HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS Archives - Washington Daily Report

White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid

by Jahnra Cadungog | Oct 18, 2019 | Bottom Left, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left, Uncategorized

President Donald Trump’s withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim – debunked as a conspiracy theory – about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursday,...

ACT for America

by Jahnra Cadungog | Oct 7, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

ACT for America is the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States, with a purported 750,000 members nationwide. ACT propagates the hateful conspiracy theory that Muslims are infiltrating US institutions in order to impose Sharia law. ACT stokes irrational fear of...

SAUDI ARABIA ADDED TO LIST OF TERRORISM-FINANCING ‘DIRTY MONEY’ COUNTRIES AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES TO BACK KINGDOM

by Jahnra Cadungog | Sep 23, 2019 | Bottom Middle, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Right

The European Union has added Saudi Arabia to its growing list of countries that lack tight control over money laundering and terrorism financing. If all 28 European Union member states ratify the move, it will mean that European banks have to place tighter controls on...

Hurricane Dorian Emergency Appeal

by Jahnra Cadungog | Sep 10, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Middle

Hurricane Dorian Emergency Appeal Hygiene Kit $25 could provide (soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, sanitation pads) – Clean Drinking Water $40 could deploy water purification units on the ground. -Food Package $60 could provide a family with essential...

Canan Kaftanciouglu: Turkish opposition figure faces jail for tweets

by editorhel | Sep 7, 2019 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Right, Uncategorized

A leading secular politician in Turkey has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in jail for “terror propaganda and insults” against the Turkish state. Canan Kaftancioglu, 47, was convicted mainly over tweets which date back several years. She has said the...

When Elon Met Jack: Musings on AI, Mars and the End of Civilization

by Jahnra Cadungog | Aug 29, 2019 | Bottom Left, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Left

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Chairman Jack Ma, two of the leading luminaries in the technology world, sparred against each other on Thursday on subjects ranging from the dangers of artificial intelligence, the need to...