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[ad_1] Responding to the decision of Türkiye¬¬¬’s highest court to uphold a life sentence against Osman Kavala and 18-year jail sentences against Çiğdem Mater, Can Atalay, Mine Özerden and Tayfun Kahraman; Amnesty International’s Campaigns Director for Europe, Ruth Tanner, said:“This appalling decision is a devastating politically-motivated blow for human rights. Whilst it may effectively mark the end of the appeals process for Osman Kavala, it marks the beginning of a new phase of our campaign to demand his release, and that of Çiğdem Mater, Can Atalay, Mine Özerden, Tayfun Kahraman.“The appeal court’s decision defies all logic given that the prosecuting…

[ad_1] Play video content NBC Toby Keith hasn’t lost his sense of humor amid his battle with stomach cancer … providing some levity as he accepted the Country Music Icon Award. The singing legend walked onstage at the People’s Choice Country Awards 2023 Thursday night to receive the inaugural statue for his amazing work as an entertainer, humanitarian and businessman. And it was none other than country crooner Blake Shelton who handed Toby the trophy after a video montage honoring Keith and showing him through the years. Toby then stepped up to the mic and quickly hit the punchline ……

[ad_1] This September, the public comment period on proposed Title IX changes ended. The Department of Education will now consider more than 235,000 comments before issuing their final regulations. Many of the comments concern the rules’ interpretation of “sex-based” discrimination, which the Department has said includes discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. This stance resembles Obama’s 2016 “Dear Colleague Letter on Transgender Students” but possesses greater force given the recent landmark case, Bostock v. Clayton County. Along with the stronger protections in employment, LGBTQIA+ advocates aim for safe educational spaces under Title IX, but the constitutional recognition with the Equal Rights…

Do you have out-of-town guests arriving?Or are you planning to have dinner with friends or relatives who have flown in from somewhere?Buy a couple boxes of BinaxNOW rapid Covid-19 tests now before your guests drive up or arrive at the airport.  Each box costs about $25 and contains two test kits.Test yourself and ask your guests to do so also.Finding the BinaxNOW could be easier said than done.  The shelves could be empty.  But keep trying.  Walgreens and CVS are your best bet. “All the Walgreens around here are sold out,” a clerk told me at the intersection of Lincoln and…

[ad_1] Turning experience into habits will establish genuine life-long fans, says report Study says any experience with women’s sport more likely to lead to positive changes in future behaviour Attendances for women’s sports events last year exceeded 2m for first time In-game attendance will be integral to continuing the momentum and establishing life-long fans of women’s sport in the UK, according to research from the Women’s Sport Trust (WST) and Two Circles agency. The study, which was developed through additional funding from UK Sport, the Football Association (FA), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the Rugby Football Union…

By Olivia Ortiz Summer is upon us, and students across the country are exchanging their classrooms for internships. Internships are valuable learning experiences that allow students to apply their educations to real world professions. But these experiences are highly susceptible to sexual harassment. Unpaid interns are particularly vulnerable as courts have ruled and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policy dictates that, with some exceptions, unpaid interns do not have the protections afforded by the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits workplace discrimination. However, unpaid student interns who are participating in their internship for academic credit do…

[ad_1] Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly Twitter) said overnight that a global team working on curbing disinformation during elections had been dismissed — a mere two days after being singled out by the EU’s digital chief as the online platform with the most falsehoods. Responding to reports about cuts, the tech mogul said on X, “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’ Team that was undermining election integrity? Yeah, they’re gone.” Several Ireland-based staff working on a threat-disruption team — including senior manager Aaron Rodericks — were allegedly fired this week, according to tech media outlet The Information. Rodericks…

[ad_1] Ahead of the five-year anniversary on 2 October since the state-sanctioned murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the consulate of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul, Amnesty International’s Secretary General, Agnès Callamard, said: “Five years after Jamal Khashoggi’s brutal assassination sent shockwaves around the world, the path to justice for his killing remains fully blocked. An independent and impartial criminal investigation into the role played by high level officials is yet to take place and instead, Saudi authorities are continuing their relentless crackdown on freedom of speech with complete impunity. “Khashoggi’s enforced disappearance, torture and extrajudicial execution are crimes under…

[ad_1] BREAKINGBREAKING, Powerful bomb explodes at rally celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan.A powerful bomb has exploded at a rally celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad in southwest Pakistan, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, officials and media reports say. The bombing occurred in Mastung, a district in Balochistan province on Friday, said government administrator Atta Ullah. The injured were being taken to nearby hospitals, and some of them were in a critical condition, he said. Ullah provided no further details. No armed group has claimed responsibility yet. Muslims in Pakistan and around…

[ad_1] Whether this is her first brush with this vocal style is contentious too — Gaga experimented with (albeit much poppier) blues rock in 2011’s “You and I.”In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger described the process of recording with Gaga as such: “She just walked in, in front of me, and she just curled up in a ball in front of me on the floor.”“And then someone gave her a mic, and she started singing oohs and aahs,” he continued. The Rolling Stones TikTok account even provided video evidence of Gaga curled up in a ball. Would she…