MPS say they aim to open people’s eyes to the ‘unnecessary suffering and death that is all around us’, which they describe as ‘all too often unnoticed’. The group hold…
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Conservative Group to Install Billboards in Alabama Thanking Tuberville for Abortion Stance
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanU.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama has faced plenty of backlash in recent weeks over his controversial blockade of military promotions over the U.S. Department of Defense’s abortion policy. His…
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Saudi Charges Women’s Activist With Spreading Propaganda
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanSaudi Arabia has charged a women’s rights activist detained since November over her social media posts with launching a “propaganda campaign”, according to court documents seen by AFP on Wednesday.…
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Activists Start Drive to Put Abortion Rights into Florida Constitution
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanA coalition seeking to put abortion protections before Florida voters will need to raise millions of dollars, gather nearly 900,000 signatures, get state Supreme Court approval and clear hurdles enacted…
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Two Prominent Chinese Rights Activists Jailed for Over a Decade
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanA Chinese court has jailed two of the country’s most prominent human rights defenders for over a decade on subversion charges, according to the wife of one of them and…
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Polish Activists Win Cases Against ‘LGBT-Free Zones’
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanOn April 21, an appeals court in the Polish city of Białystok threw out a case brought by Przasnysz county authorities against four lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights activists who…
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Civil rights groups call for reform of law enforcement review boards
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanThe local NAACP and ACLU want the Tampa police and Hillsboroughsheriff to give their review boards more power. As demonstrators take to the streets to protest police brutality and demand…
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The Guardian view on Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira: protect people, protect the planet
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanJournalists and environmental defenders are at greatest risk in Latin America. All those who put them in danger must be held accountable the murders of the British journalist Dom Phillips and…
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US protests begin after police release footage of fatal beating of Tyre Nichols
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanDemonstrations in Memphis and other US cities follow release of video and request from Nichols’s mother to ‘protest in peace’ Demonstrations quickly began on Friday evening as Memphis police released…
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Contempt ruling against environmental protester is a crime against justice
by Tom Pittmanby Tom PittmanThe climate crisis is a much bigger nuisance than the jailed Insulate Britain activist David Nixon, writes Dennis Leachman It is truly shocking that a person has been tried while being…