Month: October 2020

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday his government will not stop standing up for human...

Angry women block traffic across Poland over abortion ban

Women’s rights activists and thousands of supporters are holding a fifth day of protests across Poland after a top court...

In ‘Secret Society Of Second-Born Royals,’ The Disney Princesses Are Superheroes Too

Secret Society of Second-Born Royals Disney Along with High School Musical and Descendants, The Secret Society of Second-Born Royals may...

Analysis of The Indiana Gubernatorial Debate with Indy Politic’s Abdul-Hakim Shabazz

Incumbent Republican Eric Holcomb, Democratic candidate Dr. Woody Myers and Libertarian Donald Rainwater answered questions about education, the economy, guns,...

Geneva Consensus: U.S. joins Brazil, Egypt, Hungary, Indonesia and Uganda to sign declaration challenging right to abortion

Access to abortion is widely restricted in the other countries to co-sponsor the declaration. “There is no international right to...

Barack Obama recalls epic battle for healthcare law in excerpt from memoir

An advance chapter from Barack Obama’s first memoir of his White House years, published on Monday by the New Yorker,...

should we really become a cashless society?

Coronavirus has accelerated the concept of a cashless society. © Vulnerable groups may struggle with a move to a cashless...

View: Imperative to zap the cancer of religious radicalism to save the body politic

Is to criticise anti-democratic practices and beliefs propagated in the name of a religion to criticise the religion? The answer...

Human rights body fears ‘paralysis’ of Polish ombudsman

October 28, 2020 Letitia Denham

A leading international human rights body is expressing concern about a “risk of paralysis” of the institution of the human...

Families of deceased sexual assault victims would need court order to speak out under Victoria law

October 28, 2020 Letitia Denham

The families of deceased sexual assault victims would need a court order to speak publicly about what happened to their...

Misinformation And Conspiracy Theories Can Spread In COVID-19 Patient Groups : Shots

October 28, 2020 Letitia Denham

Patient groups on social media are fighting COVID-19 misinformation. Jub Rubjob/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jub Rubjob/Getty Images Patient...

The Trump administration is considering proscribing Amnesty, Oxfam, and Human Rights Watch as ‘anti-Semitic’ and telling other governments not to support them

Egyptian officials systemically abuse and torture gays, rights group says

Malak el-Kashif, a political activist and transgender woman living in Egypt, was arrested at her Cairo home last March after...

Polish court ruling to determine fate of human rights office

Poland’s constitutional court has been asked to issue a ruling expected to determine the fate of one of the last...

The Netherlands Is Taking Syria To Court For Gross Human Rights Violations

On September 18, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Netherlands, Stef Blok, announced that the Netherlands had taken...

US considering declaring major human rights organizations are anti-Semitic

The US State Department is considering declaring that several widely respected human rights organizations are anti-Semitic, according to multiple sources...

Women’s groups lead more protests over Poland’s abortion law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Women’s rights activists and thousands of their supporters held a fifth day of protests across Poland...

Cannabis companies’ approach to IRS 280E: Audits, compliance

Five cannabis industry lawyers and accountants told Business Insider they're bracing their clients for an uptick in audits and investigations....

India Proposes Law to Tackle Country’s Deadly Air Pollution

(Bloomberg) -- India’s federal government informed the top court that it is framing a new law to tackle one of...

Pompeo being investigated for potentially breaking the law with RNC speech

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is under investigation for potentially violating a federal law that forbids federal employees from engaging...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse on Coinbase’s ‘apolitical culture’

Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple.John Chiala | CNBCFintech start-up Ripple doesn't plan on following Silicon Valley peer Coinbase in banning...

‘There Were A Lot Of Extreme, Insane Things Going On,’ Says Woman Who Grew Up In Zion Society [Video]

Amber says when she was 11 years old, her parents joined the Zion society after they met the proclaimed prophet...

How One Bravo Star Is Giving African-American Women A Voice In Society