyrs of Su-dan, Con- go, Ethiopia, and Pale - stine (breaking them up on purpose) in mind, as well as anyone else who have lost their lives due to the terrible events going on in this world and from their oppression. Also, sorry for any spelling or grammar errors.

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We call to Hermes Kαταιβάτης (he who leads souls down to the underworld), guider of souls. Immortal guide, lover of humankind, you take special care of us when we leave this earth, and your involvement shows the Gods’ love of humankind, as there is a God with us every step of the way, even after our deaths. Gracious God, during these times we ask for your grace, and for you to take extra care of the souls that find their way past the river Styx. Everyday now, thousands of people die from acts of cruelty from oppressors emboldened by hubris. We ask you to treat these souls with added care, especially those of children, taken from life too early, while you escort them to the dread queen's home or wherever their final resting place may lie. Charm them with your wand and bless their heavy eyelids, bringing them a peaceful end for their final rest. Oh Lord, guider of mortals, grant a sacred end to those who lived the best they could.

(Greek pronunciation: Kah-teh-vah-tiis(ees))

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To the Savior of the dead and the noble queen herself, we call to you! Dread Persephone and shadowy Hades, though you may not take every soul into your wide walls, you watch over the dead nonetheless, those who wander your fields of flowers. We thank you for your mercy towards our souls, notably of the most restless ones. We ask that they can find joy in the afterlife, especially those who were robbed of it. Not only do you take in these souls, Lovely Persephone, you exact justice on their behalf, with your kindly attendants, or daughters in some ways, the Erinyes, especially during these harrowing times. All we ask is for justice and a peaceful afterlife for the many martyred people of all the atrocities going on. We thank you, Hades and fair-tressed Persephone!

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“Fear the prayers of the oppressed.” I heard that today and I thought it fit. The Gods are with us and the oppressed during these times 🤲 They hear every prayer and they are outraged as we are. Keep up every action and don’t forget about our fellow humans suffering and don’t stop fighting!! No act of oppression goes past them and they hear everything. It’s been almost a year for Su-Dan, almost 6 months, 160+ days for Pale - stine, and years for Con-go. The Gods count each day and count each person who say and do nothing. I just want add some of my favorite excerpts that get me through these hard times and reminds me that the Gods care (which we already knew, but yknow).

“The gods are not blind to men with blood upon their hands. In the end the black (kelainai) Erinyes bring to obscurity that one who has prospered in unrighteousness and wear down his fortunes by reverse.” - Aeschylus, “Agamemnon”

“Hear, Tisiphone, Allekte, noble Megaira, revered goddesses whose Bacchic cries resound. Nocturnal and clandestine, you live deep down in the dank cave by the sacred water of the Styx. Men's unholy designs do incur your anger; rabid and arrogant, you howl over Necessity's dictates, clothed in animal skins, you cause the deep pains of retribution.” - (First part of) Orphic hymn 69

“Hear me and be gracious, 0 renowned Eumenides, O pure daughters of the great Chthonic Zeus and of lovely Persephone, fair-tressed maiden. Over the lives of impious mortals you keep a careful eye, in charge of Necessity, you punish the unjust.”

(First part of) Orphic hymn 70

“For whoever knows the right and is ready to speak it, far-seeing Zeus gives him prosperity…” - Hesiod “Work and days”

“You princes, mark well this punishment you also; for the deathless gods are near among men and mark all those who oppress their fellows with crooked judgements, and reck not the anger of the gods. For upon the bounteous earth Zeus has thrice ten thousand spirits, watchers of mortal men, and these keep watch on judgements and deeds of wrong as they roam, clothed in mist, all over the earth. And there is virgin Justice, the daughter of Zeus, who is honoured and reverenced among the gods who dwell on Olympus, and whenever anyone hurts her with lying slander, she sits beside her father, Zeus the son of Cronos, and tells him of men's wicked heart, until the people pay for the mad folly of their princes who, evilly minded, pervert judgement and give sentence crookedly.” - Hesiod “Works and Days”

[shady-mc-muffin]

What’s behind the armed conflict in eastern DR Congo? | The Take

[someone---who---cares]

Really concerned by how ignored all the posts about Congo and Sudan get all the time. I don't know what to do anymore. Do I have to set myself on fire too? As invisible as I am, I doubt anyone would notice...

Since this is getting a bit of traction: please click on the tags, I have several posts about it on my blog. Thank you!

[mileenaxyz]

They deserve so much more. 🥹

[the-muse-of-not-writing]

just a reminder that Congo is still suffering. 7 million people are internally displaced because of violence, extreme poverty and mining expansions for cobalt, the stuff running all our technology. the people that have to work in the mines are under horrible conditions and aren't being treated any better.

Pappy Orion on TikTok is currently working in Congo to help people there. He has a charity and a online form you can fill out to volunteer for work.

[bangtan-pugh-bug]

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[mssstake]

If you’re ever struggling to think of comments that won’t shadow ban “political” content, just ask something open-ended while being “playfully controversial”. Examples below:

“What color notebooks do you all use for sience? I use orange”

“What do you all drink on a hot day? I drink a lot of hot chocolate”

“What temperature makes socks and sandals justifiable?”

“Do you all set your toilet paper towards you or the wall? I sit mine on top of the holder.”

[c4myra]

congo is experiencing a genocide too btw. it may not be as documented, but that doesn’t stop or give anyone a right to ignore congo. congo is bleeding.

you have a cellphone? made from the hands of child a man, women, a human being in congo. while in congo they’re being forced and tortured. congo is one of the richest country’s yet people of congo, are not receiving any of it. they are abused, tortured, killed, massacred. do better!!! speak up.

a edit to add on. if you vape, want a new phone (please boycott.) or want any electronic or item, that has cobalt i beg you BOYCOTT. you will be ok, they will not be!! “a man in congo set himself on fire, to get people’s attention.” do you realize what this man did. set himself on fire?? to get our attention!! please do not look away, America and our government do not care, they never have and never will. please speak up don’t stay silent, silence kills.

free palestine, free congo, free sudan. free every country, state, stolen land (colonized land.) that is suffering, colonialism, genocide, colonization, oppression, ethnic cleansing.