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China accused of ‘cultural genocide’ in Inner Mongolia
August 24, 2021 · By UCA News reporter for www.ucanews.com
China accused of ‘cultural genocide’ in Inner Mongolia Communist China’s move to expand compulsory Mandarin Chinese language education using Chinese textbooks in preschools across the country is part of “cultural genocide” in Inner Mongolia and other regions with distinct cultures, activists and commentators say. Education authorities have instructed kindergarten schools in ethnic minority and rural […]
Read More...How Chevron Made #FreeDonziger a Rallying Cry for the End of Oil
August 19, 2021 · By Paul Paz Y Miño for amazonwatch.org
How Chevron Made #FreeDonziger a Rallying Cry for the End of Oil Last Friday saw the anniversary of a shameful chapter in the U.S. legal system and further proof of the dangerous control the fossil fuel industry has over government. It was the two-year anniversary of the house arrest of human rights lawyer Steven Donziger. This […]
Read More...Energy to burn: teenage metabolism rate similar to adults’, says study
August 19, 2021 · By Nicola Davis for www.theguardian.com
Energy to burn: teenage metabolism rate similar to adults’, says study Teenagers may be said to eat their parents out of house and home, but research suggests their daily energy expenditure isn’t much greater than that of adults. An international team of researchers has tracked the total daily energy expenditure of more than 6,000 people […]
Read More...Prince Andrew can’t ignore courts, says Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer
August 19, 2021 · By George Bowden for www.bbc.com
Prince Andrew can’t ignore courts, says Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer The Duke of York “cannot hide behind wealth and palace walls” and must respond to sexual abuse allegations filed in a US court, his accuser’s lawyer told BBC Two’s Newsnight. Prince Andrew should allow a jury to decide what happened, David Boies, the lawyer of Virginia […]
Read More...Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site
July 29, 2021 · By VOA News for www.voanews.com
Germany Shuts Down International Child Pornography Site Germany has shut down “one of the biggest darknet child pornography platforms in the world” and arrested four of its members, authorities said on Monday. In a series of raids in mid-April, German police arrested three men between the ages of 40 and 64 while and another suspect […]
Read More...Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments ‘targets activists’
July 28, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Pegasus: Spyware sold to governments ‘targets activists’ Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, […]
Read More...Former Labor official Peter Hansen sent ‘abhorrent’ encrypted messages about sex with children, court told
July 28, 2021 · By Paige Cockburn for www.abc.net.au
Former Labor official Peter Hansen sent ‘abhorrent’ encrypted messages about sex with children, court told A former priest and Labor official sent encrypted messages about wanting to maximise his trip to the Philippines where he paid young boys to engage in sexual acts, a court has heard The District Court in Sydney today heard Peter Hansen […]
Read More...WhatsApp to let users message without their phones
July 27, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
WhatsApp to let users message without their phones WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to a user’s phone. Its desktop and web apps need that device to be connected and receiving messages. But the new feature will […]
Read More...Canada residential schools: ‘Six years old, I was imprisoned here’
July 27, 2021 · By BBC News for www.bbc.com
Canada residential schools: ‘Six years old, I was imprisoned here’ As searches for the unmarked graves of the former students of residential schools continue across Canada, survivors like Isadore Poorman reflect on a dark legacy of those institutions. Produced by Dan Lytwyn, Barbara Plett-Usher and Joan Soley.
Read More...Vatican Court Hears Unprecedented Sexual Abuse Criminal Trial
July 27, 2021 · By SYLVIA POGGIOLI for www.npr.org
Vatican Court Hears Unprecedented Sexual Abuse Criminal Trial Editor’s note: This story includes details some readers may find disturbing. An unprecedented trial is underway this month at the Vatican, the result of a whistleblower going public. A young priest is charged with sexually abusing an altar boy over a five-year period inside Vatican City walls. […]
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