Papal meeting with Canadian First Nations now set
Toronto, CanadaAP A meeting at the Vatican between Pope Francis and Indigenous people who were abused at church-run boarding schools in Canada has been rescheduled for late March and early April after being postponed due to the pandemic. The change was announced in a joint statement Tuesday by the Canadian Catholic Bishops, Assembly of First […]
Amnesty accuses Israel of enforcing ‘apartheid’ on Palestinians
Jerusalem, IsraelReuters Amnesty International accused Israel on Tuesday of subjecting Palestinians to a system of apartheid founded on policies of “segregation, dispossession and exclusion” that it said amounted to crimes against humanity. The London-based rights group said its findings were based on research and legal analysis in a 211-page report into Israeli seizure of Palestinian […]
Huge volumes of COVID hospital waste threaten health – WHO
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters Discarded syringes, used test kits and old vaccine bottles from the COVID-19 pandemic have piled up to create tens of thousands of tonnes of medical waste, threatening human health and the environment, a World Health Organization report said on Tuesday. The material potentially exposes health workers to burns, needle-stick injuries and disease-causing germs, […]
Migrant stories: Split up at the US-Mexico border, family finally reunites
MICA ROSENBERG and CARLOS BARRIA, of Reuters, report from Los Angeles on one migrant family’s struggle to be together…
Clergy abuse victims in Spain hopeful at signs to end impunity
Madrid, SpainAP After decades of neglect, victims of sexual abuse by the Spanish clergy say that they are finally seeing momentum building in their quest for real accountability and reparations. On Tuesday, Spanish lawmakers took the first step toward opening a parliamentary inquiry on the issue, a move that victims hail as a potential game-changer. […]
Essay: The metaverse – three legal issues we need to address
In an essay first published on The Conversation, PIN LEAN LAU, a lecturer in bio-law at Brunel University London, says there are three key areas which, when it comes to the metaverse, remain “legally murky”…