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A crew of a rescue ship faces prosecution and possibly 20 years in prison

mercredi 1 juin 2022 à 00:04

The crew of a ship that was sent to rescue refugees drowning in the Mediterranean faces prosecution in Italy and possibly 20 years in prison.

It appears that right-wing extremists constructed falsehoods for the prosecution.

Mexico’s migrant checks on buses and highways ruled racist and illegal

mercredi 1 juin 2022 à 00:04

Mexico's Supreme Court banned the practice of searching people on buses based on racial profiling.

Russian diplomat in Geneva resigns over Ukraine invasion

mercredi 1 juin 2022 à 00:04

*"Warmongering, lies and hatred": Russian diplomat in Geneva resigns over Ukraine invasion.*

I am reminded of the diplomant (was he American? British?) who, early in this century, resigned and said, "Has 'oderint dum metuant' become our motto?"

"Oderint dum metuant", the emperor Caligula's favorite saying, is Latin for, "Let them hate us, as long as they fear us."

Professor Tribe's Roe v Wade opinion

mercredi 1 juin 2022 à 00:04

Professor Tribe: The revocation of Roe v Wade would be a legal revolution based on an arbitrary partisan rejection of an area of existing jurisprudence. The supposedly similar past examples are not actually similar.

The Tories continue to push to criminalize protesting

mercredi 1 juin 2022 à 00:04

The Tories continue to push to criminalize protesting, and even appearing to plan to help a protest.

Why condemn Putin if you're going to imitate him?