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Activists urge human rights court to condemn El Salvador’s abortion ban
by Reutersby ReutersSAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Women’s rights activists on Monday called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case brought a decade ago by a …
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Hong Kong women’s rights protest cancelled after police cite risk of violence
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong women’s rights group cancelled a demonstration at the last minute on Saturday after police said violent groups might want to …
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House GOP Proposes Parents’ Rights Legislation To Allow More Say In Curriculum
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Federal Judge Turns Down States Looking To Ram Through Equal Rights Amendment A Half-Century After Ratification Failed
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ALEXANDER FLEISS: Will We Lose Our Rights To The Surveillance State?
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Court rules New York law violates family planning center’s rights
Katelynn Richardson on February 27, 2023 NEW YORK, NY – A crisis pregnancy center’s lawsuit over a New York law barring employers from discriminating based on “reproductive health decision making” …
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Warner Bros Discovery sues Paramount over ‘South Park’ streaming rights
by Reutersby ReutersBy Jonathan Stempel and Dawn Chmielewski NEW YORK (Reuters) – The rights to stream “South Park,” the popular animated comedy featuring foul-mouthed children, is the subject of a new lawsuit …
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U.S. weapons sales to get stricter human rights review under Biden
by Reutersby ReutersBy Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights, backing off a …
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Groundwater carries radiation risk for North Korean cities near nuke test site – rights group
by Reutersby ReutersBy Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of North Koreans and people in South Korea, Japan and China could be exposed to radioactive materials spread through groundwater from an …
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Elementary School Hit With Civil Rights Complaint After Hosting ‘Race-Based’ Lunch Clubs
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Belarusian court sentences railway saboteurs to 22 years in prison – rights group
by Reutersby ReutersKYIV (Reuters) – A Belarusian court on Friday sentenced two men to 22 years in prison for their roles in acts of sabotage of the railway network intended to slow …
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Blue State’s Homeless Encampments Violate Disability Rights, Federal Lawsuit Says
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Doctors Disregarded Parents’ Rights, Pushed Kids Into Sex Changes, According To Former Gender Clinic Worker
Doctors Disregarded Parents’ Rights, Pushed Kids Into Sex Changes, According To Former Gender Clinic Worker Laurel Duggan on February 9, 2023 Jamie Reed was a case manager at The Washington …
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Hedge fund lobby group supports shareholder rights in Masimo case
by Reutersby ReutersBy Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The hedge fund industry trade association MFA on Thursday backed an activist investment firm’s push to reverse “draconian” amendments to medical device company …
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Iranian film director Jafar Panahi starts hunger strike in prison – rights group
by Reutersby ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian film director Jafar Panahi has started a hunger strike in prison to protest against authorities’ refusal to release him temporarily on bail pending retrial, the activist …
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Nigerian rights commission panel to probe abortion allegations against military
by Reutersby ReutersLAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s human rights commission has appointed a special panel whose role will include investigating a Reuters report that the military ran a secret abortion programme in its …
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Americas rights body calls for stronger reproductive protections
by Reutersby ReutersBy Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday called for countries in the Americas to reinforce protections for women and girls seeking …
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Pennsylvania School District Sued For Alleged Racial Segregation by Civil Rights Group
Reagan Reese on January 31, 2023 LOWER MERION, PA- The Parents Defending Education group filed a complaint Tuesday with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education …
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Human Rights Watch urges Ukraine to investigate antipersonnel mine use
by Reutersby ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) – Advocacy group Human Rights Watch called on Ukraine on Tuesday to investigate accusations that its military used thousands of rocket-fired antipersonnel landmines in and around the …
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UN rights chief asks Venezuela to release arbitrary detainees, end torture
by Reutersby ReutersCARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela should release arbitrarily detained individuals and end torture, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Saturday at the end of a …
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EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Commissioner Presses Virginia School Board On Alleged Withholding Of Merit Awards
EXCLUSIVE: Civil Rights Commissioner Presses Virginia School Board On Alleged Withholding Of Merit Awards Reagan Reese on January 27, 2023 A commissioner from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights asked …
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Lawsuit alleges Pennsylvania School District Violated Parents’ Rights To Opt Students Out Of SEL Curriculum
Nino Cambria on January 26, 2023 PHILADELPHIA, PA – According to a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Pennsylvania school district violated parents’ rights by refusing to allow their children to opt …
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Two French women sentenced in Nicaragua to eight years in jail -rights group
by Reutersby ReutersMANAGUA (Reuters) – A judge in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua, on Thursday sentenced two French citizens to eight years in jail, according to a human rights group, on charges of conspiracy …
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Dem Politicians Push For Crackdown On Gun Rights In Aftermath Of Mass Shootings
Dem Politicians Push For Crackdown On Gun Rights In Aftermath Of Mass Shootings Bronson Winslow on January 24, 2023 Following multiple mass shootings in California, several states and Democratic lawmakers began …