Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a
Health, rights situation critical among women and girls in conflict-scarred Dara’a
DARA’A, Syrian Arab Republic With the crisis in Syria soon to enter its ninth year the people of Dara’a Governorate face especially harrowing conditions, with hostilities killing civilians as recently as July
Dara’a residents continue to require life-saving aid, including the full spectrum of health assistance. The majority of health facilities are either partially or completely destroyed, and many health workers have exited the country.
In particular, there are critical shortages in the provision of reproductive health services from family planning to antenatal and postpartum care and newborn care. Child marriage leads to serious health risks The long grinding conflict has shattered the economy of Dara’a. The years of violence and deprivation have left women and girls especially vulnerable. Fatima first became a grandmother at age 27. Now, at age 29, Fatima expressed relief that the national hospital in Dara’a was able to provide maternal health care to her daughter. The girl only 13 years old was in need of safe childbirth services.After giving birth the girl was admitted to intensive care, and her son was placed in the hospital’s paediatric intensive care unit. UNFPA is supporting the hospital with maternal and newborn care equipment.
UK Labour Party adopts definition of Islamophobia
UK Labour Party adopts definition of Islamophobia
The UK Labour Party has adopted a definition of Islamophobia in the wake of the mass killing of Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Christchurch New Zealand
A spokesperson told the Guardian that the party’s national executive committee NEC had adopted a rule against Islamophobia based on a definition created by the All Party Parliamentary Group APPG on British Muslims, with an aim to help tackle Islamophobia build a common understanding of its causes and consequences, and express solidarity with Muslim communities The definition characterises Islamophobia as rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness
According to the Guardian more than 750 British Muslim organisations, 80 academics and 50 MPs have supported the definition The move to adopt the definition comes as the world continued to react to the killing of 50 people in a Christchurch mosque in an apparent white supremacist attack In the first of the victims funerals to take place, hundreds of mostly Muslim mourners gathered at a cemetery in the southern city of Christchurch on Wednesday to lay to rest Khalid Mustafa and his 15-year-old son Hamza.
Trump tells Fox to ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro; source says she was suspended for Islamophobic remarks
Trump tells Fox to ‘bring back’ Jeanine Pirro; source says she was suspended for Islamophobic remarks
New York (CNN Business)Jeanine Pirro whose show did not air on Saturday night, was suspended by Fox News after her widely criticized commentary doubting Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s patriotism according a source familiar with the matter
Fox did not announce the suspension publicly The network declined to confirm or deny that Pirro has been suspended. There is no word on whether Pirro’s show will return next week. At the same time, there is no indication that she has been fired from Fox. The source said she has not been fired. Pirro is one of the network’s highest-rated weekend hosts well known for her vehement defenses of President Donald Trump and attacks against his perceived enemies. On Sunday morning the president returned the favor tweeting Bring back Judge Jeanine Pirro.The Radical Left Democrats working closely with their beloved partner the Fake News Media is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against Fox News hosts who are doing too well.
Islamophobia Is A Global Crisis And It’s Time We View It That Way
Islamophobia Is A Global Crisis And It’s Time We View It That Way
The attack in New Zealand shows the problem is only getting worse as anti-Muslim rhetoric has emboldened extremists across the globe
On Friday a mass shooter stormed two mosques and killed at least 50 people in an unprecedented terrorist attack in New Zealand. The alleged shooter identified as 28-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant was charged with one count of murder in a court appearance where he flashed what appears to be a white power sign. Prior to the attack Tarrant had posted a manifesto online that detailed his hatred for Muslims claimed inspiration from British fascist Oswald Mosley and Norwegian murderer Anders Breivik among others and cited U.S. President Donald Trump as a renewed symbol of white identity. The deadly attack brings into harsh light the global nature of the alarming rise in Islamophobia. In countries around the world antiMuslim rhetoric and policies have become dangerously normalized in institutions, politics media and everyday life. Violent and lethal assaults like the Christchurch shooting are but one consequence Muslims face daily acts of discrimination bias and threats
NYC human rights panel launches ‘While Black’ campaign to combat racism
NYC human rights panel launches ‘While Black’ campaign to combat racism
The New York City Commission on Human Rights announced Friday the launch of its new “While Black” ad campaign to combat racial discrimination.
The commission gives residents of New York City resources to report discrimination and identifies everyday instances of discrimination. The campaign makes it clear that discrimination and harassment against Black New Yorkers whether they’re walking working renting shopping, or driving is illegal and will not be tolerated in New York City the NYC Human Rights wrote on Twitter.
Carmelyn P. Malalis chairwoman and commissioner of the organization, told The Root that the ad campaign is an effort to encourage more people to report instances of discrimination against them One of the reasons that in this campaign we focus on basic everyday activities shopping walking working renting driving is that it speaks to everyday forms of discrimination that people experience probably with such regularity that they think ‘why should I report it Who is going to care Malalis said. She added that if an individual does report discrimination someone is going to do something about it. The Root reported that the commission received 584 race-based complaints 191 of which were based on color during fiscal 2018. The figures marked a 20 percent increase in complaints since 2016.
Judge deals Trump a blow in defamation case: Sitting presidents can be sued
Judge deals Trump a blow in defamation case: Sitting presidents can be sued
Summer Zervos, a former contestant on The Apprentice, can proceed with her defamation lawsuit against President Trump, a New York appellate court ruled Thursday rejecting the president’s assertion he cannot be sued in state court.
The decision means the president may have to sit for a sworn deposition which is currently scheduled for June.The New York State Appellate Division’s First Department turned down Trump’s argument that the case should be halted until he is out of office because as a sitting president he was immune from a lawsuit brought in state court.We reject defendant President Trump’s argument that the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution prevents a New York State court and every other state court in the country from exercising its authority under its state constitution the judges wrote. Instead we find that the Supremacy Clause was never intended to deprive a state court of its authority to decide cases and controversies under the state’s constitution Zervos was among 19 women who publicly accused Donald Trump during the 2016 campaign of sexual misconduct dating back years earlier. He denied the allegations and called the women liars, which prompted Zervos to sue for defamation.
Iranian couple arrested after their public wedding engagement was caught on video
Iranian couple arrested after their public wedding engagement was caught on video
An Iranian couple who had their engagement in a shopping mall caught on video has been arrested for contradicting Islamic rituals
The offence is very clear and there is no need for explanation Arak police chief Mostafa Norouzi reportedly said of the unnamed couple’s arrest.The video shows a young man proposing to his girlfriend while standing inside a heart shaped smattering of rose pedals while surrounded by friends and balloons.
Chief Norouzi also told the Shahrvand Daily paper it was wrong for the young couple to do whatever is common in other places of the world and disregard mores, culture and religion The marriage proposal went viral attracting more than 3 million views. The lovebirds were reportedly released on bail.
An Iranian official was arrested in the city of Mashhad in April 2018 after video of people dancing at an event he coordinated in a shopping mall went viral. The head of the city’s Islamic guidance department was taken into custody for undermining public decency and disrespecting the laws according to the BBC.
According to the Indian Express, one conservative news agency called for harsh punishment to discourage other couples from behaving in a fashion that encourages.
How Australia Became the Defamation Capital of the World
How Australia Became the Defamation Capital of the World
A court ruling in favor of a billionaire businessman against The Sydney Morning Herald illustrates the sorry state of the country’s defamation laws
The businessman Chau Chak Wing was awarded nearly $200,000 in a defamation lawsuit against one of Australia’s biggest billionaire companies In the decade I spent reporting from China, the most immediate obstacles to journalism were often physical. They took many forms: barricades blocking access to certain places men in military buzz cuts trailing me; plainclothes thugs stationed in front of the homes of people
I planned to interview and of course the threat of police detention. In one memorable incident an official threw himself in front of the car I was riding in with colleagues to delay our departure precipitating an unseemly shoving match. These physical manifestations of state power were designed to muzzle through intimidation and brute force, occasionally reinforced with threats of visa refusal. Then I moved to Australia. To my surprise writing about China from Melbourne proved no simpler. But there I was hobbled by different forces, namely Australia’s oppressive and notoriously complex defamation laws. The challenges of such reporting were underlined recently by an Australian federal court which awarded nearly $200,000 (about 280,000 Australian dollars) to a Chinese-Australian businessman Chau Chak-wing, after finding that a 2015 Sydney
81 percent say women face some form of discrimination poll finds
81 percent say women face ‘some form’ of discrimination, poll finds
Eighty-one percent of Americans in a new Hill-HarrisX poll released Friday say women in the U.S. face some form of discrimination.
The poll released on International Women’s Day also found that 22 percent of those surveyed said women face a lot of discrimination. Among women surveyed 83 percent said they faced some form discrimination, and 24 percent said they faced a lot of discrimination. Seventy-nine percent of men polled said they believed that women faced some form of discrimination while 19 percent said women faced discrimination.
The poll also found a slight partisan divide on the issue with 91 percent of Democrats surveyed saying women face discrimination in the U.S. while 72 percent of Republican respondents said the same. Sophia Tesfaye deputy politics editor at Salon.com told Hill.TV’s Jamal Simmons that women need to have a different conversation on how to combat discrimination and inequality in the U.S. The last few years have seen a groundswell of support for women’s inequality with the emergence of the Women’s March as well as the Me Too and Times Up movements. The conversation can’t be ‘this is what we face fix it Tesfaye said on What America’s Thinking. It has to be ‘this is what we face. Do you see it Have you participated And how are you going to call it out.
Disabled Children Suffer Discrimination Denial of their Human Rights
Disabled Children Suffer Discrimination, Denial of their Human Rights
Human rights advocates are calling for an end to the discrimination that denies children with disabilities
the same right to an equal education and other opportunities available to other children in society. The U.N. Human Rights Council is holding a special session in Geneva on the empowerment of children with disabilities.
In keeping with the theme of the day, the U.N. has made the Council chamber wheelchair-accessible, has hired a sign interpreter for the hearing impaired, and has embossed some oral statements in Braille.
With these accommodations to children with disabilities, the U.N. is sending a message that it practices what it preaches. It is saying children with disabilities will be able to lead a full and fulfilling life on a par with other children if certain adaptations are made to their needs.
However, the United Nations reports the sad reality is that 93 million children with disabilities around the world are likely to have their rights violated from the moment they are born. It says millions of these children are torn from their families and placed in institutions where they are at risk of violence, abuse and neglect.
