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“Right to pray in schools” President Trump issues new Rule for students in school.

by Reebha Choudhary | Jan 17, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

President Trump issued updated rules Thursday to ensure that public school students are allowed to engage in constitutionally protected prayer, calling his action “the Right to Pray.” “Government must never stand between the people and God,” the president said during...

$7.2 billion in defense department money to be redirected to trump’s border wall

by Reebha Choudhary | Jan 15, 2020 | Bottom Left, HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News

Lawmakers again expressed anger and frustration at the news that the white house again will be tapping the pentagon’s budget to pay for president trump’s long promised border wall. The administration plans to redirect some of the defense department (7.2billion) money...

UK’s Queen Elizabeth agrees to grandson Harry’s wishes after crisis talks

by editorkatya | Jan 13, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News

Queen Elizabeth has given her blessing to her grandson Prince Harry and his wife Meghan’s wish for a more independent future after an urgent meeting on Monday to resolve the rift in the British royal family. Harry and his American actress wife Meghan triggered the...

Mexican migrants removed from border camp after family separation threat

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jan 8, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Right

Mexican authorities on Tuesday removed almost 100 Mexican migrants seeking asylum in the United States from a camp in downtown Ciudad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, according to a Reuters witness, after state police threatened to separate parents from...

Did the U.S. ‘assassinate’ Iranian general or just kill him? Why it matters

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jan 7, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Middle

A debate over how to describe the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani reached the 2020 Democratic primary over the weekend as candidates argued whether or not the drone strike that killed him constituted an “assassination.” Soleimani, the charismatic face of...

Ex-Google exec Ross LaJeunesse savages firm on human rights

by Jahnra Cadungog | Jan 3, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

A former Google executive has raised concerns about the tech giant’s human rights policies as it eyes expansion in China and elsewhere. Ross LaJeunesse, the firm’s former head of global international relations, said he was “sidelined” after he...