Category Archives: human rights

What does a lonely, squalid death in an immigration centre say about modern Britain? | Afua Hirsch | Opinion | The Guardian

Prince Fosu was neglected for six days until he died, naked and starving. We cannot treat people with such inhumanity, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/04/prince-fosu-death-harmondsworth-immigration-centre-inquest

Supreme Court conservatives open to Louisiana abortion law – Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court’s conservatives appear willing to uphold abortion restrictions under a Louisiana law similar to one the court previously struck down.
— Read on www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-03-04/supreme-court-conservatives-seem-open-to-upholding-louisiana-abortion-restrictions

Some Senators need to step up and introduce Amendment to Constitution to legalize abortion!

Indonesia’s child rights commissioner apologises for saying women can get pregnant by sharing pool with men – ABC News

A child rights commissioner in Indonesia is resisting calls for her sacking, after telling women and girls they risk becoming pregnant if they swim in the same pool as men.
— Read on mobile.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-26/indonesian-child-rights-commissioner-warns-of-pool-pregnancies/11995768

She should resign or be asked to resign 😡

Erdogan to meet Merkel, Putin and Macron for Idlib summit

The leaders of Turkey, Germany, France and Russia will meet in March to discuss escalating violence in Syria’s last rebel enclave. Merkel and Macron had called on Erdogan and Putin to find a “political solution.”
— Read on m.dw.com/en/erdogan-to-meet-merkel-putin-and-macron-for-idlib-summit/a-52480678

Since Trump ceded leadership to others – hundreds of thousands have died and Russia and Turks in charge.

Public Charge Inadmissibility Final Rule: Revised Forms and Updated Policy Manual Guidance | USCIS

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published revised forms consistent with the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility, which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, inc

Source: Public Charge Inadmissibility Final Rule: Revised Forms and Updated Policy Manual Guidance | USCIS

In the Shadows of Men: Threat of Divorce – nadiaharhash

THREAT OF DIVORCE It was as if my divorce threatened to break apart all the marriages in society. Suddenly, I became a threat to every man and woman, and a threat to my own family—both my married and unmarried sisters. I brought disgrace when I asked for divorce. In the midst of the aggression that…
— Read on nadiaharhash.com/2020/02/11/in-the-shadows-of-men-threat-of-divorce/