Sight-Seeing: Truth, justice and the torturing of tolerance
KAREN SWALLOW PRIOR, in an article published on Religion News Service, reflects on her experiences around the idea of tolerance…
In the US, Texas judge rules religious businesses exempt from LGBTQ bias claims
RNS For-profit businesses with sincerely held religious beliefs are exempt from LGBTQ discrimination liability under a decision this week by a federal judge in Texas. The ruling om Sunday came in response to the US Supreme Court’s 2020 landmark ruling in Bostock v Clayton County, Georgia, which held that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination […]
UNICEF to directly fund Afghan teachers, bypassing Taliban authorities
Kabul, AfghanistanReuters The United Nations children’s agency said it was planning to set up a system to directly fund Afghan teachers, after the international community placed a freeze on funding to the Taliban-led administration. “UNICEF is setting up a system that will allow direct payments to teachers without the funds being channelled through the de […]
Climate change extremes spur UN plan to fund weather forecasting
Glasgow, UKReuters As climate change triggers deadly heatwaves, droughts and floods, three UN agencies on Wednesday will roll out funding plans to improve weather forecasting in vulnerable countries. The initiative, announced at the UN climate summit in Glasgow, aims to plug gaps in weather monitoring and data collection so developing countries can better prepare for […]
Joint UN, Ethiopia rights team: all sides committed abuses in Tigray
Geneva, Switzerland/Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Reuters All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia published on Wednesday. The report accuses all sides of torturing and killing civilians, carrying out gang-rapes and making arrests […]
Philippines rights body’s drug war probe bolsters police abuse allegations
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters An investigation by the Philippines’ rights commission into the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has found that dozens of people were shot in the head, chest and abdomen, suggesting an intent to kill, it said on Tuesday. The Commission on Human Rights’ report, which bolsters findings by the justice […]
Mexico’s National Guard kills Cuban migrant, wounds four others as caravan advances
Mexico City, MexicoReuters A Cuban migrant was shot dead by the Mexican National Guard and four others were wounded after the vehicle they were in did not stop when ordered to do so, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred early on Sunday in the southern state of Chiapas, in an area where a […]
StrangeSights: Bird doesn’t win NZ bird contest; Erdogan beaten to the cut; and, a police interview with a difference…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
In Australian state of Victoria, poll shows most against equal opportunity legislation in Christian schools
Updated: 5.20pm (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Polling shows most Victorians do not support proposed State Government legislation that will make it harder for Christian schools to employ teachers and other staff based on their faith according to the school’s values. Private polling by Christian Schools Australia and the Australian Association of Christian Schools last month found 78 per […]
Philippines rights body’s drug war probe bolsters police abuse allegations
Manila, The PhilippinesReuters An investigation by the Philippines’ rights commission into the killings in President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs has found that dozens of people were shot in the head, chest and abdomen, suggesting an intent to kill, it said on Tuesday. The Commission on Human Rights’ report, which bolsters findings by the justice […]