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13/05/2020
Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide
Human Wrongs Watch
By Human Rights Watch*
National Action Plans Needed to Counter Intolerance
In this screenshot, a man helps a shop owner pick up a display stand after a group of teenagers vandalize the store in Chinatown San Francisco on March 16, 2020. © 2020 CrimesAgainstAsians/Facebook
(New York) – Governments should take urgent steps to prevent racist and xenophobic violence and discrimination linked to the Covid-19 pandemic while prosecuting racial attacks against Asians and people of Asian descent, Human Rights Watch today [12 May 2020].
13/05/2020
Trump Must Be Defeated!
Human Wrongs Watch
By John Scales Avery – TRANSCEND Media Service
Trump Threatens the Future of Human Civilization
John Scales Avery
There is so much wrong with Donald Trump that one hardly knows where to start.
He is a bully, braggart, narcissist, racist, misogynist, habitual liar, and tax evader, in addition to being demonstrably ignorant. He has contempt for both domestic and international law, as well as for the US Constitution.
However, it is Trump’s climate change denial, withdrawal from the Paris agreement, and sponsorship of fossil fuels that pose the greatest threats to the future of human society and the biosphere.
The general support of the Republican Party for the fossil fuel industry is the reason why Prof. Noam Chomsky has called the party “the most dangerous organization in history”.
Trump’s Climate Change Denial
In a recent article, climate expert Dr. Andrew Glickson wrote:
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13/05/2020
‘Passing the Buck’ Becomes Reckless ‘Conspiracy Blame Game’
Human Wrongs Watch
– Although Wuhan local authorities undoubtedly ostracized local medical whistle-blowers, notably Dr Li Wenliang, who suspected a new virus was responsible for flu-like infections in Wuhan in late 2019, official responses were apparently not delayed, and possibly even expedited, as the novel character of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for Covid-19 infections, was not immediately self-evident.
Street checkpoint in Wuhan, China. Credit: UNV
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13/05/2020
Five Things You Should Know about an Age-Old Pest: the Desert Locust
11 May 2020 (FAO)* — Desert Locust upsurges aren’t a new phenomenon. Locusts are one of the oldest migratory pests in the world and have wreaked havoc on crops across the globe for centuries. When huge swarms infest many countries and spread across several regions or continents, it becomes a plague. A plague of Desert Locusts, the most destructive locust species of all, can easily affect 20 percent of the Earth’s land, potentially damaging the livelihoods of one tenth of the world’s population and seriously affecting food security.
So, what are the main things to know about Desert Locusts?
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13/05/2020
This Health Crisis Is “Quickly Becoming a Child Rights Crisis”; Without Urgent Action, a Further 6,000 Under-Fives Could Die… Each Day – UNICEF
12 May 2020 (UN News)* — As the coronavirus outbreak enters its fifth month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that the health crisis is “quickly becoming a child rights crisis”, requesting $1.6 billion to support its humanitarian response for children impacted by the pandemic. And without urgent action, a further 6,000 under-fives could die each day.
13/05/2020
Universal Basic Income the Right Prescription for Latin America and the Caribbean – New UN Report
Human Wrongs Watch
(UN News)* — A new report by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) unveiled on Tuesday [12 May 2020], proposes that governments ensure immediate temporary cash transfers to help millions of people struggling to meet basic needs, as the massive fallout from COVID-19 ripples across the region’s economies.
Executive-Secretary Alecia Bárcena – launching the “The Social Challenge in Times of COVID-19” report, at a virtual press conference in Santiago, Chile – said these transfers should then be made permanent and extend to those who are at risk of being caught in the poverty trap. Such a step would pave the way towards a universal basic income, guaranteeing the basic right to survival, she said.
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