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Kristen Clarke Could Break Barrier As DOJ Civil Rights Chief : NPR
Kristen Clarke delivers remarks after being nominated to be civil rights division assistant attorney general by then-President-elect Joe Biden on Jan. 7. Her confirmation hearing is on Wednesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Kristen Clarke delivers remarks after being nominated to be civil rights division assistant attorney general by then-President-elect …
Dozens unaccounted for in Mozambique after Islamist attack, rights groups say
Thousands of people have fled Palma after the attack on Wednesday, according to human rights groups, while the fate of dozens of people who had taken refuge in a local hotel remains unclear. Video from Thursday obtained by CNN shows helicopters flown by military contractors deployed by the government passing over a hotel lodge an …
China sanctions: US and allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for ‘serious human rights abuses’ against Uyghurs
“Chinese authorities will continue to face consequences as long as atrocities occur in Xinjiang,” said the Treasury Department’s Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control Andrea M. Gacki. “Treasury is committed to promoting accountability for the Chinese government’s human rights abuses, including arbitrary detention and torture, against Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities.” The US …
Edesa Biotech Expands Rights to Anti-Inflammatory Technology
TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 22, 2021 / Edesa Biotech, Inc.. (NASDAQ:EDSA), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on inflammatory and immune-related diseases, announced today that it has entered into a definitive license agreement under which the company, through a subsidiary, has acquired additional global rights to a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory technology that forms the basis …
New NFL rights deal hands Thursday Night Football to Amazon
Confirming the rumors, Amazon has dipped into the NFL’s latest broadcast rights package to become the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football through 2033. According to a report by CNBC, the deal will cost Amazon about $1 billion per year, without access to playoff games or the Super Bowl. Of course, Amazon isn’t the only …
Animal Rights Activists Plan to Keep Going After Kylie Jenner Over Fur
Exclusive Kylie Jenner is going to keep getting ear-shattering attacks from animal rights protesters until she declares she won’t wear fur anymore. The SoCal Animal Defense League swarmed Kylie over the weekend in Bev Hills, slamming her and calling her a monster … and now activist Rob Banks tells us the group targeted Kylie because …
‘Nightmare’ Australia Housing Lockdown Called Breach of Human Rights
MELBOURNE, Australia — The sudden lockdown this summer of nine public housing towers in Melbourne that left 3,000 people without adequate food and medication and access to fresh air during the city’s second coronavirus wave breached human rights laws, an investigation found. The report, released on Thursday by the ombudsman in the state of Victoria, …
Mexico’s new National Guard is breaking its vow to respect human rights
Jessica Silva and her husband Jaime Torres were driving through Delicias, a town in the northern state of Chihuahua, late on 8 September when members of Mexico’s National Guard attacked them. That afternoon they had joined thousands of agricultural workers in a tense protest at La Boquilla, a nearby dam, to defend their right to …
How technology shaped marriage and women’s rights
Innovation has driven social change for centuries; the wheel, the steam engine, and the printing press all ushered consequential changes for human civilization. But equally transformative and consequential to our human relationships were the washing machine, the refrigerator and the horse drawn plough. In a new book “Work Mate Marry Love; How Machines Shape Our …
Human Rights: A New Role For The Intelligence Community « Breaking Defense
Seal of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Human rights literally disappeared from former President Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) when he dropped the term from the position once known as the special assistant to the President for multilateral affairs and human rights. President Biden has appointed a new coordinator for democracy and …