Images of Slaves Are Property of Harvard, Not a Descendant, Judge Rules
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The woman who says the enslaved people are her ancestors plans to appeal the decision “about the patriarch of a family, a subject of bedtime stories.”
Senegal clashes kill one after opposition leader arrested
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The fight to free Senegal opposition figure Ousmane Sonko has turned violent.Two protesters have been killed in battles with police.The deaths are the first ...
“We Do This ’Til We Free Us”: Mariame Kaba on Abolishing Police, Prisons & Moving Toward Justice
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Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police. Longtime organizer Mariame Kaba’s new book, titled “We Do This ’Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice,” brings together collecte...
Rep. Mondaire Jones: Voting Rights Bill H.R. 1 Is of “Foundational Importance” to U.S. Democracy
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The House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation protecting the right to vote with the For the People Act, which has been described as the most sweeping pro-democracy bill in decades. The legislation is aimed at improving voter registration and access to voting, ending partisan and rac...
Rev. William Barber to Democrats: Overrule the Senate Parliamentarian & Pass the $15 Minimum Wage
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The Senate has voted to open debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The legislation has widespread support from voters, with one new poll showing 77% of Americans support the bill, including nearly 60% of Republicans. But the Senate bill has some key differences ...
Italy Charges Humanitarian Workers Who Helped Rescue Refugees in Mediterranean
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In Italy, dozens of humanitarian aid workers have been charged with complicity in human smuggling after saving thousands of refugees from drowning in the Mediterranean as they attempted to reach European soil. The charges against over 20 humanitarian aid workers, with groups including Doctors Withou...
U.N. Human Rights Officials Say Multiple Actors Committed Atrocities in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region
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The U.N. is urging Eritrean troops to leave Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where there have been reports of many atrocities by multiple parties in the ongoing conflict. This is U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani. Ravina Shamdasani: “A preliminary analysis of the informat...
Africa: Covid-19 Pandemic Sparked Year of Rights Crises
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Press Release - Government policies and actions in the year since Covid-19 was declared a pandemic have precipitated human rights crises around the globe. The pandemic and abusive government approaches have especially harmed the world’s most marginalized people. Governments should have the moral c...
$12 million needed for 330,000 women, girls, youth caught in Cabo Delgado conflict during COVID-19
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CABO DELGADO, Mozambique, 4 March 2021—UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today launched a humanitarian appeal for $12 million to urgently provide life-saving sexual and reproductive health and protection services to 330,000 women, girls, and youth impacted by the hum...
Sudan's food riots show that the transitional government still has much to achieve
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Sudan's new government came to power after a people-driven process to oust former President Omar al-Bashir. It must be careful to place ordinary Sudanese at the centre of the reforms process.
'How Illegal Mining, Sales Of Gold Is AIDING Terrorism In Nigeria'
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By Abdullahi Olesin, Ilorin Illegal operation and sales of gold by unregistered miners are parts of the factors responsible for increased terrorists
20 die after human traffickers force migrants into sea en route to Yemen
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At least 20 people have drowned after smugglers threw dozens of migrants overboard as they sailed from Djibouti to Yemen, UN migration agency IOM said on Thursday.
Black Health Executive's Curriculum to End Medical Apartheid to Be Taught in Hospitals Worldwide
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Aubynette Rolle, an internationally-recognized nurse who is also a medical attorney, says now more than ever, there must be a change in the way healthcare is delivered.
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A majority white Mississippi school faces heat after a teacher handed out a “slave letter writing” assignment asking students to imagine what their family life would entail if they were...
Mumia Abu-Jamal Tests Positive for COVID, Prompting Urgent Call to Release Elder Political Prisoners
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Renowned political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawyers confirmed Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and also has congestive heart disease. Abu-Jamal also suffers from the preexisting conditions of liver disease, which advocates say is directly related to the Pennsylvania D...
Chicago Hunger Strikers Call Out Environmental Racism, Try to Halt Relocation of Scrapyard
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In Chicago, over 100 activists are on hunger strike to protest the relocation of the General Iron metal shredding plant to the Southeast Side of Chicago — in an area with mostly Black and Brown residents and which already suffers from poor air quality due to industrial pollution. The scrapyard is ...
House Passes Landmark Voting Rights and Police Reform Bills
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The House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation protecting the right to vote. The For the People Act, also known as House Resolution 1, is the most comprehensive voting bill since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. It would curb partisan gerrymandering, provide automatic and Election Day....
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The bill’s future in the Senate proves to be another challenge as the threat of a GOP-led filibuster could again impede progress for Black communities targeted with repeated attacks against t...
UN will need support of African states in Tigray conflict, says leading analyst
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The UN Security Council is expected to discuss the ongoing conflict in the northern Tigray region on Thursday. But a sense of intransigence amongst African countries towards taking a stronger stance...
Ethiopia urges US 'not to meddle' in its internal affairs
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The US government wants Eritrean and Ethiopia's Amhara regional forces to immediately withdraw from Tigray.
Ethiopia's migrants turn to sex work as pandemic sends them home
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Thousands of female migrants returned to Ethiopia from the Gulf last year and some are risking violence and trafficking as sex workers
Want to heal Africa’s degraded land? Go local
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The magic that can restore Africa’s degraded forests, farms and pastures is in the millions of local champions across the continent, especially youth and women
Michigan Prosecutor Declines To Charge White Man Who Terrorized Black Family With A KKK Flag
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A Black Wayne County prosecutor said that under state law, hanging a KKK flag in view of a Black family “unfortunately” was no crime.
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While Jackson residents and organizers say they understand the historical nature of the water system’s disrepair, city and other Mississippi government leaders also need to plan ahead to prev...
30 Years After Rodney King Beating, Culture Of Police Brutality Thriving In Los Angeles
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The anniversary of Rodney King’s beating drew attention to how the culture of police brutality in Los Angeles, in particular, has seemingly gone unchecked since the horrific video went viral ...
Inequality holds Namibia back… analysts call for major socio-economic intervention
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A local labour expert has warned that without a fundamental change in Namibia’s social and economic architecture, the country will continue to see rising levels of inequality.
Asian American Communities Organize Against Rise in Hate Crimes, Say More Policing Is Not the Answer
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Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked across the U.S. over the past year, fueled in part by Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric about the coronavirus. One recent study found a 150% increase in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans in 2020, even though overall hate crimes fell last year. Ron Kim, member of...
Family of Hunger-Striking Western Sahara Political Prisoner Refused Visit, Fears for His Life
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In Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, the family of a political prisoner who has been on hunger strike since early January was denied access to see him and warned he could be in critical condition or even dead. Mohamed Lamin Haddi has also reportedly been threatened with retaliation and death. This i...
FBI Director Says Domestic Terrorism Has Been “Metastasizing” as Capitol Increases Security
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FBI Director Christopher Wray appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, where he defended the FBI’s handling of intelligence in the lead-up to the January 6 insurrection. He also told lawmakers “domestic terrorism has been metastasizing across the country,” and rebuked a far-righ...
An Invaluable Black Public Broadcasting Archive Is Now Accessible Online
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From a report on sundown towns to interviews with Angela Davis and Emmett Till’s mother, here are highlights from the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.
Army, private firm, fighters accused of Mozambique war crimes
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- Warning – some people might find some of the images in the report disturbing.Fighters, government forces and a “private militia” backing the authorities ha...
Young women bear bulk of new HIV infections
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NACC official attributes prolonged school closure over Covid-19 to unsafe sexual practice, exposing them to risk of contracting virus
'Digital authoritarianism' threatening basic rights in Africa
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Measures used by governments in past two decades include digital surveillance, disinformation, internet shutdowns and arrests for online speech
What Africa expects of the new WTO Director-General
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When on 15 February the chair of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO’s) General Council, Ambassador David Walker of New Zealand, announced that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala would be the new Director-General, the mood among delegates was of relief.
Christopher Wray Said The FBI Is Not ‘Systemically Racist.’ History Shows That’s A Lie
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A brief exchange during a Senate Judiciary Committee about the insurrection at the Capitol drew attention to the FBI’s systemic racism. But Director Christopher Wray actually denied its exist...
High Noon For The Future Of The Voting Rights Act At The Supreme Court
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In 2013, the court gutted a key provision of the law, citing that Section 2 of the act still bars discrimination in voting nationwide. Now, Section 2 is in the conservative court's crosshairs.
Can school kidnappings in Nigeria be stopped? | Inside Story
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Nigeria's government is hailing the safe return of the latest group of kidnapped schoolchildren.Gunman have released 279 girls who were taken from their scho...
What is happening in Haiti, where political crisis persists?
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Haiti is in the throes of a political crisis.Opposition leaders are disputing the mandate of President Jovenel Moise, whose term most legal experts and civil...
Will There Be Justice for George Floyd?
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We won’t be waiting with bated breath for a conviction; the system has failed Black residents for decades.
Black People Face Higher COVID Infections & Deaths. Should They Have Lower Age Cutoffs for Vaccines?
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As the U.S. vaccine rollout continues to expand, health justice advocates worry about a racial gap in vaccinations. Black communities have been hard hit by the pandemic, but rates of vaccination in communities of color lag behind largely white communities across the country. Dr. Oni Blackstock, a pr...
A New Form of Jim Crow: Ari Berman on the GOP’s Anti-Democratic Assault on Voting Rights
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The Republican-led House in Georgia has passed a sweeping bill to make it harder to vote, in a move aimed to prevent Democrats from winning future elections. The bill limits access to absentee ballots, limits weekend early voting hours and curbs ballot drop boxes, among other provisions. Across the....
Georgia’s State House Passes Voter Suppression Bill to Limit Absentee and Early Voting
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On Capitol Hill, Democratic lawmakers are beginning debate on two separate bills to protect voting rights. If enacted, H.R. 1, the For the People Act, and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act would bring some of the most sweeping changes to U.S. elections law in a generation. Meanwhile, the Georgia s...
DOJ to Appeal After Trump-Appointed Judge Orders End to Eviction Moratorium
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The Department of Justice is appealing a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that puts millions of U.S. residents at risk of eviction. Last week, U.S. District Judge John Barker — a Trump appointee — ruled that an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention temporarily ending evicti...
Democrats Unveil Wealth Tax on Ultra-Millionaires and Billionaires
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Democratic lawmakers have introduced a wealth tax on ultra-millionaires and billionaires to help fund President Biden’s “Build Back Better” agenda. Co-sponsor Senator Elizabeth Warren said Monday the wealth tax would help reverse massive inequality that’s only gotten worse during the pandemi...
Civil Rights Trailblazer Vernon Jordan Dies At 85
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Vernon Jordan, a trailblazing and influential civil rights leader in the fields of law, business and Washington politics, died Monday, according to reports. Jordan was 85 years old.
Demographic Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic: An Overview
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The demographic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been enormous, with significant consequences on the levels and trends of the key components of demographic change: mortality, fertility and migration
Why Tunisians are still out on the streets -- a decade after the 'Dignity Revolution'
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Since the revolution, Tunisians’ call for "bread, freedom and social justice" have fallen on deaf ears.
US urges withdrawal of Eritrean, Ethiopian forces from Tigray
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This comes days after Amnesty reported that over 200 people were killed by Eritrean troops in Axum.
The ‘Derek Chauvin Trial’: Reminding Mainstream Media George Floyd Is Not Accused Of Murder
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TMZ and the Wall Street Journal were the latest mainstream media outlets being reminded that references to the “George Floyd Trial” are inaccurate and give accused murderer Derek Chauvi...
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The fight to increase the minimum wage is a racial and gender justice issue as a large majority of essential and tipped workers are Black women.
Activists Say Mumia Abu-Jamal Has COVID-19 And Must Be Released From Prison Immediately
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The movement demanding the release of Mumia Abu-Jamal from prison has been renewed amid concerns about his health after he reportedly contracted COVID-19.
Rep. Ro Khanna: Democrats Should Ignore the Senate Parliamentarian and Pass $15 Minimum Wage Hike
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The House of Representatives has voted to pass President Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package that includes an increase to the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour, which could now be stripped out in the final bill after the unelected Senate parliamentarian found it does not com...
Dem. Senators Move to Penalize Big Companies That Underpay Workers
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In news from Washington, D.C., the House passed the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill early Saturday, which now heads to the Senate. In response to the Senate parliamentarian declaring last week that including a $15-an-hour minimum wage increase goes against the rules of budget reconciliation, Senators Be...
An African agenda at the World Trade Organization - ISS Africa
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Strong leadership from African countries, and not an African head, is key to protecting the continent’s trade interests.
BHEKISISA OP-ED: Vaccine misinformation: What to do when it’s coming from leaders
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Refuting lies about vaccines peddled by those in leadership positions may be less about trying to change their minds and more about protecting those who might be listening.
Atrocities in Ethiopia's Tigray Region - United States Department of State
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The U.S. is gravely concerned by reported atrocities and the overall deteriorating situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. We ask international partners to work with us to address the crisis in Tigray, including through action at the UN and other relevant bodies.
Tanzania on high alert over Ebola from DRC, Guinea
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Tanzania which neighbours the DRC is one of the countries which the WHO has alerted over the Ebola outbreak.
Darfur displaced suffer from severe food crisis
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In an interview with Radio Dabanga on Friday, Saleh Eisa, one of the leaders of the displaced in Kalma camp near Nyala, capital of South Darfur, said that the most prominent current challenges facing the displaced in Darfur camps in general is the acute shortage of food.
Human Rights Watch Submission on the Republic of Malawi to the UN Human Rights Committee
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131st Session March 2021
Uhuru Kijiji Childcare Collective solves lack of childcare for African women
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UKCC is designed to engage, organize, and empower the entire African community to reassume responsibility for creating a new society for ourselves, our families, our community and to fulfill our historic mission to be a free and independent self-governing people.
Kagara Victims Released After 9 Days In Captivity
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The Staff and Students who were abducted from Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, have been released. Family sources confirmed the news to Daily Trust on Saturday. The victims are currently on their way to Minna, the state capital, to meet with Governor Sani Bello. Daily Trust had repor...
Small Axe analyzes colonial oppression of Africans in England, Uhuru Movement has the solution
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Small Axe is about resistance. Small acts of resistance.
Why Eritrean refugees choose the risky migration to Europe
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Time in the camps does not move forward and educated refugees are stuck, without the opportunity to create a path for a better future.
Soyinka laments abduction of students, warns it's becoming a culture
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My Soyinka repeated his position that those at the helm of affairs of the nation have failed the populace.
Ethiopia’s War Leads to Ethnic Cleansing in Tigray Region, U.S. Report Says
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An internal U.S. government report found that people in Tigray are being driven from their homes in a war begun by Ethiopia, an American ally — posing President Biden’s first major test in Africa.
DAVID HENDERSON: BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT CO-FOUNDER AND THE ‘VOODOO CHILD’
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Interview with David Henderson, poet, writer and leading figure in NYC arts, who co-founded the Black Arts Movement and the Society of Umbra in the 1960s.
Claude Joseph: Is Haiti's democracy at risk? | Talk to Al Jazeera
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President Jovenel Moïse has been accused of illegally extending his time in power. Opposition parties say the Haitian leader should have stepped down last mo...
Rwanda paid for flight that led to Paul Rusesabagina arrest | UpFront
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In a special edition of UpFront, we ask Rwanda’s justice minister about the circumstances surrounding government critic Paul Rusesabagina’s sudden appearance...
Nigeria kidnapping: Victims who were kidnapped from a bus speak out
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Kidnapping for ransom has become one of the most reported crimes in Nigeria.Hundreds of people are being held by gangs across the country, and in a recent ca...
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Ben Jealous compared Stacey Abrams’ political genius to a game of spades in an analogy that makes perfect sense once he explained it.
Reversing Course: Obama Says He Favors Reparations As Proposed Legislation Gains More Support
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Former President Barack Obama said he believes America owes a debt to the descendants of enslaved Africans, reversing his position on reparations as debate about legislation on the contentious topi...
More revelations on disappeared West African migrants - The Point
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First to testify was Mr. Faal. He explained that he was called by Babucar Bah, who informed him that they heard information regarding a group of people who were looking for a boat to be transported. Faal added that they were suspected as drug traffickers.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2021 CONTACT: Matt Groch mgroch@citizen.org (202) 454-5111 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. consumer, faith, health,...
US Restoration of Foreign Aid to Ethiopia Signals New Course
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The Biden administration reversed a policy that had linked foreign aid to Ethiopia to its Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydropower project signaling a decided change in U.S. relations with Ethiopia, analysts say. “It is a fairly predictable move, as the Trump administration aid freeze had...
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State lawmakers unanimously voted to approve a bill that would restrict the usage of “no-knock” warrants on Thursday, in an increasing effort to prohibit excessive force and law enforce...
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The family of Malcolm X is demanding a new investigation into his 1965 assassination in light of the deathbed confession of a former New York police officer who said police and the FBI conspired to kill the Black leader. Ilyasah Shabazz, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New Yor...
The Assassination of Malcolm X: Ex-Undercover Officer Admits Role in FBI & Police Conspiracy
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The FBI and New York Police Department are facing renewed calls to open their records into the assassination of Malcolm X, after the release of a deathbed confession of a former undercover NYPD officer who admitted to being part of a conspiracy targeting Malcolm. In the confession, Raymond Wood, who...
“The Whole System Needs to be Indicted”: Attorney Benjamin Crump on Overhauling U.S. Policing
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The Democratic-led House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a sweeping police reform bill that would ban chokeholds, prohibit federal no-knock warrants, establish a National Police Misconduct Registry and other measures. The legislation, known as the George Floyd Justice in Policing...
Georgia GOP Pushes Voter Suppression Bill in Wake of 2020 “Blue Sweep”
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And Georgia State Republicans have introduced sweeping voter suppression legislation which would strictly limit eligibility criteria for absentee ballots, as well as require witness signatures and proof of voter ID for mail-in ballots. The measure also bars advance voting on Sundays, which Black chu...
New York Times Internal Report Admits Its Coverage Has Been Rooted In White Perspectives
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An internal review by the New York Times revealed it has work to do in creating an environment that is welcoming and inclusive for people of varying ethnic backgrounds, especially Black and Latino ...
Africa's Youth Finds its Power in Transforming Food Systems
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Guest Column - With one in every five young people today coming from Africa, it has become increasingly hard to ignore us.
Rep. Al Green Blasts Republicans Voting Against ‘Equality’ For LGBTQ: ‘Have You No Shame?’
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Texas Rep. Al Green made it clear how he felt about his Republican colleagues who had already announced their intentions against voting for the pro-LGBTQ Equality Act.
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We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
Ethiopia's Tigray Crisis - Too Little Aid for Distraught Citizens
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Months after the conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region erupted, there is hardly any relief for those caught up in it. Tens of thousands are on the run and sexual violence is on the rise, Amnesty International says.
Nigeria: Boko Haram Fighters Abduct Travellers On Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway
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Several travellers were abducted yesterday on Maiduguri-Damaturu highway as suspected Boko Haram fighters laid siege to travellers on the major highway from Yobe State to troubled Borno State.
Violence is endemic in eastern Congo: what drives it
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For nearly three decades, eastern Congo has been characterised by insecurity, with frequent outbreaks of violence between armed groups and attacks on civilians.
Insecurity arises as neocolonial powers gang up against the African masses of Haiti
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African people of Ayiti (Haiti) have been involved in a struggle against the neocolonial regime of the puppet president Jovenel Moïse for almost two years straight, beginning in August of 2018.
Social Justice Organizer Spearheads Grassroots Campaign to End Mass Incarceration
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Community organizations led by Rev. Dr. Madeline McClenney, founder of the Exodus Foundation, join forces to demand inmate release, global prison reform.
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Award-winning filmmaker Jillian Bullock begins pre-production on her new psychological thriller, A Cup Full of Crazy which focuses on mental health issues, through the story's main protagonist
Haiti President Jovenel Moise is ushering in a new era of dictatorship over African people
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Jovenel has been forced on the people ever since he came to power after an unusually long election process that took place between October of 2015 and February of 2017.
100+ Countries Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine Patents. Why Is the U.S. Still Blocking the Way?
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As the pandemic’s death toll nears 2.5 million, stringent rules around intellectual property rights could be preventing much of the world from obtaining COVID-19 vaccines. Over 45 million people in the United States have received at least one dose of a vaccine, according to the United Nations, whi...
Illinois Becomes First State to End Cash Bail
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Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed legislation making Illinois the first state to end cash bail payments for people seeking release from jail as they await their day in court. It’s part of a sweeping package of criminal justice reforms signed into law Monday. Illinois state Representative ...
Angola, Louisiana Prisoners on Hunger Strike over Extended Solitary Confinement
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Back in the United States, prisoners at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola have gone on hunger strike after they were kept in solitary confinement past the end of their disciplinary sentences. The prisoners are being held in unheated 9-by-6-foot cells with only a jumpsuit and a sheet, despit...
At Least 41 Migrants Drown in Mediterranean After Boat Capsizes
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At least 41 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean after their ship capsized en route from Libya to European shores. The boat had at least 120 people on board. An estimated 17,000 people have died while attempting the treacherous journey since 2014, described by the U.N. as the most dangerous migrati...
Decriminalization of drugs - Vulnerable people need support, not stricter laws
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Decriminalization of drugs - drugs are a serious health and social issue, not a moral one. Reducing consumption requires a health and socially focused response, not moral panic
Western Sahara, Africa’s Last Colony, to Resume Liberation Struggle on Hold Since 1991
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Ambassador Sidi Omar is Frente POLISARIO Representative at the United Nations
Central African Republic ‘very volatile’, despite important progress – UN peacekeeping chief
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Despite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Ivorian refugees in Liberia struggle to get a helping hand
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Ivorian Ruth Sayne, 33, escaped the post-election violence in Cote d’Ivoire in 2011 and fled to neighboring Liberia with her husband, a farmer. While life was hard in the refugee camp, formerly the s...
Intellectual property and COVID-19 medicines: why a WTO waiver may not be enough
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A waiver may not allow all developing countries to secure medicines and other anti-COVID technologies in a timely way.
What should Lloyd’s of London do with artifacts linked to slavery?
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As Lloyd's embarks on a process of historical repair, the British insurer must include communities directly affected by the legacies of slavery