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The Green Party of England and Wales adopted a motion that declares Zionism a form of racism. The text draws on the vocabulary of anti-racism, decolonisation and equality ⬛️ We analysed that vocabulary against the intention: the motion abuses rights to legitimise antisemitism ⤵️
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Flávio Bolsonaro won Brazil's first round, promising to ‘resgatar a democracia’, rescue democracy 🇧🇷 His campaign uses the word democracy to defend his father, jailed for plotting to overturn the 2022 election ⬛️ Here is how the campaign takes over the language of rights ⤵️
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➡️ Bolsonaro's campaign abuses the words of human rights and empties them of meaning: rights for allies, abuse for critics 🇧🇷 We documented 21 cases throughout the presidential campaign: original source and what the instrument actually requires ⬛️
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To capture rights, China and Russia are hollowing the UN's human rights system ⬛️ Countries with experience in silencing independent institutions at home are now following the same playbook at the United Nations, targeting @UNHumanRights.
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