A school has banned books portraying LGBTQ+ parents.
In which century are we living?
Do they don't have the right to live peacefully?
Two advocacy groups have filed complaints with the federal government over a North Carolina school system’s decision to ban all books with gay parents and characters questioning their gender from both classrooms and libraries.
Doctor mistakenly operated on a kid's tongue instead of finger.
How can a doctor commit such a mistake. It's such a traumatic experience for the kid!!!
A Doctor operated on 4-year-old patient's tongue instead of her finger in Kerala and faced public uproar due to which he got suspended.
"Gruppi sionisti come Canary Mission e Antisemitism.org , individuano coloro che nei campus hanno opinioni filo-palestinesi.
Le università si trovano quindi ad affrontare pressioni politiche e da parte dei donatori per censurare i professori presi di mira."
"Il 16 maggio del 1944, circa 6.500 #rom e #sinti prigionieri a #Birkenau riuscirono a disinnescare il piano previsto per il massacro finale dell’intero settore del campo. Nonostante i rivoltosi siano poi stati smistati in altri campi o uccisi nei mesi a seguire, questa storia di ribellione rimane incisa nella storia."
Women and LGBTI activists in Thailand have been unlawfully targeted with digital surveillance and online harassment, including the use of Pegasus spyware, by state and non-state actors, in an effort to silence them
This is an important case given current crimes against humanity in the Middle East and Africa.
Switzerland tried the case under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which allows countries to prosecute people for crimes that took place elsewhere.
Philip Grant, head of the organisation that filed the complaint leading to Ousman Sonko's arrest, said the case sends a "resounding message against impunity".
"Ableism looks like calling people 'inspiring' for navigating a system that is designed for exclusion, while doing nothing to hold the system accountable." - Carson Tueller
“At the time in 1948, there was no television. People did not have smartphones, and it was relatively easy to cover up the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing, and to claim that it didn’t exist,” the Israeli historian told Al Jazeera.
"The [European] Convention [on Human Rights] was drafted [...] in the aftermath of the horror of the Second World War, but over 70 years ago. And it's now clearly been overtaken by events"
— Conservative and Unionist Party MP for Rayleigh and Wickford, House of Commons, 2024-05-14
"Amnesty International expresses its deepest condolences following the death of Netiporn ‘Bung’ Sanesangkhom, who had gone on hunger strike in protest at her and others’ arbitrary detention, including for peacefully exercising their human rights.
"This is a shocking reminder that Thai authorities are harshly denying pro-democracy activists their freedom in an apparent bid to silence the peaceful expression of dissent"
Not my comfort zone to be the subject of a mini documentary like this, but here we are! Grateful to @mozilla for uplifting @horizontal's work and supporting our fight for a more open, safe, and private internet.
And always grateful to be building with a team of talented people who put care into both what we make and how we make it together 💙
"Today, a High Court Judge declared key provisions in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Police Act 2022), which gave police the power to ban Gypsies and Travellers from an area for up to 12 months under sections 60C, 61 and 62A of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, as incompatible with Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights" #Gypsies#Travellers#HumanRights#UKPolitics
Artists at Risk (AR) extends its heartfelt gratitude to all contributions to the ARTISTS AT RISK PAVILION—Artists. Risks. Humans. Rights. held with the support of UNESCO on the occasion of the 60th International Art Exhibition: La Biennale di Venezia.
"It is a stain on Australia’s reputation that some of its soldiers have been accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, and yet the first person convicted in relation to these crimes is a whistleblower not the abusers,”
Daniela Gavshon, Human Rights Watch Australia Director
At least being the operative phrase. And Israeli 'settlers’ or colonists are given free range to burn and disrupt medical and food aid.
Human Rights Watch says warnings were not issued before attacks, which have killed or injured dozens - with their major function being the starving of Palestinians
A Declaration of the Rights of Human Beings On the Sovereignty of Life as Surpassing the Rights of Man 2ed by Raoul Vaneigem, 2019
Sometimes playful or poetic, always provocative, Raoul Vaneigem reviews the history of bills of rights before offering his own call, with commentary, for fifty-seven rights yet to be won in a world where the “freedoms accorded to Man” are no longer merely “the freedoms accorded by man to the economy.”
Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza, some at the European Hospital, due to Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing.Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of...
American Medical Missions Trapped in Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life (theintercept.com)
Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza, some at the European Hospital, due to Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing.Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of...