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“This could be a massive disaster”: What happens if the coronavirus hits China’s internment camps?

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jan 29, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right

The Wuhan virus could escalate the suffering of Muslims in the camps, where conditions have created a perfect breeding ground for infectious disease. Perhaps the only thing worse than being stuck in an internment camp is being stuck in an internment camp when there’s...

1 person killed, 7 more injured in Seattle shooting

by Reebha Choudhary | Jan 22, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

“1 person killed, 7 more injured in Seattle shooting” Seattle police say one person was killed and seven others were injured in a shooting near Third Avenue and Pine Street around 5 p.m. Wednesday. One victim died at the scene, said to be a woman between...

Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats,Trump team

by Reebha Choudhary | Jan 21, 2020 | Bottom Left, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Uncategorized

Impeachment arguments as seen by Democrats,Trump team. Legal filings to the Senate have laid out the arguments that will be made in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, where he faces two distinct allegations of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. A...

22 men own more wealth than Africa’s 326 million women, Oxfam says

by adminmd | Jan 20, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Uncategorized

Global inequality is “out of control” because of biased economic systems that exclude many women while allowing billionaires to amass huge fortunes that do little for society, according to Oxfam International. The charity is calling on governments to...

Christian school expelled student over a ‘gay’ rainbow cake, family says

by adminmd | Jan 17, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Middle, Uncategorized

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Christian school in Louisville expelled a student last week after her family said school officials discovered the girl had celebrated her birthday with a rainbow-themed cake. Kimberly Alford told The Courier Journal that until Jan. 6, her...

7 killed, 14 tortured in exorcism ritual in Panama jungle

by adminmd | Jan 17, 2020 | Bottom Left, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Uncategorized

PANAMA CITY — Seven people were killed in a bizarre religious ritual in a jungle community in Panama, in which indigenous residents were rounded up by about 10 lay preachers and tortured, beaten, burned and hacked with machetes to make them “repent their...