Civil Rights Groups Label Minns’ Anti-Protest Laws “Draconian”
On Tuesday, the NSW Government tabled its new bills to address rising rates of antisemitism, but many have raised concerns that the new laws would suppress protest and give police … The post Civil Rights Groups Label Minns’ Anti-Protest Laws “Draconian” appeared first on Star Observer…
Discussion | Khoi-San fights for recognition and land rights
JOHANNESBURG – The Khoi-San Fight for full Inclusion in Modern South Africa shifted up a notch yesterday with the eviction of a group that has been camped outside the Union Buildings since 2018. The group is demanding equal rights, inclusion of their language among the country’s 12 official languages, the scrapping of the “coloured” classification
We finally know why so many ancient human bones are pulled from the River Thames
The big question for these human bones is how they came to be in the river…
UN Says Sheikh Hasina’s Govt Behind Possible ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ In Bangladesh
The UN rights office said it had “reasonable grounds to believe” that “murder, torture, imprisonment and infliction of other inhumane acts have taken place” under Hasina’s government…
Ex-Activision boss Bobby Kotick wanted a Jurassic Park game so badly, he sent Steven Spielberg a proposal inside a large dinosaur egg
Former Activision Blizzard boss Bobby Kotick has said he desperately wanted the rights to make a Jurassic Park video game – and created a bizarre personal pitch to movie director Steven Spielberg before the first film came out. Read more…
Judge temporarily blocks agencies from removing health data
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily paused three agencies from modifying or removing data from their websites and ordered them to restore deleted pages related to public health. The temporary restraining order requires the Department of Health and Human Services as well as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug…
How Ime Udoka resurrected the Houston Rockets from NBA poverty to contender
After a headline-making fall in Boston, Ime Udoka has staged a comeback with the Houston Rockets that has him leading the pack for the NBA’s coach of the yearFrom the myth of Icarus to countless modern narratives, we see a recurring pattern: how humanity is brought back down to earth…UN Rights Chief: Bangladeshi Gov’t Suspected of Rights Violations in Protest Response
GENEVA (Reuters) – The UN’s human rights chief said on Wednesday there are reasonable grounds to believe officials of the former government of…