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Sep 06 2022
Opinion
Native Families' Right to Stay Together is at Stake at the Supreme Court
Since European settlers arrived on the shores of what is now known as the United States, federal and state governments, intent on seizing Indian lands, have sought to undermine and threaten the existence of tribes through the forced separation and assimilation of Native children. By severing Native children from their families, tribes, and culture, colonizers believed they could stamp out
ACLUApr 04 2022
News
U.S. to seek Russia's suspension from UN Human Rights Council
The U.S. will seek Russia's suspension from the United Nations Human Rights Council in response to allegations that Russian forces committed war crimes in Bucha and elsewhere in Ukraine, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said Monday.
The big picture: Ukraine's forces retook the Kyiv region and northern areas of the country over the weekend. Officials and independent
AxiosJun 02 2021
News
Twitter suspends account of Nigerian president for ‘abusive behavior’
Twitter has temporarily suspended Nigeria’s president from the site over complaints that he had threatened genocide against rebels.
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday warned insurrectionists that they were in for a “rude shock” — then tweeted a message referring to the 1967-70 civil war that killed 1 million people.
“Many of those misbehaving today are too young to be aware of
New York Post (News)Apr 05 2022
Opinion
What to Do About Russia’s Atrocities in Bucha
There is something uniquely unsettling about the Russian atrocities in Bucha, the Ukrainian village, not far from Kyiv, where residents’ bodies were found with hands tied behind their backs, bullet holes in their heads, bodies dumped in ditches or left to rot in the streets.
Most of the civilian deaths we’d seen so far in this war—the results of Russian bombs, missiles, and artillery
SlateApr 21 2014
Opinion
Russia’s brutality with Ukraine is nothing new
While Vladimir Putin, Stalin’s spawn, ponders what to do with what remains of Ukraine, remember: Nine years before the January 1942 Wannsee Conference, at which the Nazis embarked on industrialized genocide, Stalin deliberately inflicted genocidal starvation on Ukraine.
George WillJul 05 2021
Analysis
Canada’s Grim Legacy of Cultural Erasure, in Poignant School Photos
With the discovery of human remains on the grounds of residential schools, this history is now dominating the conversation in the country.
At times it was the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who came for them. Other times, it was a school van. However it happened, for generations, Indigenous families in Canada had no choice but to send their children to church-run residential schools
New York Times (News)Dec 06 2021
News
U.S. Diplomats Will Boycott Beijing Olympics, Psaki Confirms
During a press briefing Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed that the U.S. government delegation will boycott the winter Olympic Games in Beijing over the Chinese regime’s numerous human rights abuses, most recently the presumed suppression of decorated tennis star Peng Shuai.
“The Biden administration will not send any diplomatic or official representation to the
National Review (News)Nov 24 2021
Opinion
Statues of Jefferson are coming down in the U.S.; statues of Stalin are going up in Russia
Americans are again battling over history.
Is the year 1619 as important as 1776? Shall we tear down statues of Robert E. Lee — or go further and topple Thomas Jefferson too? Is the left telling a “twisted web of lies” (as President Trump put it) about America’s “magnificent” history, or was the U.S. indeed built on a rotten foundation of genocide, disenfranchisement, bigotry and
Los Angeles TimesFeb 04 2022
News
Winter Olympics
“The 2022 Winter Olympics open Friday [in Beijing] under heavy security and warnings from officials that athletes or others could face legal action if they speak out on human rights or other touchy issues. The Games are a reminder of both China’s rise and its disregard for civil liberties, which has prompted a diplomatic boycott led by the United States…
“Rights groups have documented
The Flip SideDec 20 2021
News
Should American athletes boycott the Beijing Olympics?
The White House announced Monday that the United States will hold a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China.
The decision comes in response “ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity” by the Chinese government, White House Press Secretary Jenn Psaki told reporters. The primary reason for the diplomatic boycott, Psaki said, was the ongoing subjugation of the Uyghurs —
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