12 November 2018 – The Dutch authorities have been accused by UN experts of racism in the country’s welfare system, after seven children of African descent were forcibly removed from their parents.
UN Photo/Manuel Elias | E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on racism, xenophobia and related intolerance
In May, police took the children into care, including a breastfeeding infant – reportedly without “duly considering their best interests, preserving the family structure or first providing instructions on how to combat problems in the home,” the experts said.
“This family separation has caused immense traumaand psychological damage and we are deeply troubled about the impact on the children’s physical and mental wellbeing,” said E. Tendayi Achiume, Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and Michal Balcerzak, Chairperson of the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent.
12 November 2018 – On Nov 3, Christine Assange, mother of Julian Assange, made a deeply moving video with a public appeal to save the life of her son.
Mairead Corrigan Maguire
Julian Assange is editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks. A Grand Jury has been set up in the USA to try Julian Assange and WikiLeaks for their reporting of US/NATO’s illegal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.
Julian Assange has been threatened by high profile US citizens also for highlighting corruption by USA/CIA and corporate powers, and for continuing disclosing the links between private corporations and government agencies.
For this, he is being persecuted and deprived of his right to liberty and basic human rights.
Six years ago, Julian Assange, aware of these extradition plans of America, sought asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy, in London, where he remains. He is now for six years within the Ecuadorian embassy, and has now been detained WITHOUT CHARGES for eight years.
12 November 2018 – Opening of the We Feed the Worldexhibition in London, 11 Oct 2018. A photographic exhibition celebrating the smallholder farmers and fisherfolk who feed the world. www.wefeedtheworld.org
9 November 2018 (UN Women)* — Meet Imad Natour, a Palestinian police officer who specializes in domestic violence cases as part of the Family and Juvenile Protection Unit. The unit, supported by a joint programme by UN Women, UNDP and UNICEF, provides survivors of violence with medical, legal aid, temporary shelter and police protection. The unit is also creating powerful gender equality advocates like Natour within communities.
Imad Natour. Photo: UN Women/Eunjin Jeong
“I have been supporting survivors of violence in Ramallah and Tulkarem for eight years now, through the Family and Juvenile Protection Unit (FJPU) of the Palestinian Civil Police.
Before joining this unit in 2010, I worked for the Anti-Narcotics Administration, where I saw many domestic violence cases related to drug abuse, but I couldn’t help the survivors.
12 November 2018 (UN Environment)* — Fashion revolves around the latest trends but is the industry behind the curve on the only trend that ultimately matters – the need to radically alter our patterns of consumption to ensure the survival of the planet.
The fashion industry produces 20 per cent of global wastewater and 10 per cent of global carbon emissions – more than all international flights and maritime shipping.
Textile dyeing is the second largest polluter of water globally and it takes around 2,000 gallons of water to make a typical pair of jeans.
Every second, the equivalent of one garbage truck of textiles is landfilled or burned. If nothing changes, by 2050 the fashion industry will use up a quarter of the world’s carbon budget.
Washing clothes also releases half a million tonnes of microfibresinto the ocean every year.
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