Influential president of Human Rights Campaign stepping downAssociated Press - By JULIE PACEWASHINGTON (AP) — Chad Griffin, the influential LGBTQ activist who helped turn the Human Rights Campaign into a powerful political force, announced Thursday that he is stepping down as the organization’s
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny flies out of Russia after ban liftedThe Guardian - ReutersOpposition figure allowed to leave to attend European court of human rights case Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been allowed to fly out of Russia to attend the finale of a case he filed at Europe’s
Audio Contains Gruesome Details of Khashoggi Killing, Turkish Official SaysThe New York Times - By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and CARLOTTA GALLISTANBUL — Saudi agents were waiting when Jamal Khashoggi walked into their country’s consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. Mr. Khashoggi was dead within minutes, beheaded, dismembered, his fingers severed,
Missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi tortured, dismembered in Saudi consulate, report saysUSA TODAY - Michael JamesTurkish officials have told the U.S. that they have proof that a missing Washington Post columnist was tortured, murdered and dismembered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul earlier this month, the
U.S. withdrawal leaves vacuum at U.N. rights forumReuters - Stephanie NebehayGENEVA (Reuters) - China, Britain and the European Union lamented on Wednesday Washington’s decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council as Western countries began looking for a substitute the
Israeli officials concerned by U.S. pullout from human rights councilAxios - Barak Ravid of Israel's Channel 13 news Israeli foreign ministry officials tell me they are concerned that U.S. withdrawal from the UN human rights council will make it harder to block …
Trump’s Insidious Reason for Leaving the UN Human Rights CouncilThe Atlantic - Lauren WolfeWhile his administration cited its criticism of Israel, the White House also wants to distance itself from a body critical of its own policies. When the Trump administration commits to a decision, it full
U.S. Announces Its Withdrawal From U.N. Human Rights CouncilNPR - Colin DwyerAfter more than a year of complaints and warnings — some subtle and others a little less so — the Trump administration has announced that the United States is withdrawing from the United Nations Human
US poised to announce exit from UN human rights councilAssociated Press - By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMANWASHINGTON (AP) — The United States announced Tuesday it was leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council, with Ambassador Nikki Haley calling it “an organization that is not worthy of its name.” was
Arlo Guthrie'They Could Hear the Children Screaming’: Lawmaker Details Trump Administration's Horrifying Treatment of Immigrant Kidsalternet.org - by (CN) – These days it comes right after intermission. It's ascending, four-note introduction starting even before the stage lights come up. "You still …
Kim Jong-un The one huge issue Trump will not address with Kim Jong UnMSNBC - Katy Tur From labor camps, to ordering the death of members of his own family, Kim Jong Un has been accused of a range of human rights abuses– a topic that …
The New York Human Rights Commission Is Investigating The Wing [Updated]Jezebel - J.K. Trotter If you live in New York City or Washington, D.C. and work in a certain kind of industry, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of The Wing. If you …
Philippines says bodies of beheaded civilians found in rebel-held townReuters - Kanupriya KapoorMARAWI CITY, Philippines (Reuters) - Five decapitated civilians were found in a Philippine city occupied by Islamist rebels on Wednesday, the military said, warning the number of residents killed by rebel
Private security firm conducted military-style surveillance and counterintelligence campaign against Standing Rock protesters,Business Insider - Antonia JuhaszIts surveillance targets included everyone from Native American demonstrators to the actress Shailene Woodley, along with organizations including Black Lives Matter, 350.org, Veterans for Peace, the Catholic
British-Iranian Woman Loses Final Appeal Against Five-Year Jail Sentence In IranBuzzFeed - Alicia Melville-Smith Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, was detained at Tehran airport last year. She has been accused of being a British spy.
Human Rights Watch calls for end to Egypt military aidAl JazeeraUS and others urged to cut military aid to Egypt after video of apparent summary executions surfaces. Human Rights Watch has appealed to the United States and other countries to halt all military aid Egypt
Help stop the torture of gay men in ChechnyaDAZED - Dmitry SavelauThe events of the last two weeks in the most controversial and oppressive region of Russia have left many activists and journalists in shock. According to various reports, including Human Rights Watch,
Proposed Trump executive order would allow US firms to sell 'conflict minerals'Guardian US - Ed Pilkington in New YorkDraft executive order proposes suspension of portion of Dodd-Frank reforms designed to prevent US from selling minerals that are fuelling violence in Congo The Trump administration has prepared a new order
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo The Film, Tears of Tibethubpages.com - Guru-C "In September 2006, the shooting by border guards of a 17-year old nun, known as Kelsang Namtso, close to the Nangpa pass on the Tibet-Nepal border …
Veteran, 91, Discharged for Being Gay in 1948 Files Lawsuit Seeking Status ChangeNBC News - Erin CalabreseIn the 1940s, H. Edward Spires faced a choice men don’t face today — enlist or be drafted. Spires chose to enlist, and was assigned as an Air Force chaplain’s assistant in San Antonio, Texas. But his assignment
‘It will blow up’: fears Myanmar's deadly crackdown on Muslims will spiral out of controlThe Guardian - Poppy McPherson in SittweGenerations of distrust between Rohingya Muslims and wider Buddhist population have boiled over into reprisals fuelling the spectre of an insurgency “The situation is really bad here,” he says, sitting
The United Nations heads to North Dakota to investigate possible human rights abusesPRI - The World staffThere’s no end in sight for the protests over the Dakota Access Pipeline. This pipeline is being built to carry crude oil from the Bakken oil field in North Dakota to a refinery near Chicago. The Standing
Violence Against Women Italy’s views on violence against women are finally changingThe Washington Post - By Anna MomiglianoMILAN, Italy — When a policeman and sports celebrity suggested last month on live TV that husbands should kill their wives in the case of marital infidelity, the Italian public was angered — but not surprised.
At Dakota Pipeline, Protesters Questions of Surveillance and 'Jamming' LingerNBC News - Alyssa NewcombThere's a mysterious plane and helicopter circling over the camp at Standing Rock in North Dakota, where police and activists have been locked in a showdown over the Dakota Access oil pipeline for months.
Yazidis Two Yazidi women and former ISIS sex slaves just won the EU human rights prizeMic News - Natasha Noman Two Yazidi women and former ISIS sex slaves were awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Thursday. The …
Pakistan sets date for execution of mentally ill prisonerapnewsarchive.com - By MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have set a date for the execution of a man diagnosed with schizophrenia after the country’s highest court …
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