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Israel has expelled residents from three refugee camps in the West Bank, declaring them “empty” and under military occupation for a year. The operation, which began in January, has led to the displacement of 40,000 Palestinians. Israel’s Defense Minister instructed troops to prevent residents from returning and to stop the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency from operating in the area. The move has been condemned by the Palestinian Authority, with clashes resulting in casualties. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered intensified military activity in response to Source link
The newly released video of a fatal New York prison beating shows correctional officers repeatedly pummeling a handcuffed man, leading to his death. Robert Brooks, 43, was pronounced dead at a hospital after the assault at the Marcy Correctional Facility. Thirteen correctional officers and a nurse implicated in the attack will face termination. The footage depicts officers punching Brooks in the face and groin, using a shoe to strike him, and lifting him by the neck. The videos have sparked outrage and Source link
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José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a prominent civil rights and liberation movement figure and founder of the Young Lords in Chicago and co-founder of the Rainbow Coalition has died. He was 76. His sister, Daisy Rodríguez, said in a Facebook post that he died Friday morning. A cause of death was not given.Jiménez in the 1960s founded the Young Lords as a street gang to counter the growing hostility toward the Puerto Rican community in Lincoln Park, at the time one of the most impoverished neighborhoods of Chicago. By 1968, the group became a human rights organization inspired by the Black…
Transcript: When Hurricane Harvey hit the Houston area in 2017, part of Cristan Williams’s roof caved in. Williams, a cofounder of the Transgender Foundation of America, says during that time, members of Houston’s tight-knit trans community relied on one another. Williams: “We were kind of mutually checking on each other … because one person is flooding, another person doesn’t have power.” Recovering from a disaster can be especially hard for trans people. Those with nontraditional family structures may struggle to get relief aid. Trans people may feel unsafe going to a shelter where they cannot use the restroom that aligns…
Bangladeshi rice researchers’ concern over a Bloomberg report about methane emission resulted in the installation of a real-time data-providing GHG emission measurement laboratory.The new lab aims to refine Bangladesh’s piloting of the Alternate Wetting and Drying (AWD) method, which reduces methane emissions from rice fields.Researchers expect the precise data to improve AWD adoption to help meet Bangladesh’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) commitments.See All Key Ideas When Bloomberg published a report on Apr. 8, 2021, identifying Bangladesh as the 12th largest methane emitter globally, attributing a significant share to rice cultivation, the country’s rice researchers were concerned. Equipped with…