#OSCE

[ohsalome]

#ukraine #war in ukraine #russia #russian propaganda #russian invasion of ukraine #russo ukrainian war #russian war on ukraine #russian invasion in ukraine #ruscism #nazism #nationalism #disinformation #osce #child abuse

[virtuosicstudyblr]

Some studying for my OSCE exams in two weeks (wish me luck). Finally med school feels like it’s preparing me to be a doctor. 🩺💕 || 16.03.2023 Lux

#medical school #messy desk #old desk #midcentury #med school #osce #medizinstudium #studying #study notes #study space

[stillunusual]

OSCE statement of preliminary findings and conclusions about the Polish Parliamentary elections 2023:

"The 15 October parliamentary elections were competitive, and voters had a wide choice of political alternatives, but the ruling party enjoyed clear advantage through its undue influence over the use of state resources and the public media. The elections took place in a highly polarized environment and were perceived as being critical to Poland’s future on key matters, including the resilience of democratic institutions, personal freedoms and foreign policy. Contestants campaigned freely in a contest that was, unfortunately, characterized by the wide use of intolerant, xenophobic and misogynistic rhetoric. Holding a government-initiated referendum concurrently served to amplify the ruling party’s campaign messages, including through the support of state controlled companies, thereby undermining the separation of state and party and enabled some circumvention of campaign finance regulations. In a politically polarized media environment, and a generally narrowing space for independent journalism, the public broadcaster openly favoured the ruling party"….

#poland #polska #general election #wybory #wybory 2023 #osce #international election observation mission

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Post from Donetsk today, about the killing of children in the U.S.-Ukraine war on Donbass. We protested for justice for Vladik and other child victims here in New York and around the world:

Remember the boy, whose name was Vladik Dmitriev. He was four years old when a grenade dropped from a Ukrainian drone tore him apart [in early 2021 -- one year before Russia's military intervention]. Then I had to "persuade" the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission for a long time to go to the place where the child died. They arrived a week later (I have kept all the correspondence). 

The reason was that the Ukrainian media and some "actors" of the humanitarian persuasion assured them that the boy was not there. Then they assured that since the boy had died, that was certainly because his grandparents kept grenades in the yard. Therefore, I had to send a birth certificate of the child, then a certificate of death and the causes of death. Then photographs of a small funnel with fragments spreading 360 degrees. Then I had to write that his grandfather had to "bury" a fragment of his grandson's hand, which he found in the firewood after the funeral.

It was only after that that they arrived. Then they wrote for a long time ... I even had to explain to them that Vlad's parents had an audio recording of a conversation with the OSCE mission staff.

This boy's death was not convenient. They tried to ignore it. But, fortunately, there were those in the institutions of European power that did not allow this.

Back then I met Vladik's parents, Katya and Sergey. They are very bright guys. Sergei was a metallurgist, and Katya was a kindergarten teacher. I know that she could not work there after the death of her son: the children reminded her of her son.

Today it was Katya who responded to the death of eight-year-old Nikita [killed by a Ukrainian strike on Donetsk on March 11, 2023]. She wrote, "I would really like to give his mother strength and patience. I would like to show her how close her pain is and that there are people for whom this is not just a roundup of news, but a part of life. Anyone who once faced the loss of a child knows that it will no longer be the same as before, that life is just a physical state. Mentally and in this comment, I send her strength, stamina and faith in myself and in God. Faith that we will meet with them, and this separation is not eternal. "To live in the name of the memory of my child was once the only clue for me in this life. Dear girl (I'm sorry I don't know your name), I'm with you with all my heart and soul and our children are always with us, no matter what happens.

"I keep photos of Vladik. Today I received a photo of Nikita. He is happy on it, next to the pool. It turns out that he was taken out for several weeks on vacation last fall. The woman who received Nikita was crying when she spoke to me. Today she has other children next to her, "the same as Nikita.”

Thanks to Katia Osminogova for sharing the link.

Translation by Melinda Butterfield

#StandWithDonbass #Donetsk #Lugansk #StopWarOnChildren #StopNATO #imperialism #Ukraine #proxy war #OSCE #protest #solidarity #Struggle La Lucha

[my-person-suit-is-defective]

Medschool, disability, and failed exams

(ngl just wanted to get this out of my system but honestly would appreciate any advice/comments/etc on dealing with this absolute bullshit)

I failed my 3rd year OSCE resit. Im so frustrated, I don't understand the scoring of the stations and why I failed so many. One I was sure I'd fail, I didn't. One I was sure was good, I failed. It all seems to vary so much depending on individual examiners. ''Objective'' does not seem accurate. It's even worse bc I got over 50% both times but just didn't pass enough stations. The feedback given is generally useless. Now I have to repeat the entirelty of third year and it feels like so much goddamn effort is wasted.

So little accommodation is made for disabled students and I have felt the impact of that on my education my entire life, but medschool, particularly in the clinical phase, takes it to an extreme. With the amount of abled students burning out, it wasn't surprising to me but unfortunately that doesn't actually help with dealing with it. I'm just so fucking exhausted with having to fight and claw for literally the minimum consideration and still getting nowhere.

After the first failed sit I was sat infront of one of the vice dean and he asked why I failed, I explained that I had a chest infection at the time and still attempted the exams but ended up subluxating a rib 15 minutes before the start time of the first day. He expressed his disbelief at that occuring and made a joke about me drugging myself up to help the pain and going into the exam basically high. How is that appropriate conduct?

I haven't been shocked at the amount of ableism perpetuated by doctors and the medical industry in general in a long time, but I am constantly embittered by it. I don't trust them with my health, I don't trust them with my education, I don't even trust them to assess me accurately if I'm honest.

I honestly don't think/know if I can afford to retake the year. I currently am currently trying to juggle was is effectively a full time job with placement (which doesn't include teaching), actually teaching myself what we're supposed to know, 5+ different doctors regarding my own health, and then normal day to day functioning and life. Its not sustainable, but other than leaving medical school entirely, theres no other option. And I love medicine, I love seeing patients, the month I spent in community paediatrics was beyond inspiring but why do I have to suffer so much to even get a chance at achieving it?

#medicine #medical school #medical student #OSCE #FFP #university #higher education #cripple #chronically ill #physically disabled and neurodivergent #ehlers danlos syndrome #chronic pain #disability #institutionalised ableism

[ukrainenews]

A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe found that patterns of violent acts by Russian forces in Ukraine meet the qualification of crimes against humanity, detailing horrific actions by Russian forces.

The new report released Thursday is the latest documentation of potential war crimes committed by Russian forces. The OSCE experts who put together the report traveled to Kyiv and met with Ukrainian authorities there as well as Bucha and Irpin, where they found “grave breaches” of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention.

The report “found credible evidence” that suggested “some patters of violent acts which had been repeatedly documented during the conflict,” including “killing, rape abductions or massive deportations of civilians, qualified as a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population.”

The OSCE mission that compiled the report wrote that 1.3 million Ukrainian citizens have been deported against their will to Russia and said there was evidence that tens of thousands of civilians had been detained at so-called “filtration centers” before being transported to Russian-controlled areas of eastern Ukraine.

“Approximately 2,000 children from various orphanages and children’s institutions” have been “purportedly transferred to Russia, even though they have living relatives and were in the institutions only for medical care,” the report stated.

US Ambassador to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said in a statement that the report “gives us an opportunity to pull back and document the unconscionable atrocity crimes, human rights violations, and abuses members of Russia’s forces have committed.”

This week’s report is the second that OSCE has released documenting atrocities committed against the Ukrainian population. In April, the group released its first report with similar findings of "credible evidence" suggesting violations of "even the most fundamental human rights.”

Together, both reports “comprise the most comprehensive accounting of evidence to date of Russia’s human rights abuses, international humanitarian law violations,” US State Department Spokesman Ned Price said in a statement after the second report’s release Thursday.

“The United States and our partners will seek to hold accountable those responsible for all human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including war crimes, they commit in Ukraine,” Price added in the statement.

The report noted that it had identified “numerous violations” of international humanitarian law that constituted war crimes, “if the responsible individuals can be found.”  

“These violations included mistreatment of prisoners of war, deliberate killing of civilians, deliberate attacks against civilians and against civilian objects, including schools, hospitals or cultural property, or the failure to respect the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precautions,” the report said.

Conscription, meaning forced military service, “was imposed on all local men between the age of 18 and 65 in areas under Russian control in the Donbas as well as of the oblasts of Kharkiv, Kherson, and Sumy,” the report added.

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The full report from the OCSE can be read here. The report also details the evidence of use of torture chambers, murder, human shields, and sexual assault against adults and minors. 

#ukraine #OSCE #1.3 million people is the population of san diego #i don't usually let my emotions through on this blog #but I am ANGRY tonight

[useless-catalanfacts]

Jordi Vilanova speaks on behalf of the Catalan grassroots organization ANC in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)'s Human Dimension Conference to denounce Spain's lawfare strategy aimed at repressing the democratic Catalan pro-independence movement.

Spain’s repressive practices have been denounced by international organizations such as the Council of Europe, Amnesty International and the World Organization Against Torture, and endanger democracy. The OSCE should send the High Commissioner on National Minorities to visit Catalonia and report on the situation here.

Video posted by ANC International on their Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

#actualitat #catalunya #catalonia #political repression #democracy #political persecution #political prisoners #independence #independència #national liberation #europe #human rights #spain #democratic rights #current events #news #european union #national minority #minorities #osce

[mysteriouspuccy]

. ✧・ﾟ: *✧・ﾟ:* puppet show by xg has been on repeat omw *:・ﾟ✧*:・ﾟ✧.

1 month until my exams begin! (not an exclamation of excitement)

I'm actually panicking quite a bit because I have so much to study for, my exams + the block I'm currently busy with(obstetrics & gynaecology). My plan is to literally tackle them all at once lmao I don't know what else to tell you.

Today I:

♡ attended a skills tutorial where we learnt to insert a female catheter

♡ crammed some obs&gynae questions I have to know for this Friday (100 questions for 5% can you just imagine)

♡ did anaemia and cytopaenia anki cards for the 1 haematology exam I have in November

♡ looked at a bit of neurophysiology for the 2 neuroscience exams I have in November

♡ watched an episiotomy lecture/tut in preparation for a skills tutorial tomorrow on campus

More than anything, I'm hoping to stay consistent over the next few weeks instead of mass studying because of procrastination. ♡

#me #studyblr #med studyblr #medschool #med student #year 3 #xg #puppet show #kpop #obstetrics #gynaecology #exam season #osce #osce prep #neuroscience #mbchb #anki #anki cards #anaemia #cytopaenia #haematology

[sammiestudiesdrugs]

08/05/23

Topics to cover before OSCEs tomorrow:

Evidence based medicine: heirarchy of sources, endpoints

Patient centred care and expectations

Ethics

Symptoms in the pharmacy

Common ailment scheme

Drug counselling and information gathering

#pharmacy school #osce

[uupiic]

Hooting, hollering, CHEERING

(*sigh* click through to twitter for the video)

#Ukraine #war in ukraine #slava ukraini #Latvia #OSCE #OSCEPA #THAT'S OUR LAD

[ohsalome]

#ukraine #war in ukraine #russia #russian invasion in ukraine #war #policis #amnesty international #red cross #osce #journalism #west #imperialism

[savemygrades]

Had my formative osce today. And, well, let's just say I'm glad it was only a formative

#Literally blanked in a history taking station #Me the actor and the examinar all sat in silence for 5 minutes because my brain decided to give up on me #In all fairness to the examiner he kept reminding that I've still a lot of time left #So I proceeded to summarise everything said to me #Twice #Looool #And then the knee examination station #Oh the knee examination station #Lmaooo #Fully went improv mode #Idk wth I was doing #Apparently I did some hip examination tests in the middle #Idk #It was an out of body experience #Lool #Osce #Medblr #Med student #Med #Studyblr #Exams

[guesshowmuchi-hate-you]

I love it when OSCE examiners gaslight me into thinking my answers are wrong ❤️

#osce #med student #medical school #medicine #univeristy

[pedrop61]

L'OSCE comunicava le coordinate di tiro agli ucraini per colpire le postazioni della milizia del Donbass

#OSCE #Donbass #Ucraina

[ukrainenews]

Daily Wrap Up July 14, 2022

Under the cut:

The death toll from a Russian missile attack in the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine has climbed to 22, including three children

The United States and more than 40 other countries have agreed to coordinate investigations into suspected war crimes in Ukraine

The European Commission has proposed to EU countries a deal with Azerbaijan to increase imports of natural gas and support the expansion of a pipeline to facilitate

The world’s largest security body has expressed “grave concern” about the alleged mistreatment of tens of thousands of Ukrainians in so-called filtration centres set up by Russia in Ukraine

A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe documents the discovery of torture chambers at a summer camp in Bucha, Ukraine (mind the content warnings)

“The death toll from a Russian missile attack in the city of Vinnytsia in central Ukraine has climbed to 22, including three children, according to the head of the national police in Ukraine, Ihor Klymenko.

Dozens of people are still unaccounted for, Ukraine’s state emergency service said. A further 52 people, including four children, have been hospitalised, it said. 34 are in serious condition.

Only six of the bodies have been identified so far, Klymenko said. The strikes damaged more than 50 buildings and more than 40 cars, he added.

The attack on Vinnytsia, far from the war’s frontlines, occurred in mid morning when the streets were full of people. A Russian submarine in the Black Sea fired Kalibr cruise missiles at the city, the deputy head of Ukraine’s presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said.”-via The Guardian

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“The United States and more than 40 other countries have agreed to coordinate investigations into suspected war crimes in Ukraine.

On Thursday, 45 countries at the conference in The Hague - headquarters of the International Criminal Court (ICC) - signed a political declaration to work together on investigations into war crimes in Ukraine.

Those countries included European Union states as well as Britain, the United States, Canada, Mexico and Australia”-via The Guardian

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“The European Commission has proposed to EU countries a deal with Azerbaijan to increase imports of natural gas and support the expansion of a pipeline to do this, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.

The draft memorandum of understanding, which needs approval from the governments involved and could still change, is part of European Union efforts to slash reliance on Russian gas following the war in Ukraine.”-via Reuters

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“The world’s largest security body has expressed “grave concern” about the alleged mistreatment of tens of thousands of Ukrainians in so-called filtration centres set up by Russia in Ukraine.

Tens of thousands of civilians are taken to these centres in the self-proclaimed breakaway Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in eastern Ukraine, before being deported to Russia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said.

There are around 20 such facilities on Russian-occupied territories, according to Yevhenii Tsymbaliuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to the OSCE.

A new report by the OSCE said reports indicate that people are subject to “harsh interrogations and humiliating body searches” in these centres.

Those found to have collaborated with Kyiv “often simply disappear” with some being allegedly transferred to Russian-controlled territories, where they are detained or even murdered, the report said.

Experts also found “grave breaches of international humanitarian law”, particularly in the towns of Bucha and Irpin, where they saw “signs of torture and ill-treatment on the corpses of killed civilians” that showed a “disregard of the principle of humanity”.

Targeted killing, rape, abductions and massive deportations of civilians had been repeatedly documented during the conflict, it said.”-via The Guardian

The full OSCE report can be read here.

The next entry goes into more detail about the findings of this report.

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CONTENT WARNING: Torture, murder, sexual assault of adults and minors

“A new report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe documents the discovery of torture chambers at a summer camp in Bucha, Ukraine.

This report — OSCE's second one — covered the period between April 1 to June 25. The OSCE experts traveled to Ukraine to collect evidence, including visiting the towns of Bucha and Irpin, which the report said were “two emblematic examples of the breaches of International Humanitarian Law under the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, which constitute war crimes.”

The experts noted that photographic and video evidence showed Russian forces carried out “targeted, organized killings of civilians in Bucha” who were found shot dead with their hands tied behind their backs.

The report documented a “series of torture chambers separated by concrete walls” discovered at a summer camp in Bucha, including a room that the report said appeared to be used for executions with bullet holes in the walls.

In another room where experts said there was evidence of torture and waterboarding, five dead men were found. “They were covered with burns, bruises, and lacerations,” the report said.

In a village in the Bucha district, the bodies of 18 men, women and children were discovered in a basement.

The report said that “some had their ears cut off, while others had their teeth pulled out.”

The OSCE mission wrote that reports of women and girls being raped and sexually abused by Russian forces “have become abundant,” especially in territories newly occupied by Russian forces.

The report noted several particularly atrocious cases, including a report from the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmyla Denisova, who said that 25 girls aged 14 to 24 years old were kept in a basement in Bucha and gang-raped. Nine became pregnant, the report said.

The report also documented instances of Ukrainian civilians being used as “human shields,” being forced to fight alongside Russians against their own country in the ongoing war and being displaced to Russia without their consent.

The report noted: “Russian soldiers used over 300 Ukrainian civilians as human shields and held them captive for 25 days in March in the basement of Yahidne School, where a major Russian military camp was located.””-via CNN

The full OSCE report can be read here.

#ukraine #war in ukraine #daily wrap up #russia #bucha #osce #EU #Vinnytsia #azirbaijan

[perpetualpixelnews]

#USA #Syria #Russia #Ukraine #warships #France #energy #blackouts #Lavrov #OSCE #Turkey #Putin #Philippines #UNRWA #Israeli #Gaza #Palestine #WestBank #newsheadlines #breakingnews #newstoday #Worldnews #currentnews #newsclips #PerpetualPixelNews #Internationalnews #newsalert #news #topnews #headlines