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“Our common home is being pillaged, laid waste and harmed with impunity,” he told activists gathered in Bolivia for the World Meeting of Popular Movements.
But, through a policy of terror extending from Oaxaca in the south, through Acapulco on the Pacific coast, and up to the great border cities of Tijuana and Juarez (Mexico’s sixth and seventh most populous cities, respectively), they have made it abundantly clear that they are trying to achieve
impunity.
The West should stop reacting to Putin with “shock and awe” – shock that he can act with such seeming impunity, and awe at his perceived tactical brilliance.
Eliminating corruption will be possible only with an effective combination of smart prevention strategies and robust law enforcement, underpinned by the belief that greed can be unlearned, accountability can be taught, and
impunity
can be terminated.
This may not be the Press Freedom World Cup, but with Russia under the global spotlight, the international community can push for the release of jailed journalists and human-rights defenders; the repeal of draconian laws; the relaxation of government control over the media; and an end to
impunity.
To be sure, Trump’s pardon of Arpaio has not created a legal basis for impunity; the pardon power’s constitutional limitations prevent that.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, growing ever stronger, is acting with
impunity.
And the conflict itself has shown that the Russian Black Sea Fleet, based in Sevastopol, can operate with impunity, whether Ukraine likes it or not.
People are hungry not because too little food is being produced, but because their rights are violated with
impunity.
Dozens of large and increasingly angry demonstrations have been held to demand that the government ensure women’s security and stop treating rapists with
impunity.
These pro-Western policies have earned him near-total impunity, along with over $20 billion worth of military and development assistance.
During the period after the fall of Mubarak, when the army exercised full power, 12,000 civilians were charged in military courts, virginity tests were imposed on women (particularly those protesting against the military), demonstrators were killed, and myriad human-rights violations were committed with
impunity.
Their murders are committed with impunity, and ignored by the media and local and national authorities.
Still, Latin American civil society is coming together to push back against political indifference and the culture of
impunity.
That way, it would become clear that these states cannot operate with
impunity
when it comes to their religious minorities, whether they profess Christianity or any other faith.
But they have also seen their friends posting on Facebook with impunity, and can see their own comments there.
They want to reverse that cycle, putting an end to corruption, official impunity, and being treated like cattle.
Moreover, in a country with the world’s highest number of police killings, Bolsonaro has openly supported expanding official impunity, saying that police who kill “bandits” should be awarded medals, not penalized.
But the past emphasis on centrally managed security sectors has made them a crucial asset in political contests, enabling them to escape oversight and benefit from de facto legal
impunity.
Analyzing the failed Times Square bombing, Ambassador Zafar Hilaly, a well-respected former Pakistani diplomat, wrote “that nowhere else today have so many armed foreign outlaws been able to use the territory of a sovereign state to wage war for so long, and with such impunity, against other countries.
But for all this generosity, an authoritarian government rules Ethiopia with virtual
impunity.
Removing constraints on lawyers and ensuring that they are not attacked with
impunity
would be a good place to start.
As then-Under Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz explained to General Wesley Clark in 1991: “We learned that we can intervene militarily in the region with impunity, and the Soviets won’t do a thing to stop us… [We’ve] got about five to ten years to take out these old Soviet ‘surrogate’ regimes – Iraq, Syria, and the rest – before the next superpower [China] comes along to challenge us in the region.”
The
impunity
that is characteristic of these heinous crimes must stop.
Has an overly forgiving nature prevented Filipinos from achieving closure in so many painful chapters of their history, or are the ravages of
impunity
to blame?
Unless we respond with strong governance and the necessary tools to enforce regulations, ruthless pirate fishing will continue with impunity, there will be no binding international safety standards for deep sea oil and gas drilling, and plastic pollution and abandoned fishing gear will continue to proliferate.
This would enhance geopolitical stability by strengthening Turkey’s capacity to mediate and support initiatives in regional contexts where
impunity
reigns, such as in Israel, Palestine, Syria, and Sudan.
It has held that accountability for the crimes of the dictators is a human right – and thus trumps the
impunity
gained by many Latin American dictators as a condition of allowing democratic transitions.
Likewise, Iran’s nuclear program gained momentum thanks to its sense of
impunity
following the colossal failure in Iraq of America’s concept of “preventive war.”
Though sanctions are unlikely to change Crimea’s status or lead to withdrawal of Russian soldiers from Ukraine, they have upheld that principle, by showing that it cannot be violated with
impunity.
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