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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 1d

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize for her fight for freedom, judicial independence, and human rights amid Venezuela’s deepening democratic collapse. Congratulations! 👏

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(4/4) "They all knew she would be unconscious,” he said.
Of the 51 men convicted last year, 17 appealed but quickly withdrew.
Dogan was the only one to persist — unsuccessfully.
Prosecutor Dominique Sié said Dogan had refused to take responsibility for a “massive act of destruction of a woman.”⁩

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(3/4) Turning to Dogan, she added, “You don’t understand this was rape. When will you admit it’s a crime? I am ashamed for you.”
Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, who filmed the assaults, testified that he had told all participants his wife would be drugged.

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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 1d

(2/4) But video evidence showed him penetrating a motionless, snoring Gisèle.
Gisèle, now 72, told the court: “I am the only victim. The first time I saw his face was in the videos of him raping me.”

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⁨Husamettin Dogan, 44, was initially sentenced to nine years but will now serve 10 years in prison after the Nîmes appeal court rejected his claim of innocence. His argument?
“I performed a sexual act; I never raped anyone. For me, rape means forcing someone… I am a victim.”
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Gisele Pelicot, a survivor of a decade-long ordeal of drugging and rape by her ex-husband, attends the appeals court as a convicted man challenges his verdict. She’s an international symbol of courage against sexual violence.
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Source: The Guardian

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Trump’s Supreme Court threatens to reverse decades of progress in civil rights and equality. Under the guise of “free speech” and “states’ rights,” the justices could legitimize discrimination, weaken democracy, and solidify Trump’s long-term power.

Source: The Guardian

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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 4d

Stand for democracy and community!
Join the "No Kings" protests
happening across the U.S. on Saturday, October 18, 2025. Find your nearest local protest here:
www.nokings.org

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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 4d

Jane ♥️

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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 5d

History does not repeat itself, but it does instruct.
- Timothy Snyder

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We all feel hopeless. Sometimes it feels like it’s not possible to do anything more. But we must remember that humanity still exists. There are tens of thousands of us protesting, and together, we will not stop until Palestine is free.

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My Voice, My Choice @myvoicemychoice.bsky.social · 5d

(4/4) Since being transferred to Ketziot Prison, he has allegedly been kept in isolation, subjected to humiliation, sleep deprivation, and intimidation, with access only to undrinkable water.

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(3/4) This is not his first time joining a flotilla. McEwen said he felt he could not not go. “My core worry is dying, being killed,” he told the Guardian last year, before joining an earlier mission to Gaza.

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(2/4) Reports from those in contact with the detainees describe harsh and degrading treatment; Israeli soldiers tore pages from McEwen’s passport during the interception, treated him roughly upon arrival at Ashdod Port, slapped him, and caused a shoulder dislocation by slamming him to the ground.

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According to Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), activist Surya McEwen has been exposed to serious mistreatment since the interception of the Gaza aid flotilla.
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