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US torture bases

jeudi 7 juin 2018 à 02:00

13 years later, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the countries that allowed the US operate torture bases on their territory acted illegally.

Inauguration protesters

jeudi 7 juin 2018 à 02:00

A judge dropped charges against some inauguration protesters because US prosecutors were shown to have violated their right to a fair trial.

Lawful immigrant punished by UK system

jeudi 7 juin 2018 à 02:00

A lawful immigrant to the UK was dropped into a Kafkaesque nightmare when the government lost her passport and then made impossible requirements for her to get another one.

She has been destitute for 10 years.

This sort of thing has happened to thousands of people.

Everyone makes mistakes. However, when a system punishes the victims of its mistakes, that's inexcusable. One must suspect that the agency does this because it was directed to create a "hostile environment".

Offshore windfarms

jeudi 7 juin 2018 à 02:00

Offshore windfarms off the Netherlands are driving away fish.

If the species found in the area are not threatened overall, I think the renewable electricity is more important than the fishing in that area.

However, it is worth looking for ways to reduce the impact. There may be an alternative to pile driving as a way to emplace the wind turbines. Also, taller turbine poles could reduce the electromagnetic fields that reach the water.

4 cents in damages for killing black man

jeudi 7 juin 2018 à 02:00

Florida thugs kills a black man over nothing but their own imagination and panic. Relatives sued, and a jury awarded them 4 cents in damages.