Posts Tagged ‘discriminatory’

Appeals court rules West Virginia transgender sports ban discriminatory

Appeals court rules West Virginia transgender sports ban discriminatory | The Hill Skip to content Adobe Stock A transgender flag being waved at LGBTQ gay pride march. Correction: West Virginia’s ban on transgender students joining sports teams discriminated against a middle school athlete, an appeals court ruled Tuesday. A previous headline on this article contained […]

India Begins Implementation of Discriminatory Citizenship Amendment Act 

03/12/2024 India (International Christian Concern) — Four years after being passed by Parliament and signed into law, India’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will now be implemented, according to a government announcement Monday. The move, lauded by the ardent Hindu nationalists making up the core of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support base, comes as national […]

Combating censorship: Pressley’s bill targets discriminatory book bans as civil rights violations

In a bold move against escalating book bans, Rep. Ayanna Pressley introduces a legislative response to safeguard diversity and freedom in literature. Source

House Democrats Vow To Ban the Term Pedophilia: ‘It’s Discriminatory’

House Democrats have vowed to ban the terms “pedophile” and “pedophilia” because they are discriminatory against sexual preferences and gender identity. Yes, really. During the hearing before the House Oversight and Reform Committee, California Rep. […] The post House Democrats Vow To Ban the Term Pedophilia: ‘It’s Discriminatory’ appeared first on News Punch. Source

New Zealand Court Rules Voting Age of 18 ‘Discriminatory’

New Zealand’s peak judicial body, the Supreme Court, has declared the current minimum voting age of 18 to be discriminatory, paving the way for the voting age to be lowered to 16. Activist group, Make It 16, has been advocating for three years to drop the minimum voting age so that it is in line […]

House Democrats express concerns over Israel’s discriminatory travel restrictions

House progressives press the Biden administration over Israel’s discriminatory travel restrictions and warn against granting the country a visa waiver. Source

PayPal is Still Threatening to Fine Users $2,500 for Promoting “Intolerance That Is Discriminatory”

By Tom Parker While PayPal has walked back its threat to fine users $2,500 for “misinformation,” the payments company is still reserving the right to fine users the same amount for other alleged transgressions. In its current “Acceptable Use Policy,” which has been active for a year, PayPal states that: “Violation of this Acceptable Use Policy constitutes a violation of […]

Director-General of the WHO confirms Vaccine Passports are discriminatory, Children should not be given the Covid-19 Vaccine, and the Jabs are useless at preventing infection and spread of Covid-19

By The Exposé on November 12, 2021 Footage has emerged of the Director-General of the World Health Organization speaking with the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, in which he clearly states that the WHO does not recommend Vaccine Passports as they would be discriminatory, the purpose of the Covid-19 injection is not to prevent infection […]

An Open Letter to Doctors and Employers regarding discriminatory Covid-19 Vaccination status

BY DAILY EXPOSE ON OCTOBER 5, 2021 • Listen Now  Awakened World is a not-for-profit organisation set up as a central hub to connect people and services that do not ask and do not care about your COVID-19 vaccination status. As well as a growing directory of businesses and informative articles, they also provide numerous template letters and other […]

Human rights groups urge PayPal to end discriminatory policy against Palestinians

Palestinian human rights organizations are demanding that PayPal end its “discriminatory” policy that prevents Palestinians from the occupied territory from using its platform.  In a letter to PayPal’s President and CEO, a coalition of Palestinian human rights groups and international partners, including Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) and the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, called out the […]

Obama-Appointed Judge: Florida’s ‘Discriminatory’ Ban on Sanctuary Cities Is Unconstitutional

A judge has ruled that Florida’s ban on sanctuary cities, which shield criminal illegal aliens from arrest and deportation, is unconstitutional because it is discriminatory. Judge Beth Bloom, appointed by former President Obama, permanently enjoined the law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in June 2019 that banned Florida cities and counties from protecting criminal […]

More Rights for Vaccinated People – the Discriminatory “Vaccine Diplomacy” of the West?

With the coronavirus pandemic, “vaccine diplomacy” has become a significant factor in international life. Before the coronavirus pandemic, the tools of diplomacy were mostly lucrative loans, customs concessions, scientific and cultural exchanges. Yet now, vaccines have been added to these tools, and the diplomatic effect has been far more significant than anyone could have anticipated. […]

Activists protest Hungary’s discriminatory LGBT law

Activists in Hungary erected a large rainbow-colored heart in front of the country’s ornate neo-Gothic Parliament building on Thursday, vowing civil disobedience to a recently passed law they say discriminates against and marginalizes LGBT people. The rainbow colors, now in the form of the 10-meter (30 foot) heart opposite the 117-year-old parliament, have in recent […]

UN Women: COVID-19 is `most discriminatory crisis’ for women

The head of UN Women called the COVID-19 pandemic “the most discriminatory crisis” that women and girls have ever experienced on Monday, pointing to women losing jobs far more often than men, a “shadow pandemic” of domestic violence, and 47 million more women being pushed into living on less than $1.90 a day this year. […]

A year of discriminatory COVID policy now makes it to Israel’s international airport

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Rights groups say Pfizer has duty to ensure its vaccine is not used in discriminatory manner

Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq is calling on the Pfizer pharmaceutical  company to ensure that its COVID-19 vaccine is being used and distributed without discrimination, expressing concerns that Israel is using the company’s vaccine “to further entrench” injustices against Palestinians living under occupation.  In a letter to Pfizer, Al-Haq expressed concern over Israel’s “racially discriminatory […]

Calif. Legislature Softens ‘Discriminatory’ Sex Offender Registry Requirements For Sodomy With Minors

(Daily Caller) — The California legislature passed a law late Monday relaxing sex offender registry requirements for sodomy and other acts with minors in efforts to end “discrimination against LGBTQ young people on the sex offender registry,” according to the bill’s sponsor. Democratic state Sen. Scott Weiner, a gay politician who represents San Francisco, first […]

Muslim Groups Awarded Damages Over Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance

Muslim Groups Awarded Damages Over Discriminatory NYPD Surveillance Above Photo: From mintpressnews.com “We have been down similar roads before. Jewish Americans during the Red Scare, African Americans during the civil rights movement, and Japanese Americans during World War II are examples that readily spring to mind.” The New York Police Department reached a settlement with Muslim-owned […]

Gender Segregated School Bus not Discriminatory, Swedish Discrimination Ombudsman Rules

A Muslim school in Sweden that separated pupils by gender on a school bus did not break anti-discrimination laws in doing so, the country’s Discrimination Ombudsman (DO) has judged. But the same could not be said about gender segregated sports lessons. Earlier this year a documentary by Swedish broadcaster TV4 featured footage of the privately-run […]

Audit Finds New York City Bail System Costly And Discriminatory

Kalief Browder, who killed himself after spending three years in solitary confinement on charges of stealing a backpack. (ABC NEWS) Nearly two years after the suicide of a former Rikers inmate highlighted a punitive bail system, an audit released Thursday shows that it costs New York City $116 million a year to lock up mostly young […]

Russian church leader asks UN, Pope to intervene with Kiev over ‘discriminatory’ religious laws

The pieces of legislation, which the Ukrainian parliament is set to vote on Thursday, “threaten the constitutional rights of millions of Ukrainian believers, may cause a wave of violence and new seizures of churches, and escalate intercommunal conflict in Ukraine,” the Patriarch warned, as cited by the Moscow Patriarchy press service. If adopted, the bills […]

Gallstones: Symptoms and Natural Remedies

7th June 2016 By Dr. Edward Group Guest Writer for Wake Up World Some 10-15% of adults in the U.S. experience the pain of gallstones. [1] In fact, it’s a digestive problem that sends more people to the hospital each year than any other. And, unfortunately, the rate of gallstone attacks has been continually rising. […]

LA Police Commission: De-Escalate, Stop The Killing

Members of Los Angeles’ Police Commission have called for “significant” changes regarding the use of deadly force by the city’s cops. According to a new report, they want to make sure that Los Angeles Police Department officers did all they could in the past to de-escalate tense situations, and they want to urge the city’s cops […]

Study: At least 78% of humanitarian aid intended for Palestinians ends up in Israeli coffers

Diplomats may have a reputation for greyness, obfuscation, even hypocrisy, but few have found themselves compared to a serial killer, let alone one who devours human flesh. That honour befell Laars Faaborg-Andersen, the European Union’s ambassador to Israel, last week when Jewish settlers launched a social media campaign casting him as Hannibal Lecter, the terrifying […]

BBC’s hostility to Corbyn is just another reason to support him. BBC caught creating news for Cameron’s benefit

BBC producer deletes blog where he admits political manipulation before PM Questions A BBC producer has admitted in a BBC blog – now deleted – that Andrew Neil, Laura Kuenssberg and himself manipulated the news to negatively impact Jeremy Corbyn during Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday. In the blog, the producer – Andrew Alexander – openly admits […]

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