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Kolhan Vocational Teachers Seek Urgent Reforms in Meeting with Minister

Delegation highlights low pay, delayed contracts, and infrastructure issues Kolhan University’s vocational teachers met with Higher Education Minister Ramdas Soren to address critical challenges facing the department. JAMSHEDPUR – In order to address the pressing issues facing Kolhan University’s vocational department, a delegation from the Kolhan Vocational Teachers Association convened a…

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N.E.P.A.L. by Park Chan-wook, one of the six shorts comprising the omnibus film If You Were Me (Yeoseotgae-ui Siseon)

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The Labour party doesn't know what a woman is when it comes to gender ideology but they know when it comes to shutting down it's own partys conference for women.

Ellie Reeves, Rachel Reeves and Angela Rayner at last year’s Labour conference. The women’s conference was scheduled to take place before the party’s conference in September. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau

Labour to cancel its women’s conference after supreme court gender ruling

Trans rights and gender critical campaigners criticise decision after party told it risks legal challenge if conference goes ahead

Jessica Elgot Deputy political editor Tue 20 May 2025

Labour is to cancel its national women’s conference and restrict all-women shortlists as it awaits full guidance from the equalities watchdog, sparking criticism from trans rights and gender critical campaigners.

The party’s governing body, the national executive committee (NEC) will meet on Tuesday to sign off plans to cancel the women’s conference, which was due to take place before the party’s annual conference in Liverpool in September.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s interim advice, published after the supreme court decision that the term “woman” in the Equality Act refers only to a biological woman, has suggested that voluntary organisations should apply that rule.

The NEC has been told the party is at risk of a legal challenge by going ahead with the conference, according to LabourList, and could face protests and direct action if the conference goes ahead as usual on the basis of self-identification.

Guidance to the NEC also advises that “all positive action measures relating to women in the party’s rules and procedures shall be interpreted on the basis of biological sex at birth. Guidance shall be issued to all party units and relevant stakeholders to this effect.

“The party will work with individuals and local parties affected by the judgment to resolve specific cases with sensitivity and compassion, acknowledging the significant effect the judgment will have had on many people.”

The gender critical group Labour Women’s Declaration said it was wrong to cancel the conference, calling it a “kneejerk reaction” and “incendiary action”. The conference acts as a policymaking body on particular issues affecting women.

“It would be exceptionally disappointing if our party, which strives to be a grown-up and serious political force, and a strong government, could not find the courage to run this conference as planned and run it in accordance with law which was introduced under a Labour government,” the group said. “Women deserve better.”

Cancellation of the conference is likely to be costly and the NEC document notes there are “impending contractual commitments for services in connection with the event that involve significant expenditure”.

Labour for Trans Rights and Pride in Labour issued a joint statement, also signed by the trans officer for LGBT+ Labour, condemning the changes and urging NEC members to vote against them.

“The Labour party must set an example and stand on the right side of history,” the statement said. It added that the proposals were “not effective ways to ‘clarify’ anything”.

“We would also question whether the exclusion of trans women from women’s conference is a proportionate means to achieve a legitimate aim, as trans issues have come up time and time again during the conference. This seems to completely remove trans people from that debate. It is a blatant attack on trans rights and is seemingly an attempt to isolate trans people even further within the Labour party and the labour movement more widely.”

LGBT+ Labour’s trans officer, Georgia Meadows, said: “Trans people are already greatly underrepresented in British politics, and if passed, this decision by the NEC will further harm trans people’s ability to engage with the democratic process and make them feel unwelcome at a time when the trans community is increasingly under attack.”

A Labour party source said the party would respect the supreme court judgment and would comply with statutory guidance once published. Ministers will consider the EHRC code of practice when a draft is submitted.

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) faces the threat of international embarrassment as an oversight body reviews its "A" status. The "special review" comes after CBC News and other media outlets reported that the federal government found the CHRC discriminated against its own employees, and after employees pointed out that the commission dismissed a disproportionate number of race-based complaints. "Canada has long been seen as home to many nations, a champion of diversity and a global leader of human rights," said Nicholas Marcus Thompson, executive director of the Black Class Action Secretariat.  "But our country is at risk of having that reputation irreparably damaged, with its human rights status now being examined by a United Nations oversight body."

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by Dexter Van Zile

Somebody needs to tell the National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent nonprofit in the Great White North, that if you live by the witch-hunt, you die by the witch-hunt. Two years after the NCCM helped oust Collin May, a well-regarded lawyer and scholar, from his post as director of Alberta's Human Rights Commission on trumped-up charges of "Islamophobia," the organization was helpless to stop the ouster of Birju Dattani—a Muslim activist with a troubling history of promoting anti-Zionist propaganda on the internet—from his post on Canada's Human Rights Commission.

The controversy over Dattani's anti-Israel messaging began soon after the Trudeau government appointed Dattani director of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, a body charged with, among other things, investigating and sanctioning people who post mean and scary things on the internet. Soon after his appointment, which took place in late June, Dattani was accused of using X, then called Twitter, to promote an article comparing Israel to Nazi Germany and another equating the Palestinians to the Jews during the Holocaust.

Soon after the allegations came to light, Dattani apologized to Jewish organizations for the harm caused by the posts in question. It was to no avail. The revelations prompted a review of Dattani's background, announced by Canadian Justice Minister Arif Virani on July 24. Virani initiated the investigation after it became apparent that the Privy Council, the body charged with vetting Dattani's background, dropped the ball.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM), a prominent Islamist organization, jumped to Dattani's defense, declaring that he was the victim of a witch-hunt "based on misinformation and poorly sourced allegations."

Unfortunately for the NCCM, the allegations against Dattani were largely confirmed by outside investigators, whose findings were released in mid-August. While speaking with investigators, Dattani claimed he promoted the offensive articles not because he agreed with them, but because he wanted his Twitter followers to see them.

The investigative report stated: "Mr. Dattani advised that the reason for this was that his understanding of 'Twitter ethics' were that one didn't 'comment' on the links that one was tweeting. A tweet, for him, was the equivalent of saying 'look at this' without comment."

But the tweets were only part of the problem, with Dattani admitting to investigators that, in early 2015, he unwittingly appeared on a panel in London that included a speaker from Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT). It's a troubling admission given that HT is a South Asian Islamist organization that seeks Israel's destruction as part of a larger campaign to establish a global caliphate.

To make matters worse, Dattani admitted to appearing on a panel with Moazzam Begg, a former detainee at Guantanamo Bay who was once "a confirmed member of Al-Qaeda" and, according to the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, "penned a book in which he freely admitted that he was a jihadist." Dattani appeared on these panels while using the pseudonym of Mujahid, which in some contexts, describes someone committed to a holy war, or jihad, on behalf of Islam.

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This, unfortunately, is not at all surprising given back in 2022, Isreal targeted 7 Palestinian rights and aid groups, labeled them terrorists, raided their offices, and forced their closure, a move described by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights as "illegal and unacceptable" and comming to the same conclusion every other reasonable person has:

"Once again, it is clear that statements condemning and regretting Israel’s unlawful measures are not sufficient – it is time that words are followed by swift and determined action by the international community to put diplomatic pressure on Israel to restore the rule of law, justice and human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory"

So remember, when you fight for Palestinians, the literal United Nations Human Rights division always has been and always will be standing by your side.

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JUST IN: Advocacy Group Writes Another Powerful Open Letter To Federal Government, INEC Over Delayed Implementation Of Warri Federal Constituency Ward Delineation Report

By Esther David AN OPEN LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, INEC AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS: ENOUGH OF THE LIES, ENOUGH OF THE MANIPULATION — LET JUSTICE REIGN Date: July 17, 2025Issued by: Ijaw Stakeholders of Warri Federal Constituency To: The President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), The National Security…

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The National Commission for Investigation and the Taiz Governor discuss human rights conditions and enhancing protection mechanisms.

National Committee Discusses Human Rights in Taiz On Sunday, the National Committee for Investigating Allegations of Human Rights Violations met with Taiz Governor Nabil Shamsan to address pressing human rights issues and enhance protection mechanisms in the city. Humanitarian Concerns and Access to Services The committee discussed various topics related to the humanitarian situation,…

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Democracy Day: Group Urges Tinubu to Commission Impartial Review of Plateau Atrocities

The Plateau State chapter of the Take It Back Movement is urging President Bola Tinubu’s administration to commission a fully independent and transparent probe into the series of mass killings and forced displacements across the state. They insist that the National Human Rights Commission should oversee the investigation. State Coordinator John Onah, alongside other chapter leaders, delivered…

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Coca-Cola is now on the official BDS boycott list!

From the website:

November 2024

1) Why?

Because Coca-Cola is implicated in Israeli war crimes.

According to research by WhoProfits, the Central Beverage Company, known as Coca-Cola Israel, which is the exclusive franchisee of the Coca-Cola Company in Israel, “operates a regional distribution center and cooling houses in the [Israeli] Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone.” Furthermore, its subsidiary, Tabor Winery, “produces wines from grapes sourced from vineyards located on occupied land in settlements in the West Bank and Syrian Golan.” 

The International Court of Justice affirmed in July 2024 that Israel’s entire occupation of Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is illegal, as are all Israeli settlements built on occupied land. As Israeli settlements – on occupied Palestinian and Syrian land – are considered war crimes under international law, Coke is complicit in a war crime. 

Corporations that are implicated in the commission of international crimes connected to Israel’s unlawful occupation, racial segregation and apartheid regime - within or beyond the Palestinian territories occupied in 1967 - are all complicit and must be held accountable. Direct complicity includes military, logistical, intelligence, financial and infrastructure support. The corporations, as well as their boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

Local alternatives are popping up worldwide to substitute Coca-Cola, an unnecessary and replaceable beverage

Local alternatives to Coca-Cola have been gaining market share across the world, including in Palestine, China, Bangladesh, Sweden, Egypt, India, South Africa, Turkey, Lebanon and elsewhere.

2) Why NOW?

The BDS movement has always considered Coca-Cola boycottable but has not prioritized it as a target based on its careful and strategic target-selection criteria, so why endorse the Coke boycott now? 

Human rights and health activists, among many others, have been campaigning against Coca-Cola and similarly complicit corporations for decades, including grassroots drives targeting the company for its complicity in Israel’s gross violations of Palestinian human rights. 

During Israel’s ongoing, livestreamed genocide, Israeli soldiers have often been pictured with Coke cans, donated to them by various genocide-enabling groups. This has provoked even more anger against the company, particularly given that Israel is starving 2.3 million Palestinians in the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip, severely limiting their access to clean water and, as a result, inducing the mass spread of contagious diseases. 

Given this context, Palestinian activists in Gaza and many BDS activists in the Arab world, in many Muslim-majority countries, and in some European countries as well, have called on the BDS movement to add Coke to its priority targets.

The BDS movement had previously targeted General Mills for its manufacturing of Pillsbury products in the illegal Atarot Settlement Industrial Zone - the same Zone where the Coke facility operates. Thanks to effective BDS campaigning, we won the demand for General Mills to end its business in Atarot. We know a campaign against Coke is winnable too. 

Based on all the above, and given Coke’s large contribution (through business-as-usual and taxes) to Israel’s war chest during the genocide, the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian coalition leading the global BDS movement, has endorsed the grassroots, organic #BoycottCoke campaigns to pressure the company to end its complicity in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid and genocide. 

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Jamshedpur Women's University Hosts Human Rights Awareness Session

Former IAS officer Suchitra Sinha discusses ‘My Right My Might’ initiative with students An interactive session on human rights was held at Jamshedpur Women’s University to raise awareness about fundamental rights and their proper use. JAMSHEDPUR – The Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, organized an interactive session on human rights at Jamshedpur Women’s University to educate students about…

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How to File a Human Rights Complaint with NHRC in India

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is a statutory body in India that safeguards and promotes human rights across the country. If you have experienced or witnessed a violation of your fundamental rights, you can file a Human Rights Complaint of NHRC to seek justice. This process ensures that human rights abuses are investigated and, if necessary, corrective actions are taken. The NHRC covers a broad range of violations, including those related to life, liberty, equality, and dignity.

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Further reading:

HKFP: Hong Kong justice dept. to launch appeal bid against 2 democrats cleared of subversion charge, May 30, 2024

HKFP: After US, EU criticise first arrests under new security law and verdict in Hong Kong 47 trial, gov’t hits back, May 31, 2024

AFP, via HKFP: UN calls for release of those ‘arbitrarily detained’ under Hong Kong national security laws, June 1, 2024

HKFP: Hong Kong judges’ reasons for convicting 14 democrats of subversion conspiracy under national security law, June 1, 2024

HKFP: Beijing’s national security office in Hong Kong hits back at foreign condemnation of conviction of 14 democrats, June 3, 2024

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"A recent court ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks the first time an international judicial body has decided that indigenous peoples living in “voluntary isolation” have a right to do so, and that governments must act to ensure that right.

The ruling comes off the back of 20 years of activism challenging the Ecuadorian government’s encroachment on indigenous lands for oil drilling, and this, as well as other extractive activities like logging, were ruled to be intolerably disruptive to three groups living in voluntary isolation in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

International treaties protecting the rights of indigenous peoples have long been ratified at both the UN and the Organization of American States (OAS), but a case specifically determining whether a group living in voluntary isolation, which used to be called “uncontacted,” were guaranteed protection to allow them to continue doing so has never been ruled on.

While the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2009 and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in 2013 introduced guidelines and recommendations that included a right to choose self-isolation, neither were put into writing under international law, nor included in any treaty amendments.

As such, the Costa Rica-based court’s decision that nation-states, in this case Ecuador, must follow a “precautionary principle” when making decisions about future oil operations that may impede a group’s ability to live in self-isolation.

“This principle means that, even in the absence of scientific certainty regarding oil exploration and exploitation projects’ impacts on this territory, effective measures must be adopted to prevent serious or irreversible damage, which in this case would be the contact of these isolated populations,” said the court opinion, written in Spanish, and translated by Inside Climate News.

The three groups in question are the Tagaeri, Taromenane, and Dugakaeri, who are part of the overall Waorani peoples since they share cultural traditions and language.

Testimony was heard from a community leader of the Waorani, Penti Baihua, and two young women who at the ages of 2 and 6 were survivors of violent encroachment by oil workers who killed members of the girls’ group, forcibly introduced them to modernity, and displaced them to different parts of the Amazon.

In the current case, the court ruled that a protected area the size of Delaware that was established in the early 2000s to guarantee indigenous Waorani (and others) rights was created in such a way as to leave oil exploration areas outside protection, despite being the ancestral home of Baihua and his people.

A 6-mile deep buffer zone surrounding the heart of the Tagaeri, Taromenane, and Dugakaeri’s territory called the “Intangible Zone,” has been repeatedly penetrated by extractive industries, which have built roads and other “colonial” infrastructure.

The court ruled that Ecuador must honor the results of a 2023 referendum, in which voters chose to stop oil operations in that region indefinitely.

The court used the term “living in voluntary isolation” to reflect that fact that there are no unconctacted tribes on Earth, but perhaps as many as 200 who have seen evidence of modernity, and received minimal contact—perhaps from a related tribe that doesn’t live in isolation—and chose to remain without any interaction with the modern world either out of fear or self-interest."

-via March 28, 2025