Whistleblower Frances Haugen’s testimony to US senators on Tuesday shone a light on violence and instability in Myanmar and Ethiopia in recent years and long-held concerns about links with activity on Facebook. “What we saw in Myanmar and are now seeing in Ethiopia are only the opening chapters of a story so terrifying, no one …
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A school district in Essex County is investigating an allegation of discrimination by a teacher against a Muslim second grader. CBS2’s Meg Baker spoke with the girl’s mother. “I try to teach them modesty and teach them what God wants us to do and what is our purpose here,” said Cassandra Wyatt. Wyatt’s 7-year-old daughter …
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A former pastor in B.C.’s Fraser Valley has been sentenced following an investigation into allegations relating to child pornography. Johannes “John” Vermeer, who previously preached at the Main Street Church in Chilliwack, was sentenced to 14 months behind bars. He’d been charged back in 2018 with two counts each of accessing and possession of child …
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French police have received a daily average of about 49 reports of rapes involving minors in 2021, according to a report by RTL news. Law enforcement agencies also reported an average of 68 cases daily of sexual assault and sexual harassment of minors. More than 200 police and gendarmerie personnel are trained to handle the …
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The investigations are being carried out secretly by at least ten municipalities through private companies in the Netherlands, local media reported. Some city governments in the Netherlands have been secretly investigating mosques and Muslim institutions through private companies, local media reported. Dutch daily NRC reported on Saturday that at least 10 municipalities in the country …
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Colin Powell, who served as secretary of state during the presidency of George W. Bush and led the first Gulf War as chairman of the Joint Chiefs, has died at age 84 of complications from COVID-19, his family confirmed. Powell, the first African American to serve in both of those senior posts, died Monday morning, …
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Syrian refugees who voluntarily returned to Syria between 2017 and 2021 from Lebanon and Jordan faced grave human rights abuses and persecution at the hands of Syrian government and affiliated militias, including torture, extra-judicial killings, and kidnappings. The majority of those interviewed by Human Rights Watch also struggled to survive and meet their basic needs …
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Prominent British universities are not dealing with complaints of sexual harassment effectively, appearing more prepared to dismiss them than punish the perpetrators, according to evidence gathered during a two-year investigation. The investigation, Degrees of Abuse, by Al Jazeera’s Investigations Unit (I-Unit) reveals how British universities, including Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, and Warwick deal with complaints of …
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Yemen’s humanitarian crisis continues to be “the world’s worst” according to Mr. Elder, who said that it “represents a tragic convergence of four threats: a violent and protracted conflict, economic devastation, social services on the brink of collapse, including health, nutrition, water sanitation, education, protection; and a critically underfunded UN system”. According to UNICEF, more …
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A United States judge has ruled the United States has no legal basis for holding an Afghan man at the notorious US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, setting the stage for his potential release, his lawyer told Al Jazeera. Asadullah Haroon Gul, an Afghan national, has been held at Guantanamo since June 2007 after …
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