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Maher al-Akhras ends his hunger strike

jeudi 12 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Maher al-Akhras has ended his hunger strike and Israel has agreed to release him at the end of his current term of imprisonment without charges or trial.

Students pushed in farm work

mercredi 11 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Foreign students in Australia, with no work and with universities shut, were desperate for an income, and were pushed into farm work under illegal conditions including taking their passports.

Criminalizing publishing photos of thugs

mercredi 11 novembre 2020 à 01:00

A proposed French law would criminalize publishing photos of thugs under conditions that would threaten anyone who documents their violence.

If you are French, please contact your député !

Recovering by investing in fossil fuel

mercredi 11 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Countries are trying to make their economies "recover" from Covid-19 by "investing" in fossil fuel use.

Those "investments" are really giveaways, since it would be disaster to keep using them for their expected span of usage.

Carelessness

mercredi 11 novembre 2020 à 01:00

Careless Republicans — perhaps intentionally careless — seized on various errors and confusions to claim 14,000 dead people voted in Michigan. However, investigating 50 of those cases found that each of them either was still alive, or did not vote.

It is not feasible to investigate so many cases carefully, so Republicans didn't try.

Republican state officials overlook the same sorts of issues when "purging" people from voting lists.