José Couso, 18 years of a war crime José Couso Permuy was killed by the US army on 8 April 2003, aged 37. An M1 Abrams tank fired on the people who were in the Palestine Hotel, knowing that the international press was staying there. I clearly remember that day and the events
This cartoon by Chris Britt published on 31 August in the local Schenectady (New York) newspaper The Daily Gazette of Schenectady (New York), shows a police officer pointing and shooting a black person in the back while saying: "You have the right to remain silent". The image angered the group Blue Lives Matter
Police brutality in Colombia Cartoon of 13/09/2020 in CTXT The militarisation and militarisation of police forces around the world has become naturalised, and so has the violence and brutality of their actions, including killings, sadly. On Sunday, the funeral was held in Colombia for Javier Ordóñezthe 45-year-old lawyer and taxi driver who was
Land of opportunity Cartoon of 31/05/2020 in CTXT 8 minutes and 46 secondsis the time George Floyd spent with Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's knee crushing his neck. Of that time, the last 2 minutes and 53 seconds he was already unconscious, but Chauvin's knee was still pushing his neck into the asphalt.
Cartoon of Sunday 21/10/2018 in CTXT Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate of death Journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and never came out again, as far as is known, or in what state if any. His Turkish fiancée, Hatice Cengiz, waited for him for hours outside the
