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Hundreds of people have been killed amid armed clashes in Syria, with many of those deaths filmed and published on the internet. CBC’s visual investigations team has verified three of those deaths. The practice of publicizing killings is both shocking and an important tool for researchers, an expert says. CBC | World News
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Angela Rayner dealt huge blow as major ‘workers rights’ plan faces chop
The “right to switch off” policy – a key part of a Labour manifesto promise – is “dead”, according to one Government source. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Germany’s refugees, minorities fear the future after far right’s breakthrough
The AfD’s historic score in German elections worries refugees and minorities, such as the 2SLGBTQ+ community, who fear rollback of their rights. CBC | World News
Read More »Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender identity protections from civil rights code
Iowa lawmakers voted to remove gender identity protections from the state’s civil rights code Thursday despite massive protests by opponents and human rights advocates who say it could expose transgender people to discrimination in numerous areas of life. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 7,000 have died in Congo this year, country’s PM tells UN’s human rights council
Some 7,000 people have died since January in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the prime minister of the DRC told a high-level meeting of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday, with combatants and civilians among the dead. CBC | World News
Read More »Indigenous rights activists protest as Australians mark anniversary of British colonization
Two historic statues were damaged in Melbourne ahead of Australia Day celebrations on Sunday, with tens of thousands of people across the country joining protests in support of Aboriginal groups who say the date is not one to cheer. CBC | World News
Read More »GB News guest clashes with human rights lawyer over ‘outrageous’ immigrant demand
British Reform UK politician Rupert Lowe entered a fiery debate as he strongly rejected calls for an amnesty for illegal migrants in Britain. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Biden declares decades-old Equal Rights Amendment law — but what happens next?
President Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, backing an effort to enshrine the change more than a century after the guarantee of gender equality was first proposed. CBC | World News
Read More »Judge allows testing of George Floyd tissue samples as officer seeks new trial on civil rights conviction
A judge has granted permission to Derek Chauvin’s lawyers to have tissue samples from George Floyd’s body examined. It’s part of the former Minneapolis police officer’s efforts to challenge his federal conviction of violating Floyd’s civil rights after he was also convicted in Floyd’s 2020 killing. CBC | World News
Read More »135 killed in Guinea soccer stampede, say human rights groups
Some 135 people were killed in a crush at a soccer stadium in southeast Guinea on Sunday, a local group of human rights organizations said, sharing an estimated death toll more than twice as high as the official toll of 56. CBC | World News
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