Category Archives: human rights

Apple changes Crimea designation in Maps and Weather to meet Russian demands — MacDailyNews

Apple has complied with Russian demands to show Crimea as part of Russian territory on Apple’s Maps and Weather apps… via Apple changes Crimea …

Apple changes Crimea designation in Maps and Weather to meet Russian demands — MacDailyNews

Jack Ma Offers to Supply the US With Covid-19 Tests and Masks | WIRED

As the US government promises to ramp up more Covid-19 testing, an unlikely billionaire is offering to lend his help: Jack Ma, cofounder of the Chinese tech giant Alibaba. Ma’s philanthropic organization, the Jack Ma Foundation, said early Friday morning it would donate 500,000 Covid-19 testing kits and 1 million protective face masks to the US. The action comes after US health authorities have struggled for weeks to test people for the new coronavirus, falling far behind testing rates in other developed countries like Italy and South Korea.

Source: Jack Ma Offers to Supply the US With Covid-19 Tests and Masks | WIRED

In Canada, doctors broadened coronavirus testing, and made an unlikely save – Reuters

Canada’s official guidance on the novel coronavirus has been to test patients who recently traveled to affected areas, but some doctors and hospitals have expanded testing on their own, finding the first in a series of patients linked to Iran before the scale of the Iranian outbreak was known.

Source: In Canada, doctors broadened coronavirus testing, and made an unlikely save – Reuters

while the president was sleeping..they demolished the homes next door – nadiaharhash

Arabic follows Last night the Israeli occupation military forces entered Ramallah and birzeit quietly with tens of bulldozers and military vehicles to demolish homes of Palestinian prisoners and leave their families out and not loud. No tears can bring again the ache of watching your home demolished infront of your eyes. No words can express…
— Read on nadiaharhash.com/2020/03/05/while-the-president-was-sleeping-they-demolished-the-homes-next-door/

‘Flood the Streets’: ICE Targets Sanctuary Cities With Increased Surveillance – The New York Times

ICE is boosting its operations in sanctuary cities to arrest and deport undocumented immigrants, conducting round-the-clock surveillance in addition to deploying elite tactical agents.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/us/ICE-BORTAC-sanctuary-cities.html

Forget looking for criminals; hunt families and please head racist Trump 🤬