Togo, West Africa Added To A Growing List of Countries That Are Banning Glyphosate
Togo, a country in West Africa has decided to ban the use of toxic chemical pesticide, glyphosate because of growing health and environmental concerns.
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World Court Rules Against Myanmar on Rohingya
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Rohingya refugees walk through rice fields after crossing the border from Myanmar into Palang Khali, Bangladesh, October 19, 2017.
© 2017 Jorge Silva/Reuters
(Brussels) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) order on January 23, 2020, directing Myanmar to prevent all genocidal acts against Rohingya Muslims is crucial for protecting
Cambodia: Opposition Leader’s Trial Blocked to Public
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Cambodian police officers stand guard in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court during a hearing of Kem Sokha, the head of the dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020.
© 2020 AP Photo/Heng Sinith
(Bangkok) – The Cambodian opposition leader, Kem Sokha, is
Guinea Support for 2009 Massacre Trial ‘Unequivocal’
Opposition supporters flee Conakry’s main stadium on September 28, 2009, after security forces stormed and opened fire on rally participants.
Qatar: 5-Year Prison Sentence Set for ‘Fake News’
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An image of the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on a building in Doha, Qatar.
© 2019 Anke Waelischmiller/AP Images
An image of the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on a building in Doha, Qatar. (Beirut) – Qatar has amended its penal code to restrict further
Finland’s Prime Minister Calls For A 4-Day Workweek To Increase Productivity & Family Time
The Prime Minister of Finland feels that a 4-day workweek could have an overall benefit for the citizens of her country.
Cambodia: Drop Charges Against 2 Journalists
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Former RFA reporters Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin speak to the media outside of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court, Aug. 29, 2019.
© 2019 Radio Free Asia
(Bangkok) – Cambodian authorities should drop the baseless espionage charges against two former Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalists, Human Rights Watch said today. On
US Citizen Dies in Egyptian Prison
Mustafa Kassem.
Lebanon: Police Violence Against Protesters
Riot police arrest a protester outside a police station in Beirut, Lebanon on Wednesday, January 15, 2020.
Saudi Arabia: Unrelenting Repression
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Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah Cultural Festival on the outskirts of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia February 12, 2018.
© 2018 REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
Women walk past a poster of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during Janadriyah
Mauritania: Presidential Transition
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Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years, hold up signs that say “education is a right for all.”
© 2019 Mohamed Maa al-Einein Sid El-Kheir, Nouackchott, Mauritania
Students protesting against a discriminatory government decision limiting enrollment in public university to 24 years,
US: Punitive Policies Undercut Rights
Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork on October 5, 2019, during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico. (Washington, DC, January 15, 2020) – The Trump administration is cruelly punishing migrants and eviscerating the
Is A Carbon Tax What We Really Want?
The Carbon Tax (and its sinister partner the Cap-and-Trade market) is the only "solution" that our leaders are proposing for Climate Change.
Reader Email: A Different Perspective On The Crisis In Bolivia
A reader sent an email to us offering a very different perspective from a recent article on Bolivia that we published.
Bangladesh: Online Surveillance, Control
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Bangladeshi photojournalists and journalists form a human chain infront of National Press Club protesting the attacks on them during the students' ongoing protest demanding safe roads, in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 7, 2018.
© 2018 Mamunur RashidNurPhoto/Sipa USA
(New York) – Bangladesh authorities are blocking access to online news sites