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Myanmar: End Harassment of Rakhine Media Outlets

by news | Sep 2, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Left, Uncategorized

Myanmar authorities should stop using criminal laws, website blocks, and licensing delays to severely restrict the two ethnic Rakhine media outlets in Rakhine State. The authorities have filed charges against Aung Marm Oo, chief editor of Development Media Group...

University of California system can no longer consider SAT, ACT results in admissions, judge rules

by harpreetpreminds | Sep 2, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Left

University of California schools can no longer use SAT and ACT test results in deciding undergraduate admissions as the school system’s “test optional” policy at some of its campuses may unfairly benefit those who can access a test amid the COVID-19...

Op-Ed: Kamala Harris’ vice presidential run is a campaign to be America’s second Black president

by news | Sep 1, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Middle, Uncategorized

Make no mistake, Kamala Harris, not Joe Biden, is on the Democratic ticket as the face of the leadership the country is demanding now. Her vice presidential candidacy, in essence, is a bid to become America’s second Black president. Biden is running as the Democrats’...

Success in the UAE-Israel Accord Is Good News for Everyone Except the Palestinians

by news | Sep 1, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Left, Uncategorized

Jared Kushner’s success in facilitating the United Arab Emirates-Israel normalization accord is an undeniable piece of good news in a region that produces a steady flow of bad. Indeed, over time, it may well lead to warmer ties between Israel and the UAE than...

Covid 19 US Canada border: It has shut down travel longer than expected

by harpreetpreminds | Sep 1, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, News, Top Middle, Uncategorized

US Canada border: There were no bricks and mortar, no fencing or cement, no cross-border diplomatic skirmish, just two government orders. And that was enough to essentially shut down the world’s longest international border for visitors. When the US and Canada...

African migrants locked up in Saudi coronavirus centres: Report

by news | Aug 31, 2020 | HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, Top Middle, Uncategorized

An investigation by the British newspaper Sunday Telegraph has revealed hundreds of African migrants locked up in Saudi Arabia’s coronavirus detention facilities under terrible conditions. The investigation, published on Sunday, revealed photos taken by migrants...