"A recognition of Vietnamese civilian victims would constitute a legal precedent", international law specialist Valerie Cabanes told AFP. NGOs also hope it will bolster a drive to pressure states to recognise “ecocide” as a crime. Almost 20 per cent of Vietnam’s forests were affected by the chemical.
The case centres on 78-year old Tran To Nga who worked as a journalist and activist in Vietnam in her 20s.
She filed the lawsuit in 2014 against 14 firms that made or sold Agent Orange, including Monsanto, now owned by German giant Bayer, and Dow Chemical.
Speaking before the trial, Ms Nga said: ”I’m not fighting for myself, but for my children and the millions of victims.”
Today she suffers from typical Agent Orange effects, including type 2 diabetes and an extremely rare insulin allergy. She said she also contracted tuberculosis twice, developed a cancer and one of her daughters died of a malformation of the heart.
“I was the first generation to bear the scars, my daughters were also victims and now my granddaughters have diseases. In my family alone, three generations have already suffered,” she said beforehand.
“I’m almost 80. I’m the only person who can do this. If I disappear, then everything disappears with me. What I truly want is for millions of victims to take hope after this trial.”
Day 6: Curse!AU. This was inspired by @halveablock‘s amazing curse (Gojo) au concept (with my own spin to it, I guess… deep down I’m just a softie is all)! If some of you haven’t seen that yet, what are you waiting for?? I’m actually low-key embarrassed to post this, lmao. But I have procrastinated long enough… :p
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Relationship: SatoSugu
Characters: Gojo Satoru, Geto Suguru. Ieiri Shoko (brief). Yaga Masamichi (brief).
Additional tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Curse!AU, Blood, Hurt/Comfort, curse!Gojo, Murder Soulmates perhaps, (past) Established Relationship, moral ambiguity - sort of??
Summary:
[While former Special Grade sorcerer Getō Suguru had been declared a Curse User, to be killed on sight, Special Grade sorcerer Gojō Satoru’s whereabouts and status remained an odd mystery.
There was no body to be found.
Neither did anyone see the boy ever again.
There were rumors, though. Hearsay. Stories shared in hushed whispers. And hillingly, morbidly, all of them led back to one Getō Suguru.]
Or: Gojō doesn’t make it out of his first fight against Tōji - he doesn’t fully die, either. Getō latches on regardless.
i am patiently waiting for him to show up
Shisui’s Story
Ambassador Shisui Uchiha in the Senate.
Admiral Danzo and Root agents capturing Shisui.
Itachi and the Akatsuki crew rescuing Shisui from Ionath’s Void.
au! Intergalactic Akatsuki | Masterpost | The Akatsuki Crew
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[among us] blue crewmate and his red imposter friend that stalks him to protect him from other imposter, part 5
The end
[Part 1-2] [part 3] [part 4]
Alex Dimitrov, from "Love"
Let’s give credit where credit is due: Women’s March organizers Tamika Mallory, Bob Bland, Carmen Perez, and Linda Sarsour
The children were going to die.
Mohamed Bzeek knew that. But in his more than two decades as a foster father, he took them in anyway — the sickest of the sick in Los Angeles County’s sprawling foster care system.
He has buried about 10 children. Some died in his arms.
Now, Bzeek spends long days and sleepless nights caring for a bedridden 6-year-old foster girl with a rare brain defect. She’s blind and deaf. She has daily seizures. Her arms and legs are paralyzed.
Bzeek, a quiet, devout Libyan-born Muslim who lives in Azusa, just wants her to know she’s not alone in this life.
“I know she can’t hear, can’t see, but I always talk to her,” he said. “I’m always holding her, playing with her, touching her. … She has feelings. She has a soul. She’s a human being.”
He’s the only one that would take a child who would possibly not make it.— Melissa Testerman, Department of Children and Family Services intake coordinator
Of the 35,000 children monitored by the county’s Department of Children and Family Services, there are about 600 children at any given time who fall under the care of the department’s Medical Case Management Services, which serves those with the most severe medical needs, said Rosella Yousef, an assistant regional administrator for the unit.
There is a dire need for foster parents to care for such children.
family (???) feud