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UN Experts: Libya's Security Threatened by Foreign Fighters

Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign fighters and private military companies, especially Russia’s Wagner Group which has violated international law, UN experts said in a report obtained by The Associated Press. The experts also accused seven Libyan armed groups of systematically using unlawful detention to punish perceived opponents,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

McDonald's Shareholders Vote For Civil Rights Audit: Bloomberg

McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD) investors have voted in favor of a proposal for an independent civil-rights audit, Bloomberg reported. The civil rights audit was the only shareholder proposal to gain the backing of a majority of votes cast at McDonald’s annual meeting. About 52% of votes were in favor of the audit and 47%…

Benzinga

When and how did George Floyd die?

Trial was one of the biggest civil rights cases in a generation

The Independent UK

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George Floyd two years on: some accountability but killings go on

Minneapolis officers prosecuted, local reforms adopted in some states, but national overhaul of policing falls short.

Al Jazeera

‘This is a generational moment’: civil rights group for black Britons launches

Black Equity Organisation, whose trustees include David Lammy and Dame Vivian Hunt, aims to dismantle systemic racism in UK

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first national Black civil rights organisation launched by cross-section of influential figures

A national and independent civil rights group, founded by some of the most influential Black people in the country, has been set up to advance justice for Britain’s Black communities.

The Independent UK

Afro-Cuban Discriminated Against for Being Hispanic, Not Black

Here's a curious case described in the Washington Post in 1980, one that didn't make it into my forthcoming book on racial classifications: Miguel Sandoval arrived in Harlem in 1959 from Havana, where he'd been an outspoken advocate of better civil rights for black Cubans. Sandoval was Cuban, but he…

Reason

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Trump isn’t out there with a gun, but he’s enabled this war against black people

White supremacy is as American as apple pie, as the latest killings in Buffalo show, says the US philosopher and civil rights activist

The Guardian - UK

‘His heart is broken’: Buffalo mourns shooting victims as first funeral held

Civil rights and community leaders gathered the night before to plead with the nation to confront and stop racist violence

The Guardian - US

Georgia NAACP is investigating a traffic stop involving a college lacrosse team

Delaware State University filed a complaint Wednesday to the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division calling for an external investigation of the traffic stop.

WEKU

After Buffalo, civil rights leaders pitch anti-hate plans

The nation’s oldest civil rights organization said it will propose a sweeping plan meant to protect Black Americans from white supremacist violence in response to a hate-fueled massacre that killed 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, last weekend

The Independent UK

Ending Roe v Wade is just the beginning

Conservatives are animated by a vision of 1950s-style white Christian patriarchal dominance – it is the only order they will accept for America

The Guardian - US

Raleigh reaches settlement with teen detained in 2020 George Floyd protests for arrest

RALEIGH, N.C. — The city of Raleigh will pay $37,500 to a woman who alleged her civil rights were violated by a Raleigh police officer almost two years ago when she was wrongfully arrested at a downtown Black Lives Matter protest.

Tribune News Service

Patricia Arquette angrily confronts Elon Musk as he reveals plans to vote Republican

‘You say this with a straight face as Republicans roll back basic civil rights for LGBT people and women,’ wrote actor

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Axios

Biden preps high-stakes police reform executive order

The second anniversary of George Floyd's murder on May 25 will renew attention on police reform.

The Guardian - US

Civil rights lawyer Crump: investigate Buffalo shooting as domestic terrorism

‘We can’t sugarcoat it,’ leading civil rights attorney says of shooting that killed 10 people

WEKU

Relatives honor Ruth Whitfield, 86, as a devoted mom, wife and grandmother

Whitfield's children and grandchildren share treasured memories and calls to action at the event with their legal team, led by prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump.

The Independent UK

A civil rights advocate, church members and a retired officer: Tributes honour Black community leaders killed in Buffalo mass shooting

Victims remembered as selfless advocates for their communities and families

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Salon

Jackie Robinson was a radical

Robinson was an activist and rebel long before he broke baseball's color line

WEKU

U.S. warns of discrimination in using artificial intelligence to screen job candidates

The federal government tells employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws by discriminating against people with disabilities.

The Independent UK

U.S. civil rights enforcers warn employers against biased AI

The federal government said Thursday that artificial intelligence technology used to screen new job candidates or monitor worker productivity can unfairly discriminate against people with disabilities, sending a warning to employers that the commonly used hiring tools could violate civil rights laws

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The pendulum is swinging back, reversing hard-won sexual freedoms and civil rights

The leaked Supreme Court opinion by Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., which would overturn Roe v. Wade, marks a devastating setback for reproductive justice in the United States. It also highlights how bound up the right to abortion is with other fundamental sexual freedoms and civil rights. Whatever happens in…

Reason

'Environmental Justice' Is Guaranteed Employment for Government Lawyers

Based in divisive identitarianism, the DOJ’s new strategy is a recipe for expanded authority and conflict.

The Independent UK

Rev. Barber: Conviction after NC protest 'badge of honor'

A civil rights leader says he won’t stop raising his voice for the poor, uninsured and downtrodden, although his trespassing conviction for a demonstration at North Carolina’s Legislative Building has been allowed to stand

The Guardian - UK

Overturning Roe v Wade will destroy our civil rights – so don’t ask us to be ‘civil’

There has been outrage that protesters turned up outside the home of supreme court judges. But what is more shocking – peaceful demonstrations or forcing women to give birth, writes Arwa Mahdawi

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