BORIS Johnson is to slap down the EU’s demands on human rights laws in talks to negotiate a post-Brexit trade deal, it has emerged. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Human Trafficking Awareness Campaigns Perpetuate Myths, Don’t Tell The Whole Story, Per HuffPost
Human trafficking awareness campaigns, which sometimes feature lurid warnings that suggest that anyone could be victimized by the insidious crime, don’t actually do anything to combat the problem and actually perpetuate myths about it, HuffPost reports. Human trafficking is a real problem: of that, there is no doubt. Whether it’s children or adults, whether it’s being coerced into sexual slavery ...
Read More »More than 130 migrants killed after U.S. deports them to El Salvador, human rights group says
More than 130 Salvadorans have been killed after being deported from the United States since 2013, the U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday, as it stressed the danger migrants face under the Trump administration’s hardening immigration policy. CBC | World News
Read More »Coronavirus latest: WHO could announce global health emergency over human transmission
CORONAVIRUS could be declared a global health emergency as the World Health Organisation Executive Director stated that 20 percent of cases are severe and the source of pathogen is still unclear. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »The cost of climate change is more than numbers — it’s the human toll, experts say
On Wednesday, U.S. government agencies released their annual report on global temperatures and climate conditions, finding that 2019 was the second warmest year on record. Experts say rising heat is about more than the numbers, it’s about the costs to lives and livelihoods. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS threat: UK jihadis could exploit human rights laws to force their return to UK
BORIS JOHNSON has been warned that British jihadis in Syria could exploit the repatriation of their children to the UK as a way of forcing their own return under human rights laws. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Hong Kong protesters ring in 2020 with pro-democracy chants, human chains
Thousands of Hong Kong revelers welcome 2020 on neon-lit promenades along the picturesque Victoria Harbour, breaking into pro-democracy chants as the clocks strike midnight after more than half a year of often violent unrest. CBC | World News
Read More »Pope urges healing of ‘suffering members of our human family’ in Christmas message
Pope Francis urged the world to let the light of Christmas pierce the “darkness in human hearts” that leads to religious persecution, social injustice, armed conflicts and fear of migrants. CBC | World News
Read More »UN accuses Chile security forces of ‘serious human rights violations’ against protesters
A UN human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against protesters over the past two months, including deaths, torture, sexual abuse and the use of excessive force. CBC | World News
Read More »Human remains from Chilean military plane found floating in water
Chile’s defence minister said Thursday that human remains have been found from a military aircraft that disappeared on a flight to Antarctica. CBC | World News
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