It’s quite rare that I post and share the same content exactly in the same time on most of the blogs I admin. Here is an example which is central to my work as a photographer, an activist and as a human being:
‘Children growing up in a war become a wounded generation. They suffer the loss of human dignity. A generation that is itself unstable has trouble passing on stability to their own children. This means that a community can never move on. Trauma and severe mental distress do not just go away. Coordinated assistance is needed.’
Why 71 people risked their lives almost three years ago in Hungary a member of the European Union? I suspect that this is the most important question here. All the details and the discussion about the smugglers, their cruelty, the money, the truck and the shocking indifference is just derailing the real conversation: why 71 people who previously traveled through war and conflict zones decided to risk their lives in the European Union? Why they treated Hungary as a war zone?
Concerning the role of journalism I am very much surprised that many of the great papers, such as The Guardian, The New York Times fail to ask this simple question: who is ultimately responsible for this tragedy?
‘We asked the immigration authority why they keep innocent people in prison-like conditions, why they handcuff pregnant women, and why the provide poor care. They told us that there is no truth to what our sources – asylum-seekers independent of one another, the lawyer, and the UNHCR – have said.’
Liszkai Tamás röszkei plébános húsvéti beszéde
Hundreds of people gathered to show solidarity with the Syrian people of Aleppo at the Russian Embassy in Budapest. Many people blamed the Russian and the Iranian government for thier support of the brutal Assad regime. Syrian government forces with the help of the Russian Air Force and Iranian militias has recently encircled rebel held Eastern-Aleppo. Local activists claim that the Eastern part of the city was several times bombed indiscriminately by Russian fighter jets. Many of the hospitals of Eastern-Aleppo were destroyed throughout the siege. Activists sent their last messages to the outside world during this past weekend from Aleppo.
“My wife is making a nice dress for little Limar now. So please stop talking about the end of revaluation in Aleppo in your pieces. We are still trying to give life a chance here. 😊”
via The New York Times
