Human & Civil Rights and Social Issues

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world

  United Nations

  The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the UN’s blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all – calls for a reduction in …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Greenpeace Says It Shut Its Offices Due To Block On Bank Account

  NDTV - Reuters

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has tightened scrutiny of non-profit groups over the past four years. Environmental group Greenpeace said on …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  After Europe – Thinking About Europe with the Help of Ivan Krastev

  greeneuropeanjournal.eu

  While data signals that the peak of the refugee crisis is over, thanks mostly to shady deals with third countries and evolutions on the Syrian …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  Trump's DOJ Tells Supreme Court It's Fine to Discriminate Against Trans Workers

  VICE - Marie Solis

  President Donald Trump's Department of Justice told the Supreme Court it doesn't consider anti-trans workplace discrimination a violation of federal law. The Trump administration is stepping up its attacks on transgender, gender nonconforming, and non-binary communities, telling the Supreme Court in …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  A 15-Year-Old Girl Is Imprisoned for Abortion After Her Brother Raped Her Repeatedly

  Newsweek - Cristina Maza

  A 15-year-old girl in Indonesia was sentenced to six months in jail on Thursday for having an abortion after her brother raped her repeatedly. The …

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  Jax Lockyer-Barrett

  

  No hugging: are we living through a crisis of touch?

  The Guardian - Paula Cocozza

  Strokes and hugs are being edged out of our lives, with doctors, teachers and colleagues increasingly hesitant about social touching. Is this hypervigilance of boundaries beginning to harm our mental health? When did you last touch someone outside your family or intimate relationship? I don’t mean a …