21/03/2018
The United Nations on 20 March 2018 called on Turkey to end its 18-month-old state of emergency, saying that the routine extension of emergency powers has resulted in “profound” human rights violations against hundreds of thousands of people and may have lasting impact on the country’s socio-economic fabric.
UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré | High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
“One of the most alarming findings of the report […] is how Turkish authorities reportedly detained some 100 women who were pregnant or had just given birth, mostly on the grounds that they were ‘associates’ of their husbands, who are suspected of being connected to terrorist organizations,” said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, in a news release announcing the findings.
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21/03/2018
People worldwide are being encouraged by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to think about how they can better promote tolerance, inclusion and respect for diversity.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe | Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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21/03/2018
By Robert J. Burrowes*
DAYLESFORD, Australia, 21 March, 2018 — In 2014 I wrote an article titled ‘The Global Elite is Insane’. I want to elaborate what I explained in the earlier article so that people have a clearer sense of what we are up against in our struggle to create a world of peace, justice and ecological sustainability.
**Political cartoon from October 1884, showing wealthy plutocrats feasting at a table while a poor family begs beneath | Author: Walt McDougall (1858–1938) Valerian Gribayedoff (1858–1908) | Wikimedia Commons: “This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.”
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21/03/2018
Half of All Fruit and Vegetables Discarded for Their ‘Look’
21 March 2018 (Wall Street International)* — Many of us are seriously worried about the environment, following the bad news about its steady degradation and talking about it with our families, colleagues and friends. And many are willing to do something to help but feel powerless.
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Look: there is an easy, very easy way how to prevent the further deterioration of the environment and help combat climate change. As easy as buying and eating “ugly” fruit and vegetables, just to start with.
How come?
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HUMAN WRONGS WATCH 