2021 : South African diplomat Lesiba Machaba argues with an Israeli soldier attempting to stop Palestinian farmers harvesting olives near AlKhaleel (Hebron) occupied West Bank
Hyuna saves Mizi due to her own personal reasoning, not out of rebellion duty or obligation. First, to make up for the death of someone dear to her, and second, as an act of self-consolation. Hyuna sees her past self in Mizi, and believes that saving her will help free herself from the past that she's been shackled to.
These are the numbers of recorded cases of torture committed by the russian military in Ukraine:
More than 3,800 civilians and 2,200 prisoners of war were recognized as victims of torture.
More than 160 torture chambers, with 44 in Chernihiv Oblast, 25 in Kharkiv Oblast and 18 in Zaporizhia Oblast.
48% of those tortured never openly expressed their disagreement with the invasion, which is irrelevant, because occupiers are identifying “suspicious” civilians by such markers as being unshaved or not having russian citizenship.
Among the most common types of physical torture are:
electroshock (63% of respondents), lasting 20–30 minutes;
severe, prolonged beating (79%);
deprivation of basic needs (73%). Overcrowded cells, lack of sleeping space and fresh air, extreme temperatures and forced nudity, no sufficient food and water, unsanitary conditions, none or limited access to toilets, no medical care.
Source
A short article on a similar topic in English
This is a deliberate, well-documented extermination of everything not just Ukrainian, but that which once stood next to Ukrainian and no longer even smells of it.
My latest fandom column for Atlas Obscura is live! This one is on @terrorcamp, a Terror fandom con + polar history conference that truly feels like it straddles both fandom and academia. Many thanks to the brilliant group of people who spoke to me for this piece, especially TC organizer @areyougonnabe, of course!!
There are so many quotes I love, but one of my favorites was from Hester Blum, a Penn State English professor, on how the event reshaped her thinking about current teaching in the humanities:
Watching the presentations from younger fans also made her reassess the way she and her colleagues approach their students; many academics discuss younger generations’ interest in “relatability,” and how it prevents them from engaging with history and literature. “One of the things that this conference made me realize is how fundamentally we have misunderstood what it means to be ‘relatable,’” she says. “And it’s not simply a lack of critical distance or affinity—but the kind of passionate fan response, as something that is deeply critical and deeply thought-through. It was one of those moments that was like, ‘Oh, this can be the future of engagement.’ This was incredible.”