Posts Tagged ‘neutral’

Gender ‘X’: Canada introduces gender-neutral passports

Ahmed Hussen, Canada’s immigration minister, announced that the new gender designation ‘X’ would come into effect from August 31. “By introducing an ‘X’ gender designation in our government-issued documents, we are taking an important step towards advancing equality for all Canadians regardless of gender identity or expression,” Hussen said in a statement Thursday. Immigration, Refugees and […]

Canada Aims To Issue Gender Neutral Birth Certificates By 2018

The province of Ontario, Canada is aiming to issue “gender neutral” birth certificates as early as next year, with the government working to ensure the birth certificates will be legally recognized in other jurisdictions. Ontario’s minister of government and consumer services Tracey MacCharles said the province is determined to push the legislation through and consultations […]

‘Religiously neutral’: German parliament approves partial ban on full-face veil

The legislation was passed by the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, on Thursday evening. “The state has a duty to present itself in an ideologically and religiously neutral manner,” the text of the law states, as cited by AFP.  The ban applies to public servants, including election officials, as well as military personnel and staff working in […]

US sailor in Okinawa arrested after drunk driving crash injures 2

READ MORE: No alcohol & fireworks: US military restricts troops in Okinawa after murder, rape Aimee Mejia, stationed at the Kadena Air Base, was driving in the opposite lane to the two vehicles, her blood alcohol level six times the limit, the Asahi Shimbun quoted the police as saying. Two individuals in the other vehicles sustained […]

Shell Oil Spill Dumps Nearly 90,000 Gallons Of Crude In Gulf Of Mexico

An oil spill from Royal Dutch Shell’s offshore Brutus platform released 2,100 barrels of crude off Louisiana’s coast in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. All  drilling activities at Shell’s Brutus platform have been suspended. According to the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the leak which was approximately 88,200 gallons,created a visible 2 mile […]

Climate Scientists Are Now Grading Climate Journalism

Print Friendly Above Photo:  F grade and a sad smilie, written in red letters in a spiral pad. Photograph: Alamy Climate Feedback provides a venue for climate scientists to evaluate the accuracy of climate news stories The internet represents an extraordinary opportunity for democracy. Never before has it been possible for people from all over the […]

On World Water Day, Palestinians in West Bank refugee camps struggle with scarce resources

As the world celebrates World Water Day this week, Palestinians in refugee camps across the occupied West Bank are preparing for the summer, when water becomes scarce. While the World Health Organization recommends 100 liters of water per person per day, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank use less than 73 liters, with those in refugee […]

Illinois lists 11 companies banned from doing business with state due to BDS

Illinois becomes first state to list companies banned for business  due to BDS WASHINGTON (JTA) 20 Mar — An Illinois state agency named 11 companies barred from doing business with the state for boycotting Israel or its settlements, the first such designation by an official US body. A number of the entities on the list […]

Israeli interrogators threatened to rape al-Qiq and his family– so he launched hunger strike, lawyer says

Israeli investigators threatened to rape Palestinian hunger striker Mohammed al-Qiq, his wife and children, according to his lawyer, Ashraf Abu Sneineh. “In the beginning of the investigation of Mohammed they told him that they will keep him under administrative detention for seven years if he did not confess,” Abu Sneineh told Mondoweiss by telephone Wednesday […]

‘Killed 27 native species:’ Australian govt defends plan to cull 2mn feral cats in open letter

Australia’s first Threatened Species Commissioner, Gregory Andrews, has written an open letter addressed to Bardot and singer Morrissey, the latter calling the plan “idiocy.” The five-year strategy is aimed at bringing endangered species decimated by cats “back from the brink.” READ MORE: Former sex symbol Bardot calls Aussie plan to kill 2mn feral cats ‘animal genocide’ […]

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