From: The Carter Center The Carter Center urgently calls for a ceasefire in Sudan and implores all factions involved — military and civilian, local and international — to immediately embark on a path toward peace through dialogue and negotiation. A recent publication of Sudan’s Youth Citizen Observer Network paints a grim picture of escalating suffering. The conflict has uprooted an[Read More…]
From: The Carter Center The Carter Center joins Election Reformers Network and Protect Democracy in commending the recently published ethics guidelines for election officials by the American Law Institute and the National Association of Election Officials (The Election Center). The guidelines “reflect redoubled commitments to professional election administration as well as a strong and growing consensus across the election[Read More…]
Organized by Palestinian Women in RI, hundreds of protestors, including members of the Palestinian Feminist Collective, the Islamic Center of Rhode Island, R.I. Calls for Palestine, and Jewish Voice for Peace Rhode Island massed at the Rhode Island State House on Saturday, February 25, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as well as an “end to the genocide[Read More…]
From: The International Federation of Red Cross & Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Two years since the Russia-Ukraine international armed conflict escalated, the human cost is insurmountable, with no end in sight. Not only have many lost their loved ones, homes, livelihoods, and savings, but millions of Ukrainians are struggling under increasing debt. Some people have been able[Read More…]
From Human Rights Watch: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the Israeli army and other officials to submit to the cabinet a plan to evacuate Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost governorate. Netanyahu said this action is necessary to attack Hamas battalions in the area.With a pre-war population of 280,000, Rafah is now housing the majority of Gaza’s population, including most of the 1.7 million displaced Palestinians.[Read More…]
From: Human Rights Watch: Prison Sentences Aim at Deterring Peaceful Dissent An Egyptian court on February 6, 2024, sentenced the prominent politician Ahmed Tantawy, along with his campaign advisor and 21 of his detained supporters, to a year in prison for alleged offenses associated with his presidential challenge to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Human Rights Watch said today. The court[Read More…]
Kyrgyzstan: Charges, Raids Against Independent MediaJournalists Detained, Equipment Confiscated, Censorship The Kyrgyz authorities should drop criminal cases of “war propaganda” and “calls to mass disorder” initiated against several independent media outlets, eight human rights groups said today in a joint statement.The groups facing charges include 24.KG, Temirov Live, Ayt Ayt Dese, Alga Media, Archa Media, and Politklinika, all in clear[Read More…]
To be fair to Gabe Amo, the only reason he deserves to be singled out in particular for his morally bankrupt stance against a ceasefire in Palestine and Israel is because he is the Democratic candidate and presumptive runaway winner of the RI CD-1 congressional seat due to be decided on Tuesday. Otherwise, his completely spineless position, held with[Read More…]
From: The Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee (BLM RI PAC) The Black Lives Matter Rhode Island Political Action Committee (BLM RI PAC) is calling on Governor Dan Mckee to take a decisive step in addressing the underrepresentation within the Rhode Island District Court. With progress in diversifying district state courts moving at a sluggish pace, the appointment[Read More…]
From: Human Rights Watch: Telecommunications Blackout in Gaza amid Israeli Attacks Widespread Internet Cutoff Risks Giving Cover for Atrocities Widespread phone and internet outages occurred in Gaza on October 27, 2023, amid a concerted Israeli bombardment, almost entirely cutting off the 2.2 million residents from the outside world. Palestinian internet providers, including Paltel, the largest telecommunications service in Gaza, stated on social media that “the continuous[Read More…]
Cranston Mayor Schedules Presser to Challenge City Council Chair … Retribution? or Good Governance? He’s baaaack! Although, truth be told, did he ever really go away? Now Former Woonsocket City Council Chair John Ward made good on his promise to stay involved in Woonsocket affairs … albeit as a private citizen, today, with the release of his formal objection to the “reclassification” of Woonsocket’s RISE Academy from Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. Citing,[Read More…]
In a scheduling move that has even the most cynical Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) observer shaking their head, the Agenda for the influential Council on Elementary & Secondary Education was posted on 5:20 this evening (Friday) to include a review of the controversial application to transition Woonsocket based RISE Mayoral Academy to Charter School status. The Hearing will[Read More…]
Sudan: One Year of Atrocities Requires New Global Approach Investigations into Deliberate Aid Obstruction, War Crimes Needed As global and regional leaders meet in Paris to spotlight Sudan and mark the one-year anniversary of the country’s brutal conflict between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF), they should make clear that those responsible for ongoing atrocities and other[Read More…]
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