Sexual discrimination in employment | Photo from Wall Street International.
20/10/2018
Brazil Court Summons Bolsonaro on Electoral Crimes
Human Wrongs Watch
Brazil court summons far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro for electoral crimes, stemming from allegations that he created a fake news campaign.
Bolsonaro discute violência contra mulheres na Câmara. | Marcelo Camargo/Agência Brasil | CC BY 3.0 br
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19 October 2018 (teleSUR)* – Jair Bolsonaro has five days to appear before the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) and present his case, amid allegations of disseminating fake news. TSE Minister Jorge Mussi made the decision after an online petition — requesting Bolsonaro be disqualified in the race for the presidency in Brazil — was started.
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20/10/2018
The Bolsonaro Effect
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It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president (Jair Messias Bolsonaro) and it is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil. Español Português
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.18 October 2018 (openDemocracy)* – It sounds like a distasteful joke, but Brazilians are on the verge of electing a far-right president. After winning the first ballot on 7 October, candidate Jair Messias Bolsonaro (Social Liberal Party) now leads the polls for the second ballot enjoying 58% of voting intentions (considering only the valid votes). It is difficult to estimate what this means to progressive forces in Brazil.
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20/10/2018
Children Separated at Border, Suffering Alarming and Prolonged Effects – Independent Human Rights Experts
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Separating children from their undocumented parents is a traumatic violation of their rights, UN independent experts said on 19 October 2018.
20/10/2018
UN Human Rights Experts Stand with Businesses Protesting Saudi Journalist Khashoggi’s Disappearance
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Independent UN human rights experts are praising business leaders who have decided to pull out of a high-level investment conference taking place next week in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, over concern for the fate of dissident Saudi journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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20/10/2018
Khashoggi Case Highlights ‘Very Worrying Practice’ of Overseas Abductions – UN Human Rights Expert
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18 October 2018 — The case of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi is just the latest example of a “new and very worrying practice” of States abducting individuals beyond their own borders, said the Chair of the UN Working Group on Enforced Disappearances, addressing the UN General Assembly on 9 October 2018.
19/10/2018
Libya – ‘Amid Increasingly Violent Clashes in Tripoli, UN Refugee Agency Airlifts 135 Migrants and Refugees to Safety in Niger’
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18 October 2018 – Amid increasingly violent clashes between rival armed groups in Libya’s capital, Tripoli, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has successfully airlifted 135 migrants and refugees to safety in Niger. The agency staff endured security challenges including having to operate under the threat of intermittent fire between rival militias.
19/10/2018
UN Vote on Palestine a Humiliating Defeat for US and Its Envoy
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By Thalif Deen*
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 17 2018 (IPS) – Nikky Haley, the vociferously anti-Palestine US Ambassador to the United Nations, warned member states last year she will “take down names” of those who vote against American interests in the world body—perhaps with the implicit threat of cutting US aid to countries that refuse to play ball with the diplomatically-reckless Trump administration.
Credit: Institute for Palestine Studies
But that vengeance-driven head count – and no ball playing — could be a tedious exercise for the US when 146 out of 193 member states vote to affirm Palestine as the new chairman of the 134-member Group of 77, the largest single coalition of developing countries at the United Nations.
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19/10/2018
Bring Killers of Journalists to Justice: UNESCO Seeks Media Partners for New Campaign
18 October 2018 – Every four days, a journalist is murdered, often for simply doing their job of uncovering something that someone wants to stay hidden: the vast majority of these killings go unpunished.
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To help raise awareness of this situation, UNESCO, the UN Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization, is launching a new campaign, Truth Never Dies, on 2 November, the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
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19/10/2018
Notes on Waste Land – How We Have Transformed Our Natural World
Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area, Silver Bow/Deer Lodge Counties, Montana, 1986 | Photo from Wall Street International.
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