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Leaders
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Leaders
'The World Must Act Before Silence Becomes Complicity': Journalist Urgent Appeal
Luciux Riker, a freelance journalist and a vocal advocate for Palestinian rights, shocked her viewers on TikTok: 'The occupation just martyred Al Jazeera correspondent Hassan Shabbat. This comes hours after Palestine TV's Mohamed Mansour was killed with his family in Khan Yunis.' Shabbat died near Beit Hanun, steps from the Indonesian hospital, as colleague Mahmoud Abu Salama filmed under quadcopter fire. Medical Infrastructure Targeted Riker highlighted escalating attacks: 'They bombed the Red Cross headquarters in Raqqa—a day after striking Nasser Hospital's emergency department.' Days prior, the Turkish Friendship Hospital at Netserim, used as a military base by occupation forces, was destroyed. 'When we exposed these crimes, they called it 'blood libel.' Now, they don't even pretend,' Riker added. A Pattern of Impunity The journalist condemned global silence: 'They think you're comfortable with genocide.' Her TikTok video underscores relentless strikes on civilians, hospitals, and press, framing it as a deliberate campaign to erase Gaza's narrative. Riker's footage and words demand accountability. 'This isn't just about hospitals or journalists—it's about erasing Palestine,' she urged, echoing activists worldwide. As attacks intensify, her reporting amplifies a plea: 'The world must act before silence becomes complicity.' Short link : Post Views: 1 Related Stories
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Cool Jobs: Only the tough need apply
Editor's note: This is an occasional series focusing on local residents' interesting, unusual or even oddball occupations. If you know someone with an odd job, e-mail editor@ The wildfire fighters worked fast with chainsaws. If they didn't, fire could get out in front of their crew of about a dozen, putting them in danger. Among them was Mike Riker, an 18-year-old Jordan High School football player and wrestler chosen to be part of the North Star Fire Crew in Alaska. The crew often spent two to three weeks at a time in the Alaskan wilderness after flying into isolation to work 16- to 20-hour shifts cutting wide swaths through the forest to rob a blaze of the fuel to rage on. Firefighters subsisted mostly on military-style ready-to-eat meals, carrying 50-pound packs, striking camp around three miles from their saw lines. 'Sometime's the nearest road's 100 miles away,' Riker said. Only the physically and mentally tough can make it and thrive in such a crew, where members deal with what Riker called 'long hours, little sleep and crappy food.' Some firefighters 'broke' and had to be taken back to civilization. 'They'd get sent back,' he said. Not Riker. This was pretty close to his dream job. He took a teenager's sense of invincibility to Alaska in mid-May and returned from the largest state in the U.S. feeling somewhat more finite. 'You definitely take a whole new perspective on the value of life,' Riker said. Read more in Thursday's Shakopee Valley News.
