As Twitchy reported Wednesday night, Secretary of State John Kerry, keynote speaker at the Vietnam War Summit, left the audience with one overriding message: “If we forget, we cease to learn.”
After closing the Iran nuclear deal, the State Department quickly learned that its new “deal partner” had no intention of changing its ways. And today, Samantha Power, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, seems to have forgotten that nations like Russia and Iran can’t be counted on to “live by the promise of hashtag.”
Journalists do vital work bringing truths to light. This wk we spotlight a few of many unjustly jailed #FreeThePress pic.twitter.com/IPFA62zJ0L
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 26, 2016
José Antonio Torres reported on #Cuba gov mismanagement, received 14yrs in jail. Shld be free to write #FreeThePress pic.twitter.com/CpZqkN2Ahm
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 26, 2016
Now that President Obama and his family have done “the wave” with Raul Castro at the ballpark, one phone call from our shiny new U.S. embassy in Cuba should take care of that unpleasantness. Next?
Today, Power turned the spotlight on Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand, imprisoned in Iran for reporting on … torture in Iranian prisons.
Mohammad Seddigh Kaboudvand reported on torture in #Iran prisons. Was jailed for his work & faces brutal conditions pic.twitter.com/VlBzH9tpFN
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 28, 2016
In prison Kaboudvand suffered heart attacks & went on 52-day hunger strike. Peaceful expression not a crime—Iran must rls him. #FreeThePress
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/cerenomri/status/725786554128420864
@cerenomri @BeladonnaRogers @AmbassadorPower …start a hashtag campaign.
— B. Steve White (@bstevewhite) April 28, 2016
@cerenomri Come up with a hashtag about it.
— Ron Barker (@WrongNowShutUp) April 28, 2016
@cerenomri Be Very Put Out. :smh:
— Deplorable But Thankful Marie Wh*te (@sisalgirl) April 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/NiskoNed/status/725787543158009857
Speaking of Russia, Power also tweeted that the United Nations Security Council was meeting Thursday to discuss Russian aggression in Ukraine; which, if we remember correctly, inspired the State Department’s first hashtag campaign, #UnitedForUkraine. That was two years ago this week and doesn’t seem to have made an impression of Vladimir Putin.
Violence in eastern Ukraine at highest level since Sept ‘15: >4k ceasefire viols on just 1 day in Apr. Separatists routinely block monitors
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 28, 2016
Perverse cycle—Russia uses humanitarian crisis it’s fueling in e. Ukr to justify sending "humanitarian convoys" it refuses to have inspected
— Samantha Power (@AmbPower44) April 28, 2016
Russia is refusing to let U.N. inspectors do their job? It’s a good thing we can trust Iran to cooperate with nuclear inspections.
Join the conversation as a VIP Member